Byron Bowers
Birthday: Born in in
Deathday: Alive
Byron Bowers is an American comedian, writer, and actor. Byron has appeared on The Eric Andre Show on Adult Swim, Comedy Central's Adam DeVine's House Party, and on the reboot of BET's Comic View. He made his late-night debut on The Pete Holmes Show, followed by an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. He appeared in MTV's Guy Code and in the History Channel comedy, The Crossroads of History. He is currently appearing in Lena Waithe's Showtime series drama The Chi as Meldrick. He also played the roommate of Lucas Hedges’ character in the film Honey Boy, which won the Special Jury Prize at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. In 2016, he performed at the Hollywood Bowl on a bill with Flying Lotus, Thundercat, and George Clinton as part of the Brainfeeder festival. He appeared in the horror film KUSO. His TV credits include season 3 of The Meltdown on Comedy Central, Funny as Hell in Montreal for HBO Canada, and Flop House for Viceland. [8] His festival performances include Oddball Comedy Fest, SXSW, Life is Beautiful, Austin City Limits, RIOT, SF Sketchfest, and Blue Whale Comedy Festival in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Bowers grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, and moved to Los Angeles to pursue comedy in 2008. Description above from the Wikipedia article Byron Bowers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
TV Credits
Swarm
Character: George Clemons
A young woman's obsession with a pop star takes a dark turn....
Ten Year Old Tom
Character: Nelson (voice)
The misadventures of an average kid as he contends with questionable guidance from the well-meaning grownups around him....
Lady in the Lake
Character: Slappy
When the disappearance of a young girl grips the city of Baltimore in 1966, the lives of two women converge on a fatal collision course....
Irma Vep
Character: Herman
Mira is an American movie star disillusioned by her career and a recent breakup, who comes to France to star as “Irma Vep” in a remake of the French silent film classic, “Les Vampires.” Set against the backdrop of a lurid crime thriller, Mira struggles as the distinctions between herself and the character she plays begin to blur and merge....
Wonder Man
Character:
Follows Simon Williams, also known in Marvel Comics as Wonder Man. Described as a Hollywood satire....
Adam Devine's House Party
Character: Self - Comic
Workaholics' star Adam Devine takes over a swank LA mansion and fills it up with the freshest stand-up, the loudest bands and his own bro-busting comedy -- in this rowdy, genre-smashing series. You're invited to the ultimate Hollywood house party!...
The Chi
Character: Meldrick
A relevant, timely and distinctive coming-of-age story following a half dozen interrelated characters in the South Side of Chicago. The story centers on Brandon, an ambitious and confident young man who dreams about opening a restaurant of his own someday, but is conflicted between the promise of a new life and his responsibility to his mother and teenage brother back in the South Side....
Movie Credits
Big Bruh
Character: The Body Stretcher / Officer Jeff (voice)
Determined to rehab his public image, a boxer joins the Big Bruh / Lil Sis program and meets his match....
Byron Bowers: Spiritual N***a
Character: Self
After a life-altering revelation while tripping on psychedelic mushrooms, comedian Byron Bowers stumbles straight from the desert into the Decatur Boxing Club, to deliver an intimate set in his hometown Atlanta. Byron talks about his long journey to his first comedy special, the stigma of mental health, and how tripping on mushrooms made him understand his schizophrenic father and altered the way he feels about his Blackness....
Everybody Has an Andy Dick Story
Character:
A documentary detailing funny, outrageous, positive stories about Andy Dick. Interviews range from club bouncers to celebrities. This Is Your Life meets Comedy Central Roast....
Kuso
Character: Smoking Roach
Broadcasting through a makeshift network of discarded televisions, this story is tangled up in the aftermath of Los Angeles's worst earthquake nightmare. Travel between screens and aftershocks into the twisted lives of the survived....
The 4th
Character: Tim
It's the Fourth of July in Los Angeles, and Jamie, a broke illustrator who is behind on his rent, tries to throw a cookout while his overbearing roommate is out of town, but everything seems to go wrong....
Honey Boy
Character: Percy
The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based on Shia LaBeouf’s life....
Concrete Cowboy
Character: Rome
Sent to live with his estranged father for the summer, a rebellious teen finds kinship in a tight-knit Philadelphia community of Black cowboys....
Kimi
Character: Terry Hughes
A tech worker with agoraphobia discovers recorded evidence of a violent crime but is met with resistance when she tries to report it. Seeking justice, she must do the thing she fears the most: leave her apartment....
No Sudden Move
Character: Maurice
A group of criminals are brought together under mysterious circumstances and have to work together to uncover what's really going on when their simple job goes completely sideways....