Andre Holland
Andre Holland
André Hollandis an American actor who has appeared on stage, television and in feature films. He currently stars as Dr. Algernon Edwards on the Cinemax drama The Knick. He portrayed politician and activist Andrew Young in the 2014 film Selma and sportswriter Wendell Smith in the 2013 film 42...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth28 December 1979
CityBessemer, AL
CountryUnited States of America
allowed couple men romantic sure three whom written york
I've written a couple of scripts. Actually, a pilot. I'm not sure I'm allowed to say, but it's a comedy about three young men in New York City, one of whom may or may not be a romantic like me.
It's not every day you get to be in a movie about Jackie Robinson, so you want to do it as right as you can.
classic extended guess sort
When I was in school, and even after, I did a lot of classic plays, and I guess it sort of extended into film.
people challenges proud
I just hope to work with great people, and do things that are challenging for me and that I can be proud of and not have to hide my face about. Those are my guidelines.
thinking imagination acting
When you're playing Shakespeare, it forces you to think and feel and speak all at the same time, which really is what acting is. It expands your imagination and expands your size of thinking.
singers showers very-good
I love to sing. I'm definitely not a very good singer, but when I'm in my shower I get down for sure.
doctors names people
People do come up to me quite a lot. I get called all of it. I rarely get called my name; it's usually "Hey, Dr. Edwards!" or "Algernon." The most common thing is, "You're the black doctor on that show!" I'll take any of it, because I've definitely been called much worse things.
country spring school
There are so many brilliant, trained actors of color in America. If you just think about it, every year in the spring Julliard and NYU and Yale and hundreds of schools across the country graduate classes of trained actors, and in those classes are actors of color. So to say that there aren't enough actors of color is factually inaccurate.
drama school skills
All the craft skills that I have, I feel like I developed and honed in drama school. It's the most important thing for me.
drama school thinking
I think working on Shakespeare was a big part of my time at drama school. I'm so glad that I got to know Shakespeare and got a chance to play great parts in Shakespeare, because it really teaches you - or taught me, anyway - everything.
bigs takeaways
Working on Shakespeare and learning about Shakespeare was the big takeaway for me.
goal trying
My goal has always been to try to live up to every ounce of my potential.
air different balls
The surgeries were the hardest scenes for me because it's literally balancing so many balls in the air, at the same time, and each surgery is different.
morning home hair
You turn up in the morning, you get through hair and make-up, and then you are on set working until it's time to go home. And I love that. Coming from the theater, you just turn up and you're ready for whatever happens. That energy really appeals to me.