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Trai Byers is an American actor and singer known for playing Andre Lyon in the Fox music-industry prime time drama Empire. During the October 7, 2015 episode of the daytime talk show, FABLife, Byers's costar Grace Gealey confirmed that they were engaged. He and Gealey married on Grand Cayman Island on April 14, 2016. Trai Byers was born in Kansas City, Kansas. After high school in Kansas City, he completed his high-school education in Georgia. Byers then graduated from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor's degree in communications. He also attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles, and the Yale School of Drama. In 2011, Byers made his television debut with the recurring role on the ABC daytime soap opera, All My Children, and the following year had role in The CW teen soap,90210. He played civil rights activist James Forman in the 2014 historical epic film, Selma.
An anthology series following characters tied to the Green and the Red as they navigate their identities and deal with threats to the realms they are called to protect. Vol 2 follows Buddy Baker, Animal Man, who uncovers the truth about his role as protector of the Red. In truth, hai daughter Maxine was meant to be the avatar all along. Animal Man and Bronze Tiger investigates a series of animal killings that lead him to the deranged Anton Arcane, who is obsessed not just with corrupting wildlife with rot but with kidnapping and using Maxine to unleash rot into the Red. In the end, Buddy will defeat and kill Anton, sending his soul to hell. His choice will haunt him and drive him to consider retiring, which places him in conflict with the forces of the Red itself.
