Aldis Alexander Basil Hodge (born September 20, 1986) is an American actor best known for his role as Alec Hardison on the TNT series Leverage and as MC Ren in the 2015 biopic, Straight Outta Compton. Aldis is the younger brother of actor Edwin Hodge. In 2007, Hodge was awarded the role of Alec Hardison on the day of his twenty-first birthday. In 2010, he received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Television for this role on Leverage.

Filmography

• 2026The Dutchman — Warren
• Cross — Alex Cross, Producer
• 2024Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One — John Stewart / Power Ring (voice)
• 2024Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three — Green Lantern John Stewart (voice)
• 2024Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Two — John Stewart (voice)
• 2024Marmalade — Otis
• 2024Parallel — Alex, Producer, Writer
• 2022Black Adam — Hawkman / Carter Hall
• 2022Green Lantern: Beware My Power — John Stewart / Green Lantern (voice)
• The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder — Frankie (voice)
• Leverage: Redemption — Alec Hardison
• 2021The Birthday Cake — Eagle
• 2020Magic Camp — Theo's Dad
• 2020One Night in Miami... — Jim Brown
• 2020The Invisible Man — James Lanier
• 2019Brian Banks — Brian Banks
• City on a Hill — Decourcy Ward
• 2019Clemency — Anthony Woods
• 2019What Men Want — Will
• Medal of Honor — Edward Carter
• Star Trek: Short Treks — Craft
• 2016Hidden Figures — Levi Jackson
• 2016Jack Reacher: Never Go Back — Espin
• Underground — Noah
• 2015Straight Outta Compton — MC Ren
• Caper — Guy in Alexia's Bootcamp
• 2014The After — D. Love
• The After — D. Love
• 2013A Good Day to Die Hard — Foxy
• Rectify — Stefon Whitman
• The Blacklist — Mario Dixon
• 2013The East — Thumbs
• 2013The Sixth Gun — Agent Mercer
• Black Mirror — Jack
• The Chicago Code — Deon Lucket
• The Walking Dead — Mike
• Castle — Azi
• 2009Red Sands — Trevor Anderson
• The Forgotten — Donny Rowe
• Leverage — Alec Hardison
• 2007Equal Opportunity — Leroy Williams Jones III
• Private Practice — Esau Ajawke
• 2006American Dreamz — Soldier Chuck
• 2006Edmond — Leafletter
• Friday Night Lights — Ray 'Voodoo' Tatum
• 2006Happy Feet — Additional Voices (voice)
• Rachael Ray
• 2006The Tenants — Sam Clemence
• Action Man: A.T.O.M. — King (voice)
• Bones — Jimmy Merton
• 2005Little Athens — Pitt
• Numb3rs — Travis Grant
• 2005Snow Wonder — Hotel Piano Player
• Supernatural — Jake Talley
• 2004The Ladykillers — Doughnut Gangster
• Cold Case — Mason 'Runner' Tucker (1973)
• American Dreams — Wilmore, Whitmore
• CSI: Miami — Isaiah Stiles
• The Proud Family — Frankie (voice)
• 2000Big Momma's House — Basketball Teen #2
• Boston Public — Andre
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Tony Thorpe
• Girlfriends — Derwin Davis, Matthew Miles
• Charmed — Trey
• Between Brothers — Reggie
• Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction — Camper #1 (segment "Summer Camp")
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Masked Teen
• 1996Bed of Roses — Prince
• Pacific Blue — Maurice Raymond
• 1995Die Hard: With a Vengeance — Raymond
• ER — Young Man, Brad Enloe
• Legacy — Kevin
• Road House 2

Appearances as themselves (11)

• 2022Black Adam: Saviour or Destroyer? — Self
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest
• 2021A Night at the Academy Museum — Self
• The Eisen Hour — Self - Guest
• 2020The Making of Clemency — Himself
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The Daily Show — Self
• Nightline — Self