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Jordon Hodges

American actor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMay 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ6277524
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Jordon Hodges (born March 2, 1987) is an American actor, screenwriter and producer known for his role as Noah Daly in the 2014 drama film Sand Castles.

Early life

Jordon Hodges was born in Goshen, Indiana and attended Northridge High School. He relocated to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career in 2010.

Career

Hodges made his debut in 2008's comedy film Fraternity House alongside actors Johnny Lechner and Joel Paul Reisig, which became part of the German franchise College Animals and is now known as College Animals 3.

Hodges starred in the 2011 thriller film Impulse Black, opposite actors Emme Rylan and Robert Miano. In 2011, he also appeared in the horror film Deadly Karma. In 2012, he starred in the historical drama film Mary’s Buttons, which is based on a true story and follows the criminal trial of Mrs. August Govare, who ordered her 15-year-old-son to shoot Sheriff Matthews of Macomb County, Michigan in December 1910.

In 2014, Hodges appeared in Sand Castles, opposite actors Anne Winters, Saxon Trainor and Clint Howard, which premiered in Los Angeles in June 2014 during Dances With Films at the TCL Chinese Theatre. The role of Noah Daly earned Hodges multiple awards and nominations including: Winner for "Best Lead Actor" at New York City's Visionfest and the Horse of Leonardo da Vinci nomination for "Best Lead Actor" and winner for "Best Ensemble Cast" at Milan, Italy's MIFF Awards.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Jordon Hodges” as american actor. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1987, 2014, 2010, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1987-03-02. The account is most persuasive where Jordon, Hodges and American can be independently traced.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6277524. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1987, 2014, 2010 and 2008.

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This entry incorporates text from Jordon Hodges” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.