Trai Byers
Trai Byers is an American actor and singer known for playing Andre Lyon in the Fox music-industry prime time drama Empire. During the October 7, 2015 episode of the daytime talk show, FABLife, Byers's costar Grace Gealey confirmed that they were engaged. He and Gealey married on Grand Cayman Island on April 14, 2016. Trai Byers was born in Kansas City, Kansas. After high school in Kansas City, he completed his high-school education in Georgia. Byers then graduated from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor's degree in communications. He also attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles, and the Yale School of Drama. In 2011, Byers made his television debut with the recurring role on the ABC daytime soap opera, All My Children, and the following year had role in The CW teen soap,90210. He played civil rights activist James Forman in the 2014 historical epic film, Selma.
Selma
as James Forman"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a...
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Bent
as ChuckOn his latest private investigation, a shamed former cop connects a murder case to a government...
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The 24th
as BostonThe incredibly powerful and timely true story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States...
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Americons
as Theo JonesA broken down collegiate football hero gets a shot at stardom during the eleventh hour of LA's...
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Jayhawkers
as Nathan DavisA group of unlikely allies modernized college sports and changed a small Midwestern town,...
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Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre
as ChipCaesar, an effete tough guy and his slovenly half brother, Otto, have signed up as summer camp...
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Destination: Planet Negro!
as B12In 1939, a group of African American intellectuals come up with an ingenious and unlikely...
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Empire
as Andre LyonA powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle...
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90210
as Alec Martin90210 revolves around several students at the fictional West Beverly Hills High School,...
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