Aldis Hodge
Actor + Co-Founder, 9B Collective
Aldis Hodge is an entertainer and an entrepreneur, having built a career in various arts. After attending Art Center College of Design for architecture and product design, Hodge is a horologist who’s spent many years as a conceptual designer in the horological field and he’s also a painter with pursuits in the fine-art arena. He is also the Co-Founder of 9B Collective, the first Black-Owned Concept Art Studio made up primarily of BIPOC artists. But Hodge is most well known for the characters he portrays in film and television.
Hodge can currently be seen playing the iconic role of Jim Brown in Regina King’s directorial debut One Night in Miami. The film premiered at Venice Film Festival and Toronto Film Festival where it received an overwhelmingly positive response and critical acclaim. Amazon will release the film theatrically on December 25 and on Amazon Prime Video on January 15.
New Line recently announced that Aldis has been cast as Hawkman opposite Dwayne Johnson and Noah Centineo in the DC Comic Black Adam. Production is set to begin early in 2021.
Aldis is currently in production on the showtime Series City On A Hill and has been named a co-executive producer of the series. He stars opposite Kevin Bacon and the series is also produced by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Tom Fontana and directed by Michael Cuesta.
Aldis continues to film Leverage 2.0where he reprises the role of Alec Hardison. The series will debut next year on IMDb TV–Amazon’s free ad-supported streaming service. Additional film credits include Universal’s The Invisible Man opposite Elisabeth Moss and the independent feature Clemency opposite Alfre Woodard which won the 2019 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature Film. Clemency had an incredible award run and received multiple nominations. Aldis won a Virtuoso Award for his work in the film at the 2020 Santa Barbara International Film Festival. He also starred in Brian Banks directed by Tom Shadyac and the Paramount Players Feature release of What Men Want opposite Taraji P. Henson and Tracy Morgan. Aldis also appeared in the Academy Award-nominated Twentieth Century Fox feature, Hidden Figures, and the cast received an ensemble award for the 2017 SAG Awards. He also starred opposite Tom Cruise in the Paramount feature, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
Hodge portrayed MC Ren in Universal Pictures’Straight Outta Compton.” The film gained critical acclaim and was nominated for various awards including a 2016 Screen Actors Guild Award in the category of Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, a 2016 Producers Guild Award, as well as an Academy Award Nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Straight Outta Compton received African American Film Critics Association awards in the categories of Best Picture and Best Ensemble and a NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Motion Picture.
Other work includes the Disney feature Magic Camp, the 4th season of the hit Netflix Series Black Mirror and as the lead in a new Netflix anthology Medeal of Honor and the series Underground for WGN America opposite Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Christopher Meloni. Hodge was seen in the Fox Searchlight eco-terrorism thriller The East and Twentieth Century Fox’s A Good Day to Die Hard the latest installment of the Die Hard franchise.
Aldis started his career at three years old as a model for print ads and commercials until he made the transition to the small screen when he and his brother Edwin Hodge were cast on Sesame Street and later on stage when they joined the Tony-winning revival of Showboat on Broadway. Hodge also appeared in several movies including Die Hard with a Vengeance, Bed of Roses, The Stone House, Edmond, The Lady Killers and Big Momma’s House.
Additional television credits include, Friday Night Lights, Supernatural, The Walking Dead, Girlfriends, American Dreams, City of Angels, Bones, CSI, ER, Cold Case, Charmed” and Boston Public. Hodge was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina to two marines and was raised in New York.
In addition to acting, Hodge writes scripts for film and television,is currently preparing to launch his own bespoke horology brand, and continues to paint. Hodge has a passion for creating opportunities to help others reach their goals. He aims to help shift the imbalance in equity for the African American and BIPOC community to achieve a means of true equitable equality for all. He’s also passionate aboutchildren’’s education and increasing financial literacy within his community. He currently resides in Los Angeles.
