Tyler James Williams (born October 9, 1992) is an American actor and rapper. He is best known for playing the title character on the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris (2005-09), songwriter Cyrus DeBarge in the Disney Channel movie Let It Shine (2012), and Noah on AMC's The Walking Dead (2014-15). He has also appeared in films such as Detroit (2017) and The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021). He currently stars as Gregory Eddie on the ABC sitcom Abbott Elementary.