Trai Byers

Born: 1983-07-19

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.


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Selma

as James Forman
Released: 2014-12-25

"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a...

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Bent

as Chuck
Released: 2018-03-09

On his latest private investigation, a shamed former cop connects a murder case to a government...

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Americons

as Theo Jones
Released: 2015-01-19

A broken down collegiate football hero gets a shot at stardom during the eleventh hour of LA's...

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The 24th

as Boston
Released: 2020-08-21

The incredibly powerful and timely true story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States...

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Jayhawkers

as Nathan Davis
Released: 2014-03-07

A group of unlikely allies modernized college sports and changed a small Midwestern town,...

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Destination: Planet Negro!

as B12
Released: 2013-02-16

In 1939, a group of African American intellectuals come up with an ingenious and unlikely...

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Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre

as Chip
Released: 2009-08-15

Caesar, an effete tough guy and his slovenly half brother, Otto, have signed up as summer camp...

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Empire

as Andre Lyon
First aired: 2015-01-07

A 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 Martin
First aired: 2008-09-02

90210 revolves around several students at the fictional West Beverly Hills High School,...

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Harlem

as Keith
First aired: 2021-12-02

Four stylish and ambitious best girlfriends in Harlem, New York City: a rising star professor...

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