Geoffrey Holder
Geoffrey Holder
Geoffrey Lamont Holderwas a Trinidadian-American actor, choreographer, dancer, painter, singer, and Tony Award–winning stage director and costume designer. He was known for his height, "hearty laugh", and heavily accented bass voice combined with precise diction. From his film career, he is particularly remembered as the villain Baron Samedi in the 1973 Bond-movie Live and Let Die...
NationalityTrinidadian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth1 August 1930
CityPort of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago
We are too quick to put labels on things. It is my profession. I get up and paint. Everyone wants to put a label on it, but I am a free spirit, so I fight against that.
I walk through doors. If I'm not wanted in a place, there's something wrong with the place, not with me.