Hardison actor Aldis Hodge left the Leverage: Redemption because of his busy schedule, but he will return for the new season in 2022.
Aldis Alexander Basil Hodge is a 36-year-old actor born on September 20, 1986. He is famous for his roles in Underground, WGN America, Leverage, and the DC Extended Black Adam.
He is from Onslow County, North Carolina and his parents are Aldis Basil Hodge and Yolette Evangeline Richardson. Both his parents served in the Marine Corps. He played piano and clarinet from a young age. Besides acting, he paints, writes, and designs watch when he has a free schedule.
He started his acting career in 1995, debuting with an action thriller film, Die Hard with a Vengeance as Raymond. Since his debut, he has starred in various movies and series such as The Ladykillers, A Good Day to Die Hard, Pacific Blue, City on a Hill, Cold Case, American Dreamz, and many more. He has written and produced an upcoming science fiction thriller movie, Parallel.
The actor left the show Leverage: Redemption Season 1, which he is the revival show of Leverage, a show he worked on relatively early in his career at the age of 20.
Why Did Aldis Hodge aka Hardison Leave Leverage: Redemption?
Aldis Hodge who plays the role of Hardison on Leverage: Redemption left the show due to his busy schedule. He could not give full-time to show because he was booked for other movies.
Leverage: Redemption of the 2021 revival of the first series Leverage. The actor worked on the original series early on in his career in the role of Alec Hardison. The original series went on for four seasons from 2008 to 2012.
He worked as one of the main cast of the show and the role of a hacker. He was a computer genius and a hacker who hacked into different types of electronic devices and hardly ever got caught. He was raised by a foster parent whom he called Nana. He gets involved in a high-profile crime to pay Nana’s medical bills. He gets into a romantic relationship with Parker, who is a thief and a safe-cracker. But it brings plenty of personal and physical complications.
He was also a part of Leverage: Redemption, the revival of the 2008 show Leverage. It is an action crime drama that released in 2021. He plays the role of Alec Hardison, the same as in the original series. After the end of the series, he lends his technical skills to humanitarian organizations throughout the world. He leaves the team and gives his work to his foster sister, Breanna. He still appeared on the show from time to time to assist the team.
The actor appears on the revival show but leaves the season early. According to Screen Rant, he had to written-off the show because of his unavailability and increasingly busy schedule. After the series ended in 2012, he appeared in many more projects and his career has grown. He had starred in some popular movies like a Night in Miami and a box office hit The Invisible Man.
Because of his busy schedule, he could not give full time to the show Leverage: Redemption and only appeared in the first two episodes of the show which was released on July 9, 2021.
Where Is Hardison From Leverage Now?
Aldis Hodge, the SAG Award-winning actor is working on the upcoming 2023 film Parallel. He wrote and produced the movie with his brother Edwin Hodge and Jonathan Keasey.
He is also one of the cast of the upcoming movie. The movie is the remake of a Chinese movie, Lei Zheng’s Parallel Forest. The story is revolved around a character named Vanessa played by Danielle Deadwyler. Vanessa finds herself navigating between parallel spaces.
In The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder released on February 23, 2022, he voiced the role of Frankie, the opposing coach. The show is an animated coming-of-age comedy television series that premiered on Disney+. The actor played a small role in the series and was present for two episodes of the show.
He also worked on a superhero animated film that is based on the DC Comics, Green Lantern: Beware My Power released on July 26, 2022. The movie includes many DC Comics storylines. He played the major voice role in the movie. He voiced John Stewart or Green Lantern who is the major character of the movie. The story revolves around John Stewart who witnesses a spaceship crash nearby. The power ring from the spaceship attaches itself to John’s hand and the journey begins.
He starred in one of the most anticipated movies of 2022, Black Adam. The film is another film in the DC Extended Universe and the spinoff of the 2019 movie Shazam! The movie released on October 21, 2022, in the United States. He played the role of Carter Hall or Hawkman who is the leader of the Justice Society and has the Nth metal in his wings, harness, belt, and boots that allow him to fly and defy gravity. With the recent release of Black Adam, he was busy filming and promoting the movie all throughout 2022.
He is active on Instagram under the username @aldis_hodge with more than 700 posts where fans can follow his daily life and what he is up to. We can also find him as @AldisHodge on Twitter where he has over 100 thousand followers.
Will He Return in Season 2 of Leverage: Redemption?
Aldis Hodge played a major part of Hardison in Leverage: Redemption and he will be back in the Season Two of the series.
As per Amazon Adviser, Aldis Hodge will be a part of the new season of Leverage: Redemption as a recurring character. He will be playing the same role as he did in Leverage and Leverage: Redemption of Hardison, the team’s original hacker.
The second season of the show Leverage: Redemption released on November 16, 2022, on Apple TV, Vudu, Freevee, and many more streaming platforms. The show releases on a weekly basis on Wednesday and the finale will air on January 25, 2023. The first three episodes of the thirteen-episode series dropped on November 16.
The main cast of Leverage: Redemption returning for Season 2 are:
- Beth Riesgraf as Parker
- Noah Wyle as Harry Wilson
- Aleyse Shannon as Breanna Casey
- Gina Bellman as Sophie Devereaux
- Christian Kane as Eliot Spencer