Biografi
Béchir Sylvain is a versatile Haitian-American actor, writer, director, and producer known for his roles as "Glock" in Starz's BMF season 3 and "Roman" in BET+'s comedy mystery series Diarra From Detroit. He also portrayed "AJ" on TBS's Claws. A lifetime member of The Actors Studio, Béchir studied drama at Southern Methodist University and created the award-winning web series Make It Happen.
He has performed with the Arizona Theater Company, Gablestage, American Stage, Summer Shorts, Ground Up & Rising, Gorilla Theater, and Theater 68, where he won a Best Ensemble NAACP Theater Award for playing Malcolm X in The Meeting. Béchir also received the Best Actor Obie Award for his lead role as Jay "The Sport" Jackson in Marco Ramirez's The Royale.
His television appearances include guest roles on Blindspotting (Starz), Black Summer (Netflix), S.W.A.T. (CBS), Rookies: Feds (ABC), This Is Us (NBC), Chicago P.D. (NBC), Better Call Saul (AMC), Black-ish (ABC), Grace and Frankie (Netflix), Fuller House (Netflix), and The Mick (FOX). He held supporting roles in Haitian Wedding, Hallmark's The Ultimate Life, Holiday Hideaway, A Stone Cold Christmas, and American Zeotrope's Life After Beth.
Fluent in French and Haitian Creole, Béchir has featured in numerous national and regional commercials. He was the inaugural grand prize winner of the ABC Discovers showcase and earned Best Actor honors at the American Black Film Festival.
