Bechir Sylvain

Béchir Sylvain is a multi-hyphenate Haitian-American actor, writer, director, and producer who plays “Glock” on Starz hit series, BMF season 3 and “Roman” on BET+ new hit comedy mystery series, Diarra From Detroit. He also played “AJ” on tbs Claws. Béchir is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio, Bechir studied drama at Southern Methodist University and was the creator of the award winning web series Make it happen.

Bechir has performed at Arizona Theater Company, Gablestage, American Stage, Summer Shorts, Ground Up & Rising, Gorilla Theater and Theater 68 where he earned a Best Ensemble NAACP Theater Award win for his performance as Malcolm X in the play “The Meeting.” Bechir also received the best actor Obie award in the theatrical production of The Royale by Marco Ramirez as the lead playing Jay “The Sport” Jackson.

His television credits also include guest starring on Blindspotting (Starz), Black Summer (Netflix) Swat (CBS), Rookies:Feds (ABC) This is us, (NBC) Chicago, PD (NBC), Better Call Saul (AMC),Black-ish (ABC) Grace and Frankie (Netflix), Fuller House (Netflix) and The Mick (FOX). He was supporting lead in Haitian wedding and the Hallmark drama The Ultimate Life and a had supporting role in Holiday Hideaway, A stone cold Christmas, American Zeotrope’s Life After Beth.

Fluent in French and Haitian Creole, Bechir has appeared in numerous national and regional commercials. He was the inaugural grand prize winner of the ABC Discovers showcase and has won Best Actor at American Black Film Festival.