André De Shields Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
André De Shields was born on January 12, 1946 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He is an actor, known for Another World (1964), Extreme Measures (1996) and Prison (1987).
Net Worth
$1.3 Million
Date Of Birth
January 12, 1946
Place Of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Profession
Actor, Soundtrack
Star Sign
Capricorn
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Fact
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He was nominated for a 2013 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Supporting Actor in a Musical for "The Jungle Book" at the Goodman Theatre and Huntington Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
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He was awarded the 1998 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for "Play On!", at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
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He was nominated for a 1995 Joseph Jefferson Award for Director of a Revue for "The Colored Museum", at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
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He was awarded the 1988 Joseph Jefferson Award for Director of a Revue for "The Colored Museum", at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
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He played the original Wiz in "The Wiz" on 1970s Broadway.
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A 1970 University of Wisconsin graduate, he was awarded his doctorate in 2004.
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De Shields made his Broadway debut in 1973 in "Warp". That same year, he choreographed Bette Midler's "Clams on the Half Shell" Broadway show.
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African-American Broadway actor, singer, writer, composer, lyricist, choreographer, director and educator.
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The stage actor has received Tony Award nominations for "The Full Monty" and "Play On!"; the Joseph Jefferson Award and the Black Theatre Alliance Ira Aldridge Award for "Play On!"; and a 1982 Emmy Award for "Ain't Misbehavin'." He has also received Audience Development Committee Awards for "Saint Tous" and Joseph Jefferson Awards for direction of "The Colored Museum", acting in "Dream On Monkey Mountain" and direction and choreography for "Blackberries". He has been nominated for several Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards.
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Raised in Baltimore, André was the ninth of eleven children.
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De Shields has been the Harold Clurman Visiting Professor at the City University of New York-Hunter College and an adjunct professor at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU. He has also been a distinguished visiting professor at Southern Methodist University, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga.
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Played the title role in a production of "King Lear" in Washington D.C.
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Was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical): in 1997 for "Play On!" and in 2001 for "The Full Monty."
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Chloe & Theo
2015
Mr. Sweet (as Andre de Shields)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2014
TV Series
Keys
The Backseat
2014
Mr. Davies
The Inheritance
2011/I
Uncle Grady
Bruce's Garden
2011
Short
Jack Reynolds
Rescue Me
2010
TV Series
Paul
The Good Heart
2009
Sooty (as André de Shields)
Life on Mars
2008
TV Series
Bartender
Lipstick Jungle
2008
TV Series
Drag Queen
Law & Order
1996-2006
TV Series
Mr. Miller / Dr. Elvin Simmonds
Great Performances
1983-2005
TV Series
Tweedledum
Sex and the City
2002
TV Series
Pat
Cosby
1997
TV Series
Larry
Extreme Measures
1996
Teddy Dolson
Prison
1987
Sandor
I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later
1985
TV Movie
Haji (as Andre De Shields)
The American Snitch
1983
Russ
The Wiz
1978
Video
The Wiz
Another World
1964
TV Series
Marshall Lincoln Kramer, III #2 (1995-1996)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 55th Annual Tony Awards
2001
TV Special performer: "Let It Go"
The 32nd Annual Tony Awards
1978
TV Special "Ladies Who Sing with the Band"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Broadway: The Next Generation
2018
Documentary filming
Himself
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2016
Documentary post-production
Himself
Spotlight on Broadway
2013
TV Series
Himself
The Flea Theater: A Portrait
2010
Documentary
Himself
Broadway: The American Musical
2004
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
The 55th Annual Tony Awards
2001
TV Special
Himself - Performer & Nominee: Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Theater Talk
2000
TV Series
Himself
Working in the Theatre
1997-2000
TV Series documentary
Himself
The 51st Annual Tony Awards
1997
TV Special
Himself - Nominee: Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Great Performances
1983
TV Series
Himself
Ain't Misbehavin'
1982
TV Movie
Himself
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
1979
TV Special
Himself
The 32nd Annual Tony Awards
1978
TV Special
Himself - Performer
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1982
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special Class
Ain't Misbehavin' (1982)
Known for movies
Another World (1964) as Marshall Lincoln Kramer, III #2 (1995-1996)
