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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order
Criminal Minds
The Punisher: One Last Kill
CSI: Miami
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Elementary
All Movies (38)
- Man of Tomorrow2027
- They Fight2026
- The Punisher: One Last Kill2026 · as Dre
- A Fence Is A Fence Of Course2025 · as Leon
- Miles Away2025 · as George
- To Leslie2022 · as Royal
- Beautiful Boy2018 · as Spencer
- Prospect2018 · as Oruf
- Billy Boy2018 · as Mr. Adams
- Hunter Gatherer2016 · as Ashley
- Lila & Eve2015 · as Skaketti
- Share2015 · as Mr. White
- Of Mind and Music2014 · as Kenny
- Aftermath2014 · as Rob
- A Miracle in Spanish Harlem2013 · as Tyrone
- Hellbenders2013 · as Stephen
- The Spectacular Now2013 · as Mr. Aster
- Calloused Hands2013 · as Byrd
- The Collection2012 · as Wally
- Bigfoot2012 · as Al Hunter
- Grimm Fairy Tales Animated2012 · as Rumpelstilskin
- Freelancers2012 · as Daniel Maldonado
- The Wire: The Musical2012 · as Reginald 'Bubbles' Cousins
- Red Tails2012 · as Antwan 'Coffee' Coleman
- Super2010 · as Hamilton
- The Mercy Man2009 · as Tad
- August2008 · as Dylan Gottschalk
- The Wire: The Last Word2007 · as Self
- The Wire Odyssey2007 · as Self
- All About Us2007 · as Mike
- Tapping the Wire2007 · as Self
- 5up 2down2006 · as Benny
- All the Invisible Children2006 · as Sammy (segment "Jesus Children of America")
- Jesus Children of America2005 · as Sammy
- Jellysmoke2005 · as Paul
- Men Without Jobs2004 · as Junie
- G2002 · as Tre
- Shaft2000 · as Tattoo
All TV Shows (33)
- With Love2021 · as Laz Zayas
- Interrogation2020 · as Charlie Shannon
- Truth Be Told2019 · as Demetrius Rouche
- Empire2015 · as Thurston 'Thirsty' Rawlings
- Marvel's Agent Carter2015 · as Spider Raymond
- Kingdom2014
- Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories2014 · as Isaiah
- Hand of God2014 · as Robert 'Bobo' Boston
- Masters of Sex2013 · as Sammy Davis Jr.
- Drunk History2013 · as King Oliver
- Elementary2012 · as Thaddeus
- Key & Peele2012 · as Bully's Dad
- Bob's Burgers2011 · as Andre Royo (voice)
- Bob's Burgers2011 · as Marcus (voice)
- Party Down2009 · as Scott
- Fringe2008 · as Henry Arliss Higgins
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles2008 · as Sumner
- Heroes2006 · as Stephen Canfield
- Criminal Minds2005 · as Armando Salinas
- Cuts2005
- Numb3rs2005 · as Tim Pynchon
- CSI: NY2004 · as Big Willie Brown
- The Jury2004
- CSI: Miami2002 · as Julio Pena
- The Wire2002 · as Bubbles
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Riley
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Luther Pinkston
- Deadline2000 · as 1st Junkie
- Wonderland2000 · as Spencer
- Third Watch1999 · as Diop
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Felix Santos
- Law & Order1990 · as Gil Freeman
- Delphi— · as Elmer Tatum