

Cast & creator
Best known for The Chi, Wonder Man, Swarm
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.
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film credits
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television credits
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2013–2026 · acting roles
6.3
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Signature credits
Across film & television
Showing 18 of 18 credits

Meldrick
2018
DeMarr Davis
2026
George Clemons
2023
Maurice
2021
Slappy
2024
Herman
2022
Nelson (voice)
2021
Self - Comic
2013
Terry Hughes
2022
Percy
2019
Rome
2020
Self
2017
Smoking Roach
2017
Self
2022
Writer
2022
Executive Producer
2022
The Body Stretcher / Officer Jeff (voice)
2023
Tim
2016