Cast & creator
Edwin Hodge
Best known for The Mentalist, Grey's Anatomy, NCIS
Edwin Martel Basil Hodge (born January 26, 1985) is an American actor and the older brother of actor Aldis Hodge. He is known for portraying Dante Bishop in The Purge film series, and is the only actor to appear in all of the first three films. He played the role of "the Bloody Stranger" in the horror film The Purge (2013) and its sequels The Purge: Anarchy (2014) and The Purge: Election Year (2016); "the Bloody Stranger" was revealed to be named Dante Bishop in the third film. He also appeared in the horror film As Above, So Below (2014). He's appeared in other films including Die Hard with a Vengeance, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Big Momma's House, Take Me Home Tonight, Red Dawn (2012), Bumblebee, and The Tomorrow War. On TV, he guest starred on an episode of the TNT series Leverage, which stars his younger brother Aldis Hodge. His other guest roles include 7th Heaven, Angel, Boston Public, Touched by an Angel, Cold Case, Grey's Anatomy, Ghost Whisperer, Heroes, Bones, One Tree Hill, CSI: Miami, NCIS, Private Practice, NCIS: LA, Rosewood, and All Rise. His major TV recurring roles were as Jamaal Crenshaw on Boston Public, Brett on Invasion, Malcolm Darius Washington on Mental, Wade on Cougar Town, firefighter Rick Newhouse on Chicago Fire, Dr. Greg Young on Secrets & Lies, Benjamin Banneker on Sleepy Hollow, and Clayton Poole on For All Mankind. He's starred as Marcus Ride on Jack & Bobby, Robert Chase on SIX, and Dr. Malcolm Kingsley on Good Sam. He stars as Ray Cannon on FBI: Most Wanted, starting in Season 4, fall of 2022.
Also known as: Eddie, Edwin Martel Basil Hodge, ادوین هاج
30
film credits
37
television credits
65
1994–2024 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (67)
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The Mentalist
Toby Rawlins
2008
Grey's Anatomy
Greg Stanton
2005
NCIS
Bodie
2003
Bones
Robert Hooper
2005
NCIS: Los Angeles
Technical Assistant Kai Ashe
2009
Chicago Fire
Rick Newhouse
2012
CSI: Miami
James Reed
2002
One Tree Hill
Will Bennett
2003
Heroes
Young Charles Deveaux
2006
FBI: Most Wanted
Ray Cannon
2020
Rizzoli & Isles
Quentin Morris
2010
Ghost Whisperer
John
2005
Cold Case
Vaughn Bubley (age 18)
2003
Touched by an Angel
Jesse Cartwright
1994
Private Practice
Aaron
2007
Angel
Kennan
1999
For All Mankind
Clayton Poole
2019
Boston Public
Jamaal Crenshaw
2000
Sleepy Hollow
Benjamin Banneker
2013
Cougar Town
Wade
2009
Matlock
Langston Wright
2024
All Rise
Joey Beto
2019
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Camper #2 (segment "Summer Camp")
1997
7th Heaven
Freshman Guy #1
1996
Rosewood
Doug Russell
2015
Genius
C.L. Franklin
2017
Grounded for Life
Guy #2
2001
Mayans M.C.
Officer Franky Rogan
2018
New York Undercover
Memo
1994
Secrets and Lies
Dr. Greg Young
2015
The Tomorrow War
Dorian
2021
Invasion
Brett
2005
The Purge
Bloody Stranger
2013
SIX
Robert Chase
2017
The Purge: Anarchy
The Stranger
2014
Jack & Bobby
Marcus Ride
2004
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Dexter's Friend
1995
The Purge: Election Year
Dante Bishop
2016
Bumblebee
Danny Bell
2018
As Above, So Below
Benji
2014
Red Dawn
Danny
2012
Big Momma's House
Basketball Teen #1
2000
Snoops
Steven Jackson
1999
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Todd Henessey
1996
Mental
2009
Good Sam
Malcolm Kingsley
2022
Campus Ladies
2006
Take Me Home Tonight
Bryce
2011
The Alamo
Joe
2004
Injustice
Michael Holt / Mr. Terrific / Waylon Jones / Killer Croc (voice)
2021
National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze
Tony
2003
The Good Neighbor
Officer Palmer
2016
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
Bird
2006
Parallel
Martel
2024Parallel
Producer
2024Parallel
Writer
2024
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
Cody
1997
If Not Now, When
Walter
2020
The Breaks
Tiki
1999
Hangman's Curse
Blake Hornsby
2003
Christmas in Compton
Pookie
2012
Debating Robert Lee
Elliot Davis
2004
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
Darnell
2005
Coastlines
Roy
2002House of Guerrero
Malcolm
Beautiful Loser
Morgan (teenage)
2009