- Geoffrey Holder
Infobox actor
name = Geoffrey Holder
caption = Holder with wife Carmen De Lavallade. photo byCarl Van Vechten , 1955
birthdate = birth date and age|1930|8|1
location =Port of Spain ,Trinidad ,Trinidad and Tobago
occupation =Actor ,choreographer ,costume designer ,dancer , painter,vocalist , voice-over artist
yearsactive = 1957–2005
spouse = Carmen De Lavallade (1955-present)
homepage =
tonyawards = Best Direction of a Musical
1975 "The Wiz "
Best Costume Design
1975 "The Wiz "
awards =Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Costume Design
1975 "The Wiz "Geoffrey Holder (born
August 1 1930 ) is aTrinidadian actor ,choreographer ,dancer , painter,costume designer ,singer and voice-over artist.Biography
Born in
Port of Spain ,Trinidad , Holder is known for his towering 200-centimeter (six-foot, six-inch) height, heavily accented deepbasso voice and hearty laugh. With that and his appearance in the 1970s7 Up soft drink "uncola"advertising campaign , Holder's image quickly became recognizable.Though the 7 Up advertising campaign lasted only a short while in the early 1970s,Fact|date=June 2008 the company revived the campaign in the early 1980sFact|date=June 2008 after Holder achieved a spike in popularityFact|date=June 2008 in the movie version of the musical "Annie", in which he played the role of Punjab.
He is a prolific painter, ardent art collector, and performer who has also authored books and composed music.Fact|date=June 2008
Holder is married to dancer
Carmen De Lavallade , whom he met when both were in the Broadway cast of "Flower Drum Song ".Fact|date=June 2008 As of date, they live in New York City and have one son, Leo Anthony Lamont.Fact|date=June 2008 Holder's brother is the London-based artistBoscoe Holder .Fact|date=June 2008Productions
Broadway
*"The
Boys' Choir of Harlem and Friends", Staged Concert, 1993 - Staging
*"The Wiz ", 1984 Revival - Direction, Costume Design
*"Timbuktu! " - Original Musical, 1978 - Direction, Choreography, Costume Design, Playbill Cover Illustration
*"The Wiz" - Original Musical, 1975 - Direction, Costume Design
*"Josephine Baker " - Musical Review, 1964 - Performer
*"Waiting for Godot " - Revival (all black cast), 1957 - Performer
*"House of Flowers", Original Musical, 1964 - Banda dance choreography, performerFilm
*"
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film) ", 2005 - narration
*"Goosed ", 1999
*"Boomerang" - 1992
*"Annie", 1982
*"Doctor J. Kanye ", 1978
*"Swashbuckler" 1976
*"Live and Let Die", 1973 - also choreography
*"Doctor Dolittle", 1967Television
*"
Cyberchase " as Master Pi in "Secrets of Symmetria" (episode 118), 2002 and "Double Trouble" (episode 209), 2003
*"Bear in the Big Blue House ", 1997
*"The 62nd AnnualAcademy Awards ", 1990 - performing
*"Alice in Wonderland", 1983
*7-Up commercials (The Un-cola)
*"What's My Line ", circa 1972
*"Isle of Capri Casino " (commercials), late 1980sRadio
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KYOT-FM inPhoenix, Arizona , 1994-present - VoiceoverBibliography
*cite book | last=Holder | first=Geoffrey | coauthors=Harshman Tom | title=Black Gods, Green Islands | location=Garden City, New York | publisher=Doubleday | year=1959 | isbn=0837127890
*cite book | last=Holder | first=Geoffrey | coauthors= | title=Geoffrey Holder's Caribbean Cookbook | location=New York | publisher=Viking Press | year=1973 | oclc=2700931
*cite book | last=Holder | first=Geoffrey | coauthors= | title=Adam | location=New York | publisher=Viking | year=1986 | isbn=0670810282
*cite book | last=Holder | first=Geoffrey | coauthors=University Art Museum. | title=Geoffrey Holder: the painter | location=Albany, New York | publisher=State University of New York at Albany | year=1995 | isbn=0910763135
*cite book | last=Holder | first=Geoffrey | coauthors=Falke, Stefan; Lovelace, Earl | title=The Dancing spirits of Trinidad: Moko Jumbies | location=New York | publisher=Pointed Leaf Press | year=2004 | isbn=0972766138References
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External links
* [http://www.visionaryproject.com/holdergeoffrey Geoffrey Holder's oral history video excerpts] at The National Visionary Leadership Project
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*imdb|0390305###@@@KEY@@@### s-ach|awsuccession box
title=Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design
years=1974-1975
for "The Wiz "
before=Franne Lee
for "Candide"
after=Florence Klotz
for "Pacific Overtures "
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