Trevante Rhodes

Before becoming an actor, Trevante Rhodes earned an athletic scholarship in track and field to the University of Texas at Austin. 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.

After graduation, Rhodes moved to Los Angeles and immediately began working as an actor, playing supporting roles in the Terrence Malick film Song to Song, 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.

Rhodes rose to fame for his much praised performance in the Plan B/A24 film Moonlight, directed by Barry Jenkins, where he played the lead role of the adult Chiron. The film received critical acclaim and dozens of accolades, with Rhodes receiving several award nominations for his performance in the film. In 2017, the film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture – Drama and the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali. In February 2017, Rhodes was featured on Calvin Klein's 2017 Spring underwear campaign along with *Moonlight stars Ali, Ashton Sanders and Alex Hibbert.

In January 2017, Rhodes joined the cast of the upcoming movie The Predator, slated for a 2018 release.