# Rome Flynn

Rome Trumain Ceno Flynn (born November 25, 1991) is an American actor, model and musician. He is best known for his portrayal of Zende Forrester Dominguez on the CBS daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful for which he won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series in 2018. His other notable roles include his portrayal of law student Gabriel Maddox in the ABC drama How to Get Away with Murder.

## Career

Flynn managed to get himself on the radar of casting directors by building up his social media following. In the spring of 2014, Flynn was cast in the television movie Drumline: A New Beat, the sequel to the 2002 film Drumline. Flynn was on set filming when his daughter was born.
In May 2015, Flynn joined the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful in the role of Zende. In November 2016, Flynn announced that he had been cast in the film adaptation of Gretchen McNeil's novel TEN opposite China Anne McClain.
In 2017, Flynn guest starred in episodes of the CBS crime dramas NCIS: New Orleans and MacGyver. Flynn later joined the cast of OWN's The Haves and the Have Nots. On August 17, 2017, Flynn announced on social media that he had chosen to leave The Bold and the Beautiful after two years with the series.
In 2018, after appearing in the fourth season finale of How to Get Away with Murder as Gabriel Maddox, Flynn was upped to a series regular for the fifth season.
On February 23, 2021, it was announced that Flynn had been cast as Tevin Wakefield in the second season of the Netflix series Raising Dion, executive produced by Michael B. Jordan. Later that day, it was also announced that Flynn had booked a recurring role of in the fourth and final season of Justin Simien's Dear White People, also distributed by Netflix. Flynn joined the cast of Gloria Calderón Kellett With Love, produced by Amazon Studios. In 2023, Flynn joined the cast of NBC's Chicago Fire in the recurring role of Derrick Gibson. However, the character's arc was short lived and Flynn was written out after six episodes. While he was "sad" to leave the role, Flynn hoped to work executive producer Dick Wolf again in the future. In May 2024, Flynn was cast as real-life gangster Frank Lucas in Godfather of Harlem.

## Personal life

Flynn is Cuban, Irish and African-American. He has a daughter, Kimiko (b. December 12, 2014). In 2015, Kimiko appeared with Flynn in a Christmas themed photo shoot for CBS Soaps In Depth.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | Two-A-Days | Quarterback | Short film |
| 2019 | A Madea Family Funeral | Jesse | |
| 2019 | 1/2 New Year | Bishop Miller | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | Drumline: A New Beat | Leon | Television film |
| 2015–2017 | The Bold and the Beautiful | Zende Forrester Dominguez | Series regular |
| 2017 | Ten: Murder Island | TJ | Television film |
| 2017 | NCIS: New Orleans | Jonathan Rudd | Episode: "Knockout" |
| 2017 | MacGyver | Kalei | Episode: "Flashlight" |
| 2017–2019 | The Haves and the Have Nots | RK | Recurring role (seasons 5–6) |
| 2018 | The Thinning: New World Order | Jack | Web film |
| 2018–2020 | How to Get Away with Murder | Gabriel Maddox | (Guest) season 4, (Main) seasons 5–6 31 episodes |
| 2019 | A Christmas Duet | Jesse Collins | Television film |
| 2020 | Family Reunion | Tony Olsen | Episode: "Remember Cousin Kenya?" |
| 2021 | Dear White People | David | (Recurring role) season 4 |
| 2021 | With Love | Santiago Zayas | Series regular |
| 2022 | The Rookie | Morris Mackey | Episode: "End Game" |
| 2022 | Raising Dion | Tevin Wakefield | (Recurring role) season 2 |
| 2022 | Grey's Anatomy | Wendall Ndugu | (Recurring role) season 18 |
| 2022 | Fantasy Football | Anderson Fisher | (Lead) movie |
| 2024 | Chicago Fire | Derrick Gibson | Recurring role (season 12) |

## Discography
### Singles
#### As lead artist

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Brand New" | 2019 | Non-album singles |
| "Keep Me In Mind" | 2020 | Non-album singles |
| "Drunk With You" | 2020 | Non-album singles |
| "Slide" | 2022 | Non-album singles |

#### As featured artist

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Angels" (Elijah Blake feat. Rome Flynn) | 2021 | The Neon Eon |
| "Can You Stand The Rain" (Will Gittens feat. Rome Flynn) | 2022 | Acoustic Covers |
| "I Wanna Know" (Will Gittens feat. Rome Flynn) | 2023 | Acoustic Covers 2 |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2018 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series | The Bold and the Beautiful | Won | |
On Friday, February 14, 2025, he participated in the NBA All Star Celebrity Basketball Game, as a member of Team Bonds, coached by former MLB player Barry Bonds. Rome dazzled with fade away jumpers, deep 3’s, driving layups, and no-look passes, leading to his naming as the Celebrity Game MVP. Team Bonds defeated Team Rice, coached by former NFL wide receiver, Jerry Rice, by a score of 66-55.