Trevante Rhodes (born February 10, 1990) is an American actor and former track and field sprinter. His performance in the Academy Award-winning film Moonlight (2016) was highly praised and received several award nominations.
Rhodes was born in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, and moved to Little Elm, Texas, when he was ten. At Little Elm High School, Rhodes played running back in an option offense with Cole Beasley at quarterback. Over his high school career, Rhodes earned four letters in both football and track and field, where he competed as a sprinter specializing in the 100 and 200 meter dash. As a junior, Rhodes finished second behind Whitney Prevost over both distances at the 2007 UIL Track and Field Championships at Mike A. Myers Stadium. His senior year was cut short by an ACL injury on the football field, but he still earned an athletic scholarship in track and field to the University of Texas at Austin.