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Vondie Curtis-Hall

ヴォンディ・カーティス＝ホール　/　ゔぉんでぃ・かーてぃす＝ほーる

American actor and director

September 30, 1956 (age 69)　・　Detroit, Michigan, United States

From Michigan
Screenwriter
Television actor
Film actor

My Take

Curtis-Hall is the consummate behind-and-in-front-of-the-camera artist, and I always perk up when he shows up in a cast. As Ben Urich in Daredevil he gave the show a weary, principled gravitas that grounded all the noir theatrics, and that's emblematic of his whole career; he brings dignity and intelligence to every part. But it's his directing I find most interesting, starting with Gridlock'd, which captured a Detroit-bred realism few films managed at the time. His creative partnership with Kasi Lemmons is one of the great quiet collaborations in Black American cinema. He's a craftsman in the truest sense, and criminally under-celebrated.

Overview

Vondie Curtis-Hall is an American actor, director, and screenwriter born September 30, 1956, in Detroit, Michigan. As an actor he is known for roles in films such as Die Hard 2, Passion Fish, and Eve's Bayou, and on television in Chicago Hope and as Ben Urich in Marvel's Daredevil. He made his feature directorial debut with Gridlock'd (1997) and is married to actress Kasi Lemmons.

1. Profile

Name (English): Vondie Curtis-Hall
Name (Japanese): ヴォンディ・カーティス＝ホール
Reading: ゔぉんでぃ・かーてぃす＝ほーる
Born: September 30, 1956 (age 69)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Monkey
Origin: Detroit, Michigan, United States
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Occupation: Screenwriter / Television actor / Film actor / Film director / Stage actor

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