Tony and Obie Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson is an American actor, playwright, and director who has won national awards for his work in all three categories. He wrote the screenplay of the 2020 film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. He is best known for his role of Captain Roy Montgomery from 2009 to 2011 on ABC's Castle. In November 2011 he appeared on Broadway in Lydia R. Diamond's play Stick Fly. In 2013 he starred in the TV series Low Winter Sun, a police drama set in Detroit. Santiago-Hudson played the role of Bayard Rustin in the film Selma. He directed the Broadway Production and National Tour of Jitney.
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Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Skeleton Crew
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Jitney
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Jitney
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson's Jitney
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, The Piano Lesson
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, The Piano Lesson
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, The Piano Lesson
Ruben Santiago-HudsonLackawanna Blues
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Lackawanna Blues
Ruben Santiago-Hudson , Seven Guitars
Ruben Santiago-Hudson has appeared on Broadway in 4 shows.
Ruben Santiago-Hudson has not appeared in the West End.
Ruben Santiago-Hudson has been nominated for several awards throughout his career. These nominations include Outstanding Actor in a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Lackawanna Blues," Distinguished Performance Awards at the Drama League Awards for the same show, and Outstanding Director of a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "Skeleton Crew." He was also nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for "Lackawanna Blues" and Outstanding Director of a Play at the Drama Desk Awards for "Jitney." Santiago-Hudson received a Special Citation at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for "Jitney" and won the Best Direction of a Play Tony Award for "August Wilson's Jitney." Other nominations include Outstanding Solo Performance at the Drama Desk Awards, Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards, and Outstanding Director of a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for various productions. He also won awards such as Outstanding Lead Actor at the Helen Hayes Awards for "Lackawanna Blues" and a Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play for "Seven Guitars."
Ruben Santiago-Hudson has won several awards, including Special Achievement Awards from the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Lackawanna Blues, Outstanding Director of a Play from the Drama Desk Awards for Jitney, a Special Citation from the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Jitney, Direction from the Obie Awards for The Piano Lesson, Outstanding Director from The Lortels for The Piano Lesson, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Non-Resident Production from the Helen Hayes Awards for Lackawanna Blues, Outstanding Solo Performance from the Drama Desk Awards for Lackawanna Blues, Special Citations from the Obie Awards for Lackawanna Blues, and Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play from the Tony Awards for Seven Guitars.
Ruben Santiago-Hudson has written 1 shows including Lackawanna Blues (Playwright).
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