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.
Known For

Parallel
Martel
2024

Good Sam
Malcolm Kingsley · (13 episodes)
2022

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

The Tomorrow War
Dorian
2021

If Not Now, When
Walter
2020

FBI: Most Wanted
Ray Cannon · (57 episodes)
2020

For All Mankind
Clayton Poole · (3 episodes)
2019

All Rise
Joey Beto · (1 episode)
2019

Bumblebee
Danny Bell
2018

Mayans M.C.
Officer Franky Rogan · (6 episodes)
2018

Genius
C.L. Franklin · (1 episode)
2017

SIX
Robert Chase · (18 episodes)
2017

The Good Neighbor
Officer Palmer
2016

The Purge: Election Year
Dante Bishop
2016

Rosewood
Doug Russell · (1 episode)
2015

Secrets and Lies
Dr. Greg Young · (3 episodes)
2015

As Above, So Below
Benji
2014

The Purge: Anarchy
The Stranger
2014

Sleepy Hollow
Benjamin Banneker · (4 episodes)
2013

The Purge
Bloody Stranger
2013

Christmas in Compton
Pookie
2012

Chicago Fire
Rick Newhouse · (7 episodes)
2012

Red Dawn
Danny
2012

Take Me Home Tonight
Bryce
2011

Rizzoli & Isles
Quentin Morris · (1 episode)
2010

Cougar Town
Wade · (6 episodes)
2009

NCIS: Los Angeles
Technical Assistant Kai Ashe · (2 episodes)
2009

Beautiful Loser
Morgan (teenage)
2009

Mental
(13 episodes)
2009

The Mentalist
Toby Rawlins · (1 episode)
2008

Private Practice
Aaron · (1 episode)
2007

Heroes
Young Charles Deveaux · (1 episode)
2006

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
Bird
2006

Campus Ladies
(1 episode)
2006

Ghost Whisperer
John · (1 episode)
2005

Invasion
Brett · (4 episodes)
2005

Bones
Robert Hooper · (1 episode)
2005

Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
Darnell
2005

Grey's Anatomy
Greg Stanton · (1 episode)
2005

Debating Robert Lee
Elliot Davis
2004

Jack & Bobby
Marcus Ride · (22 episodes)
2004

The Alamo
Joe
2004

Cold Case
Vaughn Bubley (age 18) · (1 episode)
2003

National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze
Tony
2003

One Tree Hill
Will Bennett · (1 episode)
2003

Hangman's Curse
Blake Hornsby
2003

Coastlines
Roy
2002

Grounded for Life
(1 episode)
2001

Boston Public
Jamaal Crenshaw · (13 episodes)
2000

Big Momma's House
Basketball Teen #1
2000

Angel
Kennan · (1 episode)
1999

The Breaks
Tiki
1999

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Camper #2 (segment "Summer Camp") · (1 episode)
1997

Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
Cody
1997

The Long Kiss Goodnight
Todd Henessey
1996

7th Heaven
Freshman Guy #1 · (1 episode)
1996

Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Dexter's Friend
1995

The Tomorrow War 2
Dorian

Touched by an Angel
Jesse Cartwright · (1 episode)
1994

New York Undercover
Memo · (1 episode)
1994