Personal Info
Birth date
1946-01-12 (79 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also known as
André DeShields
Andre De Shields
Andre de Shields
André de Shields
André De Shields
Biography
André Robin De Shields (born January 12, 1946) is an American actor, singer, dancer, director, and choreographer. De Shields originated the role of Hermes on Broadway in the musical Hadestown, winning the 2019 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for his performance. He has also appeared on television, and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for his performance in the 1982 NBC broadcast of Ain't Misbehavin'. Description above from the Wikipedia article André De Shields, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.937
Overview:
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.Law & Order
7.402
Overview:
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.Blue Bloods
7.794
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A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.Sex and the City
7.388
Overview:
Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene.And Just Like That…
7.3
Overview:
This new chapter of “Sex and the City” follows Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s.New Amsterdam
8.354
Overview:
The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care, but the doctors and staff are not so sure he can succeed. They've heard this before. Not taking "no" for an answer, Dr. Goodwin's instinctive response to problems large and small is four simple words: "How can I help?" He has to disrupt the status quo and prove he'll stop at nothing to breathe new life into this underfunded and underappreciated hospital, returning it to the glory that put it on the map.Great Performances
5.5
Overview:
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.Elsbeth
7.2
Overview:
After her successful career in Chicago, Elsbeth Tascioni, an astute but unconventional attorney, utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD.Lipstick Jungle
6.1
Overview:
Lipstick Jungle is an American comedy-drama television series created by DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler for NBC Universal Television Studio. The hour-long series was based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Candace Bushnell, who also served as executive producer alongside showrunner/head writer Oliver Goldstick. The pilot was directed by Gary Winick.Stars in the House
NYR
Overview:
In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains indefinitely, SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley have created Stars in the House, a daily live streamed series to support The Actors Fund and its services.Cosby
6.086
Overview:
Cosby is an American situation comedy television series broadcast on CBS from September 16, 1996 to April 28, 2000, loosely based on the British sitcom One Foot in the Grave. The program stars Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashād, who previously worked with Cosby in the 1984–1992 NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. Madeline Kahn portrayed their neighbor, Pauline, until her death in 1999.Brilliant Minds
7.47
Overview:
A rare condition — face blindness — gives an eccentric yet incredibly gifted neurologist a unique perspective on care, fueling his mission to change the way people see his patients. Alongside a team of brilliant young interns, he solves some of the world's most puzzling psychological cases while navigating the complicated relationships that come with the job.Life on Mars
6.411
Overview:
After a car crash, police detective Sam Tyler mysteriously finds himself transported back to 1973 and still working as a detective.Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
7
Overview:
John Mulaney conducts the first-ever celebrity sit-down talk show. Live every week.The Instigators
6.181
Overview:
Rory and Cobby are unlikely partners thrown together for a heist. But when it goes awry, they team up with an unusual accomplice — Rory's therapist — to outrun police, backward bureaucrats, and a vengeful crime boss.Almost Family
7.4
Overview:
An only child finds her life turned upside down when her father reveals that, over the course of his prize-winning career as a pioneering fertility doctor, he used his own sperm to conceive upwards of a hundred children, including two new sisters.tick, tick... BOOM!
7.6
Overview:
On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.Uncoupled
6.485
Overview:
Michael thought his life was perfect until his husband blindsided him by walking out after 17 years. Michael has to confront two nightmares — losing his soulmate and suddenly finding himself a single gay man in his mid-40s.Extreme Measures
6
Overview:
Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. After the trail leads Luthan to the door of an eminent surgeon at the hospital, Luthan soon finds himself in extreme danger people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.Prison
5.738
Overview:
After Charles Forsyth was sent to the electric chair for a crime he didn't commit, he forever haunts the prison where he was executed. Flash forward several years when the prison is reopened, under the control of its new warden Eaton Sharpe, a former security guard who framed Charlie. When prisoners are ordered to break down the wall to the execution room, they unknowingly release the angry spirit of Charles Forsyth, a powerful being distributing his murderous rage to all, leading up to the Warden himself.Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
NYR
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who lived through it, creating a first-hand archive of personal backstage stories and memories. The new documentary is the long-awaited sequel to late filmmaker Rick McKay’s award-winning 2003 film Broadway: The Golden Age, continuing the saga into the '60s and '70s and spotlighting beloved classic Broadway shows including Once Upon a Mattress, Bye Bye Birdie, Barefoot in the Park, Pippin, A Chorus Line, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Chicago, and 42nd Street. Featuring a galaxy of stars including Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Glenn Close, André De Shields, Jane Fonda, Robert Goulet, Liza Minnelli, Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, and many more, the film also includes rare archival photos and never-before-seen footage both onstage and off.The Good Heart
6.343
Overview:
Jacques is the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking himself to death when he meets Lucas, a homeless young man who has already given up on life. Determined to keep his legacy alive, Jacques deems Lucas is a fitting heir and takes him under his wing.Another World
5.636
Overview:
Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC for 35 years from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. Set in the fictional town of Bay City, the show in its early years opens with announcer Bill Wolff intoning its epigram, “We do not live in this world alone, but in a thousand other worlds,” which Phillips said represented the difference between “the world of events we live in, and the world of feelings and dreams that we strive for.” Another World focused less on the conventional drama of domestic life as seen in other soap operas, and more on exotic melodrama between families of different classes and philosophies.Chloe and Theo
5.7
Overview:
A young woman, Chloe, living by her wits on the streets of New York City, has a chance meeting with a wise Inuit Eskimo, Theo, who was sent to New York by his elders to provide a message to the people of the world – We either change our destructive was or be destroyed by them. Chloe, who has been searching for something to believe in, becomes inspired by Theo and , with the help of a kind lawyer, Monica, the three of them present Theo’s story to the United Nations in hopes of creating a better future for all of us.John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
7.083
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John Mulaney and his kid pals tackle existential topics for all ages with catchy songs, comedy sketches and special guests in a nostalgic variety special.I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later
5.6
Overview:
Jeannie has been a happily married housewife for 15 years to her astronaut husband Tony Nelson and has a teenage son, T.J. When Tony is promoted to Colonel and is about to retire from the NASA space program, Jeannie decides to give him a celebration party in their backyard. However, egged on by his colleagues to retire with a dramatic flair, Tony breaks his promise to Jeannie for one more space flight (aboard the shuttle), this time with a female astronaut, Captain Nelly Hunt.Broadway: The Next Generation
10
Overview:
A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.Broadway's Lost Treasures II
8
Overview:
The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences to experience as if they were front-row-center on opening night. This second compilation of great musical moments from the Tonys features another dazzling array of stars and performances. Hosts Lauren Bacall, Bebe Neuwirth, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Jerry Orbach introduce these one-of-a-kind performances and share their personal Broadway and Tony memories.Hadestown
NYR
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In a post-apocalyptic world inspired by New Orleans, the tragic love of Orpheus and Eurydice is intertwined with the complex relationship of Hades and Persephone. Eurydice, struggling with poverty, is lured to the industrial underworld of Hadestown by Hades, while Orpheus, a struggling musician, ventures down below to bring her back.Acting
TBAHadestown as Hermes
2025Everybody's Live with John Mulaney (1 Episode) as Chesterton Romero Cheadle
2024Broadway’s Leading Men: A Musical Celebration as Unknown
2024Brilliant Minds (1 Episode) as Harold
2024The Instigators as Mr. Kelly
2024Elsbeth (2 Episodes) as Matteo Hart
2023Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best as Self
2022Uncoupled (3 Episodes) as Jack
2022Foxing: Live at The Grandel as Unknown
2022True Colors: LGBTQ+ Our Stories, Our Songs as Unknown
2021And Just Like That… (1 Episode) as Gene
2021tick, tick... BOOM! as "Sunday" Legend #2
2021The Sixth Reel as Gavin Plimsoll
2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
2021Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical as Anton Ego
2020Stars in the House (1 Episode) as Self
2019John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch as The Tutor
2019Almost Family (1 Episode) as Wyndham
2018New Amsterdam (1 Episode) as Dale Rustin
2017Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
2015Chloe and Theo as Mr. Sweet
2014The Backseat as Mr. Davies
2010Blue Bloods (1 Episode) as Mitchell
2009The Good Heart as Sooty
2008Life on Mars (1 Episode) as Bartender
2008Lipstick Jungle (1 Episode) as Drag Queen
2004Broadway's Lost Treasures II as Performer (segment "Ain't Misbehavin'")
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2 Episodes) as Keys
1998Sex and the City (1 Episode) as Pat
1996Extreme Measures as Teddy Dolson
1996Cosby (1 Episode) as Unknown
1990Law & Order (2, 1 Episode) as Dr. Elvin Simmonds, Mr. Miller
1987Prison as Sandor
1985I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later as Haji
1983Alice in Wonderland as Tweedledum
1983The American Snitch as Russ
1982Ain't Misbehavin' as Performer
1971Great Performances (1, 1 Episode) as Self, Tweedledum
1964Another World (1547 Episodes) as Unknown
Crew
2024Within the Crystal Hills ... Thanks