Mo McRae

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Mo McRae is an American director, producer and actor who has worked since 2001. He is best known for playing Tyler on Sons of Anarchy and Leon Hayes in Gridiron Gang, and for starring in Fox's Pitch. In 2022 he directed his first feature film, A Lot of Nothing. He grew up in South Los Angeles and found solace in acting, joining a drama class at Washington Preparatory High School and choosing acting over basketball after landing the lead in a school play. After high school, he pursued acting, landing national commercials for Visa, Nike and Reebok, which opened doors to TV roles on NYPD Blue, Becker, Boston Public, CSI, ER and The Shield. In 2006 he starred opposite Dwayne Johnson in Gridiron Gang, a film that earned over $40 million worldwide. He also moved into behind-the-camera work, producing and starring in The Fall (which competed at Cannes 2008) and co-writing No Return with Harry Winer. McRae has continued acting in projects such as Big Little Lies, Everyday Black Man, Detroit 1-8-7 and The Deadliest Lesson, and he serves as a supervising producer on East New York. He lives in Los Angeles, is married to Lex Scott Davis since 2019, and they have two children born in 2020 and 2022.