0080-Bechir Sylvain-Actor/Writer/Producer/Director

About this episode

Béchir Sylvain discusses his multifaceted career as an actor, writer, director, and producer.

Béchir Sylvain Béchir Sylvain is a multi-hyphenate Haitian-American actor, writer, director, and producer. He plays Sanford on the hit Marvel show Wonder Man, Leclerc in Jurassic World: Rebirth, "Glock" on Starz hit series, BMF season 3 and "Roman" on BET+ new hit comedy mystery series, Diarra From Detroit. He also played "AJ" on the TBS show Claws. Béchir is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio, Bechir studied drama at Southern Methodist University and was the creator of the award winning web series Make it happen. Bechir has performed at Arizona Theater Company, Gablestage, American Stage, Summer Shorts, Ground Up & Rising, Gorilla Theater and Theater 68 where he earned a Best Ensemble NAACP Theater Award win for his performance as Malcolm X in the play "The Meeting." Bechir also received the best actor Obie award in the theatrical production of The Royale by Marco Ramirez as the lead playing Jay "The Sport" Jackson. His television credits also include guest starring on Blindspotting (Starz), Black Summer (Netflix) Swat (CBS), Rookies:Feds (ABC) This is us, (NBC) Chicago, PD (NBC), Better Call Saul (AMC),Black-ish (ABC) Grace and Frankie (Netflix), Fuller House (Netflix) and…

People in this episode

Guest: Béchir Sylvain

Topics covered

• acting
• writing
• directing
• film industry
• television
• Haitian-American culture

Keywords

• Béchir Sylvain
• actor
• writer
• director
• producer
• Marvel
• television
• film
• Haitian-American

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Actors Studio

Books & works: Wonder Man, Jurassic World: Rebirth, BMF, Diarra From Detroit, Claws, Make it happen, The Meeting, The Royale, Blindspotting, Black Summer

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