Tyler can be seen this Spring starring in the new CBS spinoff series CRIMINAL MINDS: BEYOND BORDERS, as Monty, a computer whiz who works with a division of the FBI that helps American citizens who find themselves in trouble abroad.
In early 2015, Tyler guest-starred as Noah in AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD (TV’s number one show - continuously beat out Sunday Night Football in ratings). He recently shot a comedy sketch on KEY & PEELE where he played Steve Urkel. This sketch received rave reviews and was named the number 1 sketch of 2014 by NEW YORK MAGAZINE.
On the big screen, Tyler starred as Lionel Higgins in the Sundance breakout film DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, a satire about being a black face in a very white place. He received critical acclaim at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival for the film, directed by Justin Simien (VARIETY’s “10 Directors to Watch”) and winner of a Special Jury Prize. The film also received two Gotham Award nominations. The year prior, Tyler was also co-starred in the Tyler Perry comedy PEEPLES (Lionsgate) with Kerry Washington and Craig Robinson.
You can also see Tyler in the Emmy Award-winning series “Everybody Hates Chris” where he won a 2007 NAACP image award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance. In 2012, Williams starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie LET IT SHINE as ‘Cyrus DeBarge,’ a gifted rapper full of self-doubt, and was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for his performance.
He began acting at the age of four on "Sesame Street" and later co-starred in the animated series "Little Bill." Additional television credits include "Law & Order: SVU" and numerous appearances in sketches on "Saturday Night Live." Other film credits include the feature film UNACCOMPANIED MINORS.
Also an accomplished musician, Tyler recently released a mixtape with his brother Tyrel Jackson Williams titled Me, My Brother & A Mic. Tyler and Tyrel released this tape in just two weeks, after requests from fans.
ABOUT REPLAY
If you could repeat the most important day of your life until you perfected every moment, would you? If your answer is yes, then you are going to love New Form Digital's latest series titled RePlay that launches on April 20 on go90.
The leads in the series are Lyndsy Fonseca who plays aspiring DJ Allison Lee and Tyler James Williams who plays her best friend Nate. Tyler is best known for his role in "The Walking Dead," "Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders" and “Everybody Hates Chris.” The lovely Lyndsy who was in Marvel’s hit new drama, "Agent Carter" and previously starred for four seasons on the popular CW series, "Nikita." Her character Allison gets more than she asked for during her birthday wish, when she's stuck repeating an epic 25th birthday bash that just went down in flames.