- Born
- Birth nameTavis E. Smiley
- Tavis Smiley was born on September 13, 1964 in Gulfport, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Sinister (2012), Stand (2009) and Death of a King.
- ChildrenNo Children
- ParentsJoyce Marie RobertsEmory Garnell Smiley
- RelativesJames Wheaton(Cousin)T.D. Jakes(Cousin)Sarah Jakes Roberts(Cousin)
- Received his bachelor's degree in public affairs from Indiana University Bloomington (2003).
- Distant cousin of T.D. Jakes, James Wheaton and Sarah Jakes Roberts.
- Received the Du Bois Medal from Harvard University's W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute on December 12, 2008.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6270 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on April 24, 2014. Walk of Fame inductees Larry King and Jay Leno and were guest speakers at the ceremony.
- Son of Joyce Marie Roberts and Emory Garnell Smiley.
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