Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Ruben Santiago-Hudson recently directed the world premieres of Dominique Morriseau’s Skeleton Crew at the Atlantic Theatre and Paradise Blue at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Mr. Santiago-Hudson won a Tony when he starred in August Wilson’s Seven Guitars on Broadway and later went on to direct the play himself to high praise. Other directing credits include The Piano Lesson, The First Breeze of Summer, Cabin in the Sky, and many more. The multi-award-winning actor and director wrote, executive produced and starred in the HBO film Lackawanna Blues, based on his award-winning play. It received several honors, including Emmy, Golden Globes, and Humanitas, National Board of Reviews, and Christopher Awards. Ruben stars alongside Anika Noni Rose in BET’s new drama The Quad, premiering in January 2017.

The Quad 

Santiago-Hudson recurs on Showtime’s Billions and recently starred in TNT’s Public Morals.

Damian Lewis and Ruben Santiago-Hudson in “Billions.”Credit…Jeff Neuman/Showtime

Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Raul Gomez and Damian Lewis as Bobby ÒAxeÓ Axelrod in BILLIONS (Season 3, Episode 10, “Redemption”). – Photo: Jeff Neumann/SHOWTIME – Photo ID: BILLIONS_310_1337.R.jpg

Public Morals

TNT’s Public Morals Blackfilms.com Edward Burns, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Wass Stevens, and Patrick Murney in Public Morals (2015)

 

 

Low Winter Sun

Nick (William P. Lush), Maya (Sprague Grayden), Damon (James Ransone), Geddes (Lennie James), Dani (Athena Karkanis), Frank Agnew (Mark Strong), Lt. Charles Dawson (Ruben Santiago-Hudson) and Simon Boyd (David Costabile) – Low Winter Sun _ Season 1 _ Gallery – Photo Credit: Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC

Lt. Charles Dawson (Ruben Santiago-Hudson) and Frank Agnew (Mark Strong) in Season 1 of “Low Winter Sun.” (AMC)

Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Mark Strong in Low Winter Sun (2013) Photo by Alicia Gbur/AMC

Lennie James, Sprague Grayden, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, and Athena Karkanis attend AMC’s “Low Winter Sun” cast Q&A with Art House Convergence on July 29, 2013, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
(July 28, 2013 – Source: Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images North America)

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ARCHIVIST, EDUCATOR, HISTORIAN, and ARTiST
Dale Ricardo Shields is a 2017 winner of The Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award®, 2017 and 2015 Tony® award nominee for the Excellence in Theatre Education Award, the 2017 AUDELCO/"VIV" Special Achievement Award, 2020, 2021, and 2022 ENCORE AWARD / The Actors Fund and winner of the 2022.

Recently, he won the 2022 Legend Award from his alma mater Ohio University.

He is the 2021 winner of the Paul Robeson Award, presented (jointly) by the Actors Equity Association and the Actors Equity Foundation.

Research Accomplishments:
His extensive professional credits as a Director, Stage manager, and Actor (Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and Regional) As an actor he has appeared on Saturday Night Live, Another World, Guiding Light, The Cosby Show, and the ITV television series "Special Needs" and commercials and film.

Professor Shields is a member of the Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and the American Guild of Musical Artists performance unions and an associate member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

He began his artistic academic career in New York City at Playwrights Horizon, The South Bronx Action Theatre, and Mind Builders, and then was invited to join the teaching staff at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre (New York Shakespeare Festival). He represented the United States for Theatre Young Audiences at the ASSITEJ Theatre Festival in London, England.

He has been a Professor and Visiting Artist at Ohio University, The College of Wooster, Denison University, Macalester College, Randolph- Macon College, Susquehanna University, and SUNY Potsdam.

He holds B.F.A and M.F.A, Degrees from Ohio University.

Website(s)

Iforcolor.org [Research]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Ricardo_Shields [Career]