TYRESE GIBSON

TYRESE GIBSON was born and raised in Watts, a neighborhood of Los Angeles. At the age of 16, he was discovered after being cast in a Coca-Cola commercial. A self-titled debut album quickly followed as did an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B New Artist. Gibson has since released five more studio albums and garnered six GRAMMY® Award nominations. His most recent studio album, “Black Rose,” debuted at #1 on the Billboard R&B Albums Chart and featured the single “Shame,” which was #1 on the Billboard Adult R&B Songs Chart for 16 consecutive weeks. 

This year marks the 20th anniversary of John Singleton’s Baby Boy, Gibson’s feature film debut for which he garnered an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture. Gibson would go on to work with director Singleton again on 2 Fast 2 Furiousand Four Brothers. 

Along with his signature role as Roman Pearce in six Fast & Furious films, including Justin Lin’s F9 released this summer, Gibson is internationally recognized for playing Robert Epps in Michael Bay’s Transformers franchise. Gibson’s feature film credits also include Jon Keeyes’ Rogue Hostage with John Malkovich; Deon Taylor’s Black and Blue opposite Naomie Harris;  Ride Along 2 with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart; Black Nativity with Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett and Jennifer Hudson; Legion alongside Dennis Quaid and Paul Bettany; Paul W.S. Anderson’s Death Race with Jason Statham, Joan Allen and Ian McShane; Brad Furman’s The Take opposite John Leguizamo and Rosie Perez; John Moore’s Flight of the Phoenix with Quaid and Giovanni Ribisi; Vondie Curtis-Hall’s Waist Deep with Meagan Good and Larenz Tate; and Annapolis, directed by Lin. Gibson’s upcoming films include Marvel Comic’s Morbius with Jared Leto and Dangerous opposite Mel Gibson, Famke Janssen, and Scott Eastwood.