LaRoyce Hawkins

LaRoyce Hawkins
Born (1988-05-04) May 4, 1988
Harvey, Illinois, USA
Nationality American
Other names Laroyce Hawkins
Occupation Actor, comedian, artist, musician
Years active 2008–present
Children 1

LaRoyce Hawkins (born May 4, 1988) is an American actor, stand-up comic, spoken word[1] artist, and musician. Hawkins stars on NBC's police drama Chicago P.D., where he portrays Officer Kevin Atwater. The show is in its fifth season. Hawkins also has a minor recurring role on the crossover show Chicago Fire.[2]

Early life

Hawkins was born and raised in Harvey, Illinois, a southern suburb of Chicago. While Hawkins was growing up he lived with his grandparents until he was 13 and he credits them with shaping his life and the lives of his siblings.

Hawkins attended Thornton High School, where he was recruited to play basketball. Influenced by his grandfather’s advice to “choose what makes you feel better”, Hawkins left the basketball team sophomore year and joined the speech team, where he became a two-time state champion in comedy speech writing and received awards twice from the Illinois High Speech Association: for “original comedy” in his junior year and for “humorous acting duet” in his senior year.

Career

Hawkins attended Illinois State University on a full tuition scholastic scholarship where he majored in theatre arts. In first college play, he starred as Toledo from the August Wilson production Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. While in college, he landed his first major motion picture role in the feature film The Express, the biopic of Ernie Davis, portraying Davis's teammate Art Baker.

Prior to Chicago P.D., Hawkins made appearances in various television series, including HBO's Ballers, TBS' Tyler Perry's House of Payne, MTV's Underemployed, and ABC's Detroit 1-8-7.

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2008 The Express Art Baker

Shorts

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Reflection Royce
2013 Google Me Love Austin

Television shows

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Detroit 1-8-7[3] Dorcey Gamble Episode: "Ice Man/Malibu"
2012 Underemployed Episode: "The Gig"
2013–present Chicago Fire Officer Kevin Atwater Recurring role (7 episodes)
2014–present Chicago P.D. Officer Kevin Atwater Main role

References

  1. ↑ "Actor Bio - LaRoyce Hawkins". NBC. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Rackl, Lori. "Harvey actor LaRoyce Hawkins brings local flavor to 'Chicago Fire' spinoff". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "LaRoyce Hawkins of Chicago P.D." Redeye. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
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