Biography
Tramell Tillman is an American actor. Born on 17 June 1985 in Washington, D.C., he studied mass communications at Jackson State University and later earned an MFA in acting from the University of Tennessee in 2014, becoming the first Black man to graduate from that programme.
He began his professional acting career in 2015 after working for over a decade in the nonprofit sector. Tillman is best known for his role as Seth Milchick in the Apple TV+ series Severance (2022–present). For the performance he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2025, becoming the first Black person and the first openly gay person to receive the award. His film credits include Captain Bledsoe in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) and William 'Bill' Metzger in Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026).
