Lionel Boyce
Boyce at the 2025 Venice Film Festival
Born	(1991-05-09)May 9, 1991 (age 34) Inglewood, California, U.S.
Other names	L-Boy[1][2]
Occupations	Actor writer producer musician
Years active	2011 - present
Organization	Bald Fade Productions
Known for	Loiter Squad The Jellies! The Bear
Musical career
Origin	California, U.S.
Formerly of	Odd Future
Musical artist

Lionel Boyce (born May 9, 1991^[3][4]), also known asL-Boy, is an American actor, writer, producer, and former musician. He is best known for appearing in the TV seriesThe Bear and being a member of music collectiveOdd Future.

Boyce, who is ofAfrican American heritage, grew up inInglewood, California.^[5][6] His father was anArrowhead Water delivery driver, and his mother was anL.A. sheriff.^[7] He worked atHollister Co. and played football.^[2][5] He attendedWestchester High School, where he befriendedTyler, the Creator in a theater class.^[8] He enjoys playingchess.^[7]

A past member ofalternative hip hopmusical collectiveOdd Future, he co-created the 2012sketch comedy television seriesLoiter Squad.^[1][2] In 2015, Boyce andTyler, the Creator formed Bald Fade Productions.^[9] Among other things, he and Tyler created the animated seriesThe Jellies!^[10][9][6]

Boyce playsMarcus Brooks, a sensitive, silent and kind-heartedpastry chef,^[1][11] in thecomedy-drama television seriesThe Bear.^[10][12] He received aPrimetime Emmy Award nomination for the series. Before shootingThe Bear, Boyce observed a day atTartine bakery in Los Angeles, and spent two weeksstaging at Hart Bageri inCopenhagen.^[5][6][13] Additionally, before shooting the episode "Honeydew", he did a lot of training with Courtney Storer, the show's culinary producer.^[14]

Early 2024, Boyce helpedDaiya launch itscheese dupe Fromage Forgery.^[15][16] Around that time, he also joined the cast of the upcomingthriller filmShell.^[17] Later that year, he teamed up withEarl Sweatshirt for collaborative effort "DJ Billy Jole".^[18]

On 31 July 2025,Kendrick Lamar andDave Free's multidisciplinary creative communications companyPGLang announcedProject 3, their newest branch and creative agency. The announcement was released along with a short film titledThe Agency, starringChase Sui Wonders and Boyce, directed by Jack Begert, who co-wrote it alongside Free.^[19][20]

• Lionel Boyce atIMDb
• January 2024 interview byEmmanuel Olunkwa for November Magazine

• 1991 births
• American male film actors
• American male television actors
• American male voice actors
• Male actors from Inglewood, California
• Musicians from Inglewood, California
• Rappers from Los Angeles
• 21st-century African-American male actors
• 21st-century American male actors
• Living people
• Odd Future members

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