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.
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Cast Credits
Harlem (2021)
Guest starring as Keith
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x08: Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy (Feb 24, 2023)
- Episode 2x07: Fall Back to Rumspringa Forward (Feb 24, 2023)
Empire (2015)
Starring as Andre Lyon
(102 episodes)
- Episode 6x18: Home Is on the Way (Apr 21, 2020)
- Episode 6x17: Over Everything (Apr 14, 2020)
- Episode 6x16: We Got Us (Apr 7, 2020)
- Episode 6x15: Love Me Still (Mar 31, 2020)
- Episode 6x14: I Am Who I Am (Mar 24, 2020)
- Episode 6x13: Come Undone (Mar 17, 2020)
- Episode 6x12: Talk Less (Mar 10, 2020)
- Episode 6x11: Can't Truss 'em (Mar 3, 2020)
- Episode 6x10: Cold Cold Man (Dec 17, 2019)
- Episode 6x09: Remember the Music (Dec 3, 2019)
- Episode 6x08: Do You Remember Me (Nov 26, 2019)
- Episode 6x07: Good Enough (Nov 19, 2019)
- Episode 6x06: Heart of Stone (Nov 12, 2019)
- Episode 6x05: Stronger Than My Rival (Nov 5, 2019)
- Episode 6x04: Tell the Truth (Oct 15, 2019)
- Episode 6x03: You Broke Love (Oct 8, 2019)
- Episode 6x02: Got on My Knees to Pray (Oct 1, 2019)
- Episode 6x01: What is Love (Sep 24, 2019)
- Episode 5x18: The Roughest Day (May 8, 2019)
- Episode 5x17: My Fate Cries Out (May 1, 2019)
- Episode 5x16: Never Doubt I Love (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 5x15: A Wise Father That Knows His Own Child (Apr 17, 2019)
- Episode 5x14: Without All Remedy (Apr 10, 2019)
- Episode 5x13: Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds (Apr 3, 2019)
- Episode 5x12: Shift and Save Yourself (Mar 27, 2019)
- Episode 5x11: In Loving Virtue (Mar 20, 2019)
- Episode 5x10: My Fault is Past (Mar 13, 2019)
- Episode 5x09: Had It from My Father (Dec 5, 2018)
- Episode 5x08: Master of What is Mine Own (Nov 28, 2018)
- Episode 5x07: Treasons, Stratagems, and Spoils (Nov 14, 2018)
- Episode 5x06: What is Done (Nov 7, 2018)
- Episode 5x05: The Depth of Grief (Oct 31, 2018)
- Episode 5x04: Love All, Trust a Few (Oct 17, 2018)
- Episode 5x03: Pride (Oct 10, 2018)
- Episode 5x02: Pay for Their Presumptions (Oct 3, 2018)
- Episode 5x01: Steal from the Thief (Sep 26, 2018)
- Episode 4x18: The Empire Unpossess'd (May 23, 2018)
- Episode 4x17: Bloody Noses and Crack'd Crowns (May 16, 2018)
- Episode 4x16: Fair Terms (May 9, 2018)
- Episode 4x15: A Lean and Hungry Look (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 4x14: False Face (Apr 25, 2018)
- Episode 4x13: Of Hardiness is Mother (Apr 18, 2018)
- Episode 4x12: Sweet Sorrow (Apr 11, 2018)
- Episode 4x11: Without Apology (Apr 4, 2018)
- Episode 4x10: Birds in the Cage (Mar 28, 2018)
- Episode 4x09: Slave to Memory (Dec 13, 2017)
- Episode 4x08: Cupid Painted Blind (Dec 6, 2017)
- Episode 4x07: The Lady Doth Protest (Nov 29, 2017)
- Episode 4x06: Fortune Be Not Crost (Nov 15, 2017)
- Episode 4x05: The Fool (Nov 8, 2017)
- Episode 4x04: Bleeding War (Oct 18, 2017)
- Episode 4x03: Evil Manners (Oct 11, 2017)
- Episode 4x02: Full Circle (Oct 4, 2017)
- Episode 4x01: Noble Memory (Sep 27, 2017)
- Episode 3x18: Toil and Trouble, Part 2 (May 24, 2017)
- Episode 3x17: Toil and Trouble, Part 1 (May 17, 2017)
- Episode 3x16: Absent Child (May 10, 2017)
- Episode 3x15: Civil Hands Unclean (May 3, 2017)
- Episode 3x14: Love is a Smoke (Apr 26, 2017)
- Episode 3x13: My Naked Villainy (Apr 12, 2017)
- Episode 3x12: Strange Bedfellows (Apr 5, 2017)
- Episode 3x11: Play On (Mar 29, 2017)
- Episode 3x10: Sound & Fury (Mar 22, 2017)
- Episode 3x09: A Furnace for Your Foe (Dec 14, 2016)
- Episode 3x08: The Unkindest Cut (Dec 7, 2016)
- Episode 3x07: What We May Be (Nov 30, 2016)
- Episode 3x06: Chimes at Midnight (Nov 16, 2016)
- Episode 3x05: One Before Another (Nov 9, 2016)
- Episode 3x04: Cupid Kills (Oct 12, 2016)
- Episode 3x03: What Remains is Bestial (Oct 5, 2016)
- Episode 3x02: Sin That Amends (Sep 28, 2016)
- Episode 3x01: Light in Darkness (Sep 21, 2016)
- Episode 2x18: Past is Prologue (May 18, 2016)
- Episode 2x17: Rise by Sin (May 11, 2016)
- Episode 2x16: The Lyon Who Cried Wolf (May 4, 2016)
- Episode 2x15: More Than Kin (Apr 27, 2016)
- Episode 2x14: Time Shall Unfold (Apr 20, 2016)
- Episode 2x13: The Tameness of a Wolf (Apr 13, 2016)
- Episode 2x12: A Rose by Any Other Name (Apr 6, 2016)
- Episode 2x11: Death Will Have His Day (Mar 30, 2016)
- Episode 2x10: Et tu, Brute? (Dec 2, 2015)
- Episode 2x09: Sinned Against (Nov 25, 2015)
- Episode 2x08: My Bad Parts (Nov 18, 2015)
- Episode 2x07: True Love Never (Nov 11, 2015)
- Episode 2x06: A High Hope for a Low Heaven (Nov 4, 2015)
- Episode 2x05: Be True (Oct 21, 2015)
- Episode 2x04: Poor Yorick (Oct 14, 2015)
- Episode 2x03: Fires of Heaven (Oct 7, 2015)
- Episode 2x02: Without a Country (Sep 30, 2015)
- Episode 2x01: The Devils Are Here (Sep 23, 2015)
- Episode 1x12: Who I Am (Mar 18, 2015)
- Episode 1x11: Die But Once (Mar 18, 2015)
- Episode 1x10: Sins of the Father (Mar 11, 2015)
- Episode 1x09: Unto the Breach (Mar 4, 2015)
- Episode 1x08: The Lyon's Roar (Feb 25, 2015)
- Episode 1x07: Our Dancing Days (Feb 18, 2015)
- Episode 1x06: Out, Damned Spot (Feb 11, 2015)
- Episode 1x05: Dangerous Bonds (Feb 4, 2015)
- Episode 1x04: False Imposition (Jan 28, 2015)
- Episode 1x03: The Devil Quotes Scripture (Jan 21, 2015)
- Episode 1x02: The Outspoken King (Jan 14, 2015)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jan 7, 2015)
MasterChef (2010)
Guest starring as Trai Byers
- Episode S07 Special: MasterChef Celebrity Showdown 2017 (Jan 2, 2017)
90210 (2008)
Guest starring as Alec Martin
(6 episodes)
- Episode 5x09: The Things We Do for Love (Dec 10, 2012)
- Episode 5x06: The Con (Nov 19, 2012)
- Episode 5x05: Hate 2 Love (Nov 12, 2012)
- Episode 5x03: It's All Fun and Games (Oct 22, 2012)
- Episode 5x02: The Sea Change (Oct 15, 2012)
- Episode 5x01: Til Death Do Us Part (Oct 8, 2012)
All My Children (1970)
Guest starring as Mookie
(9 episodes)
- Episode 2011-08-16: Ep. #10685 (Aug 16, 2011)
- Episode 2011-08-12: Ep. #10683 (Aug 12, 2011)
- Episode 2011-08-03: Ep. #10676 (Aug 3, 2011)
- Episode 2011-08-02: Ep. #10675 (Aug 2, 2011)
- Episode 2011-07-27: Ep. #10671 (Jul 27, 2011)
- Episode 2011-07-26: Ep. #10670 (Jul 26, 2011)
- Episode 2011-07-19: Ep. #10665 (Jul 19, 2011)
- Episode 2011-07-15: Ep. #10663 (Jul 15, 2011)
- Episode 2011-07-07: Ep. #10657 (Jul 7, 2011)