Thomas Jefferson Byrd

Thomas Jefferson Byrd
Born	Thomas Jefferson Byrd 1950 Griffin, Georgia

Thomas Jefferson Byrd (born c. 1950) is an American actor.

Byrd earned a bachelor of science degree in education from Morris Brown College and later received a master of fine arts degree in dance from California Institute of the Arts. He has starred in numerous regional stage productions including the San Diego Repertory Theatre's award-winning performance of "Spunk." He has also starred in "Home" by Samm-Art Evans, "Two Trains Running," "The Piano Lesson" and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" at the Alliance Theater, "Flyin' West," "Hamlet" and "Miss Evers' Boys" at the Indiana Repertory, and in other productions of "Flyin' West" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and at the Long Wharf Theatre.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Clockers	Errol Barnes
1996	Girl 6	Caller #18
1996	Get on the Bus	Evan Thomas Sr.
1996	Set It Off	Luther
1997	Touch Me	Country Doctor
1998	He Got Game	Sweetness
1998	Bulworth	Uncle Rafeeq
1998	Mama Flora's Family	Flora's Pa	2 episodes
1999	Passing Glory		TV movie
2000	Trois	Thomas
2000	Bamboozled	Honeycutt
2001	MacArthur Park	Cody
2001	Boycott	Raymond Parks	TV movie
2002	Never Get Outta the Boat	William Ellis
2002	The Kudzu Christmas	Reverend Burton
2004	X, Y	Marcus
2004	Ray	Jimmy
2005	Lackawanna Blues	Numb Finger Pete	TV movie
2009	Brooklyn's Finest	Uncle Jeb
2010	Bronx Paradise	Jimmy
2012	Red Hook Summer	Deacon Zee
2014	Da Sweet Blood of Jesus	Bishop Zee
2015	Chi-Raq	Apollo

External links

• Thomas Jefferson Byrd at IMDb