---
name: "Trevante Rhodes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/trevante-rhodes"
fi1m_id: "trevante-rhodes"
imdb_id: "nm5218990"
tmdb_id: 1650301
wikidata_id: "Q7838922"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 February 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T10:53:44.137086+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Trevante Rhodes

## Identity

Trevante Rhodes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/trevante-rhodes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** trevante-rhodes
- **IMDb ID:** nm5218990
- **TMDB ID:** 1650301
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7838922
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevante_Rhodes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7838922, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5218990/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1650301

Actor. Born 10 February 1990 in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 February 1990, Ponchatoula, Louisiana, USA
- **Active:** 2016–2018
- **Also known as:** 	Trevante Nemour Rhodes, Tre' Rhodes, 트래반트 로즈
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 68 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 3 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Thriller 2, Action 1, Horror 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $226m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevante_Rhodes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7838922, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5218990/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1650301

## Coming up

- *F.A.S.T.* (2027-05-12)

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Moonlight*](https://film.one/film/moonlight.md) (89)
- **Netflix:** [*Bird Box*](https://film.one/film/bird-box.md) (53)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Trevante Rhodes

> Trevante Rhodes is compelling when his physical confidence is unsettled by a wary look. *Moonlight* gives us the clearest reason to value him: he makes a quiet man’s fear of being seen painfully easy to understand.

Watch how little Trevante Rhodes relaxes when someone looks at him in *Moonlight* (2016). As Black, the adult Chiron, he has the physique to appear secure and the guarded expression of someone who is not. Barry Jenkins gives that watchfulness time, and Rhodes keeps us attentive without needing much dialogue. We were moved by his caution, because his expression makes another person’s attention seem like something he cannot quite trust.

Alex R. Hibbert and Ashton Sanders make the younger Chirons recognisable in him through that same unease. That connection makes the casting work, even though so much changes between the three stages. The film’s three-part structure sometimes hurries us past important years, and we would have welcomed more time in them. Rhodes helps us accept the gaps: his muscular build makes the move into adulthood clear, while his wary face keeps the younger Chiron in view.

His breakthrough in *Moonlight* was followed by supporting parts in action films and thrillers. *The Predator* (2018) and *Bird Box* (2018) belong to that stretch, before the title role in the television miniseries *Mike* (2022). He also took a lead and producing role in *Bruiser* (2022), before starring in Tyler Perry’s thriller *Mea Culpa* (2024). The move towards producing matters in a career with fewer leading opportunities than his breakthrough seemed to promise. It suggests an actor looking for more say in which men he gets to play.

That does not oblige him to spend a career repeating Chiron, nor does it make the thrillers a wrong turn. We would look for roles that give him something to do beyond appearing capable, because *Moonlight* shows how much he can convey when a character is unsure of himself. A part that asks only for toughness would leave much of what made him affecting unused. Start with Jenkins’s film, with a little patience for the years it passes over.

## Biography

Trevante Rhodes is an American actor. He was born on 10 February 1990 in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, and studied kinesiology at the University of Texas at Austin, where he competed as a sprinter and won a gold medal in the 4×100 m relay at the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.

Rhodes achieved recognition for his performance as adult Chiron, also known as Black, in the 2016 film *Moonlight*. He has since appeared in *Bird Box* (2018) as Tom, *The Predator* (2018) as Nebraska Williams, *The United States vs. Billie Holiday* (2021) as Jimmy Fletcher, and as Mike Tyson in the 2022 miniseries *Mike*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Bird Box* (2018), Fi1m 53, as Tom — [page](https://film.one/film/bird-box.md)
- *The Predator* (2018), Fi1m 48, as Nebraska Williams — [page](https://film.one/film/the-predator.md)
- *Moonlight* (2016), Fi1m 89, as Black — [page](https://film.one/film/moonlight.md)
- *Westworld* (2016), Fi1m 74, as Bachelor — [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *F.A.S.T.* (2027), Actor
- *Mea Culpa* (2024), as Zyair Malloy
- *Candy Cane Lane* (2023), as Tre
- *Bruiser* (2022), as Porter · Producer
- *Mike* (2022), series, as Mike Tyson · Executive Producer
- *The United States vs. Billie Holiday* (2021), as Jimmy Fletcher
- *Bird Box* (2018), as Tom — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/bird-box.md)
- *The Predator* (2018), as Nebraska Williams — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/the-predator.md)
- *The Night Is Young* (2018), as George
- *12 Strong* (2018), as Ben Milo
- *Family Feud* (2018), as Joan's lover
- *Smartass* (2017), as Mike C
- *Song to Song* (2017), as TR (uncredited)
- *Burning Sands* (2017), as Fernander
- *Lady Luck* (2017), as Daryl
- *Shangri-La Suite* (2016), as Mike
- *Moonlight* (2016), as Black — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/moonlight.md)
- *Westworld* (2016), series, as Bachelor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *T*, Writer, Director

## Gallery

- ![Trevante Rhodes](https://film.one/media/person/124547/gallery-7ab59929ed8f.jpg) Trevante Rhodes — Gordon  Correll, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Trevante_Rhodes_%2832303509424%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Shane Black, Sterling K. Brown, Olivia Munn, Thomas Jane, Keegan Michael-Key, Trevante Rhodes, Augusto Aguilera and Jake Busey speaking at the 2018 San Diego Co](https://film.one/media/person/124547/gallery-ebfd0bf00097.jpg) Shane Black, Sterling K. Brown, Olivia Munn, Thomas Jane, Keegan Michael-Key, Trevante Rhodes, Augusto Aguilera and Jake Busey speaking at the 2018 San Diego Co — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Shane_Black%2C_Sterling_K._Brown%2C_Olivia_Munn%2C_Thomas_Jane%2C_Keegan_Michael-Key%2C_Trevante_Rhodes%2C_Augusto_Aguilera_%26_Jake_Busey_%2842878754414%29.jpg/1280px-Shane_Black%2C_Sterling_K._Brown%2C_Olivia_Munn%2C_Thomas_Jane%2C_Keegan_Michael-Key%2C_Trevante_Rhodes%2C_Augusto_Aguilera_%26_Jake_Busey_%2842878754414%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Trevante Rhodes speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "The Predator", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please ](https://film.one/media/person/124547/gallery-2e2dd1487cac.jpg) Trevante Rhodes speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "The Predator", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please  — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Trevante_Rhodes_%2828708983327%29.jpg/1280px-Trevante_Rhodes_%2828708983327%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Trevante Rhodes speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "The Predator", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please ](https://film.one/media/person/124547/gallery-dc9288511f9f.jpg) Trevante Rhodes speaking at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con International, for "The Predator", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please  — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Trevante_Rhodes_%2828708991877%29.jpg/1280px-Trevante_Rhodes_%2828708991877%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Trevante Rhodes](https://film.one/media/person/124547/gallery-4adc692f00b5.jpg) Trevante Rhodes — Image via TMDB
- ![Trevante Rhodes](https://film.one/media/person/124547/gallery-01c0b64a23c5.jpg) Trevante Rhodes — Image via TMDB
- ![Trevante Rhodes](https://film.one/media/person/124547/gallery-1db0f3f1b250.jpg) Trevante Rhodes — Image via TMDB
- ![Star of Moonlight, 12 Strong, and The Predator. NYC Jan '18.](https://film.one/media/person/124547/gallery-d980f5cd71bc.jpg) Star of Moonlight, 12 Strong, and The Predator. NYC Jan '18. — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Trevante_Rhodes_%2839720561152%29.jpg/1280px-Trevante_Rhodes_%2839720561152%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Star of Moonlight, 12 Strong, and The Predator. NYC Jan '18.](https://film.one/media/person/124547/gallery-94c80539e86a.jpg) Star of Moonlight, 12 Strong, and The Predator. NYC Jan '18. — Greg2600, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Trevante_Rhodes_%2839720561152%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Trevante_Rhodes_%2839720561152%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Trevante Rhodes](https://film.one/media/person/124547/gallery-08a91b9c6c8e.jpg) Trevante Rhodes — Image via TMDB
- ![Trevante Rhodes](https://film.one/media/person/124547/gallery-a6cc7ef3c07a.jpg) Trevante Rhodes — Image via TMDB
- ![Trevante Rhodes](https://film.one/media/person/124547/gallery-1234f60853f5.jpg) Trevante Rhodes — Image via TMDB

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