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Aldis Hodge

Aldis Hodge

Birthday: 1986-09-20 | Place of Birth: Onslow County, North Carolina, USA

Aldis Alexander Basil Hodge (born September 20, 1986) is an American actor best known for portraying Alec Hardison on the TNT series Leverage. He also portrayed MC Ren in the 2015 biopic, Straight Outta Compton. Hodge was born on September 20, 1986 in Onslow County, North Carolina. Both of his parents, Aldis Basil Hodge and Yolette Evangeline Richardson, served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Hodge's mother is from Florida, while his father is originally from Dominica. Aldis is the younger brother of actor Edwin Hodge. Hodge played both the clarinet and the violin as a child, but as an adult, his focus is on the violin; he purchased his first at the age of 18. In addition to acting, Hodge designs watches, writes, and paints. In 2007, Hodge was awarded the role of Alec Hardison on the day of his twenty-first birthday. In 2010, he received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Television for this role on Leverage. The win went to Aaron Paul of AMC's Breaking Bad. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aldis Hodge, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Black Adam

as    Hawkman / Carter Hall

2021
The Birthday Cake

as    Eagle

2020
The Invisible Man

as    James Lanier

2020
One Night in Miami...

as    Jim Brown

2020
Magic Camp

as    Theo's Dad

2019
Clemency

as    Anthony Woods

2019
Brian Banks

as    Brian Banks

2019
City on a Hill

as    Decourcy Ward

2019
What Men Want

as    Will

2016
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

as    Espin

2016
Underground

as    Noah

2015
Straight Outta Compton

as    MC Ren

2014
The After

as    D. Love

2014
The After

as    D. Love

2013
The East

as    Thumbs

2009
Red Sands

as    Trevor Anderson

2008
Leverage

as    Alec Hardison

2006
The Tenants

as    Sam Clemence

2005
A.T.O.M. - Alpha Teens on Machines

as    King (voice)