Tyson Beckford

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Tyson Beckford at FashionWeekLIVE in San Francisco in 2007

Tyson Craig Beckford (born December 19, 1970 in the Bronx , New York City ) is an American actor and television presenter . In addition, he also works as a model and also tries his hand at motor sports . He is widely regarded as the first male supermodel and one of the highest paid models in the world. He is also one of the thousands of producers of The 1 Second Films , a long-standing film project supported by numerous famous people. In the fashion world he is mostly only known by his first name Tyson .

life and career

Tyson Craig Beckford was in the winter of 1970 in the Bronx , New York City in the State of New York as the son of a Jamaican-Chinese descent father (Lloyd Beckford) and a Chinese-Panamanian-ghanaischstämmigen nut (Hillary Dixon Hall). After he spent the first few years of his life in New York, the family moved to Jamaica , where they stayed until Tyson Beckford was seven and eight years old, respectively, before returning to New York. There he eventually grew up in Rochester , from where he attended Bay Trail Middle School in nearby Penfield and from there to Pittsford Mendon High School in the affluent suburb of Pittsford . There he was part of the Urban-Suburban Program , a program that aims to give the urban youth who live in the suburbs or school districts around the city an opportunity to receive an education. In high school belonged Beckford, whose cousin the small forward of the Los Angeles Lakers , Ron Artest of is the school's Football- and the track team. After he was on the verge of falling into violence, crime and drugs during this time, he was discovered in 1991 and 1992 by talent scout Jeff Jones , who brought him to hip-hop magazine The Source later that year .

One of the early photos by Tyson Beckford for Ralph Lauren

Through his discoverer Jeff Jones, Beckford was brought into contact with the designer Ralph Lauren in 1993 , who hired him as a front model for his polo clothing line . Beckford, who was also the first black model to be worn in clothing created by Ralph Lauren, also celebrated his major international breakthrough with his involvement with Ralph Lauren and quickly became the world's first male supermodel. He stood in front of the camera for Bruce Weber for the first time for the 1994 polo sports autumn collection . Over the course of time, numerous other shoots with famous photographers followed, including for Herb Ritts , who died in 2002 at the age of 50, in front of the camera. Before that, he was in contact with Bethann Hardison , an agent with whom numerous top models were under contract, and through her came to various newspapers and magazines, such as the fashion section of the New York Times , the US and English editions of Gentlemen's Quarterly or in the Marks & Spencer catalog, one of the world's most renowned men's fashion catalogs. Soon after, he signed a contract with Lauren dated several hundred thousand dollars, which was the highest amount for a male model to date. In 1995 Beckford was finally voted "Man of the Year" by VH1 cable television . In the same year, People magazine also voted Beckford one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. He also came in 38th in a VH1 poll of the 40 Hottest Hotties of the '90s .

In addition, he did not use the opportunity to take part in Milan Fashion Week during this time , which would probably have further boosted his international fame. He would have been the only colored male model from the United States to attend Milan Fashion Week that year. But even during his successful time, Beckford did not forget his roots and stated in an interview in Vibe in September 1995 that there are numerous people of color who are looking for a job but cannot get it because of the color of their skin. He also said that he was not the only colored man fighting for his success. This was also the main reason Beckford decided not to attend Milan Fashion Week . In May 1996 he was honored with an award for "Outstanding Male Model of the Year" at the Michael Awards . People magazine also named him "Sexiest Male Model" in the 1997 issue of Sexiest Man Alive . In the same year he was also one of the nominees for the VH1 award "Best Male Model", but where he could not prevail against the competition. Like numerous other models, Beckford decided to venture into the acting field at the millennium . He took on his first notable role in the film Boricua's Bond , released in 2000 . After he appeared in Boricua's Bond as himself, he also played himself in the Ben Stiller film Zoolander again the following year . He was also on the jury for the 2001 Miss Universe election. A number of engagements finally followed in 2002, when he played a recurring role in two episodes of What's Up, Dad? was used and also took on leading roles in the film Tödliches Trio - Verführung zum Sex and in the short film Gully .

He finally celebrated his breakthrough success in the acting field in 2003, when he appeared in a key role in Biker Boyz alongside the star actor Laurence Fishburne . Although he had previously appeared on numerous television and talk shows, he appeared in a total of 13 episodes of Hollywood Squares from 2002 to 2003 and was also cast in the first season of the US version of I'm in 2003 a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! where he was the fifth person to leave the camp. He also had another role in 2003 in an episode of the sitcom Half & Half . After a lead role in the 2004 comedy Gas , Beckford made numerous other appearances in 2005, including an episode of Video on Trial . In addition, he also had three major roles in the films Wait , Searching for Bobby D and Into the Blue that year, with Paul Walker , Jessica Alba , Scott Caan , Ashley Scott and Josh Brolin in the latter or James Frain appeared. In addition to numerous other show appearances, he was also seen in 2006 in an episode of Queer Eye and in 2007 as a guest jury member in an episode of America's Next Top Model . Although numerous other appearances, Beckford continued his film and television career in 2008 when he was used in films such as Kings of the Evening or Hotel California ; in Hotel California he also worked as a co-producer. This year he was also seen in the documentary Barack Obama: The Power of Change as himself.

Furthermore, from 2008 he also appeared as the presenter of the television series Make Me a Supermodel and moderated the series for 23 episodes. He also co-hosted former Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins and served as a guest judge in the first few episodes of the Australian version of Make Me a Supermodel . In addition to a film appearance in Dream Street , Beckford also appeared as a guest juror in an episode of Germany's Next Topmodel in 2010 . He also took part in a photo shoot with the candidates.

Trivia

  • On June 7, 2005, Beckford was involved in a car accident. While driving in Secaucus shortly before five in the morning , he lost control of his new Dodge Ram SRT-10 and collided with a power pole. The car caught fire shortly afterwards, but Beckford managed to get himself out of the car before it burned out. After the rescue workers arrived, he was taken to Jersey City Medical Center , where he eventually received medical attention due to trauma and cuts. In a later interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show , he said that this accident had a profound effect on his spirituality.
  • From a previous relationship with designer April Roomer , Tyson Beckford has a son.
  • In his free time, the enthusiastic motor sportsman collects various motorcycles and also various cars. In addition, it has been used sporadically for years in various motorsport and car magazines on television and is or was also host of his own car show.
  • Beckford is also socially committed, among other things, he appears for the organization Race to Deliver and is also committed to the fight against AIDS .

Filmography (selection)

Film appearances (also short appearances)
Series appearances (also guest and short appearances)
other appearances (e.g. as himself) (selection)
Music videos (selection)

Web links

Footnotes and individual references

  1. ↑ Tyson Beckford's producer profile on the website of "The 1 Second Film" ( Memento from February 3, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (English)
  2. ↑ Information according to IMDB.com; however, information about his parentage varies from source to source; see also Beckford's profile on TV.com
  3. ↑ Tyson Beckford - the sexy GNTM guest juror ( memento from November 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Mode.net
  4. ↑ Marc Stöhr: Close combat with the Schnuckihasi. Der Stern , April 9, 2010, accessed March 6, 2011 .
  5. ↑ Andrea Rachuy: Tyson drives them all wild. (No longer available online.) April 9, 2010, archived from the original on April 12, 2010 ; accessed on February 23, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rp-online.de
  6. ↑ a b c Tyson Beckford injured in New Jersey truck accident , accessed March 6, 2011
  7. ↑ Candy Girls Cast Bios: April ( Memento from February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  8. ↑ Tyson Beckford - Tv Stylist Reveals Beckford Is Her Son's Father , accessed March 6, 2011
  9. ↑ Tyson Beckford on Who'sDatedWho.com (English), accessed 6 March 2011
personal data
SURNAME Beckford, Tyson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beckford, Tyson Craig (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor, television presenter, and model
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Bronx , New York City, New York, USA