Edwin Martel Basil Hodge born January 26 1985 is an American actor and the older brother of actor Aldis Hodge He is known for portraying Dante Bishop in The Purge film series and is the only actor to appear in all of the first three films He played the role of the Bloody Stranger in the horror film The Purge 2013 and its sequels The Purge Anarchy 2014 and The Purge Election Year 2016 the Bloody Stranger was revealed to be named Dante Bishop in the third film He also appeared in the horror film As Above So Below 2014 Hes appeared in other films including Die Hard with a Vengeance The Long Kiss Goodnight Big Mommas House Take Me Home Tonight Red Dawn 2012 Bumblebee and The Tomorrow War On TV he guest starred on an episode of the TNT series Leverage which stars his younger brother Aldis Hodge His other guest roles include 7th Heaven Angel Boston Public Touched by an Angel Cold Case Greys Anatomy Ghost Whisperer Heroes Bones One Tree Hill CSI Miami NCIS Private Practice NCIS LA Rosewood and All Rise His major TV recurring roles were as Jamaal Crenshaw on Boston Public Brett on Invasion Malcolm Darius Washington on Mental Wade on Cougar Town firefighter Rick Newhouse on Chicago Fire Dr Greg Young on Secrets Lies Benjamin Banneker on Sleepy Hollow and Clayton Poole on For All Mankind Hes starred as Marcus Ride on Jack Bobby Robert Chase on SIX and Dr Malcolm Kingsley on Good Sam He stars as Ray Cannon on FBI Most Wanted starting in Season 4 fall of 2022