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 environment psyche taken
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.
whenever
Whenever I have a play or opening or anything going on in my career, my parents always come up and see it.
gone grew
With 'Selma,' I grew up in Alabama, 45 minutes away from Selma. I have gone to that commemorative march many times with my parents.
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.
reading people levels
Things maybe take longer usually when it comes to TV - especially network TV. There are usually multiple levels that you have to go through in terms of the casting director, the producers, the studio, the network, reading with other people.
dream people roles
People sometimes say, "What is your dream role?" I don't really have a dream role. I'll know it when I see it.
goal trying
My goal has always been to try to live up to every ounce of my potential.
bigs takeaways
Working on Shakespeare and learning about Shakespeare was the big takeaway 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.