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
family
If someone wanted to do a biopic about me, I would like for them to consult my family.
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.
projects situations time work
I need to find those projects more often: the ones that really, really speak to me. I do better work in those situations and have a better time.
romantic women
I'm the old-school, letter-writing romantic. I know it's out of style, and not a lot of women go for that these days, but that's what I go for.
cutting hospital nurses surgeons takes york
'The Knick' is set in New York during the 1990s, and it takes place around a hospital called The Knickerbocker. It's about a team of surgeons and nurses who are on the cutting edge of medicine.
consciousness equality racial sort whereas
In '42,' it's like the '40s where racial equality had come into the consciousness of a lot of people, whereas in the 1900s it was sort of a new thing.
wrote
I read a lot of W.E.B. Du Bois, who wrote 'The Souls of Black Folk.'
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.
business knows people reference
A lot of people in the movie business don't have a point of reference for me; nobody really knows who I am.
I started out doing a lot of theater, a lot of Shakespeare, classic plays.
bad
I've lost friends over texting because I'm so bad at it.
acting chance develop dive enjoy history love opinion personal
I do enjoy history. That's one of the things that I love about acting is you get a chance to really dive into history and develop a real personal opinion about it.