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Profile of Geoffrey Holder
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Geoffrey Holder |
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1st August 1930 |
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Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, West Indies |
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Geoffrey Holder (born August 1, 1930 in Port-of-Spain), is an American (Trinidad-born) character actor, choreographer, dancer, designer, singer and voice over artist.
Holder is known for his unconventional looks (he is 6'6 and bald with strong African features), his distinctive bass voice with a heavy accent, and his hearty laugh, which have made him the target of good-natured lampooning. He is a prolific and instantly-recognizable performer.
Geoffrey Holder is married to actress Carmen De Lavallade. They have one son.
Selected credits
(in reverse chronological order)
Broadway
- The Boys' Choir of Harlem and Friends, Staged Concert, 1993 - Staging
- The Wiz, 1984 Revival - Direction, Costume Design
- Timbuktu! - Original Musical, 1978 - Direction, Choreography, Costume Design, Playbill Cover Illustration
- The Wiz - Original Musical, 1975 - Direction, Costume Design
- Josephine Baker - Musical Review, 1964 - Performer
- Waiting for Godot - Revival (all black cast), 1957 - Performer
- House of Flowers, Original Musical, 1964 - Banda dance choreography, performer
Film
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 2005 - narration
- Goosed, 1999
- Boomerang - 1992
- Annie, 1982
- Live and Let Die, 1973 - choreography
- Doctor Doolittle, 1967
Television
- Cyberchase as Master Pi in "Secrets of Symmetria" (episode 118), 2002 and "Double Trouble" (episode 209), 2003
- Bear in the Big House, 1997
- The 62nd Annual Academy Awards, 1990 - performing
- Alice in Wonderland, 1983
- 7-Up commercials (The Un-cola)
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