Trai Byers

Trai Byers Biography

Trai Byers (born July 19, 1983) is an American actor known for playing Andre Lyon in the Fox music-industry prime time soap opera, Empire.

Life and career

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.

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.

During the October 7, 2015 episode of the daytime talk show, FABLife, Byers's costar Grace Gealey confirmed that they were engaged.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2009	Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre	Chip
2011	All My Children	Mookie	Recurring role
2012	90210	Alec Martin	Recurring role, 6 episodes
2013	Destination Planet Negro	B-12
2014	Jayhawkers	Nathan Davis
2014	Selma	James Forman
2015-present	Empire	Andre Lyon	Series regular
2015	Americons	Theo Jones

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