
Acting
January 25, 1985 (40 years old)
Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA
Also Known As
Eddie
Edwin Martel Basil Hodge
ادوین هاج
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.

Parallel
2024
as Martel

Good Sam
2022
as Malcolm Kingsley

Injustice
2021
as Michael Holt / Mr. Terrific / Waylon Jones / Killer Croc (voice)

The Tomorrow War
2021
as Dorian

If Not Now, When
2020
as Walter

FBI: Most Wanted
2020
as Ray Cannon

For All Mankind
2019
as Clayton Poole

All Rise
2019
as Joey Beto

Bumblebee
2018
as Danny Bell

Mayans M.C.
2018
as Officer Franky Rogan

Genius
2017
as C.L. Franklin

SIX
2017
as Robert Chase

The Good Neighbor
2016
as Officer Palmer

The Purge: Election Year
2016
as Dante Bishop

Rosewood
2015
as Doug Russell

Secrets and Lies
2015
as Dr. Greg Young

As Above, So Below
2014
as Benji

The Purge: Anarchy
2014
as The Stranger

Sleepy Hollow
2013
as Benjamin Banneker

The Purge
2013
as Bloody Stranger