Tye White is an American actor, known for his roles as Jack Fordham in the NBC series American Auto (2021-2023), the CBS series NCIS: Los Angeles (2014-2023) where he played Aiden Hanna, the CBS series Fire Country (2024- currently) where he plays Cole Rodman, as well as his role Kevin Satterlee in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Greenleaf (2016–2018).

Tye White
Born
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
OccupationActor
Years active2009–present
SpouseRania Nasreen White (2018–present)
Children2[1]

Life and career

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White is African American, born in Detroit, Michigan. He attended Brother Rice High School (Michigan) and studied at the University of Michigan.[2][3]

His first major role was in the VH1 television film Drumline: A New Beat in 2014. He has a recurring role as Aiden Hanna, son of Sam Hanna (played by LL Cool J ) in the CBS procedural series NCIS: Los Angeles and in 2016 appeared in a secondary role as Jason Simpson, O. J. Simpson's son, in the FX series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story.[4]

In 2015, White was cast in a series regular role in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series Greenleaf.[5] He plays Kevin Satterlee, Charity Greenleaf-Satterlee's (played by Deborah Joy Winans) husband.[6] The series also stars Lynn Whitfield, Keith David, Merle Dandridge, and Kim Hawthorne.[7] He left the series in 2018.[8] In 2021, White was cast in the NBC comedy series American Auto opposite Ana Gasteyer.[9][10]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2009 The People I've Slept With Male Dancer Uncredited
2010 Hopeless James Short film
2010 Life of the Party: Vol. II LeBron
2012 Bottled Tripp Short film
2013 The Meet Craig Short film
2014 Drumline: A New Beat Armondi Mason Television film
2015 Sleep Over Tye Short film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2008 The Amazing Race 13 Himself 5 episodes before being eliminated. Credited as 'Ty White'.[3]
2011 Pretty Little Liars Jock Episode: "Know Your Frenemies"
2014 Mixology Dave Episode: "Liv & Jim"
2014 Red Band Society Bouncer Episode: "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car"
2014–20 NCIS: Los Angeles Aiden Hanna 5 episodes
2016 The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story Jason Simpson 9 episodes
2016–18 Greenleaf Kevin Satterlee 30 episodes
2018–19 Chicago Fire Tyler 3 episodes
2021–23 American Auto Jack 23 episodes

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2020 NBA 2K21 Junior

References

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  1. ^ "Login • Instagram". www.instagram.com. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  2. ^ "OWN's new 'Greenleaf' features two emerging Detroit actors". Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b White, Tye [@TyeWhite] (2 December 2017). "Haha I grew a beard, aged a little bit and started working out... talk about throwback. I forget i even did that sometimes. Nice eye. https://t.co/Uaqaeh0jhG" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 February 2023 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Tye White - GreenleafOwn.tv". 7 April 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  5. ^ Petski, Denise (4 September 2015). "Tye White Joins OWN's 'Greenleaf'; Joe Dinicol In 'Blindspot', 'Grey's Anatomy'". Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Does Oprah's 'Greenleaf' Megachurch Drama Disrespect the Church? (Review)". 24 June 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  7. ^ Denise Petski (21 January 2016). "'Greenleaf': OWN's Megachurch Drama Series Gets Premiere Date - Deadline". Deadline. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  8. ^ Raiford, Tiffany (December 18, 2021). "10 Things You Didn't Know about Tye White". TVOvermind.
  9. ^ Petski, Denise (July 9, 2020). "'American Auto': Tye White, Michael Benjamin Washington, Jon Barinholtz & Humphrey Ker Join Justin Spitzer's NBC Comedy Pilot".
  10. ^ Porter, Rick (2023-06-16). "NBC Cancels 'American Auto' After Two Seasons". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-06-17.
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