Andre Royo

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1968-07-18

Place of Birth

Bronx, New York, USA

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.

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Acting History

2025
A Fence Is A Fence Of Course as Leon
2025
Miles Away as George
2022
To Leslie as Royal
2021
With Love as Laz Zayas
2020
Interrogation as Charlie Shannon
2019
Truth Be Told as Demetrius Rouche
2018
Beautiful Boy as Spencer
2018
Prospect as Oruf
2018
Billy Boy as Mr. Adams
2016
Hunter Gatherer as Ashley
2015
Lila & Eve as Skaketti
2015
Share as Mr. White
2015
Empire as Thurston 'Thirsy' Rawlings
2015
Marvel's Agent Carter as Spider Raymond
2014
Of Mind and Music as Kenny
2014
Kingdom
2014
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories as Isaiah
2014
Hand of God as Robert 'Bobo' Boston
2014
Aftermath as Rob
2013
A Miracle in Spanish Harlem as Tyrone
2013
Hellbenders as Stephen
2013
Masters of Sex as Sammy Davis Jr.
2013
The Spectacular Now as Mr. Aster
2013
Drunk History as King Oliver
2013
Calloused Hands as Byrd
2012
The Collection as Wally
2012
Bigfoot as Al Hunter
2012
Grimm Fairy Tales Animated as Rumpelstilskin
2012
Elementary as Thaddeus
2012
Freelancers as Daniel Maldonado
2012
The Wire: The Musical as Reginald 'Bubbles' Cousins
2012
Key & Peele as Bully's Dad
2012
Red Tails as Antwan 'Coffee' Coleman
2011
Bob's Burgers as Andre Royo (voice)
2011
Bob's Burgers as Marcus (voice)
2010
Super as Hamilton
2009
The Mercy Man as Tad
2009
Party Down as Scott
2008
Fringe as Henry Arliss Higgins
2008
August as Dylan Gottschalk
2008
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles as Sumner
2007
The Wire: The Last Word as Self
2007
The Wire Odyssey as Self
2007
All About Us as Mike
2007
Tapping the Wire as Self
2006
Heroes as Stephen Canfield
2006
5up 2down as Benny
2006
All the Invisible Children as Sammy (segment "Jesus Children of America")
2005
Jesus Children of America as Sammy
2005
Criminal Minds as Armando Salinas
2005
Jellysmoke as Paul
2005
Cuts
2005
Numb3rs as Tim Pynchon
2004
CSI: NY as Big Willie Brown
2004
Men Without Jobs as Junie
2004
The Jury
2002
CSI: Miami as Julio Pena
2002
The Wire as Bubbles
2002
G as Tre
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Riley
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Luther Pinkston
2000
Deadline as 1st Junkie
2000
Shaft as Tattoo
2000
Wonderland as Spencer
1999
Third Watch as Diop
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Felix Santos
1990
Law & Order as Gil Freeman
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