Aldis Hodge

Aldis Hodge is one of those actors who keeps quietly delivering standout performances while somehow not being a household name yet — and that feels genuinely criminal. I first noticed him as Hardison on Leverage, where his effortless charm and comic timing made every scene better, but the range he showed afterward is what really got me. Playing MC Ren in Straight Outta Compton required real physicality and restraint, then he turned around and brought quiet dignity to Hidden Figures as one of the few characters who actually respected what those women were doing. His turn as Jim Brown in One Night in Miami was magnetic. The guy studied at the Art Center College of Design and it shows — there's an artist's precision in how he builds a character. I just hope the industry gives him the lead roles he's clearly earned.

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Name (English)

Aldis Hodge

Name (Japanese)

オルディス・ホッジ

Reading

おるでぃす・ほっじ

Born

September 20, 1986 (age 40)

Origin

Onslow County, North Carolina, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / screenwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Tiger

University

Art Center College of Design

• Official sitehttps://aldis-hodge.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/aldis_hodge/
• Xhttps://x.com/AldisHodge
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldis%20Hodge
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%83%E3%82%B8
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1319798

Tags

• North Carolina
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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