Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 18, 1968
Place of Birth:
Bronx, New York, USA
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Andre Royo
Biography
Andre Royo (born July 18, 1968) is an American actor, producer, and writer. He is best known for his role as Reginald "Bubbles" Cousins on the HBO crime drama series The Wire. Other television appearances include Fringe, Party Down, How to Make It in America, and Empire. In film, he had roles in Shaft (2000), Super (2010), The Spectacular Now (2013), Beautiful Boy (2018), Prospect (2018), and To Leslie (2022). Royo was born in the Bronx, New York of African American and Cuban heritage. He attended Mount Saint Michael Academy in The Bronx from 1982 - 1986. Royo is married to Jane Choi and has a daughter, Stella.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Miles Away | George |
| 2025 | A Fence Is A Fence Of Course | Leon |
| 2022 | To Leslie | Royal |
| 2018 | Billy Boy | Mr. Adams |
| 2018 | Beautiful Boy | Spencer |
| 2018 | Prospect | Oruf |
| 2016 | Hunter Gatherer | Ashley |
| 2015 | Lila & Eve | Skaketti |
| 2015 | Share | Mr. White |
| 2014 | Aftermath | Rob |
| 2014 | Of Mind and Music | Kenny |
| 2013 | Hellbenders | Stephen |
| 2013 | Calloused Hands | Byrd |
| 2013 | A Miracle in Spanish Harlem | Tyrone |
| 2013 | The Spectacular Now | Mr. Aster |
| 2012 | Red Tails | Antwan 'Coffee' Coleman |
| 2012 | The Collection | Wally |
| 2012 | Bigfoot | Al Hunter |
| 2012 | Freelancers | Daniel Maldonado |
| 2012 | The Wire: The Musical | Reginald 'Bubbles' Cousins |
| 2012 | Grimm Fairy Tales Animated | Rumpelstilskin |
| 2010 | Super | Hamilton |
| 2009 | The Mercy Man | Tad |
| 2008 | August | Dylan Gottschalk |
| 2007 | The Wire: The Last Word | Self |
| 2007 | The Wire Odyssey | Self |
| 2007 | Tapping the Wire | Self |
| 2007 | All About Us | Mike |
| 2006 | All the Invisible Children | Sammy (segment "Jesus Children of America") |
| 2006 | 5up 2down | Benny |
| 2005 | Jellysmoke | Paul |
| 2005 | Jesus Children of America | Sammy |
| 2004 | Men Without Jobs | Junie |
| 2002 | G | Tre |
| 2000 | Shaft | Tattoo |
| They Fight |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | With Love | Laz Zayas |
| 2020 | Interrogation | Charlie Shannon |
| 2019 | Truth Be Told | Demetrius Rouche |
| 2015 | Empire | Thurston 'Thirsy' Rawlings |
| 2015 | Marvel's Agent Carter | Spider Raymond |
| 2014 | Hand of God | Robert 'Bobo' Boston |
| 2014 | Kingdom | |
| 2014 | Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories | Isaiah |
| 2013 | Drunk History | King Oliver |
| 2013 | Masters of Sex | Sammy Davis Jr. |
| 2012 | Elementary | Thaddeus |
| 2012 | Key & Peele | Bully's Dad |
| 2011 | Bob's Burgers | Andre Royo (voice) |
| 2011 | Bob's Burgers | Marcus (voice) |
| 2009 | Party Down | Scott |
| 2008 | Fringe | Henry Arliss Higgins |
| 2008 | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Sumner |
| 2006 | Heroes | Stephen Canfield |
| 2005 | Cuts | |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Tim Pynchon |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | Armando Salinas |
| 2004 | CSI: NY | Big Willie Brown |
| 2004 | The Jury | |
| 2002 | The Wire | Bubbles |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami | Julio Pena |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Riley |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Luther Pinkston |
| 2000 | Deadline | 1st Junkie |
| 2000 | Wonderland | Spencer |
| 1999 | Third Watch | Diop |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Felix Santos |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Gil Freeman |