LaRoyce Hawkins & Friends · City Winery

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Spoken word, comedy, music, art and a few friends. St. Louis is on sale now; more cities announcing soon.

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Actor · Poet · Comedian · Harvey, Illinois

The next act is live.

LaRoyce Hawkins is an actor, spoken word artist and comedian from Harvey, Illinois. This season he’s on stage with LaRoyce Hawkins & Friends at City Winery, on screen in Marvel’s Ironheart and 93 ’Til, teaching the Lifting As We Climb workshop for actors, and building Be Powerful for Harvey and the South Side. Same city. Bigger stage.

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LaRoyce Hawkins in a grey suit and glasses, hands clasped, against a grey studio backdropChicago, Illinois
On screen IronheartMarvel · Disney+ 93 ’TilProducer · Benji Chicago P.D.NBC Chicago MedNBC South SideHBO Max North of the 10BET+

Start here

What brings you here?

Casting & productions

Film, television and producing. Credits, bio and representation in one place.

  • Producer and lead, 93 ’Til
  • Ironheart, The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain, South Side
  • Thirteen seasons on Chicago P.D.
See the work

Live: stage, mic & podium

Stand-up, spoken word, music, hosting and keynotes for campuses, conferences, galas and brands.

  • 2005 Illinois state champion, Original Comedy
  • Headliner, Actor Empowerment Summit 2025
  • Host: Museum of Science and Industry, Allstate Arena
Put him in the room

Be Powerful

Hood Development, the work in Harvey, the workshop, and the apparel that carries the message.

  • Harvey murals and District 205
  • Kicks 4 the City ambassador
  • Lifting As We Climb workshop
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The story

From Harvey, for Harvey.

LaRoyce grew up in Harvey, Illinois, and won the state title in Original Comedy at Thornton High School before he could vote. He studied acting at Illinois State University on a full-tuition scholarship and landed his first major film role while still in college, as Art Baker in The Express: The Ernie Davis Story. In 2014 he joined Chicago P.D. as Kevin Atwater, a role that earned him an NAACP Image Award nomination and made him one of Chicago’s own on national television.

Thirteen seasons later he’s staying right here, building what comes next.

2005Illinois state champion, Original Comedy
806Kfollowers on Instagram
NAACPImage Award nominee, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
13seasons on NBC’s Chicago P.D.
LaRoyce Hawkins laughing, seated in a white T-shirt and camouflage pants

Watch

In his own words

Interviews, poetry and the scenes people still talk about.

25 minGets real on rejection & successSway’s Universe
5 minSpoken word for National Poetry MonthWGN People to People · with Leslé Honoré4 minAtwater can no longer stay quietChicago P.D. · NBC
All interviews & press

Gallery

In the frame

LaRoyce in a black leather jacket and glasses by a window
LaRoyce in tinted glasses under red and blue light
LaRoyce seated on concrete stairs in a dark jacket
LaRoyce holding a basketball on an indoor court

Be Powerful · Hood Development

Heal the block. Harmonize the city. Harvey first.

Hood Development is LaRoyce’s creative campaign for the neighborhoods that raised him: murals in Harvey, work with the District 205 Enrichment Foundation, the AGORA Sneakerball for Kicks 4 the City, and partnerships with WE Day, Covenant House and the Salvation Army.

Be PowerfulThe workshop

Stay powerful

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LaRoyce in a black hoodie reading The Audacity to Dream