Andre Royo
Acting · Production
Born July 18, 1968, 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.
Filmography
- 2027Man of Tomorrow
- 2026The Punisher: One Last Kill — Dre
- 2026They Fight — G. Antonio
- 2025A Fence Is A Fence Of Course — Leon
- 2025Miles Away — George, Executive Producer
- 2024MY BAGUETTE / YOUR BAGUETTE — Owner of the Company (voice)
- 2022To Leslie — Royal
- With Love — Laz Zayas
- Interrogation — Charlie Shannon
- Truth Be Told — Demetrius Rouche
- 2018Beautiful Boy — Spencer
- 2018Billy Boy — Mr. Adams
- 2018Prospect — Oruf
- 2016Hunter Gatherer — Ashley
- Empire — Thurston 'Thirsty' Rawlings
- 2015Lila & Eve — Skaketti
- Marvel's Agent Carter — Spider Raymond
- 2015Share — Mr. White
- 2014Aftermath — Rob
- Hand of God — Robert 'Bobo' Boston
- Kingdom
- 2014Of Mind and Music — Kenny
- Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories — Isaiah
- 2013A Miracle in Spanish Harlem — Tyrone
- 2013Calloused Hands — Byrd
- Drunk History — King Oliver
- 2013Hellbenders — Stephen
- Masters of Sex — Sammy Davis Jr.
- 2013The Spectacular Now — Mr. Aster
- 2013Would You Rather — Executive Producer
- 2012Bigfoot — Al Hunter
- Elementary — Thaddeus
- 2012Freelancers — Daniel Maldonado
- 2012Grimm Fairy Tales Animated — Rumpelstilskin
- Key & Peele — Bully's Dad
- 2012Red Tails — Antwan 'Coffee' Coleman
- 2012The Collection — Wally
- 2012The Wire: The Musical — Reginald 'Bubbles' Cousins
- Bob's Burgers — Andre Royo (voice), Marcus (voice)
- NTSF:SD:SUV:: — Otis
- 2010Super — Hamilton
- Party Down — Scott
- 2009The Mercy Man — Tad
- 2008August — Dylan Gottschalk
- Fringe — Henry Arliss Higgins
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles — Sumner
- 2007All About Us — Mike
- 20065up 2down — Benny
- 2006All the Invisible Children — Sammy (segment "Jesus Children of America")
- Heroes — Stephen Canfield
- Criminal Minds — Armando Salinas
- Cuts
- 2005Jellysmoke — Paul
- 2005Jesus Children of America — Sammy
- Numb3rs — Tim Pynchon
- 2004Andre Royo’s Big Scene — Self, Story
- CSI: NY — Big Willie Brown
- 2004Men Without Jobs — Junie
- The Jury
- CSI: Miami — Julio Pena
- 2002G — Tre
- The Wire — Bubbles
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Riley, Luther Pinkston
- Deadline — 1st Junkie
- 2000Shaft — Tattoo
- Wonderland — Spencer
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Felix Santos
- Third Watch — Diop
- Law & Order — Gil Freeman
- Delphi — Elmer Tatum
Appearances as themselves (3)
- 2007Tapping the Wire — Self
- 2007The Wire Odyssey — Self
- 2007The Wire: The Last Word — Self