
Rolando Boyce
Acting
Rolando Boyce was born and raised on the Southside of Chicago. He was the 1st born of his Panamanian family in the United States. He Graduated from Senn Metropolitian Academy High School where he was in the Drama Club. He attended Texas Southern University in Houston as a Pre-Pharmacy student before being called to duty as a Army Reservist in the Desert Storm War. He re-discovered his love for acting after returning to Chicago in 1996. Getting his start at Chicago's historic ETA & Black Ensemble Theatre. He had his break out role playing William in Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero at the Goodman Theatre, as well as Lincoln in Susan Lori Parks Topdog/Underdog at Madison Repertory Theatre. After getting his 1st TV appearance on Fox's Pilot episode of Prison Break, He landed the role of Rufus (which he's most known) in R Kelly's Trapped in the Closet for which he recurred in several Chapters. It was on the set of Trapped where he met his on screen Wife LeShay Tomlinson and they made the Video Marriage a real one in 2008. He now resides in Los Angeles with his family. Rolando has been in many commercials, TV shows & Movies.
Known for

The Chi
2018 · TV

Trapped in the Closet
2005 · TV

The Mentalist
2008 · TV

Chicago P.D.
2014 · TV

24
2001 · TV

NCIS: Los Angeles
2009 · TV

Mom
2013 · TV

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013 · TV

High Potential
2024 · TV

Dark Matter
2024 · TV

Medium
2005 · TV

Pretty Little Liars
2010 · TV

Scandal
2012 · TV

Numb3rs
2005 · TV

Jane the Virgin
2014 · TV

Henry Danger
2014 · TV

All Rise
2019 · TV

P-Valley
2020 · TV

Workaholics
2011 · TV

Legends
2014 · TV

Ironside
2013 · TV