![]() My brother and I, we started in New York, and the vibe is different: Modeling, music videos were prominent out there. I had an interesting upbringing in this industry. What advice would you give your younger self?ĭon’t listen to everybody. I think that was the first time I remember hearing about SAG. I don’t remember! I think it was a Quaker Oatmeal commercial that I did. My biggest awe came when I was on “Sesame Street” and learning how puppets worked and meeting Elmo and Big Bird.ĭo you remember what job got you in the union? I guess it was everything a 4-year-old kid could imagine at that point in time. How did it feel for your “Cosby Show” aspirations to come full circle?īeing on set, Raven-Symoné-I had a little crush on her. I didn’t want to be the bad guy or the drug dealer. There were certain roles I wanted that weren’t afforded to me. “Being a Black kid in this business, it wasn’t easy all the time. That was my introduction to the industry-and shortly after that, I found myself on the set of “The Cosby Show.” She told me to go show them what I can do, and I did. It was a fluke, in a way, because I was just doing background and the kid that they had dancing, I voiced my opinion to my mom and said I could dance better. ![]() My first commercial was an Oreo commercial with Chubby Checker. We got a manager and it took off after that. We were living in New Jersey at the time, and she got us to New York and I started at the Barbizon School of Acting and Modeling. She and my father were Marines, so this was completely outside their realm. ![]() I told my mom that’s what I wanted to do. The moment I was curious about acting was when I was 3 years old and I was watching “The Cosby Show.” I was watching kids inside a box, basically. What was the moment you decided you wanted to be an actor? How did you get your start in this industry? As an adult, Hodge was the only actor to appear in the first three films in the “Purge” series and he portrayed a Navy SEAL in the History Channel series “Six.” In another high-octane story, Hodge stars alongside Chris Pratt in the futuristic alien battle film “The Tomorrow War,” now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. ![]() Edwin Hodge had the rare opportunity to learn about the entertainment industry-and its responsibilities-as a child on Broadway with a role in “Showboat” in the 1990s. ![]()
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