# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-jefferson-byrd
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:36:42.777Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-jefferson-byrd"
name: "Thomas Jefferson Byrd"
slug: "thomas-jefferson-byrd"
description: "Thomas Jefferson Byrd was an American character actor who appeared in several of director Spike Lee's films. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in the 2003 Broadway revival of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom."
tagline: "American actor (1950–2020)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/Publicity_Photo_of_Thomas_Jefferson_Byrd.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1950-06-25"
deathDate: "2020-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.478531855955679
  historical:           11.11934
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump