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in the 2015 biopic ''

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'', Levi Jackson in the 2016 film ''

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'', Noah in the

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series '' Underground'', Matthew in '' Girlfriends'',

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in the 2020 film '' One Night in Miami...'', and Alex Cross in the Prime Video series ''

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''. He portrays

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in the

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film '' Black Adam'' and John Stewart / Green Lantern in the animated film '' Green Lantern: Beware My Power''.

Life and career

Hodge was born on September 20, 1986, in

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. Both of his parents, Aldis Basil Hodge and Yolette Evangeline Richardson, served in the U.S. Marine Corps. His mother is from

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, while his father is originally from Saint Thomas. His older brother is actor Edwin Hodge. Hodge played both the clarinet and the violin as a child. He currently plays the violin. He attended

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in Pasadena, California. In addition to acting, Hodge designs watches, writes, and paints. In 2018, he collaborated with painter

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on a series of paintings collectively titled "Through the Looking Glass", exhibited in Los Angeles from January 10 to 14. Hodge is a self-taught horologist and

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, and has designed his own brand of luxury watches, A. Hodge Atelier. He has spoken about the need for more diversity in the watchmaking industry. In 2007, Hodge was cast as Alec Hardison in the TNT series '' Leverage''. In 2009, he received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor on Television for this role. In 2014, it was announced that he was cast in

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's ''

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'', a biopic of

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. In 2019, he began his role as Decourcy Ward in Showtime's '' City on a Hill'' with

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. In 2020, it was confirmed that Hodge will play Carter Hall / Hawkman in the

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's DCEU 2022 film '' Black Adam'' alongside

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, Sarah Shahi, and

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. In October 2022 it was announced that he would play the lead role of Alex Cross in the

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streaming series ''

'' based on the

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series of novels.Black Adam's Aldis Hodge To Lead 'Alex Cross' Series at Prime Video
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Filmography

Films

Television

Video games

Other work

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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A. Hodge Atelier
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