Romeo

Romeo

Born 1989-08-19 (age 36) New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Biography

Percy Romeo Miller (born August 19, 1989), known by his stage name Romeo  (formerly Lil' Romeo), is an American rapper, actor, and television personality. He gained fame as a rapper in the early 2000s after signing with No Limit Records, then owned by his father, Master P.

He soon released his debut single "My Baby" in 2001 which peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Later the same year, Miller released his debut album Lil' Romeo, which charted the US Billboard 200 at number six selling 99,000 copies in its first week and went on to be certified Gold.

In 2001, Miller began his acting career with a cameo appearance in the Walt Disney Pictures' film Max Keeble's Big Move. In 2002, Nickelodeon offered him his own show, Romeo!, which ran for three seasons.  In 2003, he co-starred with Jessica Alba, Mekhi Phifer and Zachary Isaiah Williams in the dance film Honey. Also in 2003, he voiced himself on an episode of the animated series, Static Shock, to which he had performed the theme song.

He starred in another film with Zachary Isaiah Williams, God's Gift, which was released in 2006. He went on to co-star with his father in a film called Uncle P in 2007. His next project in 2007, was a film called ASL in which he starred as himself, alongside Forrest Lipton and Zachary Isaiah Williams who played the young Romeo; Williams had previously co-starred with Romeo in two films and Nickelodeon's Romeo!. He also made a cameo appearance in Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide as a rapping coach.

In 2007, Miller was offered and accepted a scholarship to play basketball for the USC Trojans at the University of Southern California. He played for the team until he was let go before his junior season in 2010. On July 24, 2010, Romeo launched his own clothing line titled "College Boyys".

He guest-starred as a rapper accused of murder in the 2010 CBS series The Defenders. In 2011, he also starred in TV commercials for McDonald's and ICDC College. He starred in the feature films Jumping the Broom (2011) and Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection (2012). Also in 2012, he participated in Fox's dating game show The Choice.

On November 13, 2013, he revealed that he was working on a brand new clothing line titled ROME Everything. He was cast in the 2017 feature film Never Heard, also starring his father, Master P. In 2020, he and his father appeared on the reality series Celebrity Watch Party. In February 2022, it was announced he had landed a role in the Lifetime movie, Wrath: A Seven Deadly Sins Story, which aired on April 16.

He founded the record labels Guttar Music, Take a Stand, The Next Generation and his current label No Limit Forever Records.

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Known For

Honey
Honey

2003

as Benny (as Lil' Romeo)

Jarhead 3: The Siege
Jarhead 3: The Siege

2016

as Sunshine

Madea's Witness Protection
Uncle P
Uncle P

2007

as Corey Miller

Max Keeble's Big Move
Max Keeble's Big Move

2001

as Lil Romeo

Jumping the Broom
Jumping the Broom

2011

as Sebastian

#Unknown
Adolescence
Adolescence

2018

as Keith

Dead Trigger
Dead Trigger

2017

as Gerald 'G Dog' Jefferson

Destruction: Los Angeles
Destruction: Los Angeles

2020

as Marcus Taylor-Jones

The Curse of the Clown Motel
I Got the Hook Up 2
I Got the Hook Up 2

2019

as Johnny Miller

Fright Fest
Fright Fest

2018

as Rico

Never Heard
Never Heard

2018

as Jalen

Brotherly Love
Brotherly Love

2015

as Sean

Frog Kingdom
Frog Kingdom

2013

as Foofie (voice)

Little Dead Rotting Hood
A Miracle Before Christmas
A Miracle Before Christmas

2022

as Matthew Wright

Megachurch Murder
Megachurch Murder

2015

as Oliver King