Trevante Nemour Rhodes (born February 10, 1990) is an American actor.
He won several accolades and achieved recognition in 2016 for his
performance as Chiron in the Academy Award-winning film Moonlight. In
his youth, he was an accomplished track and field sprinter, winning a
gold medal at the Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in
2009.Rhodes was born in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, to Demour Dangelo and
Jessi Rhodes. His family moved to Little Elm, Texas when he was ten.
He has one brother, Giovanni. At Little Elm High School, Rhodes played
running back in an option offense with Cole Beasley at quarterback.
Over his high school career, Rhodes earned four letters in both
football and track and field, where he competed as a sprinter
specializing in the 100 and 200 meter dash. As a junior, Rhodes
finished second behind Whitney Prevost over both distances at the 2007
UIL Track and Field Championships at Mike A. Myers Stadium. While his
senior year was cut short by an ACL injury on the football field, he
still earned an athletic scholarship in track and field to the
University of Texas at Austin. He studied kinesiology.Rhodes competed
for the Texas Longhorns as a sprinter from 2008 to 2012. At the 2009
Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in Port of Spain, Trinidad
and Tobago, Rhodes helped the U.S. squad to a gold medal in the 4×100
metres relay.
He won several accolades and achieved recognition in 2016 for his
performance as Chiron in the Academy Award-winning film Moonlight. In
his youth, he was an accomplished track and field sprinter, winning a
gold medal at the Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in
2009.Rhodes was born in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, to Demour Dangelo and
Jessi Rhodes. His family moved to Little Elm, Texas when he was ten.
He has one brother, Giovanni. At Little Elm High School, Rhodes played
running back in an option offense with Cole Beasley at quarterback.
Over his high school career, Rhodes earned four letters in both
football and track and field, where he competed as a sprinter
specializing in the 100 and 200 meter dash. As a junior, Rhodes
finished second behind Whitney Prevost over both distances at the 2007
UIL Track and Field Championships at Mike A. Myers Stadium. While his
senior year was cut short by an ACL injury on the football field, he
still earned an athletic scholarship in track and field to the
University of Texas at Austin. He studied kinesiology.Rhodes competed
for the Texas Longhorns as a sprinter from 2008 to 2012. At the 2009
Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in Port of Spain, Trinidad
and Tobago, Rhodes helped the U.S. squad to a gold medal in the 4×100
metres relay.
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