Byron Bowers

Biography

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.

Most Known For

Wonder Man

as DeMarr Davis

The Chi

as Meldrick

Irma Vep

as Herman

Kimi

as Terry Hughes

Lady in the Lake

as Slappy

Swarm

as George Clemons

Ten Year Old Tom

as Nelson (voice)

Adam Devine's House Party

as Self - Comic

No Sudden Move

as Maurice

Big Bruh

as The Body Stretcher / Officer Jeff (voice)

Honey Boy

as Percy

Concrete Cowboy

as Rome

Kuso

as Smoking Roach

Byron Bowers: Spiritual N***a

as Self

The 4th

as Tim

Everybody Has an Andy Dick Story

as Self