Byron Bowers

Acting

Byron Bowers

Born November 24, 1978Atlanta, Georgia, USA16 credits

Byron Bowers is an American comedian, writer, and actor. Byron has appeared on The Eric Andre Show on Adult Swim, Comedy Central's Adam DeVine's House Party, and on the reboot of BET's Comic View. He made his late-night debut on The Pete Holmes Show, followed by an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. He appeared in MTV's Guy Code and in the History Channel comedy, The Crossroads of History. He is currently appearing in Lena Waithe's Showtime series drama The Chi as Meldrick. He also played the roommate of Lucas Hedges’ character in the film Honey Boy, which won the Special Jury Prize at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. In 2016, he performed at the Hollywood Bowl on a bill with Flying Lotus, Thundercat, and George Clinton as part of the Brainfeeder festival. He appeared in the horror film KUSO. His TV credits include season 3 of The Meltdown on Comedy Central, Funny as Hell in Montreal for HBO Canada, and Flop House for Viceland. [8] His festival performances include Oddball Comedy Fest, SXSW, Life is Beautiful, Austin City Limits, RIOT, SF Sketchfest, and Blue Whale Comedy Festival in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Bowers grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, and moved to Los Angeles to pursue comedy in 2008. Description above from the Wikipedia article Byron Bowers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

Wonder Man
2026Wonder Man
as DeMarr DavisTV
Big Bruh
2023Big Bruh
as The Body Stretcher / Officer Jeff (voice)Movie
Swarm
2023Swarm
as George ClemonsTV
Irma Vep
2022Irma Vep
as HermanTV
Kimi
2022Kimi
as Terry HughesMovie
Ten Year Old Tom
2021Ten Year Old Tom
as Nelson (voice)TV
No Sudden Move
2021No Sudden Move
as MauriceMovie
Honey Boy
2019Honey Boy
as PercyMovie
The Chi
2018The Chi
as MeldrickTV
Kuso
2017Kuso
as Smoking RoachMovie
The 4th
2016The 4th
as TimMovie