Born and raised in the Bronx to African-American and Cuban parents, Royo attended Mount Saint Michael Academy before entering acting. After a small part in the 1998 film L.A. Without a Map and brief TV appearances on Law & Order and Third Watch, he gained widespread recognition as Reginald “Bubbles” Cousins, the drug-addicted informant on HBO’s The Wire, a role that anchored his career and led to…
