Who Is The Mystery Man Tristan Wilds In Adele’s New Music Video “Hello”?

Tristan Wilds, 26, who is also known as Mack Wilds, plays the heartthrob in Adele‘s new music video.

WHO IS TRISTAN WILDS?

Wilds, the young man in Adele’s new music video for “Hello” is an actor and a musician from New York. Wilds made his acting debut in 2005 in the miniseries Miracle’s Boys. He played Michael Lee, a young drug dealer, in the hit HBO series The Wire, and later played the lead role in a CW remake of 90210. The young actor has also been in films such as Red Tails, The Secret Life of Bees and Half-Nelson.

Wilds has previously made appearances in other music videos with Jay Z and Alicia Keys. In fact, Jay Z and Wilds have a close connection. “He is like an uncle to me,” Wilds told Grio in 2012. “He came into my life when I was 17 or 18 and has been great to me. He is a man of little words, but he has the best one liners. Whenever you are going through something he has a great one liner to sum things up. He is like Yoda.”

Not only is Wilds an actor, but he is also a rapper, and was nominated for a Grammy for his 2013 album New York: A Love Story.