Acting credits
11
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Trai Byers
Acting
Career Snapshot
ExplainedThese indicators come from TMDB. They are relative signals, not review ratings.
TMDB popularity
1.5
Low visibility
TMDB internal trend index. Higher usually means more searches and page activity now.
Movies: 8Series: 3Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 1407308
IMDb ID: nm1784293
Known for: Acting
Born: July 19, 1983
Age: 42
Place of birth: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2008 - 2025
Years active: 18
Average TMDB rating: 6.58
Wikidata: Q18749573
Other jobs
Writer (1)
Biography
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Trai Byers.
5.8
Wife Stalker
as Leo
2025 Movie
5.2
The 24th
as Boston
2020 Movie
5.2
Bent
as Chuck
2018 Movie
6.0
Americons
as Theo Jones
2015 Movie
7.4
Selma
as James Forman
2014 Movie
Jayhawkers
as Nathan Davis
2014 Movie
6.3
Destination: Planet Negro!
as B12
2013 Movie
2.1
Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre
as Chip
2009 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Trai Byers.
