Tyrese Gibson

Tyrese Gibson was born and raised in Watts, California, a section of South Central Los Angeles. Gibson discovered a love of music at an early age and released his self-titled debut album at the age of 19. Soon after, he received an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B New Artist in 2000. In addition to his music career, Gibson has found success in both acting and modeling and appeared in numerous television series and commercials, through an exclusive contract with Guess? and designer Tommy Hilfiger.

Gibson made his motion-picture debut as the star of John Singleton's Baby Boy and was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for his role as Joseph Summers.  He again worked with director Singleton on 2 Fast 2 Furious. Gibson was seen in the third installment of the Transformers franchise, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and Universal Pictures' box-office hit Fast Five. 

His others credits include Michael Bay's blockbuster Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen;Paul W.S. Anderson's sci-fithriller Death Race, with Jason Statham, Joan Allenand Ian McShane; the horror-action film Legion, alongside Dennis Quaid and Paul Bettany; Brad Furman's crime drama The Take, opposite John Leguizamo and Rosie Perez; Flight of the Phoenix; Singleton's Four Brothers, which co-starred Mark Wahlberg and André Benjamin; Annapolis, directed by Justin Lin; and Vondie Curtis-Hall's Waist Deep.

Gibson's motivational book, "How to Get Out of Your Own Way," published by Grand Central Publishing, was released on April 7, 2011.  In 2013, he released "Manology: Secrets of Your Man's Mind Revealed," which he co-wrote with Run-D.M.C.'s DJ Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons.

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