Known for

Acting

Born

Jul 19, 1983 (43 years old)

Place of birth

Kansas City, Kansas, USA

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.

Titles

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Series • 2003

Empire

Series • 2015

90210

Series • 2008

Harlem

Series • 2021

Selma

Movie • 2014

Bent

Movie • 2018

Americons

Movie • 2015

Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery

Movie • 2026

The 24th

Movie • 2020

Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre

Movie • 2009

Destination: Planet Negro!

Movie • 2013

Wife Stalker

Movie • 2025