Rafael Casal
Acting • Born 1985-08-08
Biography
Rafael Santiago Casal (born August 8, 1985) is an American writer, performer, and producer originally from the Bay Area. Rafael's first TV appearance was performing on three seasons of HBO's Def Poetry, and as a creator online with millions of YouTube/Facebook views for his original music, poetry, web shorts, and political commentary. His theater-in-verse work has brought him around the country and the world both in the realm of activism and arts performance at hundreds of colleges and venues. Rafael is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the BARS workshop at The Public Theater in New York.
Filmography
21 credits
Wildcat
Movie • 2023
O.E. Parker
We Were Hyphy
Movie • 2022
Self
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Loki Season 2
Movie • 2023
Self - 'Brad Wolfe'
Blindspotting
Movie • 2018
Miles
x Infinity
Movie • 2018
Bad Education
Movie • 2019
Kyle Contreras
First Sight
Movie
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
Movie • 2018
Self
Fade to Black
Movie
Zach
The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert
Movie • 2020
Jack
Fade to Black
Movie
Zack
Stages
Movie • 2026
Blindspotting
TV • 2021
Miles Jones
We Gon' Be Alright
TV • 2019
Self
Loki
TV • 2021
Hunter X-5 / Brad Wolfe
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
TV • 2019
Mr. Tophat
Amend: The Fight for America
TV • 2021
Self
Hobbes & Me
TV • 2014
Calvin
The Lowdown
TV • 2025
The Lowdown
TV • 2025
Johnny
The Good Lord Bird
TV • 2020
John Cook