1 Military brat Trai was born on July 19, 1983, in Kansas City, Kan., and moved a lot — but went to the University of Kansas.
2 A devout Christian, Trai says, “I’m really passionate about God and religion and I thought maybe I’m supposed to be a pastor.”
3 Trai is big on education. After graduating from the University of Kansas, he studied acting at the Yale School of Drama with future Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o.
4 He was an extra in the 2001 film Boycott, which starred his current TV dad, Terrence Howard!
5 In 2011, Trai made his television debut as Mookie, an abusive charmer, on the ABC soap opera All My Children.
6 He scored his first big movie role in the hit flick Selma, playing…
