Andre De Shields
Biography
André Robin De Shields (born January 12, 1946) is an American actor, singer, dancer, director, and choreographer. He has received numerous accolades including a Tony Award, a Grammy Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. De Shields has appeared in the original Broadway casts of multiple stage productions, including The Full Monty, Warp!, and The Wiz, and most notably originating the role of Hermes on Broadway in the musical Hadestown, winning the 2019 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for his performance. He has also appeared on television, and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for his performance in the 1982 NBC broadcast of Ain't Misbehavin'.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
51 releases · 7 albums · active 1975–2025
- Performance · 39
- Other credits · 14
Studios: A&R Studios · RCA Studio C · DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York City · Power Station
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- David Yazbek
- The Cast Of Netflix's Film Tick, Tick... BOOM!
- Anaïs Mitchell
- Ain't Misbehavin' Original Broadway Cast
- Wynton Marsalis