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Tye White

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Tye White
Born
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
OccupationActor
Years active2009–present
SpouseRania Nasreen White (2018–present)
Children2[1]

Tye White is an American actor, known for his roles as Jack Fordham in the NBC series American Auto (2021-2023), the CBS series NCIS: Los Angeles (2014-2023) where he played Aiden Hanna, the CBS series Fire Country (2024- currently) where he plays Cole Rodman, as well as his role Kevin Satterlee in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf (2016–2018).

Life and career

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White is African American, born in Detroit, Michigan. He attended Brother Rice High School (Michigan) and studied at the University of Michigan.[2][3]

His first major role was in the VH1 television film Drumline: A New Beat in 2014. He has a recurring role as Aiden Hanna, son of Sam Hanna (played by LL Cool J ) in the CBS procedural series NCIS: Los Angeles and in 2016 appeared in a secondary role as Jason Simpson, O. J. Simpson's son, in the FX series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story.[4]

In 2015, White was cast in a series regular role in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series Greenleaf.[5] He plays Kevin Satterlee, Charity Greenleaf-Satterlee's (played by Deborah Joy Winans) husband.[6] The series also stars Lynn Whitfield, Keith David, Merle Dandridge, and Kim Hawthorne.[7] He left the series in 2018.[8] In 2021, White was cast in the NBC comedy series American Auto opposite Ana Gasteyer.[9][10]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2009 The People I've Slept With Male Dancer Uncredited
2010 Hopeless James Short film
2010 Life of the Party: Vol. II LeBron
2012 Bottled Tripp Short film
2013 The Meet Craig Short film
2014 Drumline: A New Beat Armondi Mason Television film
2015 Sleep Over Tye Short film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2008 The Amazing Race 13 Himself 5 episodes before being eliminated. Credited as 'Ty White'.[3]
2011 Pretty Little Liars Jock Episode: "Know Your Frenemies"
2014 Mixology Dave Episode: "Liv & Jim"
2014 Red Band Society Bouncer Episode: "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"
2014–20 NCIS: Los Angeles Aiden Hanna 5 episodes
2016 The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Jason Simpson 9 episodes
2016–18 Greenleaf Kevin Satterlee 30 episodes
2018–19 Chicago Fire Tyler 3 episodes
2021–23 American Auto Jack 23 episodes

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2020 NBA 2K21 Junior

References

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  1. ^ "Login • Instagram". www.instagram.com. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  2. ^ "OWN's new 'Greenleaf' features two emerging Detroit actors". Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b White, Tye [@TyeWhite] (2 December 2017). "Haha I grew a beard, aged a little bit and started working out... talk about throwback. I forget i even did that sometimes. Nice eye. https://t.co/Uaqaeh0jhG" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 February 2023 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Tye White - GreenleafOwn.tv". 7 April 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  5. ^ Petski, Denise (4 September 2015). "Tye White Joins OWN's 'Greenleaf'; Joe Dinicol In 'Blindspot', 'Grey's Anatomy'". Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Does Oprah's 'Greenleaf' Megachurch Drama Disrespect the Church? (Review)". 24 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  7. ^ Denise Petski (21 January 2016). "'Greenleaf': OWN's Megachurch Drama Series Gets Premiere Date - Deadline". Deadline. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  8. ^ Raiford, Tiffany (December 18, 2021). "10 Things You Didn't Know about Tye White". TVOvermind.
  9. ^ Petski, Denise (July 9, 2020). "'American Auto': Tye White, Michael Benjamin Washington, Jon Barinholtz & Humphrey Ker Join Justin Spitzer's NBC Comedy Pilot".
  10. ^ Porter, Rick (2023-06-16). "NBC Cancels 'American Auto' After Two Seasons". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
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