About Andrae.
Andraé Goodnight is a graduate of the prestigious Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, Texas where he concentrated in visual arts and theater. He received his Master of Divinity from Covenant Theological Seminary in 2005 and an MFA in Acting for Film from the New York Film Academy in 2022.
In 2009, he was elected to the Chattanooga City Council, becoming the youngest person ever to hold a local office in Chattanooga. He has also held the post of Adjunct Faculty for Bryan College and was the first full-time African American talk show radio host of the daily show “Live and Local” which aired on WGOW 102.3FM, with a daily listening audience of over 250,000.
He was named the 3M Advertising National Drug-Free Art Award winner in 2003, has received the National Association of Social Workers Public Official Award in 2009, was named in Chatter’s Magazine’s “20 Under 40” List in 2010, and Honorable Mention for “Best Director” in the 55hour Film Festival in 2016.
Height: 5"9
Weight: 165
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Black
Location: Los Angeles
Accents/Dialects:
American-California
American-Southern States
American-New York
British
Black Country
Jamaican
South African

Film
Last Night | Black Madonna Productions
Lead
XXX | Enlas Productions
Lead
Linked | Blazing Infinity Productions
Supporting
Dysfunktion | Exertion Films
Supporting
Stage
Othello | Santa Clarita Shakespeare Festival
Lead
Miracle on 34th Street (A Radio Play) | Oceanside Theater
Lead
Rabbit Hole | Oceanside Theater
Lead
Tolton | St. Luke Productions
Lead
Letters of Merci | JaYo Theater Company
Lead
Untitled Music Play | Chance Theater
Supporting
Boy on the Edge of Everything | Chance Theater
Supporting
Training &
Workshops
UCB | Improv | Toni Charline
Joseph Perlman Acting Academy | Film/TV Acting | Joseph Perlman
Tony Barr's Film Actors Workshop | Cold Reading | Eric Kline
Susan Batson | Susan Batson Studios | Susan Batson
Special Skills
Former politician, pastor, college professor, talk show host, sketch artist (National Art Award Winner), weapons training, singing (tenor/baritone, three-octave range), advanced rapping skills (professional international recording artist), saxophone player (intermediate), keyboard (intermediate), guitar (beginner), basic juggling, basic ballroom dancing, basic martial artist, animal whisperer