---
name: "Rolando Boyce"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rolando-boyce"
fi1m_id: "rolando-boyce"
imdb_id: "nm2096119"
tmdb_id: 204548
wikidata_id: "Q116893707"
roles: []
born: "3 October 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-22T21:00:37.126326+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rolando Boyce

## Identity

Rolando Boyce

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rolando-boyce
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rolando-boyce
- **IMDb ID:** nm2096119
- **TMDB ID:** 204548
- **Wikidata ID:** Q116893707
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116893707, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2096119/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/204548

Actor. Born 3 October 1970 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 3 October 1970, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Also known as:** Rolando Boyce Sr.
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116893707, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2096119/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/204548

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Dark Matter*](https://film.one/tv/dark-matter.md) (61)

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## Biography

Rolando Boyce is an American actor. Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, he is the first member of his Panamanian family born in the United States. He graduated from Senn Metropolitan Academy High School and attended Texas Southern University before serving as an Army reservist during the Gulf War. After returning to Chicago in 1996, he began acting at the ETA Creative Arts Foundation and Black Ensemble Theater.

Boyce's stage work includes the role of William in Kenneth Lonergan's *Lobby Hero* at the Goodman Theatre. His early screen credits include Rufus in R. Kelly's *Trapped in the Closet* video series (2005–2007). He has appeared in numerous television series, including *The Mentalist* (2008), *Chicago P.D.* (2014) as Eddie Brackton, *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), *The Chi* (2018–) as Darnell, and *Dark Matter* (2024) as Dr. Joseph Hart. Film roles include *Lights Out* (2016) and *A Dog's Way Home* (2019).

Boyce met actress LeShay Tomlinson on the set of *Trapped in the Closet*; they married in 2008 and live in Los Angeles.

*Sources: imdb.com, metacritic.com, tvmaze.com, wavepublication.com, huffpost.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dark Matter* (2024), Fi1m 61, as Dr. Joseph Hart — [page](https://film.one/tv/dark-matter.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dream House* (2026), series, as Riyad
- *The Devil Ain't Pius* (2024), as Ronald Montgomery
- *High Potential* (2024), series, as Officer Chester
- *Good Girl Jane* (2024), as Detective Baker
- *Dark Matter* (2024), series, as Dr. Joseph Hart — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/dark-matter.md)
- *Good Intentions* (2021), as Alderman Tony Stevens
- *P-Valley* (2020), series, as Julian
- *All Rise* (2019), series, as Fred Lawrence
- *A Dog's Way Home* (2019), as Drew
- *The Chi* (2018), series, as Darnell, Darnell Robinson
- *The Tribes of Palos Verdes* (2017), as Police Officer
- *Lights Out* (2016), as Brian Andrews
- *Jane the Virgin* (2014), series, as Cop
- *Legends* (2014), series, as Officer Bridge
- *Henry Danger* (2014), series, as William
- *Chicago P.D.* (2014), series, as Eddie Brackton
- *Ironside* (2013), series, as ESU Sergeant
- *Mom* (2013), series, as Officer Hayes
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), series, as Steve Millerbund — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-33* (2012), as Rufus
- *Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 23-33* (2012), as Rufus
- *Scandal* (2012), series, as Gary Francis
- *Workaholics* (2011), series, as Officer Benson
- *Pretty Little Liars* (2010), series, as Guard
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, as Foreman
- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, as Van Driver
- *Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-22* (2007), as Rufus
- *Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 13-22* (2007), as Rufus
- *Put It in a Book* (2007), as Paco
- *Trapped in the Closet: Chapters 1-12* (2005), as Rufus
- *Trapped in the Closet* (2005), series, Actor
- *Numb3rs* (2005), series, as Paloma
- *Medium* (2005), series, as Randy Littleton
- *Under the City* (2005), as Reggie
- *24* (2001), series, as Surgeon — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/24.md)

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