Aldis Hodge facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Aldis Hodge
Hodge at the premiere of Hidden Figures in December 2016
Born	Aldis Alexander Basil Hodge (1986-09-20) September 20, 1986 (age 38) Jacksonville, North Carolina, U.S.
Education	Art Center College of Design
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–present
Known for	Alec Hardison in Leverage Noah in Underground
Children	1
Relatives	Edwin Hodge (brother)

Aldis Alexander Basil Hodge (born September 20, 1986) is an American actor. Among his significant roles, he played Alec Hardison in the TNT series Leverage, MC Ren in the 2015 biopic Straight Outta Compton, Levi Jackson in the 2016 film Hidden Figures, Noah in the WGN America series Underground, Matthew in Girlfriends and Jim Brown in the 2020 film One Night in Miami.... He portrays Hawkman in the DC Film Black Adam and John Stewart / Green Lantern in animated film Green Lantern: Beware My Power.

Life and career

Hodge was born on September 20, 1986, in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Both of his parents, Aldis Basil Hodge and Yolette Evangeline Richardson, served in the U.S. Marine Corps. His mother is from Florida, while his father is originally from Saint Thomas. His older brother is actor Edwin Hodge. Hodge played both the clarinet and the violin as a child. He currently plays the violin. He attended ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California. In addition to acting, Hodge designs watches, writes, and paints. In 2018, he collaborated with painter Harmonia Rosales on a series of paintings collectively titled "Through the Looking Glass", exhibited in Los Angeles from January 10 to 14. Hodge is a self-taught horologist and watchmaker, with his own brand of luxury watches, A. Hodge Atelier. He has spoken about the need for more diversity in the watchmaking industry.

In 2007, Hodge was cast as Alec Hardison in the TNT series Leverage. In 2009, he received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor on Television for this role. In 2014, it was announced that he was cast in Randall Miller's Midnight Rider, a biopic of Gregg Allman.

In 2019, he began his role as Decourcy Ward in Showtime's City on a Hill with Kevin Bacon. In 2020, it was confirmed that Hodge will play Carter Hall / Hawkman in the Jaume Collet-Serra's DCEU 2022 film Black Adam alongside Dwayne Johnson, Noah Centineo, Sarah Shahi, and Pierce Brosnan. In October 2022 it was announced that he would play the lead role of Alex Cross in the Amazon Prime Video streaming series Cross based on the James Patterson series of novels.

Filmography

Hodge in New York City in 2019

Films

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993–1995	Sesame Street	Himself	Recurring role
1997	Between Brothers	Reggie	Episode: "Family Affair"
1998	NYPD Blue	Eddy	Episode: "Weaver of Hate"
1998	Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	Camper #1	Episode: "The Wall/The Chalkboard/The Getaway/The Prescription/Summer Camp"
1999	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Masked Teen	Episode: "Fear, Itself"
1999–2000	Pacific Blue	Maurice Raymond	2 episodes
2000	Judging Amy	Lester Clancy	Episode: "Zero Tolerance"
	City of Angels	Marcus Hall	2 episodes
2001–2008	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Tony Thorpe	2 episodes
2001	Becker	Graduate #1	Episode: "2001½: A Graduation Odyssey"
2002	Boston Public	Andre	Episode: "Chapter Thirty-Seven"
	Charmed	Trey	Episode: "Long Live the Queen"
2003	ER	Young Man	Episode: "The Lost"
	Cold Case	Young Mason Tucker	Episode: "The Runner"
	American Dreams	Travis Grant	2 episodes
2005–2006	A.T.O.M.	King / Wrecka	Voice, main role (52 episodes)
2006	Half & Half	Kadeem	Episode: "The Big Training" Episode
	Numb3rs	Travis Grant	Episode: "The OG"
	Girlfriends	Matthew Miles / Derwin Davis	4 episodes
	Bones	Jimmy Merton	Episode: "The Soldier on the Grave"
2006–2007	Friday Night Lights	Ray "Voodoo" Tatum	6 episodes
2007	Supernatural	Jake Talley	2 episodes
	Standoff	Nathan Hall	Episode: "The Kids in the Hall"
2008–2012	Leverage	Alec Hardison	Main cast, 77 episodes
2009	Castle	Azi	Episode: "Always Buy Retail"
	The Forgotten	Danny Rowe	Episode: "Prisoner Jane"
2010	Mad	Usher / Sinestro / Frog	Voice, episode: "WALL-E-NATOR/Extreme Renovation: House Edition - Superman's Fortress of Solitude"
	Private Practice	Esau Ajawke	Episode: "Fear of Flying"
	The Chicago Code	Deon Luckett	Episode: "St. Valentines Day Massacre"
2011	CSI: Miami	Isaiah Stiles	Episode: "Sinner Takes All"
2014	Rectify	Stefon Whitman	Episode: "Donald the Normal"
	The Walking Dead	Mike	Episode: "After"
	The After	D. Love	Television film
2014–2017	Turn: Washington's Spies	Jordan / Akinbode	Recurring, 17 episodes
2016–2017	Underground	Noah	Main role
2017	The Blacklist	Mario Dixon	Episode: "Mr. Kaplan"
	Black Mirror	Jack	Episode: "Black Museum"
2018	Star Trek: Short Treks	Craft	Episode: "Calypso"
2019	Medal of Honor	Edward Carter	Episode: "Edward Carter"
2019–2022	City on a Hill	Decourcy Ward	Main character
2021–2023	Leverage: Redemption	Alec Hardison	Recurring role
2022	The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder	Frankie / Opposing Coach	Voice, 2 episodes
2024	Cross	Alex Cross	Main role, producer

Key

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Video games

Other work

Awards and nominations

See also

In Spanish: Aldis Hodge para niños