André Holland
Birthday: Born in 1979-12-28 in Bessemer, Alabama, USA
Deathday: Alive
André Holland (born December 28, 1979) is an American actor. Throughout his career, Holland has acted in film, television, and theatre productions. On television, he has starred as Dr. Algernon Edwards in the Cinemax series The Knick (2014–2015) and as Matt Miller in the FX series American Horror Story: Roanoke (2016). His biggest role on film was playing Kevin in the Academy Award-winning film Moonlight (2016).
TV Credits
Friends with Benefits
Character: Julian 'Fitz' Fitzgerald
Revolving around a group of twentysomething singles as they navigate the difficult, sometimes rewarding, often confusing world of dating. Loyal and devoted to one another, these friends are never too busy to help a member of the group who might be in need. In fact, their companionship often extends into a more intimate setting - the bedroom....
1600 Penn
Character: Marshall Malloy
1600 Penn is an American single camera television comedy series about a dysfunctional family living in the White House....
The Knick
Character: Dr. Algernon Edwards
Set in downtown New York in 1900, 'The Knick' is centered on the Knickerbocker Hospital and its staff, notably Dr. John Thackery, the hospital's brilliant chief surgeon who pushes medicine's boundaries, pioneering new procedures despite a severe drug addiction....
Burn Notice
Character: Dion Carver
A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations....
American Horror Story
Character: Matt Miller
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp....
Tamron Hall
Character: Self - Guest
Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she interviews in thorough meaningful and entertaining conversations....
The Big Cigar
Character: Huey P. Newton
Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton enlists an unlikely ally—Hollywood producer Bert Schneider—to elude an FBI manhunt and escape to Cuba....
Castle Rock
Character: Henry Deaver
Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock....
American Experience
Character: Narrator
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today....
Killing County
Character: Narrator (voice)
In a big city with the soul of a small town in the depths of California, after a terrible shooting in a hotel makes the Ramirez family question everything they know about their city: Bakersfield....
Law & Order
Character: David Sachs
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place....
The Eddy
Character: Elliot Udo
The owner of a Paris jazz club gets tangled up with dangerous criminals as he fights to protect his business, his band and his teenage daughter....
Movie Credits
Shirley
Character: Walter Fauntroy
Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress....
Sugar
Character: Brad
Like many young men in the Dominican Republic, 19-year-old Miguel "Sugar" Santos dreams of winning a slot on an American baseball team. Indeed, his talents as a pitcher eventually land him a slot on a single-A team in Iowa, but culture shock, racism and other curveballs threaten to turn Sugar's dream sour....
Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches
Character: Narrator (voice)
Acclaimed actors draw from five of Douglass’ legendary speeches, to represent a different moment in the tumultuous history of 19th century America as well as a different stage of Douglass’ long and celebrated life, while famed scholars provide context for the speeches, and remind us that Frederick Douglass’ words about racial injustice still resonate deeply today....
Small, Beautifully Moving Parts
Character: Leon
Sarah Sparks is pregnant and feeling wholly ambivalent, despite her boyfriend's pure enthusiasm. A committed tech-geek, she fears she is more interested in ultrasound technology than in what's being ultra-sounded. When her sister lures her to L.A. for what ends up being a terrorizing baby shower, Sarah keeps her rental van and hits the road in search of the source of her anxiety: her estranged mother, now living off the grid. Small, Beautifully Moving Parts takes a comical, yet poignant look ...
42
Character: Wendell Smith
In 1946, Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford), owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, took a stand against Major League Baseball's infamous colour line when he signed Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) to the team. The deal put both men in the crosshairs of the public, the press and even other players. Facing unabashed racism from every side, Robinson was forced to demonstrate tremendous courage and let his talent on the field wins over fans and his teammates – silencing his critics and forever changing the wo...
Black or White
Character: Reggie Davis
A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life....
The Dutchman
Character:
Set on a New York subway, The Dutchman centers on an encounter between a well-to-do Black man and an enchanting white woman who match wits in a sexualized game of cat and mouse that leads to a violent conclusion....
Lost Nation
Character: Tyrone
Winter is closing in on a woman caretaker in rural New Hampshire, with only a visiting loon for company; but when a strange man appears, is he savior or threat? And is he even a man?...
Selma
Character: Andrew Young
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act....
Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
Character: Alain Locke
An immersive installation by the artist and filmmaker. "Coda" to Looking for Langston....
Exhibiting Forgiveness
Character: Tarrell
Utilizing his paintings to find freedom from his past, a Black artist on the path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father, a recovering addict desperate to reconcile. Together, they learn that forgetting might be a greater challenge than forgiving....
The Actor
Character: Paul Cole
New York actor Paul Cole is beaten and left for dead in 1950s Ohio. Stripped of his memory and stranded in a mysterious small town, Paul struggles to get back home, piece together and reclaim the life and identity he's lost....
Moonlight
Character: Kevin
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality....
A Wrinkle in Time
Character: Principal Jenkins
After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him....
Miracle at St. Anna
Character: Private Needles
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II....
Bride Wars
Character: DJ Jazzles
Two best friends become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day....
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People
Character:
Documentary film on events that happened on August 28th in African-American history, shown at the Smithsonian African-American History Museum....
High Flying Bird
Character: Ray Burke
During an NBA lockout, a sports agent, Ray Burke, presents his rookie client, Erick Scott, with an intriguing and controversial business opportunity....
Last Call
Character: Pete
A snapshot into the lives of a group of New Yorkers whose dreams, dramas, crucial and not so crucial decisions, intersect at a bar over the course of one night....
Battle at Big Rock
Character: Dennis
A family's camping trip at Big Rock National Park becomes a terrifying fight for survival....
Passing
Character: Brian Redfield
In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white....
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard
Character: Narrator (voice)
In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind. The shocking incident made national headlines and, when the police chief was acquitted by an all-white jury, the blatant injustice would change the course of American history. Based on Richard Gergel’s book Unexampled Courage, the film details how the cr...
Bones and All
Character: Maren's Father
Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness....
Love, Brooklyn
Character: Roger
Three longtime Brooklynites navigate careers, love, loss, and friendship against the rapidly changing landscape of their beloved city....