Tyrese Gibson Biography
Tyrese Gibson is an American actor and singer also called “mononymously as Tyrese”. He released his first song in 1998 called “Sweet Lady”. In 2001 and 2002 he released his second and third songs 2000 Watts and I Wanna Go There consecutively.
Tyrese Gibson Age
Gibson is 45 years old as of 2023. He was born on 30th December 1978 in Watts, California, United States, and celebrates his birthday every year on the 30th of December.
Tyrese Gibson Height
Gibson stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 9 inches.
Tyrese Gibson Family
Gibson’s parents are Priscilla Murray Gibson and Tyrone Gibson. He was raised alongside his three siblings by his mother singlehandedly after his father left. His siblings are Salendra, Shonta, and Tyrone Gibson. His sister Shonta Gibson who passed on had two children Star and Tanisha.
Tyrese Gibson Wife
Gibson was married to Norma Gibson from 2007 to 2009 and had a daughter called Shayla Somer Gibson, who was born on 11th July 2007. Later, he married Samantha Lee Gibson from 2017 to 2020 and together they have a daughter who was born on 1st October 2018. Gibson bought a home worth $4 million in Atlanta, Georgia in January 2017.
Tyrese Gibson’s Net Worth
Gibson has an estimated net worth of between $15 Million and $21 Million which he has earned through his successful career as an actor and singer.
Tyrese Gibson Music 1998 to 2010 Career
Gibson went to Locke High School and graduated in 1996. He started his career when he auditioned at his high school teacher’s suggestion for a Coca-Cola commercial. Gibson became famous in 1994 when he appeared in a Coca-Cola advertisement, singing “Always Coca-Cola”. He also got other appearances for Tommy Hilfiger and Guess.
Gibson was signed by RCA Records as an artist in early 1998. Later, he released his first single “Nobody Else”. When he was 19 years old, he released an album titled Tyrese on 29th September 1998. Later in 1998, he became the weekday music video show MTV Jams on MTV host, and, VJ, and a host for the channel. Later, he released his second single from the album “Lately” and it earned him a Best R&B Male Vocal Performance, Grammy nomination. He was featured in the single “The Best Man I Can Be” together with Case, RL of Next, and Ginuwine.
Gibson released 2000 Watts, his second studio album on 22nd May 2001, and the first single on the album was “I Like Them Girls”. The third single of the album with Mr. Tan and Snoop Dogg was “Just a Baby Boy”. Gibson released his third studio album I Wanna Go There on 10th December 2002 with J Records after the disbandment of RCA Records. “How You Gonna Act Like That” is his most successful single. Gibson released Alter Ego, his fourth studio album, and his first double disc album on 12th December 2006. “One” was the first single off the album. Gibson, Tank, and Ginuwine founded TGT IN 2007.
Tyrese Gibson Music from 2011 Career
Gibson took time off music to focus on acting and family and came back in 2011 when he released his fifth album on 1st November called Open Invitation. “Stay” was the lead single followed by “Too Easy” which featured rapper, and actor Ludacris, and “Nothing On You” came in third. The album earned him a nomination for the 2013 Grammy Awards for Best R&B Album.
Gibson, Ginuwine, and Tank publicized that in early 2013 they would release their first collaboration album. Gibson released the Black Rose album in 2014 and in 2015 a double album set was released. In February 2023, a single called “Don’t Think You Ever Loved”, which features Lenny Kravitz and background vocals by Le’Andria Johnson, was released. On 25th August 2023, a single called “Love Transaction” was released.
Tyrese Gibson Acting Career
Gibson started his acting career in 2001 when he was featured in Baby Boy. He portrays Roman Pearce in the film series Fast & Furious. Gibson plays Sergeant Robert Epps in the film series Transformers. He reprised his role in the 2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen sequel and 2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
In 2005, Gibson co-starred in Four Brothers, a crime drama opposite Mark Wahlberg. He starred in Waist Deep, an action-drama with Meagan Good. He co-starred in The Death Race in 2008 alongside Jason Statham. Gibson joined Jared Leto in Morbius a Spider-Man spinoff in March 2019.
Tyrese Gibson Writing
Gibson co-created Tyrese Gibson’s MAYHEM! a three-issue comic book in 2009. He wrote a book called How to Get Out of Your Own Way and released it on 8th May 2012. He co-authored Manology: Secrets of Your Man’s Mind Revealed with Rev. Run on 5th February 2013.
Tyrese Gibson Fast and Furious
Gibson portrays Roman Pearce, Brian’s childhood friend who was put on house arrest after his term in prison. He blames Brian for being put in prison and he drives Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GTS 2003.
Tyrese Gibson TV and Films
- 2003 2 Fast 2 Furious as Roman Pearce.
- 2007 Transformers as Robert Epps.
- 2008 Death Race as Joseph “Machine Gun Joe” Mason.
- 2022 Morbius as Simon Stroud.
- 2023 Squealer as Officer Paul.
- 1997 Martin as Dante.
- 2000 Moesha as Troy.
- 2017 Star as Pastor Bobby Harris.
- 2023 Top Chef as Himself.
Tyrese Gibson Social Media Platforms
He is active on his social media accounts and is often seen posting on his Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. He has over 19.7M followers on Instagram