André Holland
Summer Series Speaker
André Holland is an accomplished actor and producer known for his dynamic range and powerful performances across film, television, and theater. With a career marked by critically acclaimed roles, Holland has established himself as one of the most versatile talents in the industry.
Holland can currently be seen starring in THE ACTOR, a feature film directed by Duke Johnson, which premiered theatrically in March 2025. He is also the star and producer of LOVE, BROOKLYN, which premiered in competition at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The film, produced by Steven Soderbergh, features Holland alongside Dewanda Wise and Nicole Beharie. Additionally, Holland stars in THE DUTCHMAN, a psychological thriller adapted from Amiri Baraka’s Obie Award-winning play, directed by Andre Gaines. The film, in which Holland appears opposite Kate Mara, Zazie Beetz, and Stephen McKinley Henderson, premiered at the 2025 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival.
Holland’s upcoming work includes his role in LINCOLN IN THE BARDO, a stop-motion animation and live-action hybrid film by Duke Johnson, alongside a distinguished cast that includes Tom Hanks, Colman Domingo, Willem Dafoe, Peter Dinklage, Jonathan Bailey, and Bill Hader.
His recent film credits include starring in EXHIBITING FORGIVENESS, directed by Titus Kaphar, alongside Andra Day and Aunjanue Ellis. The film premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and was released in the United States in October 2024. Holland is also known for his roles in the critically acclaimed PASSING, directed by Rebecca Hall, and HIGH FLYING BIRD, which he executive produced and starred in under the direction of Steven Soderbergh.
He is also known for his performances in Barry Jenkins’ Academy Award-winning MOONLIGHT, alongside Naomie Harris and Mahershala Ali, and Ava DuVernay’s Academy Award-nominated SELMA, for which he received a nomination for the NAACP Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture.
In television, Holland is widely recognized for his lead role in Apple TV+’s BIG CIGAR. He has also starred in Damien Chazelle’s THE EDDY for Netflix, JJ Abrams and Hulu’s CASTLE ROCK, alongside Sissy Spacek and Melanie Lynskey, and in Steven Soderbergh’s THE KNICK, where he starred opposite Clive Owen.
Holland’s theater credits are equally impressive. He made his Broadway debut in the 2009 Tony Award-winning revival of August Wilson’s JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE and returned to Broadway in 2017 in the Tony Award-winning production of JITNEY. He recently starred as Othello in a production at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre alongside Mark Rylance. Holland is also featured in The Public Theater’s upcoming radio production of RICHARD II, set to be released on WNYC in the summer of 2024. His other theater credits include THE WHIPPING MAN at Manhattan Theatre Club and The Public Theater’s productions of ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, MEASURE FOR MEASURE, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, and AS YOU LIKE IT. Holland made his Off-Off-Broadway directing debut in 2018 with a production of Greg Keller’s DUTCH MASTER.
