Actor profile

Tyler James Williams

9th October 1992 Westchester County, New York, USA Acting

Tyler James Williams (born October 9, 1992) is an American actor and rapper. He is best known for playing the title character on the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, songwriter Cyrus DeBarge in the Disney Channel movie Let It Shine, and Noah on AMC's The Walking Dead. He has also appeared in films such as Detroit and The United States vs. Billie Holiday. He is a series regular on the workplace sitcom Abbott Elementary (2021-).

11 Movies 43 TV Shows 55 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Amber Alert poster

Amber Alert 27th September 2024 as Shane

The United States vs. Billie Holiday poster

The United States vs. Billie Holiday 31st March 2021 as Lester 'Prez' Young

The Argument poster

The Argument 4th September 2020 as Paul

The Wedding Year poster

The Wedding Year 20th September 2019 as Jake

Detroit poster

Detroit 28th July 2017 as Leon

Dear White People poster

Dear White People 17th October 2014 as Lionel Higgins

Peeples poster

Peeples 9th May 2013 as Simon Peeples

Let It Shine poster

Let It Shine 15th June 2012 as Cyrus

Unaccompanied Minors poster

Unaccompanied Minors 8th December 2006 as Charlie Goldfinch

The Ant Bully poster

The Ant Bully 28th July 2006 as Blue Teammate #1 (voice)

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Happy Holidays! poster

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Happy Holidays! 24th September 2002

History of the World: Part II poster

History of the World: Part II 6th March 2023 as Private Mason Dixon

The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show 12th September 2022 as Self - Guest

Abbott Elementary poster

Abbott Elementary 7th December 2021 as Gregory Eddie

Harley Quinn poster

Harley Quinn 29th November 2019 as Hawkman (voice)

Tamron Hall poster

Tamron Hall 9th September 2019 as Self - Guest

The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show 9th September 2019 as Self

A Black Lady Sketch Show poster

A Black Lady Sketch Show 2nd August 2019 as Detric

A Black Lady Sketch Show poster

A Black Lady Sketch Show 2nd August 2019 as Rome

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle poster

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle 8th April 2019 as Self

Whiskey Cavalier poster

Whiskey Cavalier 27th February 2019 as Edgar Standish

Dear White People poster

Dear White People 28th April 2017 as Carson Rhodes

RePlay poster

RePlay 20th April 2016 as Nate

Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders poster

Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders 16th March 2016 as Russ Montgomery

Ballers poster

Ballers 21st June 2015 as Waterboy

The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden 23rd March 2015 as Self - Guest

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 21st December 2014 as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 17th February 2014 as Self

Instant Mom poster

Instant Mom 29th September 2013 as Jamal

Go On poster

Go On 8th August 2012 as Owen

Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man poster

Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man 1st April 2012 as Prowler (voice)

Lab Rats poster

Lab Rats 27th February 2012 as Future Leo

Key & Peele poster

Key & Peele 31st January 2012 as Jaleel White

Talking Dead poster

Talking Dead 16th October 2011 as Self

The Walking Dead poster

The Walking Dead 31st October 2010 as Noah

Batman: The Brave and the Bold poster

Batman: The Brave and the Bold 14th November 2008 as Firestorm / Jason Rusch (voice)

Batman: The Brave and the Bold poster

Batman: The Brave and the Bold 14th November 2008 as Firestorm (voice)

True Jackson, VP poster

True Jackson, VP 8th November 2008 as Justin Webber

The Megan Mullally Show poster

The Megan Mullally Show 18th September 2006 as Self - Guest

Everybody Hates Chris poster

Everybody Hates Chris 22nd September 2005 as Chris

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia poster

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 4th August 2005 as Gregory Eddie

Hi-Jinks poster

Hi-Jinks 2nd August 2005

House poster

House 16th November 2004 as Landon

The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8th September 2003 as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self - Guest

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 20th September 1999 as Kyle McGovern

The View poster

The View 11th August 1997 as Self

The Practice poster

The Practice 4th March 1997 as Jason Green

The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show 22nd July 1996 as Self

LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark 5th September 1988 as Self - Guest

Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live 11th October 1975 as Entari Shakunte (uncredited)

Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live 11th October 1975 as Young Boy (uncredited)

Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live 11th October 1975 as Jack Black's Adapted Son (uncredited)

Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards 20th January 1944 as Self - Nominee