Net Worth	$1.3 Million
Date Of Birth	January 12, 1946
Place Of Birth	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Profession	Actor, Soundtrack
Star Sign	Capricorn

#	Fact
1	He was nominated for a 2013 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Supporting Actor in a Musical for "The Jungle Book" at the Goodman Theatre and Huntington Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
2	He was awarded the 1998 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for "Play On!", at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
3	He was nominated for a 1995 Joseph Jefferson Award for Director of a Revue for "The Colored Museum", at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
4	He was awarded the 1988 Joseph Jefferson Award for Director of a Revue for "The Colored Museum", at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
5	He played the original Wiz in "The Wiz" on 1970s Broadway.
6	A 1970 University of Wisconsin graduate, he was awarded his doctorate in 2004.
7	De Shields made his Broadway debut in 1973 in "Warp". That same year, he choreographed Bette Midler's "Clams on the Half Shell" Broadway show.
8	African-American Broadway actor, singer, writer, composer, lyricist, choreographer, director and educator.
9	The stage actor has received Tony Award nominations for "The Full Monty" and "Play On!"; the Joseph Jefferson Award and the Black Theatre Alliance Ira Aldridge Award for "Play On!"; and a 1982 Emmy Award for "Ain't Misbehavin'." He has also received Audience Development Committee Awards for "Saint Tous" and Joseph Jefferson Awards for direction of "The Colored Museum", acting in "Dream On Monkey Mountain" and direction and choreography for "Blackberries". He has been nominated for several Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards.
10	Raised in Baltimore, André was the ninth of eleven children.
11	De Shields has been the Harold Clurman Visiting Professor at the City University of New York-Hunter College and an adjunct professor at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU. He has also been a distinguished visiting professor at Southern Methodist University, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga.
12	Played the title role in a production of "King Lear" in Washington D.C.
13	Was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical): in 1997 for "Play On!" and in 2001 for "The Full Monty."

Title	Year	Status	Character
Chloe & Theo	2015		Mr. Sweet (as Andre de Shields)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	2014	TV Series	Keys
The Backseat	2014		Mr. Davies
The Inheritance	2011/I		Uncle Grady
Bruce's Garden	2011	Short	Jack Reynolds
Rescue Me	2010	TV Series	Paul
The Good Heart	2009		Sooty (as André de Shields)
Life on Mars	2008	TV Series	Bartender
Lipstick Jungle	2008	TV Series	Drag Queen
Law & Order	1996-2006	TV Series	Mr. Miller / Dr. Elvin Simmonds
Great Performances	1983-2005	TV Series	Tweedledum
Sex and the City	2002	TV Series	Pat
Cosby	1997	TV Series	Larry
Extreme Measures	1996		Teddy Dolson
Prison	1987		Sandor
I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later	1985	TV Movie	Haji (as Andre De Shields)
The American Snitch	1983		Russ
The Wiz	1978	Video	The Wiz
Another World	1964	TV Series	Marshall Lincoln Kramer, III #2 (1995-1996)

Title	Year	Status	Character
The 55th Annual Tony Awards	2001	TV Special performer: "Let It Go"
The 32nd Annual Tony Awards	1978	TV Special "Ladies Who Sing with the Band"

Title	Year	Status	Character
Broadway: The Next Generation	2018	Documentary filming	Himself
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age	2016	Documentary post-production	Himself
Spotlight on Broadway	2013	TV Series	Himself
The Flea Theater: A Portrait	2010	Documentary	Himself
Broadway: The American Musical	2004	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
The 55th Annual Tony Awards	2001	TV Special	Himself - Performer & Nominee: Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Theater Talk	2000	TV Series	Himself
Working in the Theatre	1997-2000	TV Series documentary	Himself
The 51st Annual Tony Awards	1997	TV Special	Himself - Nominee: Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Great Performances	1983	TV Series	Himself
Ain't Misbehavin'	1982	TV Movie	Himself
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade	1979	TV Special	Himself
The 32nd Annual Tony Awards	1978	TV Special	Himself - Performer

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