Trai Byers

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.

  • Title: Trai Byers
  • Popularity: 10.672
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1983-07-19
  • Place of Birth: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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Trai Byers Movies

  • 2015
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    Americons
    Americons

    6 2015 HD

    A broken down collegiate football hero gets a shot at stardom during the eleventh hour of LA's nihilistic sub-prime mortgage boom.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Beau Martin Williams

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  • 2014
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    Selma
    Selma

    7.4 2014 HD

    "Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous...

    Genre: History

    Cast: David Oyelowo

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  • 2014
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    Jayhawkers
    Jayhawkers

    1 2014 HD

    A group of unlikely allies modernized college sports and changed a small Midwestern town, serving as a parallel to the Civil Rights movement that...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Trai Byers

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  • 2013
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    Destination: Planet Negro!
    Destination: Planet Negro!

    6.5 2013 HD

    In 1939, a group of African American intellectuals come up with an ingenious and unlikely response to Jim Crow America -- leave the planet and...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Tosin Morohunfola

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  • 2009
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    Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre
    Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre

    2.1 2009 HD

    Caesar, an effete tough guy and his slovenly half brother, Otto, have signed up as summer camp counselors. But when the mysterious Carrie shows up,...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Dave Campfield

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  • 2018
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    Bent
    Bent

    5.3 2018 HD

    On his latest private investigation, a shamed former cop connects a murder case to a government conspiracy involving rogue agents from a top spy...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Karl Urban

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  • 2020
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    The 24th
    The 24th

    5.4 2020 HD

    The incredibly powerful and timely true story of the all-black Twenty-Fourth United States Infantry Regiment, and the Houston Riot of 1917. The...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Trai Byers

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  • 2020
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    The 24th
    The 24th

    5.4 2020 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Trai Byers

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  • 2020
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    The 24th
    The 24th

    5.4 2020 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Trai Byers

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  • 2020
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    Empire
    Empire

    7.2 2020 HD

    A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Terrence Howard

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  • 2013
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    90210
    90210

    5.7 2013 HD

    90210 revolves around several students at the fictional West Beverly Hills High School, including new Beverly Hills residents Annie Wilson and Dixon...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Shenae Grimes-Beech

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