Aldis Hodge Biography, Age, Wife, Supernatural, Net Worth, Movies & TV Shows

BIOGRAPHY OF ALDIS HODGE | WHO IS ALDIS HODGE?

Aldis Hodge (Aldis Alexander Basil Hodge) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Alec Hardison in the TNT series Leverage, MC Ren in the 2015 biopic Straight Outta Compton, Levi Jackson in the 2016 film Hidden Figures, and as Noah in the WGN series America Underground.

AGE OF ALDIS HODGE | HOW OLD IS ALDIS HODGE?

Aldis Alexander Basil Hodge was born on September 20, 1986 in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States. He is 32 years old in 2018.

ALDIS HODGE FAMILY | ALDIS HODGE YOLETTE EVANGELINE RICHARDSON

Aldis was born to Aldis Basil Hodge and Yolette Evangeline Richardson. Her father is from Dominica and her mother from Florida. Both of her parents served in the US Marine Corps.

ALDIS AND EDWIN HODGE

Hodge has a brother Edwin Hodge who is also an actor.

WIFE OF ALDIS HODGE | ALDIS HODGE MARRIED | GIRLFRIEND OF ALDIS HODGE | IS ALDIS HODGE MARRIED? | ALDIS HODGE DATING | WHO IS ALDIS HODGE MARRIED TO?

Aldis keeps his personal life very private. There is no information about his love life or his marriage.

ACTOR ALDIS HODGE

Aldis was given the role of Alec Hardison on his 21st birthday in 2007. He received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Television for this role on Leverage in 2010. Hodge appeared in two different films ‘Die Hard” as two different characters: “Die Hard With a Vengeance” (1995) in which Aldis, in his debut, played “Raymond”. And eighteen years later in “A Good Day to Die Hard” (2013) as a character named “Foxy”.

ALDIS HODGE SUPERNATURAL

Aldis played special child Jake Talley in Supernatural.

ALDIS HODGE LEVERAGE

Hodge starred as Alec Hardison on TNT’s Leverage series.

ALDIS HODGE WATCH COMPANY | ALDIS HODGE WATCHES

Hodges’ interest in horology began while attending the Art Center College of Design for Architectural Engineering and Product Design. During his studies, Aldis started designing timepieces which eventually evolved into a concept designer. Some of his watchmaking influences growing up included AL Breguet, George Daniels, Robert Greubel and Stephen Forsey, FP Journe, Roger Smith and Kari Voutillainen to name a few.

Initially, Hodge wanted to design for established brands. But everything changed after a visit to Switzerland where he was invited by the Hamilton team to present several of his concepts.
The team advised him to consider taking the “independent” route to see his designs come to fruition – advice he took seriously.

Shortly thereafter, Aldis launched its timepiece distribution company Basil Time Piece. While mentored by Robert Greubel, he was also advised to define his DNA before attempting to develop further. It was advice he took to heart. After two years of re-design and re-development, Aldis presented a model to Mr. Gruebel and he was met with enthusiastic approval. Now that Hodge has found its DNA, production is set to begin with its flagship Initia model, which is in development under its A. Hodge brand – the luxury subsidiary of Basil Time Piece.

ALDIS HODGE MOVIES AND TV SHOWS

Aldis Hodge Movies

Aldis Hodge TV Series

ALDIS HODGE NET WORTH

Hodge has an estimated net worth of $1 million.

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INTERVIEW WITH ALDIS HODGE

ALDIS HODGE EMERGES FROM THE UNDERGROUND

Posted: March 7, 2016

Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

EMMA BROWN: Obviously, slavery is a very upsetting topic, and there are some very upsetting scenes on the show. Is it hard when you’re there, day in and day out, working 16 hours a day?

Aldis Hodge: The timing and the way people treated each other was overwhelming, but what’s great about this story is that it really focuses on the strengths of these people and the strengths of the culture, of who were these Americans. This, in fact, is edifying. Even though the subject itself is the big howling elephant in the room, we still have the opportunity to have fun and appreciate what’s on screen, and we have times when we’re actually happy.

It’s a very serious topic – I don’t want to stray from it – but initially I thought it was going to be super heavy and super dark. Granted, we’re a very serious show – we’re raw, we’re real as it can be – but I didn’t know these people were strong enough to find times when they can be happy and find times when they can having fun and enjoying and laughing. It’s something that isn’t really talked about, and hasn’t really been shown too often in entertainment, and it’s something we can explore here. They are people. Even though they were dealt a bad hand, they made the most of it, and that’s where you really see the strength of these people.

BROWN: I grew up in England, so I didn’t really know about the Underground Railroad and how it started. Was it something you knew a lot about before signing on to the show?

Aldis Hodge: Unfortunately not. They don’t really focus on that story here in America. I remember growing up as a kid, history lessons were very washed out. They didn’t really get into the plots of slavery. It’s a very, very small section of the history books. It’s not something they touch directly on American curricula. [With the show,] we can tell that story and people understand how important it is and was to the foundation of the American economy.

BROWN: When you got online, how much did they tell you about Noah’s Arc?

Aldis Hodge: I didn’t know anything. I didn’t know anything after the first scenario. All I knew was that this character had devised a plan to run for freedom. I didn’t know if he would make it or not – honestly, I still don’t. To some extent, I didn’t want to know. I like to be surprised. They locked everything down.

BROWN: Did they give you books to read or movies to watch?

Aldis Hodge: Oh, we were deep into research already. As a cast, we helped each other a lot. Jurnee [Smollett-Bell] was reading a book she brought us. Alano [Miller] was immersing himself in the documentary series Many Rivers to Cross, which chronicles slavery from its conception to where it is today. Our creators Joe [Pokaski] and Misha [Green] spent a lot of time at the Library of Congress reading different memoirs written by real slaves. We had a lot of real, raw resources to mine, but we were all helping each other compile those sources. We talked about it back and forth and discovered everything together.

BROWN: Did you know anyone involved with the show before you started filming? I know Jurnee was also on Friday Night Lights , but a bit later in the series than you.

Aldis Hodge: Both Jurnee and I started out on the East Coast of New York as child actors. We met well, back then, and we hadn’t really picked up until now. I didn’t really know anyone who was interested in it other than [director] Anthony [Hemingway], who I had met a few times before. Everyone was relatively new to each other. I knew the work of the other cast members and was a fan of it. I knew Adina Porter’s work, I knew Mykelti Williamson’s work, I knew Marc Blucas – he actually did a movie with my brother at the time The Alamo , so we knew each other a few years ago.

BROWN: How did you start acting at such a young age?

Aldis Hodge: When my brother was a kid, he kept telling my mom he wanted to be in the box. She didn’t get it – he was two or three years old and kept saying he wanted to be in the club. She finally realized he was talking about television. We were living in Hawaii at the time on a Marine base, because both my parents were Marines at the time. They have since retired. My brother started first, then there was a job for Ebonymagazine. They were doing a photo shoot and my mom asked me if I wanted to be part of it because they needed one more kid. I was three at the time, and I was like, ‘No, that’s not really my thing,’ but she was like, ‘Look, if you do this one job, I’ll give you a Batman toy .” So I did, got my toy and kept doing it for toys. My brother got me involved. We worked for quite a while together – we did Sesame Street for several years, we did Showboat on Broadway for several years together, and we still bump into each other from time to time. We try to bump into each other a little more often these days.

BROWN: I like the fact that at three years old you knew, ‘That’s not really my thing.’ It wasn’t just “What’s playing?”

Aldis Hodge: It’s crazy how smart kids can be at a very young age and how well they know what they know. I came out of the womb leaning on everything; I drew on my mother’s white furniture and her white walls with her lipstick and my crayons. Little did she know it would come to fruition later doing what I do now – I too am a painter and micro-mechanical engineer. Part of my job is to write and produce technical drawings. So everything I did back then has turned into something substantial for me today. Whatever kids like, maybe it’s their thing.

BROWN: Did you go to regular school?

Aldis Hodge: No I haven’t. I went to public school until third or fourth grade, and after that I was homeschooled. I was homeschooled until I was 14, then at 14 I started going to college. Mom did not play on this upbringing. She always said, “Acting is a privilege, not a priority. Education is the priority. If you don’t bring As and Bs home, you can’t audition. We were serious about it. She made it for us. My brother who was 15 at the time started going to college with me too.

BROWN: Did you live on campus?

Aldis Hodge: No, I was too young to live on campus. I just went back and forth on the bus. Eventually I got my own car and thought I was Mr. Man, so I started hot-driving it. I knocked for the first two years, skipping the usual prerequisites, and then the last college I ended up at was ArtCenter College of Design [in Pasadena], where I was going to major in architecture and product design. I had to stop this because of work. This is where I booked Friday Night Lights. I had to travel to Texas, it was supposed to be two weeks and it ended up being a few months and I lost my semester. Since then, I have been traveling and working pretty much. I plan to go back and finish one day, but no matter what, I’m still doing business with it and enjoying every minute of it.

BROWN: Was Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) your first film?

Aldis Hodge: No, it really wasn’t. I did a film before the one called Bed of Roses with Christian Slater. The toughIt was a really great experience, but I was too young to understand what a great movie it was. I was too young to understand who Sam [uel L.] Jackson was or who Bruce Willis was, who was Jeremy Irons at the time. All I knew was that they were good to me back then. I remember my mom having a conversation with Sam Jackson about what she should do with our careers and what should be the next step; I was eight and my brother was nine. He said, ‘You have to get them on Broadway.’ Coincidentally, just after filming wrapped, we had an audition for the Broadway play Showboat .. We thought it was an advertisement. When we arrived my brother booked it first. We saw a six-month contract and we were like, ‘What kind of commercial is this?’ Eventually we realized what it was and my brother was for about a year before I joined. I had been there for a year and a half. It was a very nice experience. It was funny because Sam said, “Look, that’s where they’re going to win a foundation,” and he was absolutely right. I had the pleasure of running into Sam recently. We hadn’t seen each other for about 20 years, but he still remembered me and my brother.

BROWN: Have you and your brother ever dated for the same roles?

Aldis Hodge: Oh, we do. Over the years. But we are two very different actors, and in our house we have always practiced so that you get what is meant for you. Every time he books a job, I’m proud of him, I’m happy for him, it was for him. I want him to succeed. I don’t feel like it’s a loss, because when one of us wins, we all win. Same thing for me. My Brother is doing a series of movies called The Purge , and they have the third one coming out this year, and then he’ll also be starring in the second season of Secrets and Lies. We want each other to win because we’re a team, and that’s how we’ve been since day one. It’s game over for all of us in the Hodge household.

BROWN: Is it just you two or do you have other siblings as well?

Aldis Hodge: We have a little sister. She is 10 years younger than me. She’s currently at UCLA right now in her third year – she’s 19 and in her third year. She is in the medical field. At first she was studying neuroscience, [but] I think she moved on to anthropology. She is the genius of the family. We are really proud to have her where she is.

BROWN: I know you’re doing the new Jack Reacher movie. Can you tell me a bit more?

Aldis Hodge:I can’t tell you about the story, but I can tell you that I had an amazing time on set. It was fun working with all this camp. Tom is great, he’s a great leader on set, he treats everyone well. Together with our director Ed Zwick he is a legend of the game. It’s great to sit down and learn from him and be able to soak up his intuition because he knows exactly what he wants and he knows how to get it with a very temperate and respectful mannerism. It gives you confidence as an actor. This whole set was nothing but laughter. I was grateful to be around this energy. Whatever the project, whenever you’re working on something, the best you can hope for is to be surrounded by good people, and that’s exactly what I have. It makes everyone’s day easier. You go home happy, you go to work happy, you do a better project because everyone loves it and loves each other.