Tyrese Gibson: a success story

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Tyrese Gibson, whose photo is located below, is an American actor who became famous all over the planet thanks to the embodiment of the leading characters in the films "Fast and the Furious", "Death Race" and "Transformers" on the screen. Along with this, he became quite successful also in such a field as music. In particular, Tyrese is the author and performer of a number of musical works in the styles of R&B and hip-hop. Among other things, he also managed to try himself as a producer and screenwriter.

Family and childhood

Darnell Tyrese Gibson (this is the full name of the actor) was born on December 30, 1978 in Los Angeles, California. His father left the family when the boy was barely five years old. In this regard, he was brought up only by his mother - Priscilla Murray Gibson. The guy was far from the only child in the family - he has two more brothers.

Musical creativity

From a very young age, the boy fell in love with music, or rather, in such a direction as "hip-hop". Even then, he began to rhyme texts on his own. In his youth, Tyrese Gibson adopted a pseudonym"Black-T", under which he performed at rap concerts as part of a young, not very famous group, Triple Impact. In 1998, his debut album was released, which was later destined to go platinum. Three years later, another collection saw the light of day. It was called "Two Thousand Questions". An interesting fact is that the main hit from it was written jointly with Michael Jackson and Teddy Riley. In 2001, the musician took an active part in writing songs for the album of the king of popular music, called "Invisible".

Acting debut

Tyrese Gibson, whose filmography includes about sixteen serious works, made his debut on television at the age of fifteen. Then he was invited to appear in an advertisement for the Coca-Cola drink, where he sang the phrase that became the real anthem of the company - "Always Coca-Cola." This was preceded by the boy's victory in a talent show a year earlier. Some time later, the aspiring actor was lucky enough to get into the modeling business with Tommy Hilfiger. This was largely facilitated by the appearance of a young man. According to him, he did not put much effort into this - he just took a few steps to start making his way to popularity.

First serious work

In 2001, Tyrese Gibson got the lead role in the American film Baby Boy. It should be noted that here he replaced Tupac Shakur. In this picture, the actor looked very convincing. In the wake of such success, very broad prospects opened up before him. In particular, in 2003year director Roman Pierce invited him to play one of the characters in the film "Fast and the Furious." Tyrese Gibson, in addition to acting, became the author of music for soundtracks here. The next successful projects with his participation were the films "Phoenix", "Blood for Blood", "Interception" and "Duel".

Great success

2007 was a truly successful year for the actor's career. At this time, he was offered to embody one of the characters on the screen in an exciting picture called "Transformers". It should be noted that he did not have a chance to pass any preliminary castings and competitions for this role. The fact is that director Michael Bay himself booked it for Gibson. And here the actor brilliantly coped with the task. In this regard, he received an invitation to shoot in the next two parts of the film. In 2009, John Singleton's Luke Jack, starring Tyrese Gibson, premiered.

Between film and music

The actor brilliantly managed to combine work in film and music. At the same time, if he had to choose between them, he always preferred the first of the mentioned types of activity. Indeed, in addition to a number of successful roles, Tyrese Gibson boasts five music albums that were released between 1998 and 2011.

Other works

It should be noted that the actor also appeared several times in television series, including "All This" and "Martin". In 2008, he even tried himself in the roleproducer in the cinema (the fantastic film "The Twelfth Man" and the action movie "Boom"). At the same time, he starred in the film "Death Race", where Jason Statham became his partner on the site, as well as in a dramatic story called "Love Song". Since 2011, the actor has devoted himself to work in the following episodes of the legendary "Fast and the Furious".

Private life

Tyrese Gibson has never been in a long term romantic relationship with anyone. The first girl he started dating as a popular actor was Brandi Norwood in 2002. The couple broke up a year later. After that, journalists associated him with such famous names as Sofia Vergara, Melissa Ford and Cameron Diaz. In 2007, the actor married Norma Mitchell, who gave birth to his daughter. Despite this, the marriage lasted only two years. The reasons for the collapse are still a mystery. After that, Tyrese had affairs with Daphne Joy, Claudia Jordan and Rozonda Thomas.

Interesting facts

• In 2002, People magazine included the actor in the list of the sexiest men.
• Paul Walker and Tyrese Gibson became very close friends during the filming of Fast & Furious. After the death of the main star of the film, Tyrez was very worried and was one of the first to rush to the scene of the tragedy.

• The actor once publicly admitted in an interview about his only panic fear. These are owls, which he is afraid of even in pictures.
• Gibson in 2009 became the publisher of a children's comic called Mayhem.
• The actor isa big fan of the sport of baseball. In his free time, he not only attends National League matches, where he supports Arizona, but also plays himself.