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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.

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Known For

Filmography

as Slappy
2023 Big Bruh
as The Body Stretcher / Officer Jeff (voice)
2023 Swarm
as George Clemons
2022 Irma Vep
as Herman
2022 Kimi
as Terry Hughes
as Nelson (voice)
as Maurice
as Rome
2019 Honey Boy
as Percy
2018 The Chi
as Meldrick
2017 Kuso
as Smoking Roach
2016 The 4th
as Tim
as Self - Comic
---- Wonder Man
as