Lloyd Avery II

Lloyd Fernandez Avery II (June 21, 1969 – September 4, 2005) was an American actor. He appeared in John Singleton's Oscar-nominated film Boyz n the Hood (1991) as one of the Bloods who murdered high school football star Ricky Baker (played by Morris Chestnut) and was later killed by Doughboy (played by Ice Cube) in retaliation. In 2005, Avery was convicted of double homicide, and later killed in prison by his cellmate.[1]

Lloyd Avery II
BornJune 21, 1969
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
DiedSeptember 4, 2005(2005-09-04) (aged 36)
Crescent City, California, U.S.
Cause of deathMurder
OccupationActor
Years active1990–2001

Early life

Born in Los Angeles, California, Avery grew up in View Park where he attended Beverly Hills High School. Avery was of African and Mexican descent.

Career

Shortly after Avery's film debut in Boyz n the Hood, Singleton would cast Avery once again in his next film, Poetic Justice (1993).

Avery re-emerged in 2000 starring as Nate in the film Lockdown and as G-Ride in the 2001 independent film Shot.

Arrest and death

In 2001, soon after wrapping Shot, Avery was arrested and charged with a double homicide for shooting two random people, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment.[2] He was murdered on September 4, 2005, in Crescent City, California, at the age of 36, after the brutality and strangulation from his Pelican Bay State Prison cellmate Kevin Roby as part of a Satanic ritual "intended as a warning to God."[3]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1991 Boyz n the Hood Knucklehead #2
1993 Poetic Justice Thug #1
1996 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood Guy in Back Seat uncredited role
1999 The Breaks Man in Jail uncredited role
2000 Lockdown Nate
2001 Shot G-Ride

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1992 Doogie Howser, M.D. Red Episode: "Dangerous Reunions"

References
  1. Malcolm, S. (30 October 2007). "Stranger Than Fiction". king-mag.com. King Mag. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. "Supermax jail tipped to hold Golden State Killer". 9news.com.au. 9News. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  3. "The Life & Death of Lloyd Avery". thetruecrimedatabase.com. The True Crime Database. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
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