BYRD, Thomas Jefferson 1941(?)–

(Thom Byrd, Thomas Byrd, Tom Byrd, Thomas Byrd III)

PERSONAL

Born c. 1941, in Griffin, GA. Education: Morris Brown College, B.S., education; California Institute of the Arts, M.F.A., modern dance.

Addresses: Agent—Craig Wyckoff and Associates, 11350 Ventura Blvd., Suite 100, Studio City, CA 91604.

Career: Actor. Appeared in a commercial for the United Negro College Fund, 2001.

Member: Actors' Equity Association.

Awards, Honors: Theatre World Award, outstanding new performer, and Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best featured actor, both 2003, for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom; Sundance Film Festival Award nomination, best lead actor, c. 2001, for MacArthur Park.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(As Tom Byrd) Errol Barnes, Clockers, NCA/Universal, 1995.

(As Thomas Byrd III) Caller eighteen, Girl 6, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 1996.

Evan Thomas, Sr., Get on the Bus, Columbia, 1996.

(As Thom Byrd) Luther, Set It Off, New Line Cinema, 1996.

Country doctor, Touch Me, Devin Entertainment, 1998.

Sweetness, He Got Game, Buena Vista, 1998.

Uncle Rafeeq, Bulworth (also known as Tribulations), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998.

Honeycutt, Bamboozled, New Line Cinema, 2000.

Thomas, Trois, Rainforest Productions, 2000.

Cody, MacArthur Park, 2001, Sundance Channel Home Entertainment, 2003.

(As Thomas Byrd) Reverend Burton, The Kudzu Christmas, Urban Works Entertainment/Ventura Distribution, 2002.

William, Never Get outta the Boat, Lot 47 Films, 2002.

Jimmy, Ray, Universal, 2004.

Marcus, X, Y, 2004.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

(As Thomas Byrd) Flora's father, Mama Flora's Family, CBS, 1998.

Television Appearances; Movies:

(As Thomas Byrd III) Panhandler, I'll Fly Away: Then and Now, PBS, 1993.

Alphonse, Passing Glory, TNT, 1999.

Raymond Parks, Boycott, HBO, 2001.

Numb Finger Pete, Lackawanna Blues, HBO, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Louis Arthur, "Random's Child," In the Heat of the Night, CBS, 1992.

Mr. Leon, "Moonlight Savings Time," Living Single, Fox, 1997.

Curtis Romney, "Mad Hops," Law & Order: Criminal Intent (also known as Law & Order: CI), NBC, 2004.

Stage Appearances:

Toledo, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA, 1991.

Flyin' West, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, c. 1994, and other productions, including Brooklyn Academy of Music, Majestic Theatre, Brooklyn, New York City, and Indiana Repertory Theatre.

Darker Face of the Earth, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Angus Bowmer Theatre, Portland, OR, 1996.

Toledo, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Royale Theatre (now Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre), New York City, 2003.

Digger, Elmina's Kitchen, Centerstage, Pearlstone Theatre, Baltimore, MD, 2004–2005.

Also appeared in Home, The Piano Lesson, and Two Trains Running, all Alliance Theatre; Hamlet and Miss Evers' Boys, both Indiana Repertory Theatre; and Spunk, San Diego Repertory Theatre, San Diego, CA. Also appeared in Fences, Jitney, and Seven Guitars.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

The Making of "Bamboozled," New Line Home Entertainment, 2001.