Aldis Hodge (Aldis Alexander Basil Hodge) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Alec Hardison in the TNT Leverage series, MC Ren in the 2015 biopic Straight Outta Compton, Levi Jackson in the 2016 Hidden Figures film and as Noah in the WGN America Underground series.
ALDIS HODGE AGE | HOW OLD IS ALDIS HODGE?
Aldis Alexander Basil Hodge was born on September 20, 1986 in Onslow County, North Carolina, U.S. He was 32 years old in 2018.
FAMIGLIA ALDIS HODGE | ALDIS HODGE YOLETTE EVANGELINE RICHARDSON
Aldis was born to Aldis Basil Hodge and Yolette Evangeline Richardson. His father is from Dominica and his mother is from Florida. Both of his parents served in the United States Marine Corps.
ALDIS E EDWIN HODGE
Hodge has a brother Edwin Hodge who is also an actor.
ALDIS HODGE WIFE | ALDIS HODGE MARRIED
Aldis keeps his personal life very private. There is no information on his dating life or marriage.
ACTOR ALDIS HODGE
Aldis was honored for the role of Alec Hardison on his 21st birthday in 2007. He received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor on Television for his role in Leverage in 2010. Hodge has appeared in two different films. ‘Die Hard’ as two different characters: “Die Hard With a Vengeance” (1995) in which Aldis, in his debut, played “Raymond”. And eighteen years later in ‘A Good Day to Die Hard’ (2013) as a character called ‘Foxy’.
ALDIS HODGE SUPERNATURAL
Aldis played special child Jake Talley in Supernatural.
ALDIS HODGE LEVERAGE
Hodge played Alec Hardison in the TNT Leverage series.
ALDIS HODGE WATCH COMPANY | OROLOGI ALDIS HODGE
Hodges’ interest in watchmaking began while attending the Art Center College of Design for architectural engineering and product design. As a course of study, Aldis began designing time pieces which eventually evolved to become a concept designer. Some of his watchmaking influences growing up included AL Breguet, George Daniels, Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey, FP Journe, Roger Smith and Kari Voutillainen to name a few.
Initially, Hodge wanted to design for established brands. But that all changed after a visit to Switzerland, where he was invited by the Hamilton team to present many of his concepts.
The team advised him to consider taking the ‘independent’ route to see his projects come true – advice he took seriously.
Soon after, Aldis started his time piece distribution company Basil Time Piece. While he was led by Robert Greubel, he was also advised to define his DNA before attempting to develop further. This is advice he took to heart. After two years of redesign and re-development, Aldis presented a model to Mr. Gruebel and it was enthusiastically received. Now that Hodge has found its DNA, production will begin with its flagship model Initia, which is being developed under its A. Hodge brand, the luxury subsidiary of Basil Time Piece.
ALDIS HODGE FILMS AND TELEVISION PROGRAMS
Aldis Hodge film
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Year |
Title |
Role |
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2019 |
What men want |
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Magic Camp |
are |
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2016 |
Jack Reacher: Never go back |
Captain Anthony Espin |
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Hidden figures |
Levi Jackson |
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2015 |
Straight Outta Compton |
MC Ren |
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2013 |
A good day to die hard |
The CIA operations officer, Lieutenant Foxy |
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2012 |
Ballast |
Former anarchist soldier |
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2009 |
Red sands |
Trevor |
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2007 |
Equal opportunities |
Leroy Williams Jones III / The ‘Bling Killa’ |
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2006 |
Happy feet |
Other items |
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American Dreamz |
Private Chuck |
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2005 |
The tenants |
Sam Clemence |
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Little Athens |
Pitt |
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Edmond |
Leafletter |
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2004 |
I Ladykillers |
Gangster donut |
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2000 |
Big Momma’s House |
Basketball Teen # 2 |
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nineteen ninety six |
Bed of roses |
Principe |
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1995 |
Die hard with a vengeance |
Raymond |
Aldis Hodge TV programs
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Year |
Title |
Role |
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2019 |
Town on a hill |
Decourcy Ward |
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Medal of honor |
Edward Carter |
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2018 |
Star Trek: Short Treks |
Craft |
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2017 |
The black list |
Mario dixon |
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Black mirror
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Jack |
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2016-2017 |
Metropolitan |
Noah |
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2014-2017 |
Svolta: Washington’s Spies |
Jordan a.k.a. Akinbode |
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2014 |
The walking dead |
Mike |
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The after |
Love |
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2011 |
CSI: Miami |
Isaiah Stiles |
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2010 |
Crazy |
Usher, Sinestro, Frog (voice) |
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Private practice |
Esau Ajawke |
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The Chicago Code |
Deon Luckett |
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2009 |
Castello |
Today |
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The forgotten |
Danny Rowe |
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2008-2012 |
Takes |
Alec Hardison |
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2007 |
Supernatural |
Jake Talley |
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Standoff |
Nathan Hall |
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2006-2007 |
Friday night lights |
Ray ‘Voodoo’ Tatum |
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2006 |
Half and half |
Kadeem |
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The game |
Derwin Davis |
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Numb3rs |
Travis Grant |
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Girlfriends |
Matthew Miles |
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Bone |
Jimmy Merton |
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2005-2006 |
ATOM. |
King, Wrecka (voce) |
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2003 |
IS |
Young man |
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Cold case |
Young bricklayer Tucker |
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American Dreams |
Travis Grant |
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2002 |
Boston Public |
According to |
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Charmed |
Trey |
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2001-2008 |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |
Tony Thorpe |
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2001 |
Becker |
# 1 Graduate |
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2000 |
Judging Amy |
Lester Clancy |
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City of Angels |
Marcus Hall |
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1999–2000 |
Pacific Blue |
Maurice Raymond |
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1999 |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer |
Masked Teen |
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1998 |
Blu NYPD |
Eddy |
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1997 |
Between brothers |
Reggie |
ALDIS HODGE NET WORTH
Hodge has an estimated net worth of $ 1 million.
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HOW TALL IS ALDIS HODGE
Aldis is located at a height of 1.85 m.
INTERVIEW WITH ALDIS HODGE
ALDIS HODGE EMERGES FROM THE UNDERGROUND
Published: March 7, 2016
Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
EMMA BROWN: Obviously bondage is a very upsetting topic, and there are some very upsetting scenes in the show. Is it difficult when you are there, day after day, working 16 hours a day?
Aldis Hodge: The length of time and the way people treated each other was shocking, but the great thing about this story is that they really focus on these people’s strengths and the strengths of the culture, whose were these Americans. This is actually uplifting. Even if the topic itself is the big screaming elephant in the room, we still have a chance to have fun and enjoy what’s on screen, and we have moments where we’re really happy.
It’s a very serious subject – I don’t want to take it away – but initially my guess was that it was going to be super heavy and super dark. Sure, we’re a very raw show – we’re raw, we’re real as far as it can get – but I didn’t realize these people were strong enough to find moments where they can be happy and find moments where they can have fun and enjoy each other. each other and laugh. This is something that isn’t really talked about, and hasn’t really been shown too many times before in entertainment, and it’s something we can explore here. They are people. Even if they got a wrong hand, they did the best, and this is where you really see the strength of who these people were.
BROWN: I grew up in England, so I didn’t know much about the Underground Railroad and how it started. Was that something you knew a lot about before joining the show?
Aldis Hodge: Unfortunately not. They don’t really focus on that story here in America. I remember growing up as a child, the history course was very overwhelmed. They didn’t really get into the gory pieces of slavery. It’s a very, very small section in the history books. It is not something they directly touch with American curricula. [With the show] we can tell this story and people understand how important it is and it has been to the foundation of the American economy.
BROWN: When you signed on, how much did they tell you about Noah’s story arc?
Aldis Hodge: I didn’t know anything. I didn’t know anything beyond the first script. All I knew was that this character had come up with a plan to run for freedom. I didn’t know if he was going to make it or not – honestly, I still don’t know. To some extent, I didn’t want to know. I like to be surprised. They have everything blocked.
BROWN: Did they give you books to read or movies to watch?
Aldis Hodge: Oh, we were already busy researching. As a cast, we were helping each other. Jurnee [Smollett-Bell] was reading a book, which he brought us. Alano [Miller] was digging in the documentary series Many Rivers to Cross, which chronicles slavery from its conception to where it is today. Our creators Joe [Pokaski] and Misha [Green] have spent a lot of time in the Library of Congress reading various memoirs written by real slaves. We had a lot of real and raw resources to draw from, but we helped each other compile these sources. We talked about it back and forth and discovered it all together.
BROWN: Did you know anyone involved with the show prior to filming? I know there was also Jurnee Friday Night lights , but a little further on in the series than you.Aldis Hodge: Jurnee and I both started on the East Coast of New York as child actors. We met a long, long time ago, and then we hadn’t really reunited until now. I didn’t know anyone who did this aside from [the director] Anthony [Hemingway], who I had met a couple of times before. All were relatively new to each other. I was familiar with the work of some of the other cast members and was a fan of it. I knew Adina Porter’s work, I knew Mykelti Williamson’s work, I knew Marc Blucas – he actually made a movie with my brother once called The Alamo , so we had known each other for a couple of years ago.
BROWN: How did you start acting at such a young age?
Aldis Hodge: When my brother was a kid, he kept telling my mom he wanted to be in the box. She didn’t understand: she was two or three years old and kept saying she wanted to be in the box. Eventually he realized he was talking about television. We were living on a marine base in Hawaii at the time, because both of my parents were Marines at the time. I have since retired. My brother started first, and then there was a job for Ebanomagazine. They were doing a photo shoot and my mom asked me if I wanted to be a part of it because they needed another baby. I was three at the time and I was like, ‘Nah, that’s not really my thing’, but she said to me, ‘Look, if you do this job, I’ll give you a Batman toy.’ So I did it, took my toy and kept doing it for toys. My brother was the one who got me involved. We’ve been working together for quite a while, we’ve been doing it Sesame Street for several years we’ve been doing Showboat on Broadway for several years together, and still occasionally cross paths. We are looking to cross paths a little more often these days.
BROWN: I like it when I was three that I knew, ‘It’s not really my thing.’ It wasn’t just ‘What’s he playing?’
Aldis Hodge: It’s crazy how smart young children can be and how they know what they know. I came out of the womb drawing on everything; I used to draw on my mother’s white furniture and white walls with her red lipstick and my pencils. He did not know that he would later materialize in me doing what I do now: I am also a painter and a micro-mechanical engineer. Part of my job is to draw up and make technical drawings. So everything I did then materialized into something substantial for me today. Whatever children do, it could be their thing.
BROWN: Did you go to regular school?Aldis Hodge: No, I didn’t. I attended public school until the third or fourth grade, after which I studied at home. I studied at home until I was 14, and then, when I was 14, I started going to college. Mom wasn’t playing on that upbringing. He always said: “Acting is a privilege, not a priority. Education is the priority. If you don’t bring home As and Bs, you can’t go to the audition. ‘We took ourselves seriously. He made us earn it. My brother, who was 15 at the time, also started going to college with me.
BROWN: Did you live on campus?
Aldis Hodge: No, I was too young to live on campus. I went back and forth on the bus. Eventually I got my car and thought I was Mr. Man, so I started running it hot. I knocked for the first two years, eliminating the normal prerequisites, and then the last college I finished was ArtCenter College of Design [in Pasadena,] where I was about to graduate in architecture and product design. I had to stop him because of the work. That’s when I booked Friday night lights. I had to travel to Texas, it was supposed to be two weeks and finally a couple of months went by and I missed the semester. Since then I have practically traveled and worked. I intend to go back and finish one day, but regardless, I’m still doing business with it and enjoying every minute.
BROWN: Was Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) your first film?
Aldis Hodge: No, it really wasn’t. I made a movie before the one called Rose Bed with Christian Slater. The tough was a really great experience, but I was too young to understand what a great movie it was. I was too young to understand who Sam [uel L.] Jackson was or who Bruce Willis was, who Jeremy Irons was at the time. All I knew was that they were good to me then. I remember my mom having a conversation with Sam Jackson about what he should do with our career and what the next step should be; I was eight and my brother was nine. He said, ‘You have to take them to Broadway.’ Coincidentally, right after filming was done we auditioned for the Broadway Showboat show. We thought it was an advertisement. When we arrived, my brother booked it first. We saw a six month contract and we were like, ‘What kind of ad is this?’ We eventually realized what it was all about and my brother was involved for about a year before I joined. Been there for the last year and a half. It was truly a great experience. It was funny because Sam said, ‘Look, this is where they’re going to take the foundation,’ and he was absolutely right. I had the pleasure of meeting Sam recently. We hadn’t seen each other for about 20 years, but he still remembered me and my brother.
BROWN: Have you and your brother ever gone out for the same roles?Aldis Hodge: Oh, we do. In the years. But we are two very different actors, and at home we have always practiced so that you understand what is meant to you. Every time I book a job, I’m proud of him, I’m happy for him, it was meant for him. I want it to be successful. I don’t feel like it’s a defeat, because when one of us wins, we all win. The same is true for me. My brother makes a series of films called The Purge , and they have the third one coming out this year, and then he too will star in the second season of Secrets and Lies . We want to win each other because we are a team, and that’s how we’ve been from day one. This is the ultimate game for all of us at Hodge.
BROWN: Are you just the two of you or do you have other siblings too?
Aldis Hodge: We have a little sister. He is 10 years younger than me. He is currently at UCLA in his third year: he is 19 and in his third year. She is in the medical field. At first she was studying neuroscience, [but] I think she moved on to anthropology. She is the genius of the family. We are just very proud to have her where she is.
BROWN: I know you’re shooting the new Jack Reacher movie. Can you tell me a little about this?
Aldis Hodge:I can’t tell you the story, but I can tell you that I had a great time on set. It was fun to work with the whole field. Tom is great, he’s a great leader on set, he treats everyone well. Working with our director Ed Zwick, he is a legend in the game. It’s nice to sit and learn from him and be able to absorb his intuition because he knows exactly what he wants and knows how to get it with a very tempered and respectful mannerism. It gives you confidence as an actor. The whole set was nothing but laughter. I was grateful to be close to that energy. Regardless of the project, whenever you are working on something, the best you can hope for is to be with good people, and I understand exactly that. It makes the day easier for everyone. You come home happy, you go to work happy,