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
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Frankly, I think that's something that black people in America have often done - finding ways under very, very difficult circumstances to be subversive, but also to push things forward. And I think that applies to music. I think it applies to dance. I think it applies to a number of things.
I started out doing a lot of theater, a lot of Shakespeare, classic plays.
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I've lost friends over texting because I'm so bad at it.
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Everybody gathered at my Aunt Hannah's house, and we sat around and talked, ate, drank and told lies. That's what people do, and I just sat there and listened.
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I studied acting in NYU's graduate program, in which we covered everything from Ibsen and Chekov to August Wilson and David Mamet.
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Theater is where I have the most experience and feel most at home, but I'm really, really loving film.
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I grew up in Alabama in a very small town and didn't have access to the finest of anything, really. But my mother was the kind of woman who just wanted us, me and my sisters, to be exposed to any and anything she could find.
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My goal has always been to try to live up to every ounce of my potential. For me, that means working with the best people and working with the best material.
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I did my undergrad at Florida State, got a Bachelor's, and then I got my Masters in Acting at NYU. So I've spent a lot of time in the classroom.
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With 'Selma,' I grew up in Alabama, 45 minutes away from Selma. I have gone to that commemorative march many times with my parents.
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When you live in an environment where you aren't allowed to be fully who you are, you aren't taken seriously, and you aren't respected. What that actually does to a person's confidence and psyche is really fascinating to me.
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With theater, depending on the audience, the show is different every night and really requires your constant concentration. With film, it's more possible to focus for shorter, more intense bits of time.
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Whenever I have a play or opening or anything going on in my career, my parents always come up and see it.
Never lived in L.A. I've always done the New York thing.