Tobias Truvillion

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Tobias Truvillion
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Truvillion in 2017
Born (1975-10-01) October 1, 1975 (age 48) [1]
Queens, New York, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present
Spouse Michele Morgan (m. 2012)

Tobias Truvillion (born October 1, 1975) is an American actor and model. He made his professional acting debut starring in the 2001 off-Broadway musical Oya receiving AUDELCO Award for Outstanding Performance in a Musical. From 2006 to 2008, Truvillion was regular cast member in the ABC daytime soap opera, One Life to Live and later had recurring roles on prime time series such as Empire and First Wives Club . He appeared in films Brooklyn's Finest (2009), Equal Standard (2020), Sanctioning Evil (2022) and First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story (2023).

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Life and career

Truvillion was born in Queens, New York and grew up in Flushing and graduated from the Bayside High School. He began his career as a runway and print model for Ford Models, and while modeling, Truvillion studied acting. [2] In 2001 he made his professional acting debut in the off-Broadway musical Oya receiving AUDELCO Award for Outstanding Performance in a Musical. [3] He played minor roles in films Paid in Full (2002), Death of a Dynasty (2003) and Hitch (2005), and guest-starred on television series Third Watch and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit . In 2006, he received his first major role on the ABC daytime soap opera, One Life to Live , playing Vincent Jones. He left the soap in 2008. [2] Since leaving soap, Truvillion began appearing in film and prime time television playing guest starring roles on Law & Order: Criminal Intent , Blue Bloods , White Collar and Person of Interest . In 2010 he returned to off-Broadway starring in Black Angels Over Tuskegee by Layon Gray. [4]

In 2015, Truvillion had recurring role in the Starz miniseries, Flesh and Bone and from 2016 to 2017 had a recurring role as Derek "D-Major" Major in the Fox musical series, Empire . [5] [6] In 2018 he starred in the short-lived BET legal drama series, In Contempt . [7] The following year he played his first leading role in the made-for-television movie Holiday Heist. [8]

From 2019 to 2022, Truvillion had recurring role in the BET+ comedy-drama series, First Wives Club . In 2020 he played another leading role in the crime drama film Equal Standard , [9] [10] and had recurring role during the first season of BET comedy-drama Sistas . In 2021 he starred alongside Keri Hilson in the Lifetime movie Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Story [11] and later guest-starred on New Amsterdam , Queens , The Resident , FBI and The Best Man: The Final Chapters . [12] In 2022, Truvillion played the lead in the action thriller film, Sanctioning Evil . [13] In 2023 he starred in the drama film Aurora: A Love Story, the action thriller Call Her King , the crime thriller Sisters, and the biographical crime drama First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story directed by Vivica A. Fox. [14] [15] [16] He starred opposite Jessica Care Moore in the drama film He Looked like a Postcard directed by Qasim Basir. [17]

Personal life

In 2012, Truvillion married actress Michele Morgan, they reside in New Jersey. [18] [19]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Paid in Full Runner
2003 Death of a Dynasty Cool Guy
Harlem's BeautyYummy
2005 Hitch Kurt
2006 Delirious Silky
2007 Blackout Reggie
2008The Day the Bread Turned GreenBlack BakerShort
2009 Brooklyn's Finest Gutta
2010 The Tested James
Persons of InterestTrig (2014)
2011Three Prayers for JuneGaryShort
HeartfeltNeef VickShort
2012ZooYancy
Nous York Shoe Seller
2014Seasons of LoveMeechiTV movie
Attempted Burglary - a Film Noir ShortThe SoldierShort
2015SupermodelDet. Jacobs
The TradeTysonShort
2016Lack of WillDeMarcusShort
2017Dope FiendBig G
SecretsStephen
Bobbi Kristina Butter
Cigarette SoupJulian 'Monti' Montgomery
2018The Products of the American GhettoBrian
The StuffBrandon
King of Newark 2Miasha Boyfriend
2019Love Dot Com: The Social ExperimentGreg Jeffries
Loved To DeathDre
Seberg Dewayne
Holiday HeistDevin
2020 Equal Standard Detective Chris Jones
2021 Seven Deadly Sins: Lust Damon KingTV movie
Sand Dollar CoveAlden ConwayTV movie
I Am a Man-Short
A Holiday ChanceKeith AustinTV movie
2022Respect the JuxDetective Johnson
To Her, With LoveJordanTV movie
Sanctioning Evil Barnes [20]
2023AuroraKenny
The Fearless ThreeMaster OSHA
Call Her King Gerald King
SistersReggie
First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story Harvey

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Playmakers Luther HawkinsEpisode: "Down & Distance"
2004 Third Watch SkeeterEpisode: "Rat Bastard"
2005 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Military Police OfficerEpisode: "Goliath"
2006–08 One Life to Live Vincent Jones Regular Cast
2009BN4 RealCraig LewisEpisode: "Plate Full of Lies"
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Deshawn WarnerEpisode: "All In"
2011–12 Blue Bloods OttoGuest Cast: Season 2-3
2012Truth Unspoken SeriesChad PerryEpisode: "Love Is Color Blind" & "Is That You?"
2013 White Collar Robert BlyEpisode: "Quantico Closure"
2014 Person of Interest TrigEpisode: "Brotherhood"
2015 The Blacklist OfficerEpisode: "Quon Zhang (No. 87)"
Flesh and Bone BeauRecurring Cast
2016–17 Empire Derek "D-Major" MajorRecurring Cast: Season 2-3
2018 In Contempt Bennett ThompsonMain Cast
Chicago P.D. Kenny ArmstrongEpisode: "Black and Blue"
2019–22 The First Wives Club KhalilRecurring Cast: Season 1 & 3
2020 Sistas Morris HollisRecurring Cast: Season 1
2021 New Amsterdam GuillaumeEpisode: "Laughter and Hope and a Sock in the Eye"
2022 Queens Frank BlackEpisode: "Nasty Girl Records"
The Resident Pastor Aaron DeeringEpisode: "6 Volts"
FBI Trey CooperEpisode: "Kayla"
Tales EzekielEpisode: "Put It on Me"
The Best Man: The Final Chapters JahaEpisode: "The Invisible Man" & "The Party"
2023 East New York Jamal HayesEpisode: "Up in Smoke"
The Equalizer Marlon DeanEpisode: "Justified"

Music videos

YearTitleArtistRole
2005"Free Yourself" Fantasia Barrino Love interest
2010"I'm Doin' Me"
2017"Real One" Chanté Moore

Awards and nominations

YearAwardsCategoryNominated workResult
2001 AUDELCO Awards [3] Outstanding Performance in a Musical (Male)OyaWon
2008 NAACP Image Awards [21] Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series One Life to LiveNominated

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  2. 1 2 "About the Actors | Tobias Truvillion | One Life to Live on Soap Central". soapcentral.com.
  3. 1 2 "NYC's Harlem-Based Audelco Awards Turn Blue". Playbill . November 24, 2001. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Tobias Truvillion Joins Cast of Black Angels Over Tuskegee; Show to Transfer to Actors Temple Theater - TheaterMania.com". May 26, 2010.
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  7. ↑ "Soap Alum Tobias Truvillion Is IN CONTEMPT". Soap Opera Digest. May 4, 2018.
  8. ↑ https://www.blackfilm.com/read/trailer-to-bets-holiday-heist-starring-chaley-rose-tobias-truvillion/
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