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André Holland

Actor

André Holland

Born December 28, 1979 in Bessemer, Alabama, USA25 films

André Holland (born December 28, 1979) is an American actor. Throughout his career, Holland has acted in film, television, and theatre productions. On television, he has starred as Dr. Algernon Edwards in the Cinemax series The Knick (2014–2015) and as Matt Miller in the FX series American Horror Story: Roanoke (2016). His biggest role on film was playing Kevin in the Academy Award-winning film Moonlight (2016).

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Selma posterFirst watchSelma20147.4as Andrew Young"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B.View film

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Filmography

25 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Rule of Nines
  2. TBALincoln in the Bardo
  3. 2026They FightWalt
  4. 2026The Revisionist
  5. 2026The DutchmanClay
  6. 2025Love, BrooklynRoger
  7. 2025A Love Letter to MMax
  8. 2025The ActorPaul Cole
  9. 2024Exhibiting ForgivenessTarrell
  10. 2024ShirleyWalter Fauntroy
  11. 2023Lost NationTyrone
  12. 2022Bones and AllMaren's Father
  13. 2021PassingBrian Redfield
  14. 2019Battle at Big RockDennis
  15. 2019High Flying BirdRay Burke
  16. 2018A Wrinkle in TimePrincipal Jenkins
  17. 2016MoonlightKevin
  18. 2015Black or WhiteReggie Davis
  19. 2014SelmaAndrew Young
  20. 201342Wendell Smith
  21. 2011Small, Beautifully Moving PartsLeon
  22. 2009Bride WarsDJ Jazzles
  23. 2008Last CallPete
  24. 2008Miracle at St. AnnaPrivate Needles
  25. 2008SugarBrad