Tobias Truvillion

Tobias Truvillion (born October 1, 1975) is an American actor and model. He made his professional acting debut starring in the 2001 off-Broadway musical Oya receiving AUDELCO Award for Outstanding Performance in a Musical. From 2006 to 2008, Truvillion was regular cast member in the ABC daytime soap opera, One Life to Live and later had recurring roles on prime time series such as Empire and First Wives Club. He appeared in films Brooklyn's Finest (2009), Equal Standard (2020), Sanctioning Evil (2022) and First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story (2023).

Life and career
Truvillion was born in Queens, New York and grew up in Flushing and graduated from the Bayside High School. He began his career as a runway and print model for Ford Models, and while modeling, Truvillion studied acting. In 2001 he made his professional acting debut in the off-Broadway musical Oya receiving AUDELCO Award for Outstanding Performance in a Musical. He played minor roles in films Paid in Full (2002), Death of a Dynasty (2003) and Hitch (2005), and guest-starred on television series Third Watch and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In 2006, he received his first major role on the ABC daytime soap opera, One Life to Live, playing Vincent Jones. He left the soap in 2008. Since leaving soap, Truvillion began appearing in film and prime time television playing guest starring roles on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Blue Bloods, White Collar and Person of Interest. In 2010 he returned to off-Broadway starring in Black Angels Over Tuskegee by Layon Gray.

In 2015, Truvillion had recurring role in the Starz miniseries, Flesh and Bone and from 2016 to 2017 had a recurring role as Derek "D-Major" Major	 in the Fox musical series, Empire. In 2018 he starred in the short-lived BET legal drama series, In Contempt. The following year he played his first leading role in the made-for-television movie Holiday Heist.

From 2019 to 2022, Truvillion had recurring role in the BET+ comedy-drama series, First Wives Club. In 2020 he played another leading role in the crime drama film Equal Standard, and had recurring role during the first season of BET comedy-drama Sistas. In 2021 he starred alongside Keri Hilson in the Lifetime movie Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Story and later guest-starred on New Amsterdam, Queens, The Resident, FBI and The Best Man: The Final Chapters. In 2022, Truvillion played the lead in the action thriller film, Sanctioning Evil. In 2023 he starred in the drama film Aurora: A Love Story, the action thriller Call Her King, the crime thriller Sisters, and the biographical crime drama First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story directed by Vivica A. Fox. He starred opposite Jessica Care Moore in the drama film He Looked like a Postcard directed by Qasim Basir.

Personal life
In 2012, Truvillion married actress Michele Morgan, they reside in New Jersey.