Dwayne Boyd

Dwayne Boyd is an actor, producer and director who founded Premier Actors' Network, which held weekly classes in Decatur, Georgia. Raised in Kansas City, Missouri, he spent seven years in the United States Army after high school, then moved to Atlanta to act. He learned his craft in Atlanta theater, appearing in A Man's World and To Kill A Mockingbird. His screen work includes the Screen Gems film The Gospel (2005), where he played Oscar, plus episodes of Surface, Army Wives and Drop Dead Diva. He also appeared in The Hunger Games (2012). Through 34th and Askew Productions he wrote, directed and produced short films, among them Ruthless Company and Wanted: Video Girl, and in 2004 he produced episodes of the children's program Gory Stories. His feature 4 Minutes (2009), which he wrote, produced and directed, was accepted by the American Black Film Festival and the International Black Film Festival. He also directed The Ivy League.