Rafael Casal
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.
Known For
Loki
The Boroughs
The Lowdown
The Lowdown
The Good Lord Bird
Amend: The Fight for America
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Bad Education
All Movies (13)
- Stages2026 · as Jason
- Wildcat2024 · as O.E. Parker
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Loki Season 22023 · as Self - 'Brad Wolfe'
- We Were Hyphy2022 · as Self
- The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert2020 · as Jack
- Bad Education2019 · as Kyle Contreras
- Stucco2019 · as Throne
- Straight from the Town: Making Blindspotting2018 · as Self
- Blindspotting2018 · as Miles
- x Infinity2018
- First Sight—
- Fade to Black— · as Zach
- Fade to Black— · as Zack
All TV Shows (11)
- The Boroughs2026 · as Neil Otero
- The Lowdown2025
- The Lowdown2025 · as Johnny
- Blindspotting2021 · as Miles Jones
- Loki2021 · as Hunter X-5 / Brad Wolfe
- Amend: The Fight for America2021 · as Self
- The Good Lord Bird2020 · as John Cook
- Are You Afraid of the Dark?2019 · as Mr. Tophat
- We Gon' Be Alright2019 · as Self
- Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack2016 · as Elliott
- Hobbes & Me2014 · as Calvin