Meet Lionel Boyce, Project Hail Mary’s security officer Carl – and hip-hop musician
He was in hip-hop collective Odd Future, formed a production company with high school pal Tyler the Creator, and appears in TV series The Bear as Marcus
As his memory returns, Grace recalls the events that led to him being aboard the spaceship and those involved, including Eva Stratt (Sandra Hüller) – the scientist in charge of Project Hail Mary – and security officer Carl, played by Lionel Boyce.
Here’s everything you need to know about Lionel Boyce.
He started out as a musician
Boyce and Tyler attended the same high school and became friends during their senior year in drama class. Between 2012 and 2015, Boyce – then known as L-Boy – co-created and produced Loiter Squad, a live comedy sketch series created by Odd Future for Adult Swim. It was then that Boyce was first drawn towards acting, a career he had never considered before.
“It’s not that I didn’t want to do it, it just never crossed my mind to do it. It was nowhere in my vicinity,” Boyce said in a recent WWD interview. “And we started making the show and I remember feeling like, ‘Wow, this is cool.’”