Tray Chaney

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Tray Chaney is an American actor. He appeared on the HBO program The Wire as Poot Carr, which became his most successful acting role. He also appears in the Bounce TV soap opera Saints & Sinners as Kendrick. [1] [2]

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Career

Chaney began his entertainment career as a dancer at the age of four winning competitions at the Apollo Theater. He appeared in the 2003 music video "My Baby" by rap artist Bow Wow. He later appeared in The Wire BET Promo Shoot commercial in 2006. He has also appeared on America's Most Wanted , playing a fugitive named "Jerry Robinson."

He released his self-published book entitled The Truth You Can't beTray in January 2007.

Personal life

Chaney grew up in Forestville, Maryland and lives with his wife in Clinton, Maryland. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Head of State Extra
2004 Something the Lord Made College StudentTV movie
2005 The Salon JJ's Homeboy
2008Cash Rules-Video
2009What We Do-Video
2011StreetsTroy
Queen of MediaChris
2012Dead MoneyTiger
Epitaph-Short
Playground the MovieRedbull
Lorenzo & MonicaLorenzo
Raising WolvesOx
2013Good Brutha Bad BruthaIronman
6 Hearts 1 BeatDavarius White
Masterminds Rocket
2014The WeekendBrandon
2016Drop: A Story of Triumph-Short
Guns and GramsRico
A Way OutVictorShort
2017Never Fall in LoveNigel
Hit a LickDarius/D-Rax
The BarrelSam Livingston
2019Looking in the MirrorTee
Angels in Rocket FieldKid DashShort
The PortraitAnthony ParkerShort
The ProbeMunchTV movie
2020Guns and GramsRico
ZekeRock
Detective MJ: Shadow of a HeroMJ
No RemorseDetective Reeves
Expiration Date 143Dajuan WeeksShort
2021TruthlessOmar Green 'OG'Short
Saints & Sinners Judgment DayKendrickTV movie
Secret SocietyO
Ayanna Shon's Christmas HypnosisHypnotist
Thanksgiving RoastPreston
Black LiesMike
2022Trophy WifeDetective Anderson
Queen of HeartsDavid
We Need to TalkTango Unchained
Absence of InnocenceWillie

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002–08 The Wire Malik "Poot" Carr Recurring cast: Seasons 1–4, guest: season 5
2016–21 Saints & Sinners Kendrick MurphyGuest: season 1, main cast: season 2-6
2018Groads Bay HighMr. Anthony JacksonEpisode: "Episode 1 & 2"
2019TransitionsMario DanielsEpisode: "Nigerian Nightmare"
2020 Boomerang BarberEpisode: "End of the Road"
Chase StreetHaasEpisode: "Who Can You Trust"
2021Peace Be SteelRobin KellerEpisode: "I'm Steel Holding On"
2022 We Own This City Gordon HawkEpisode: "Part One & Two"

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References

  1. "Tray Chaney". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  2. Keeble, Arin; Stacy, Ivan (2015-04-07). The Wire and America's Dark Corners: Critical Essays. McFarland. ISBN   978-1-4766-1960-6.
  3. Ruffin, Odell. "Former "Wire" Star Releases Autobiography". Washington Informer. Retrieved 2009-09-10.