
Rolando Boyce
Biography
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.
Filmography

Good Intentions
2021 · 10.0

Under the City
2005 · 10.0

Trapped in the Closet
2005 · 8.5

The Mentalist
2008 · 8.4

Chicago P.D.
2014 · 8.4

Chicago Med
2015 · 8.3

High Potential
2024 · 8.3

Henry Danger
2014 · 8.3

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013 · 8.2

Pretty Little Liars
2010 · 8.0

Dream House
2026 · 8.0

Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22
2007 · 8.0

Jane the Virgin
2014 · 7.9

The Chi
2018 · 7.9

Dark Matter
2024 · 7.8

24
2001 · 7.8

P-Valley
2020 · 7.6

NCIS: Los Angeles
2009 · 7.5

Medium
2005 · 7.5

All Rise
2019 · 7.4

Workaholics
2011 · 7.4

A Dog's Way Home
2019 · 7.4

Mom
2013 · 7.3

Scandal
2012 · 7.2

Numb3rs
2005 · 7.0

Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12
2005 · 6.8

Casual
2015 · 6.6

Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22
2007 · 6.4

Legends
2014 · 6.4

Lights Out
2016 · 6.4

Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33
2012 · 6.1

The Tribes of Palos Verdes
2017 · 5.4

Good Girl Jane
2024 · 5.4

Ironside
2013 · 5.1
The Devil Ain't Pius
2024 · 2.0

Put It in a Book
2007 · 0.0