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.