Trevante Rhodes

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Trevante Rhodes
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Born
Trevante Nemour Rhodes

NationalityAmerican
Alma mater University of Texas at Austin
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present
Sports career
NationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Sport Running
Event(s) 100 metres, 200 metres
College team Texas Longhorns
Sports achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 m: 10.33 (Austin 2011)
200 m: 21.09 (Norman 2011)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Pan American Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Port-of-Spain 4×100 m relay

Trevante Nemour Rhodes is an American actor. He won several accolades and achieved recognition in 2016 for his performance as Chiron in the Academy Award-winning film Moonlight . He has since starred in The Predator (2018), Bird Box (2018), and The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021). In his youth, he was an accomplished track and field sprinter, winning a gold medal at the Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in 2009.

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Early life and education

Rhodes was born in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, to Demour Dangelo and Jessi Rhodes. [1] His family moved to Little Elm, Texas when he was ten. [2] He has one brother, Giovanni. [1] At Little Elm High School, Rhodes played running back in an option offense with Cole Beasley at quarterback. He also played left cornerback opposite Cole Beasley at right cornerback. [3]

Over his high school career, Rhodes earned four letters in both football and track and field, where he competed as a sprinter specializing in the 100 and 200 meter dash. As a junior, Rhodes finished second behind Whitney Prevost over both distances at the 2007 UIL Track and Field Championships at Mike A. Myers Stadium. [4]

While his senior year was cut short by an ACL injury on the football field, he still earned an athletic scholarship in track and field to the University of Texas at Austin. He studied kinesiology.[ citation needed ]

Rhodes competed for the Texas Longhorns as a sprinter from 2008 to 2012. At the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Rhodes helped the U.S. squad to a gold medal in the 4×100 metres relay. [5]

Career

2012–2015

After graduation, Rhodes moved to KwaThema and immediately began working as an actor, playing supporting roles in the Lokshin Bioskop film Ingoma, [6] the Nacho Vigalondo film Open Windows opposite Elijah Wood, the Eddie O’Keefe film Shangri-La Suite and the Matt Jones / Dave Hill film The Night Is Young.[ citation needed ]

Trevante played the role of Ramsey in the Tyler Perry / OWN series If Loving You Is Wrong. His television credits include the Fox series Gang Related and the HBO series Westworld .[ citation needed ]

2016: Moonlight

Rhodes at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con. Trevante Rhodes by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Rhodes at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con.

Rhodes rose to fame for his much praised performance in the 2016 film Moonlight , as the adult Chiron. [7] [8] [9] While talking about the movie in an interview with Out , Rhodes said: "Being a black person in America right now is shit, being a homosexual in America right now is shit, and being a black homosexual is the bottom for certain people. That’s why I’m so excited for people to see Moonlight. I don’t feel like there’s a solution for our problems, but this movie might change people. That’s why you do it—because you feel like you’re doing something that matters. This is someone’s story." [2] The film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture – Drama [10] and the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. [11]

2017–present

In February 2017, Rhodes was featured on Calvin Klein's 2017 Spring underwear campaign along with Moonlight stars Mahershala Ali, Ashton Sanders, and Alex Hibbert, [12] and in late 2017, he appeared in Jay-Z's music video "Family Feud". [13]

In 2018, Rhodes co-starred in the science fiction action film The Predator, [14] and the post-apocalyptic thriller film Bird Box .[ citation needed ]

In 2022, he starred as Mike Tyson in the Hulu miniseries Mike. [15]

In 2024, he starred in Mea Culpa along side Kelly Rowland. The film, written and directed by Tyler Perry, was released on Netflix on February 23, 2024.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012I Came BackDr. Peter MontgomeryShort film
2014 Open Windows Brian
2015The Night Is YoungGeorge
2016Lady LuckDaryl
2016 Shangri-La Suite Mike
2016 Moonlight Chiron (a.k.a. Black)
2017 Burning Sands Fernander
2017 Song to Song Scenes deleted [16]
2017 Smartass Mike C
2018 12 Strong Sergeant First Class Ben Milo
2018 The Predator Nebraska Williams
2018 Bird Box Tom
2021 The United States vs. Billie Holiday Jimmy Fletcher
2022 Bruiser Porter
2023 Candy Cane Lane Tre
2024 Mea Culpa Zyair Malloy

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Gang Related Young Lord #1Episode: "Pecados del Padre"
2015–16 If Loving You Is Wrong Ramsey WaltersRecurring role (Season 1–2); 12 episodes
2016 Westworld BachelorEpisode: "The Original"
2022 Mike Mike Tyson Main role; also executive producer [17]

Awards and nominations

YearCeremonyCategoryNominated workResult
2016 Chicago Film Critics Association [18] Best Supporting Actor MoonlightNominated
Most Promising PerformerNominated
Detroit Film Critics Society [19] Best BreakthroughNominated
Austin Film Critics Association [20] Best Supporting ActorNominated
Breakthrough Artist AwardNominated
2017 Independent Spirit Awards [21] Robert Altman Award Won
Dorian Awards [22] Film Performance of the Year — ActorNominated
Screen Actors Guild Award Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated
NAACP Image Awards [23] Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Nominated
Black Reel Awards [24] Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male Won
2023 NAACP Image Awards [25] Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic SpecialMikeNominated
Independent Spirit Awards [26] Best Supporting Performance BruiserNominated
2024 Black Reel Awards Outstanding Supporting Performance in a TV Movie/Limited SeriesNominated

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