Beckford, Tyson 1970-

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Beckford, Tyson 1970-

PERSONAL

Full name, Tyson Craig Beckford; born December 19, 1970, in Bronx, NY; son of Lloyd Beckford and Hillary Dixon Hall; married; wife's name Berniece; children: one son.

Career:

Actor and model. Model for Ralph Lauren fashion line, beginning c. 1993, and for Sean John clothing, 2005; appeared in print ads for Guess Raw Denim, 1999.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Boricua's Bond, USA Films, 2000.

Himself, Zoolander, Paramount, 2001.

Shottas, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2002.

Lance Racine, Pandora's Box (also known as Trois 2: Pandora's Box), Columbia TriStar/Rainforest Productions, 2002.

Man/prisoner, Gully (short film), Clarendon Entertainment, 2002.

Donny, Biker Boyz, DreamWorks, 2003.

Karl, Gas, Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, 2004.

Dream Street, Lonette Productions/Dream Street Submission, 2005.

Jerome, Something for Bobby D, Monarch Home Video, 2005.

Primo, Into the Blue, Columbia, 2005.

Charles, Wait (short film), Glamour Magazine, 2005.

Homer Hobbs, Kings of the Evening, Picture Palace Pictures, 2007.

Television Appearances; Series:

Correspondent, Source All Access, syndicated, 2000.

Hollywood Squares (also known as H2 and H2: Hollywood Squares), 2002-2003.

I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, ABC, 2003.

Host, Fine Tuned, 2007.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Judge, Miss Universe 2001, CBS, 2001.

100 Most Irresistible Women, Spike, 2003.

Britney Spears: E! Entertainment Special, E! Entertainment Television, 2004.

Ego Trip's Race-o-Rama, VH1, 2005.

Hollywood and Divine: Beauty Secrets Revealed, 2005.

All Shades of Fine: 25 Hottest Women of the Past 25 Years, Black Entertainment Television, 2005.

Wendy Williams Is on Fire on the Red Carpet, VH1, 2005.

Drift: The Sideways Craze, 2007.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1996.

The Chris Rock Show, HBO, 1998.

Hunter, "The Kyles Go to Hawaii: Parts 1 & 2," My Wife and Kids, ABC, 2002.

Pyramid, syndicated, 2002, 2003.

Sexy guy, "The Big I Have a Dream Episode," Half & Half, UPN, 2003.

Motorcycle man, "Britney Spears: Toxic," Making the Video, MTV, 2004.

Cribs, MTV, 2004.

(Uncredited) Motorcyclist, Video on Trial (also known as V.O.T.), MuchMusic, 2005.

"Secrets of the Supermodels," The Tyra Banks Show, UPN, 2005.

"Model Madness," The Tyra Banks Show, UPN, 2006.

"Messenger to Model Material: Jesan H," Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, 2006.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Presenter, The VH1 Fashion Awards, VH1, 1996.

The 1997 Billboard Music Awards, Fox, 1997.

Presenter, The 29th NAACP Image Awards, Fox, 1998.

The 1999 Source Hip-Hop Music Awards, UPN, 1999.

VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards, VH1, 2001.

Presenter, The 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, ABC, 2003.

2003 Vibe Awards: Beats, Style, Flavor, UPN, 2003.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

(In archive footage) And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop, VH1, 2004.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

On the Come Up at the Source Awards, Ventura Distribution, 2001.

Inside the Industry, 2003.

"One More Chance" segment, The Notorious B.I.G.: Ready to Die—The Remaster, Music Video Distributors, 2004.

Appeared in the music videos "My Up and Down" by Adina Howard, 1995; "Pull Up to My Bumper" by Patra, 1995; "Anything" by SWV; "Breathe Again" and "Un-Break My Heart" by Toni Braxton; "Say How I Feel" by Rhian Benson; "Slow Down" by Trisha Covington; "Toxic" by Britney Spears; and "21 Questions" by 50 Cent.