André De Shields

Biography

André Robin De Shields (born January 12, 1946) is an American actor, singer, dancer, director, and choreographer. De Shields originated the role of Hermes on Broadway in the musical Hadestown, winning the 2019 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for his performance. He has also appeared on television, and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for his performance in the 1982 NBC broadcast of Ain't Misbehavin'. Description above from the Wikipedia article André De Shields, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(1999) Keys

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Law & Order

(1990) Mr. Miller

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Blue Bloods

(2010) Mitchell

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New Amsterdam

(2018) Dale Rustin

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Stars in the House

(2020) Self

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Life on Mars

(2008) Bartender

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Almost Family

(2019) Wyndham

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Extreme Measures

(1996) Teddy Dolson

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2024	Mr. Kelly	The Instigators 2024-08-02 Movie
2023	N/A	Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best 2023-05-12 Movie
2022	Jack	Uncoupled 2022-07-29 TV Show
	N/A	True Colors: LGBTQ+ Our Stories, Our Songs 2022-06-04 Movie
2021	Gene	And Just Like That… 2021-12-09 TV Show
	"Sunday" Legend #2	tick, tick... BOOM! 2021-11-11 Movie
	Self	Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age 2021-08-14 Movie
	Anton Ego	Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical 2021-01-01 Movie
2020	Self - Performer	Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration 2020-04-26 Movie
	Self	Stars in the House 2020-03-16 TV Show
2019	The Tutor	John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch 2019-12-24 Movie
	Wyndham	Almost Family 2019-10-02 TV Show
2018	Dale Rustin	New Amsterdam 2018-09-25 TV Show
2017	N/A	Broadway: The Next Generation 2017-11-16 Movie
2015	Mr. Sweet	Chloe and Theo 2015-04-15 Movie
2014	Mr. Davies	The Backseat 2014-01-11 Movie
2010	Mitchell	Blue Bloods 2010-09-24 TV Show
2009	Sooty	The Good Heart 2009-09-11 Movie
2008	Bartender	Life on Mars 2008-10-09 TV Show
	N/A	Lipstick Jungle 2008-02-07 TV Show
2004	Performer (segment "Ain't Misbehavin'")	Broadway's Lost Treasures II 2004-10-26 Movie
1999	Keys	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999-09-20 TV Show
1998	Pat	Sex and the City 1998-06-06 TV Show
1996	Teddy Dolson	Extreme Measures 1996-09-27 Movie
	N/A	Cosby 1996-09-16 TV Show
1990	Dr. Elvin Simmonds	Law & Order 1990-09-13 TV Show
	Mr. Miller	Law & Order 1990-09-13 TV Show
1987	Sandor	Prison 1987-12-08 Movie
1985	Haji	I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later 1985-10-19 Movie
1983	Tweedledum	Alice in Wonderland 1983-10-03 Movie
	Russ	The American Snitch 1983-01-01 Movie
1982	Performer	Ain't Misbehavin' 1982-06-21 Movie
1971	Self	Great Performances 1971-01-28 TV Show
	Tweedledum	Great Performances 1971-01-28 TV Show
1964	N/A	Another World 1964-05-04 TV Show
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Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2024	Thanks	Within the Crystal Hills 2024-06-03 Movie
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