Tobias Truvillion

Truvillion was born in Queens, New York and grew up in Flushing and graduated from the Bayside High School. He began his career as a runway and print model for Ford Models, and while modeling, Truvillion studied acting.^[2] In 2001 he made his professional acting debut in the off-Broadway musical Oya receiving AUDELCO Award for Outstanding Performance in a Musical.^[3] He played minor roles in films Paid in Full (2002), Death of a Dynasty (2003) and Hitch (2005), and guest-starred on television series Third Watch and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In 2006, he received his first major role on the ABC daytime soap opera, One Life to Live, playing Vincent Jones. He left the soap in 2008.^[2] Since leaving soap, Truvillion began appearing in film and prime time television playing guest starring roles on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Blue Bloods, White Collar and Person of Interest. In 2010 he returned to off-Broadway starring in Black Angels Over Tuskegee by Layon Gray.^[4]

In 2015, Truvillion had recurring role in the Starz miniseries, Flesh and Bone and from 2016 to 2017 had a recurring role as Derek "D-Major" Major in the Fox musical series, Empire.^[5][6] In 2018 he starred in the short-lived BET legal drama series, In Contempt.^[7] The following year he played his first leading role in the made-for-television movie Holiday Heist.^[8]

From 2019 to 2022, Truvillion had recurring role in the BET+ comedy-drama series, First Wives Club. In 2020 he played another leading role in the crime drama film Equal Standard,^[9][10] and had recurring role during the first season of BET comedy-drama Sistas. In 2021 he starred alongside Keri Hilson in the Lifetime movie Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Story^[11] and later guest-starred on New Amsterdam, Queens, The Resident, FBI and The Best Man: The Final Chapters.^[12] In 2022, Truvillion played the lead in the action thriller film, Sanctioning Evil.^[13] In 2023 he starred in the drama film Aurora: A Love Story, the action thriller Call Her King, the crime thriller Sisters, and the biographical crime drama First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story directed by Vivica A. Fox.^[14][15][16] He starred opposite Jessica Care Moore in the drama film He Looked like a Postcard directed by Qasim Basir.^[17]

In 2012, Truvillion married actress Michele Morgan, they reside in New Jersey.^[18][19]

• Official website
• Tobias Truvillion at IMDb