Rafael Casal

Acting

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.

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Movies (13)

Stages
2026
Jason
Wildcat
2024
O.E. Parker
Brighter - A Short Film
2024
Directing
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Loki Season 2
2023
Self - 'Brad Wolfe'
We Were Hyphy
2022
Self
The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert
2020
Jack
Bad Education
2019
Kyle Contreras
Stucco
2019
Throne
Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting
2018
Self
Blindspotting
2018
Miles
x Infinity
2018
First Sight
Fade to Black
Zach

Shows (10)

The Boroughs
2026
Neil Otero
The Lowdown
2025
Blindspotting
2021
Miles Jones
Loki
2021
Hunter X-5 / Brad Wolfe
Amend: The Fight for America
2021
Self
The Good Lord Bird
2020
John Cook
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
2019
Mr. Tophat
We Gon' Be Alright
2019
Self
Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack
2016
Elliott
Hobbes & Me
2014
Calvin