Biography
The young star defied all expectations as Dixon Wilson, a Kansas City-raised teen who moves to opulent Beverly Hills with his adopted family, doing his part to make "90210" the network's highest-rated series debut in its short history. For an actor who grew up as far away as one could from palm trees, palatial estates and Rodeo Drive, the feat was nothing less than astounding.
The son of African-American and Dominican parents, Tristan Paul Mack …
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Career Milestones
2012 | Cast in the WWII drama "Red Tails," about a crew of African American pilots in the Tuskegee training program; executive produced by George Lucas | |
| Nominated for the 2010 Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor: Drama | ||
2008 | Appeared in the film adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd's novel "The Secret Life of Bees" opposite Dakota Fanning and Queen Latifah | |
2008 | Landed the lead role of adopted son Dixon Wilson on The CW spin-off series "90210" | |
2006 | Joined the fourth season of the HBO series "The Wire" as Michael Lee | |
2006 | Made film debut opposite Ryan Gosling in the movie "Half Nelson" | |
| Appeared opposite Phylicia Rashad in a workshop of Stockholm Brooklyn for the Cherry Lane Theatre | ||
2005 | Made television debut in the Spike Lee directed miniseries "Miracle's Boys" (Noggin) | |