Occupation Actor Height 1.87 m Years active 2009–present Nationality American | Name Trai Byers Partner Grace Gealey Role Actor Alma mater Yale School of Drama | |
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Born July 19, 1983 (age 40) ( 1983-07-19 ) Kansas City, Kansas Movies and TV shows Empire, Selma, Jayhawkers, Destination Planet Negro, Caesar and Otto's Summer Similar People Grace Gealey, Bryshere Y Gray, Jussie Smollett, Terrence Howard, Kaitlin Doubleday Profiles | ||
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Trai Byers (born July 19, 1983) is an American actor and singer known for playing Andre Lyon in the Fox music-industry prime time drama Empire.
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- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Filmography
- References
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Early life
Trai Byers was born in Kansas City, Kansas. After a year of 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.
Career
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 directed by Ava DuVernay. He plays Andre Lyon in Fox's 2015 music-industry primetime soap opera, Empire.
Personal life
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.
Filmography
Actor
2023
Harlem (TV Series) as
Keith
- Fall Back to Rumspringa Forward (2023) - Keith
- Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy (2023) - Keith
2020
The 24th as
Boston
2015
Empire (TV Series) as
Andre Lyon
- Home Is on the Way (2020) - Andre Lyon
- Over Everything (2020) - Andre Lyon
- We Got Us (2020) - Andre Lyon
- Love Me Still (2020) - Andre Lyon
- I Am Who I Am (2020) - Andre Lyon
- Come Undone (2020) - Andre Lyon
- Talk Less (2020) - Andre Lyon
- Can't Truss 'Em (2020) - Andre Lyon
- Cold Cold Man (2019) - Andre Lyon
- Remember the Music (2019) - Andre Lyon
- Do You Remember Me (2019) - Andre Lyon
- Good Enough (2019) - Andre Lyon
- Heart of Stone (2019) - Andre Lyon
- Stronger Than My Rival (2019) - Andre Lyon
- Tell the Truth (2019) - Andre Lyon
- You Broke Love (2019) - Andre Lyon
- Got on My Knees to Pray (2019) - Andre Lyon
- What Is Love (2019) - Andre Lyon
- The Roughest Day (2019) - Andre Lyon
- My Fate Cries Out (2019) - Andre Lyon
- Never Doubt I Love (2019) - Andre Lyon
- A Wise Father That Knows His Own Child (2019) - Andre Lyon
- Without All Remedy (2019) - Andre Lyon
- Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds (2019) - Andre Lyon
- Shift and Save Yourself (2019) - Andre Lyon
- In Loving Virtue (2019) - Andre Lyon
- My Fault Is Past (2019) - Andre Lyon
- Had It from My Father (2018) - Andre Lyon
- Master of What Is Mine Own (2018) - Andre Lyon
- Treasons, Stratagems, and Spoils (2018) - Andre Lyon
- What Is Done (2018) - Andre Lyon
- The Depth of Grief (2018) - Andre Lyon
- Love All, Trust a Few (2018) - Andre Lyon
- Pride (2018) - Andre Lyon
- Pay for Their Presumptions (2018) - Andre Lyon
- Steal from the Thief (2018) - Andre Lyon
- The Empire Unpossess'd (2018) - Andre Lyon
- Bloody Noses and Crack'd Crowns (2018) - Andre Lyon
- Fair Terms (2018) - Andre Lyon
- A Lean and Hungry Look (2018) - Andre Lyon
- False Face (2018) - Andre Lyon
- Of Hardiness Is Mother (2018) - Andre Lyon
- Sweet Sorrow (2018) - Andre Lyon
- Without Apology (2018) - Andre Lyon
- Birds in the Cage (2018) - Andre Lyon
- Slave to Memory (2017) - Andre Lyon
- Cupid Painted Blind (2017) - Andre Lyon
- The Lady Doth Protest (2017) - Andre Lyon
- Fortune Be Not Crost (2017) - Andre Lyon
- The Fool (2017) - Andre Lyon
- Bleeding War (2017) - Andre Lyon
- Evil Manners (2017) - Andre Lyon
- Full Circle (2017) - Andre Lyon
- Noble Memory (2017) - Andre Lyon
- Toil and Trouble, Part 2 (2017) - Andre Lyon
- Toil and Trouble, Part 1 (2017) - Andre Lyon
- Absent Child (2017) - Andre Lyon
- Civil Hands Unclean (2017) - Andre Lyon
- Love Is a Smoke (2017) - Andre Lyon
- My Naked Villainy (2017) - Andre Lyon
- Strange Bedfellows (2017) - Andre Lyon
- Play On (2017) - Andre Lyon
- Sound & Fury (2017) - Andre Lyon
- A Furnace for Your Foe (2016) - Andre Lyon
- The Unkindest Cut (2016) - Andre Lyon
- What We May Be (2016) - Andre Lyon
- Chimes at Midnight (2016) - Andre Lyon
- One Before Another (2016) - Andre Lyon
- Cupid Kills (2016) - Andre Lyon
- What Remains Is Bestial (2016) - Andre Lyon
- Sin That Amends (2016) - Andre Lyon
- Light in Darkness (2016) - Andre Lyon
- Past Is Prologue (2016) - Andre Lyon
- Rise by Sin (2016) - Andre Lyon
- The Lyon Who Cried Wolf (2016) - Andre Lyon
- More Than Kin (2016) - Andre Lyon
- Time Shall Unfold (2016) - Andre Lyon
- The Tameness of a Wolf (2016) - Andre Lyon
- A Rose by Any Other Name (2016) - Andre Lyon
- Death Will Have His Day (2016) - Andre Lyon
- Et Tu, Brute? (2015) - Andre Lyon
- Sinned Against (2015) - Andre Lyon
- My Bad Parts (2015) - Andre Lyon
- True Love Never (2015) - Andre Lyon
- A High Hope for a Low Heaven (2015) - Andre Lyon
- Be True (2015) - Andre Lyon
- Poor Yorick (2015) - Andre Lyon
- Fires of Heaven (2015) - Andre Lyon
- Without a Country (2015) - Andre Lyon
- The Devils Are Here (2015) - Andre Lyon
- Die but Once (2015) - Andre Lyon
- Who I Am (2015) - Andre Lyon
- Sins of the Father (2015) - Andre Lyon
- Unto the Breach (2015) - Andre Lyon
- The Lyon's Roar (2015) - Andre Lyon
- Our Dancing Days (2015) - Andre Lyon
- Out, Damned Spot (2015) - Andre Lyon
- Dangerous Bonds (2015) - Andre Lyon
- False Imposition (2015) - Andre Lyon
- The Devil Quotes Scripture (2015) - Andre Lyon
- The Outspoken King (2015) - Andre Lyon
- Pilot (2015) - Andre Lyon
2018
Bent as
Chuck
2016
Empire Cast & Mariah Carey & Jussie Smollett: Infamous (Music Video) as
Trai Byers
2015
Americons as
Theo Jones
2014
Selma as
James Forman
2014
Jayhawkers as
Nathan Davis
2013
Destination Planet Negro as
B-12
2012
90210 (TV Series) as
Alec Martin
- The Things We Do for Love (2012) - Alec Martin
- The Con (2012) - Alec Martin
- Hate 2 Love (2012) - Alec Martin
- It's All Fun and Games (2012) - Alec Martin
- The Sea Change (2012) - Alec Martin
- Til Death Do Us Part (2012) - Alec Martin
2011
All My Children (TV Series) as
Mookie
2009
Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre as
Chip
Writer
2020
The 24th (written by)
Producer
2020
The 24th (producer)
Soundtrack
2015
Empire (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Slave to Memory (2017) - (performer: "Superstar" - uncredited)
- Unto the Breach (2015) - (performer: "Lean On Me" - uncredited)
Thanks
-
The Thin Black Line (Documentary) (special thanks) (completed)
2020
Mixed Up (TV Series) (special thanks - 1 episode)
- Pilot (2020) - (special thanks)
2016
Gander's Redemption (Short) (special thanks)
Self
2022
Inside the Black Box (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Trai Byers and Cassandra Freeman Visit the Black Box (2022) - Self
2020
Ok! TV (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #7.167 (2020) - Self
2019
2019 FOX Fall Preview (TV Special) as
Self
2018
WGN Morning News (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 9 March 2018 (2018) - Self
2017
Masterchef (TV Series) as
Self
- Celebrity Showdown 2017 (2017) - Self
2016
Extra (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #23.87 (2016) - Self
2016
Rachael Ray (TV Series) as
Self
- Peter Walsh and One Mom Are Tackling One of His Toughest Transformations Yet- Her Daughter's Bedroom! (2016) - Self
2016
Harry (TV Series) as
Self
- Actress Tracee Ellis Ross, Empire Week with Actor Trai Byers, Dancer Maddie Ziegler (2016) - Self
2016
Dish Nation (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #4.146 (2016) - Self
2016
The 47th NAACP Image Awards (TV Special) as
Self
2016
73rd Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Audience Member
2015
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Nathan Lane/Trai Byers/Rita Ora/Alek Skarlatos & Lindsay Arnold (2015) - Self
2015
The Meredith Vieira Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Hottest Health Headlines/"Empire" Star Trai Byers/Summer Beach Body with "The Biggest Loser" Trainer Jessie Pavelka (2015) - Self
2015
Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 13 March 2015 (2015) - Self
2015
The View (TV Series) as
Self
- Guest Co-Hostesses Stacy London & Samantha Ponder/Trai Byers/Tai Beauchamp/Nash Grier (2015) - Self
Archive Footage
2020
Ok! TV (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #7.191 (2020) - Self
2016
The Insider (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #13.18 (2016) - Self
2015
Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 7 September 2015 (2015) - Self
- Episode dated 24 August 2015 (2015) - Self
2015
Extra (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 5 September 2015 (2015) - Self
References
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