Andre Royo
July 18, 1968 (57 years old) in Bronx, New York, USA
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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Credits
- 2019 · Truth Be Told as Demetrius Rouche
- 2018 · Prospect as Oruf
- 2018 · Billy Boy as Mr. Adams
- 2015 · Empire as Thurston 'Thirsy' Rawlings
- 2015 · Marvel's Agent Carter as Spider Raymond
- 2014 · Kingdom as
- 2014 · Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories as Isaiah
- 2014 · Hand of God as Robert 'Bobo' Boston
- 2013 · Masters of Sex as Sammy Davis Jr.
- 2013 · The Spectacular Now as Mr. Aster
- 2013 · Drunk History as King Oliver
- 2012 · The Collection as Wally
- 2012 · Elementary as Thaddeus
- 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)
- 2009 · Party Down as Scott
- 2008 · Fringe as Henry Arliss Higgins
- 2008 · August as Dylan Gottschalk
- 2008 · Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles as Sumner
- 2006 · Heroes as Stephen Canfield
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Armando Salinas
- 2005 · Numb3rs as Tim Pynchon
- 2004 · CSI: NY as Big Willie Brown
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as Julio Pena
- 2002 · The Wire as Bubbles
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Riley
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Luther Pinkston
- 2000 · Shaft as Tattoo
- 1999 · Third Watch as Diop
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Felix Santos
- 1990 · Law & Order as Gil Freeman
- Future · They Fight as
- 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
- 2018 · Beautiful Boy as Spencer
- 2016 · Hunter Gatherer as Ashley
- 2015 · Lila & Eve as Skaketti
- 2015 · Share as Mr. White
- 2014 · Of Mind and Music as Kenny
- 2014 · Aftermath as Rob
- 2013 · A Miracle in Spanish Harlem as Tyrone
- 2013 · Hellbenders as Stephen
- 2013 · Calloused Hands as Byrd
- 2012 · Bigfoot as Al Hunter
- 2012 · Grimm Fairy Tales Animated as Rumpelstilskin
- 2012 · Freelancers as Daniel Maldonado
- 2012 · The Wire: The Musical as Reginald 'Bubbles' Cousins
- 2010 · Super as Hamilton
- 2009 · The Mercy Man as Tad
- 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 · 5up 2down as Benny
- 2006 · All the Invisible Children as Sammy (segment "Jesus Children of America")
- 2005 · Jesus Children of America as Sammy
- 2005 · Jellysmoke as Paul
- 2005 · Cuts as
- 2004 · Men Without Jobs as Junie
- 2004 · The Jury as
- 2002 · G as Tre
- 2000 · Deadline as 1st Junkie
- 2000 · Wonderland as Spencer