Trevante Rhodes
{{short description|American actor and former sprinter (born 1990)}}
{{Use American English|date = October 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date = October 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Trevante Rhodes
| image = Trevante Rhodes (32303509424).jpg
| caption = Rhodes at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival
| birth_name = Trevante Nemour Rhodes
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|2|10}}
| birth_place = Ponchatoula, Louisiana, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| death_cause =
| alma_mater = University of Texas at Austin
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 2012–present
| spouse =
| module = {{Infobox sportsperson
| embed = yes
| sport = Running
| event =100 metres, 200 metres
| height =
| weight =
| collegeteam = Texas Longhorns
| pb =
100 m: 10.33 (Austin 2011)
200 m: 21.09 (Norman 2011)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's athletics}}
{{MedalCountry |the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Junior Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2009 Port-of-Spain|4×100 m relay}}
}}
}}
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 (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.
Early life and education
Rhodes was born in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, to Demour Dangelo and Jessi Rhodes.{{cite web|url=https://texassports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2884|title=Trevante Rhodes - 2012 Men's Track and Field Roster|work=TexasSports.com|access-date=August 30, 2018}} His family moved to Little Elm, Texas when he was ten.{{cite web|author=By R. Kurt Osenlund |url=http://www.out.com/out-exclusives/2016/8/24/trevante-rhodes-shines-moonlight-falls-essential-queer-black-film |title=Trevante Rhodes Shines in 'Moonlight,' This Fall's Essential Queer Black Film | Out Magazine |publisher=Out.com |date=2016-10-24 |access-date=2016-12-22}} He has one brother, Giovanni. 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.{{cite news |title=For Ex-Little Elm Sprinter, Provocative Moonlight Puts Acting Career in the Fast Lane |date=November 3, 2016 |url=http://www.dmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/2016/11/for-ex-little-elm-sprinter-provocative-moonlight-puts-acting-career-in-the-fast-lane/ }}
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.{{cite news |title=UIL State Track and Field Results |date=May 12, 2007 |work=Amarillo Globe-News |url=http://amarillo.com/stories/051207/hss_7525529.shtml }}
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|date=March 2024}}
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.[http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-track/spec-rel/080209aaa.html Rhodes helps U.S. win 4x100 at Pan Am Junior Championships]
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,{{cite magazine |last=Kimble |first=Julian |date=March 7, 2017 |title='Moonlight' Star Trevante Rhodes Recalls That Crazy Oscar Win: "Am I Being Punk'd?" |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2017/03/trevante-rhodes-moonlight-interview |magazine=Complex |access-date=October 27, 2019}} 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|date=March 2024}}
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|date=March 2024}}
= 2016: ''Moonlight'' =
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Rhodes rose to fame for his much praised performance in the 2016 film Moonlight, as the adult Chiron.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/trevante-rhodes/|author=Rich Juzwiak|title=Film: Trevante Rhodes|magazine=Interview|date=October 26, 2016|access-date=October 27, 2016}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywoods-next-big-thing-moonlights-924763|title=Hollywood's Next Big Thing: 'Moonlight's' Trevante Rhodes Goes From Track Star to Toronto Film Fest|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2017-01-09}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/trevante-rhodes/|title=Trevante Rhodes|newspaper=Forbes|access-date=2017-01-09}} 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." The film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture – Drama{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/4626237/golden-globes-2017-moonlight-best-picture-drama/|title='Moonlight' Wins Golden Globe for Best Picture, Drama|last=Berman|first=Eliza|website=Time|date=January 9, 2017 |access-date=2017-01-09}} and the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.{{cite web|title=The 89th Academy Awards | 2017 |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2017|website=Oscars.org |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|access-date=27 February 2017}}
= 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,{{cite web|title=The Men of 'Moonlight' Star in New Calvin Klein Spring 2017 Campaign |url=http://www.complex.com/style/2017/02/moonlight-men-star-in-calvin-klein-spring-2017-campaign|work=Complex|date=February 27, 2017|access-date=March 3, 2017}} and in late 2017, he appeared in Jay-Z's music video "Family Feud".{{cite magazine|title=Beyonce Posts Behind-the-Scenes Photos From JAY-Z's 'Family Feud' Video|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8085628/beyonce-jay-z-family-feud-video-photos|magazine=Billboard|date=December 30, 2017|access-date=August 12, 2018}}
In 2018, Rhodes co-starred in the science fiction action film The Predator,{{Cite news |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/moonlight-star-trevante-rhodes-joins-shane-blacks-predator-961062|title='Moonlight' Star Trevante Rhodes Joins Shane Black's 'The Predator' (Exclusive)|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2017-01-09}} and the post-apocalyptic thriller film Bird Box.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
In 2022, he starred as Mike Tyson in the Hulu miniseries Mike.{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2022/08/mike-review-mike-tyson-hulu-series-1234755215/|title='Mike' Review: A Featherweight Replica of Mike Tyson's Real-Life Drama|date=August 25, 2022 |publisher=Indiewire}}
In 2024, he starred in Mea Culpa alongside Kelly Rowland. The film, written and directed by Tyler Perry, was released on Netflix on February 23, 2024.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2012
| I Came Back | Dr. Peter Montgomery | Short film |
| 2014
| Brian | |
| 2015
| The Night Is Young | George | |
| 2016
| Lady Luck | Daryl | |
| 2016
| Mike | |
| 2016
| Chiron (a.k.a. Black) | |
| 2017
| Fernander | |
| 2017
| | Scenes deleted{{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2017/03/trevante-rhodes-moonlight-interview|title='Moonlight' Star Trevante Rhodes Recalls That Crazy Oscar Win: "Am I Being Punk'd?"|website=Complex|first=Julian|last=Kimble|date=March 7, 2017|access-date=October 19, 2021}} |
| 2017
| Smartass | Mike C | |
| 2018
| Sergeant First Class Ben Milo | |
| 2018
| Nebraska Williams | |
| 2018
| Bird Box | Tom | |
| 2021
| The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Jimmy Fletcher | |
| 2022
| Bruiser | Porter | |
| 2023
| Tre | |
| 2024
| Zyair Malloy | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2014
| Young Lord #1 | Episode: "Pecados del Padre" |
| 2015–16
| Ramsey Walters | Recurring role (Season 1–2); 12 episodes |
| 2016
| Bachelor | Episode: "The Original" |
| 2022
| Mike | Main role; also executive producer{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14181914/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1 | title=Mike | website=IMDb }} |
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Trevante Rhodes}}
- {{World Athletics||name=Trevante Rhodes}}
- MaxPreps profile for [http://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/trevante-rhodes/dSijkvTrEeKZ5AAmVebBJg/gendersport/football-stats.htm Trevante Rhodes]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110829212018/http://www.texassports.com/sports/m-track/mtt/rhodes_trevante00.html Texas Longhorns bio]
- {{IMDb name|5218990}}
- {{Twitter}}
{{Black Reel Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, Male}}
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Category:21st-century African-American male actors
Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:African-American track and field athletes
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:American male sprinters
Category:Male actors from Louisiana
Category:People from Little Elm, Texas
Category:People from Ponchatoula, Louisiana
Category:Texas Longhorns men's track and field athletes
Category:Track and field athletes from Louisiana
Category:University of Texas at Austin College of Education alumni