Eugene Byrd (born August 28, 1975) is an American actor. He has been in movies including Dead Man, Sleepers, 8 Mile, Lift and Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, and has the leading role in Confess, for which he won the Break-Out Performance Award at the 2006 Method Fest Independent Film Festival. He starred as Dr. Sidney Trumaine in the television show Crossing Jordan. Before that he was a guest star in the seventh season of The Cosby Show for two esipodes titled "Theo and the Kids" part 1 and 2. And had also landed a role on Beverly Hills 90210 for the 2nd-4th seasons, as Rondinson Ashe. He was also on the Touched by an Angel spin off Promised Land.