Tobias Truvillion (born October 1, 1975) is an American actor and model. He made his professional acting debut starring in the 2001 off-Broadway musical ''Oya'' receiving

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for Outstanding Performance in a Musical. From 2006 to 2008, Truvillion was regular cast member in the ABC daytime soap opera, ''

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'' and later had recurring roles on prime time series such as ''

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'' and '' First Wives Club''. He appeared in films ''

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'' (2009), '' Equal Standard'' (2020), '' Sanctioning Evil'' (2022) and '' First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story'' (2023).

Life and career

Truvillion was born in

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and grew up in

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and graduated from Bayside High School. He began his career as a runway and print model for

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, and while modeling, Truvillion studied acting. In 2001 he made his professional acting debut in the off-Broadway musical ''Oya'' receiving

for Outstanding Performance in a Musical. He played minor roles in films '' Paid in Full'' (2002), '' Death of a Dynasty'' (2003) and '' Hitch'' (2005), and guest-starred on television series ''

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'' and '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''. In 2006, he received his first major role on the

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daytime soap opera, ''

'', playing Vincent Jones. He left the soap in 2008. Since leaving soap, Truvillion began appearing in film and prime time television playing guest starring roles on '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2010 he returned to off-Broadway starring in ''Black Angels Over Tuskegee'' by Layon Gray. 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, ''

''. In 2018 he starred in the short-lived BET legal drama series, ''

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''. The following year he played his first leading role in the made-for-television movie ''Holiday Heist''. 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'', and had recurring role during the first season of BET comedy-drama '' Sistas''. In 2021 he starred alongside

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in the Lifetime movie '' Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Story'' and later guest-starred on ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Resident'', ''

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'' and '' The Best Man: The Final Chapters''. In 2022, Truvillion played the lead in the action thriller film, '' Sanctioning Evil''. 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

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. He starred opposite

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in the drama film ''He Looked like a Postcard'' directed by Qasim Basir.

Personal life

In 2012, Truvillion married actress Michele Morgan, they reside in

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Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Official website
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