Trevante Rhodes

Trevante Nemour Rhodes (born February 10, 1990) is an American actor. He won several accolades and achieved recognition in 2016 for his performance as "Black" (Adult Chiron) in the Academy Award-winning film Moonlight. He has since starred in The Predator, 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.

Early life and education Rhodes was born in Ponchatoula, Louisiana to Demour Dangelo and Jessi Rhodes. His family moved to Little Elm, Texas when he was ten. He has one brother, Giovanni.

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 University Interscholastic League Track and Field Championships at Mike A. Myers Stadium.

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.

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.

Career 2012–2015 After graduation he immediately began working as an actor, playing a supporting role in 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.

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.

2016: Moonlight

Rhodes rose to fame for his much praised performance in the 2016 film Moonlight, as the adult Chiron. 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." and the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.

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, and in late 2017, he appeared in the music video for Jay-Z's "Family Feud".

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

In 2022, he portrayed Mike Tyson in the Hulu miniseries Mike.

In 2024, he starred alongside Kelly Rowland in Mea Culpa, which was written and directed by Tyler Perry and released on Netflix.

In April 2026, Rhodes was cast as Dom in the fourth and final season of the Netflix series The Night Agent.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2012 I Came Back Dr. Peter Montgomery Short film 2014 Open Windows Brian 2015 The Night Is Young George 2016 Lady Luck Daryl 2016 Shangri-La Suite Mike 2016 Moonlight Chiron Harris (a.k.a. Black) 2017 Burning Sands Fernander 2017 Song to Song Scenes deleted 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 2027 Post-production

Television Year Title Role Notes 2014 Gang Related Young Lord #1 Episode: "Pecados del Padre" 2015–16 If Loving You Is Wrong Ramsey Walters Recurring role (seasons 1–2); 12 episodes 2016 Westworld Bachelor Episode: "The Original" 2022 Mike Mike Tyson Main role; also executive producer Dom Main role (season 4)

Awards and nominations Year Ceremony Category Nominated work Result 2016Chicago Film Critics Association Best Supporting ActorMoonlight Most Promising Performer Detroit Film Critics Society Best Breakthrough Austin Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Breakthrough Artist Award 2017 Independent Spirit Awards Robert Altman Award Dorian Awards Film Performance of the Year — Actor Rising Star Award Screen Actors Guild Award Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Black Reel Awards Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male 2023 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited Series or Dramatic SpecialMike Independent Spirit Awards Best Supporting PerformanceBruiser 2024 Black Reel Awards Outstanding Supporting Performance in a TV Movie/Limited Series