Andre Royo

Personal context

Summary

Andre Royo is an actor best known for playing Bubbles on The Wire, with other television roles in Empire, Fringe, and Hand of God, as well as film and stage work. His roles often explore people living on society’s margins, though his career spans a wide range of characters. He has described Black artists as feeling regulated in the parts they portray and framed his casting in Talk Radio as a contribution to the stage’s “Black reclamation.” No public party affiliation, campaign activity, or sustained political advocacy is on record.