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Hinton Battle est un Acteur et Chorégraphe Américain né le 29 novembre 1956 à Hoppstädten (Allemagne)
Hinton Battle, né le 29 novembre 1956 à Neubraecke en Allemagne, est un acteur, danseur et chanteur américain.
Seul acteur de Broadway vivant à être titulaire de trois Tony Award du meilleur acteur de comédie musicale (Sophisticated Ladies, 1981, The Tap Dance Kid, 1984 et Miss Saigon, 1991), Hinton Battle est un acteur de légende. Il a interprété Scarecrow dans la version Broadway de The Wiz (il est remplacé par Michael Jackson dans la version filmée). Il a par ailleurs été le professeur de danse de Jennifer Lopez. Enfin, il est le « démon de la danse » de Once more with feeling, l'épisode musical de la série Buffy contre les vampires.
Battle was born in Neubrücke, Hoppstädten, West Germany, part of the Baumholder Army Military Community, and raised in Washington, D.C. and New York City. His mother was a homemaker and his father a U.S. army officer. Battle's talent became apparent at the age of nine. After three years of studying ballet at the Jones-Haywood School of Ballet, he received a scholarship to The School of American Ballet where he studied until the age of fifteen under George Balanchine. That same year, Hinton made his Broadway debut starring as the Scarecrow in The Wiz.
Career
He has appeared in fifteen films and television programmes, including Quantum Leap, Dreamgirls, and Touched by an Angel. On Quantum Leap, he played Thames, the evil Observer from the future, in the final installment of the Evil Leaper trilogy of episodes. Battle played the role of the Cat in the first U.S. pilot for science-fiction sitcom Red Dwarf, based on the British show of the same name. Notably,he guest starred as Sweet the jazz demon, in "Once More, with Feeling", Buffy The Vampire Slayer's musical episode in which his spell forces the characters to sing their biggest secrets and fears.
Hinton’s other Broadway starring roles include Dancin', Dreamgirls, Sophisticated Ladies for which he won his first Tony Award, Chicago (Billy Flynn) and Ragtime (Coalhouse Walker Jr.), which garnered rave reviews from the Chicago press and earned him an Ira Aldridge Award. His role in The Tap Dance Kid also earned Hinton a second Tony Award, the NAACP Award and the Fred Astaire Award, and Miss Saigon for which he won his third Tony Award.
Hinton’s long list of television credits include: Shine, his one man show presented at the HBO Aspen Comedy Arts Festival; The Kennedy Center’s 25th Anniversary; These Old Broads co-starring Shirley MacLaine, Joan Collins, Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor; and ABC/Disney’s Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story where Hinton served as choreographer and co-star playing Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson.
As choreographer, Hinton’s work has been seen on the musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Once More, with Feeling", These Old Broads, Foreign Student (With Charles Dutton), The Golden Globe Awards, Dance in America; the sitcoms Fired Up, Sister Sister, The Trouble with Normal, and The Boys. Hinton has choreographed promos for Warner Brothers, commercials for Coca-Cola, Chicago The Millie and New York Top Appliances. He served as Associate Choreographer on the 65th and 66th Annual Academy Awards with Debbie Allen.
Off-Broadway Hinton has served as co-director and choreographer for Evil Dead: The Musical. Having finished choreographing the movie musical Idlewild, he has joined with Wynton Marsalis for The Buddy Bolden Story, a feature film about the untold story of the man who created jazz in America. He is currently directing the stage musical Respect, a musical journey of women from the 1900s – 2007. Hinton’s most recent creation, a dance form called Swop that combines swing and hip-hop, was performed on the highly rated Dancing With The Stars in 2006. In 2014, Hinton starred in the off-Broadway production, Cindy: The Musical
Music
In addition to his prolific dancing career, Battle briefly drifted into singing in the mid-1980s. His song "Think We're Gonna Make It" was featured on the soundtrack to the 1986 movie, Playing for Keeps, and he released his lone solo album, Untapped that same year.
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Nationalité Etats-Unis
Naissance 29 novembre 1956 à Hoppstädten (Allemagne)
Mort 29 janvier 2024 (à 67 ans)
Naissance 29 novembre 1956 à Hoppstädten (Allemagne)
Mort 29 janvier 2024 (à 67 ans)
Seul acteur de Broadway vivant à être titulaire de trois Tony Award du meilleur acteur de comédie musicale (Sophisticated Ladies, 1981, The Tap Dance Kid, 1984 et Miss Saigon, 1991), Hinton Battle est un acteur de légende. Il a interprété Scarecrow dans la version Broadway de The Wiz (il est remplacé par Michael Jackson dans la version filmée). Il a par ailleurs été le professeur de danse de Jennifer Lopez. Enfin, il est le « démon de la danse » de Once more with feeling, l'épisode musical de la série Buffy contre les vampires.
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Early lifeBattle was born in Neubrücke, Hoppstädten, West Germany, part of the Baumholder Army Military Community, and raised in Washington, D.C. and New York City. His mother was a homemaker and his father a U.S. army officer. Battle's talent became apparent at the age of nine. After three years of studying ballet at the Jones-Haywood School of Ballet, he received a scholarship to The School of American Ballet where he studied until the age of fifteen under George Balanchine. That same year, Hinton made his Broadway debut starring as the Scarecrow in The Wiz.
Career
He has appeared in fifteen films and television programmes, including Quantum Leap, Dreamgirls, and Touched by an Angel. On Quantum Leap, he played Thames, the evil Observer from the future, in the final installment of the Evil Leaper trilogy of episodes. Battle played the role of the Cat in the first U.S. pilot for science-fiction sitcom Red Dwarf, based on the British show of the same name. Notably,he guest starred as Sweet the jazz demon, in "Once More, with Feeling", Buffy The Vampire Slayer's musical episode in which his spell forces the characters to sing their biggest secrets and fears.
Hinton’s other Broadway starring roles include Dancin', Dreamgirls, Sophisticated Ladies for which he won his first Tony Award, Chicago (Billy Flynn) and Ragtime (Coalhouse Walker Jr.), which garnered rave reviews from the Chicago press and earned him an Ira Aldridge Award. His role in The Tap Dance Kid also earned Hinton a second Tony Award, the NAACP Award and the Fred Astaire Award, and Miss Saigon for which he won his third Tony Award.
Hinton’s long list of television credits include: Shine, his one man show presented at the HBO Aspen Comedy Arts Festival; The Kennedy Center’s 25th Anniversary; These Old Broads co-starring Shirley MacLaine, Joan Collins, Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor; and ABC/Disney’s Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story where Hinton served as choreographer and co-star playing Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson.
As choreographer, Hinton’s work has been seen on the musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Once More, with Feeling", These Old Broads, Foreign Student (With Charles Dutton), The Golden Globe Awards, Dance in America; the sitcoms Fired Up, Sister Sister, The Trouble with Normal, and The Boys. Hinton has choreographed promos for Warner Brothers, commercials for Coca-Cola, Chicago The Millie and New York Top Appliances. He served as Associate Choreographer on the 65th and 66th Annual Academy Awards with Debbie Allen.
Off-Broadway Hinton has served as co-director and choreographer for Evil Dead: The Musical. Having finished choreographing the movie musical Idlewild, he has joined with Wynton Marsalis for The Buddy Bolden Story, a feature film about the untold story of the man who created jazz in America. He is currently directing the stage musical Respect, a musical journey of women from the 1900s – 2007. Hinton’s most recent creation, a dance form called Swop that combines swing and hip-hop, was performed on the highly rated Dancing With The Stars in 2006. In 2014, Hinton starred in the off-Broadway production, Cindy: The Musical
Music
In addition to his prolific dancing career, Battle briefly drifted into singing in the mid-1980s. His song "Think We're Gonna Make It" was featured on the soundtrack to the 1986 movie, Playing for Keeps, and he released his lone solo album, Untapped that same year.
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Dreamgirls (2006)
, 2h10Réalisé par Bill Condon
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Musical
Thèmes La musique, Théâtre, Musique, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre, Adaptation d'une comédie musicale
Acteurs Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson
Rôle Wayne
Note66%
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Drôles de retrouvailles (2001)
, 1h29Réalisé par Matthew Diamond
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie
Acteurs Shirley MacLaine, Debbie Reynolds, Joan Collins, Elizabeth Taylor, Jonathan Silverman, Pat Crawford Brown
Rôle Pete
Note58%
Une rediffusion d'un téléfilm tourné dans les années 70 remporte un franc succès et fait exploser l'audience de la chaîne. Le directeur des programmes de la chaîne privée y voit l'occasion de redorer son image bien ternie dans les milieux audiovisuels de Hollywood. Aussi n'hésite-t-il guère à empoigner le combiné de son téléphone pour contacter les stars, qui furent naguère cultes, afin de les persuader de tourner un remake ou une suite de leurs aventures. Les vieilles dames répondent favorablement à l'invitation du potentat télévisuel. Seulement, le directeur se rend vite compte qu'avoir réuni à la hâte ces trois vieilles idoles bouffies de narcissisme n'était pas sans danger car les trois actrices se haïssent.
, 1h28Réalisé par Nadia Tass
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Comédie dramatique
Acteurs Emily Hart, Ashley Orr, Connie Britton, Colin Friels, Ben Mendelsohn, Hinton Battle
Rôle Bill Robinson
Note62%
La vie et la carrière mouvementée de l'actrice Shirley Temple, célèbre enfant star dans les années 1930 et 1940 aux États-Unis.
Foreign Student (1994)
, 1h30Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Romance
Acteurs Robin Givens, Marco Hofschneider, Charlotte Ross, Edward Herrmann, Jack Coleman, Charles Dutton
Rôle Sonny Boy Williamson
Note59%
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, 1h28Réalisé par Nadia Tass
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Comédie dramatique
Acteurs Emily Hart, Ashley Orr, Connie Britton, Colin Friels, Ben Mendelsohn, Hinton Battle
Rôle Chorégraphe
Note62%
La vie et la carrière mouvementée de l'actrice Shirley Temple, célèbre enfant star dans les années 1930 et 1940 aux États-Unis.