Angel Bismark Curiel (born October 16, 1995) is a Dominican American
actor from Liberty City, Miami. He has appeared in America Adrift
(2016), Louie's Brother Peter (2017), Night Comes On (2018), Monsters
and Men (2018) and Ashes (2018). He came to national attention in 2018
for his portrayal as Lil Papi Evangelista on FX's popular television
drama series Pose. In fall 2019 his latest film, Critical Thinking,
was released.Curiel grew up in Liberty City, what he describes as a
rough part of Miami. He attended Miami Arts Charter School, a charter
high school that later closed in 2019,[a] where he got in trouble for
disrupting classes as a class-clown, and for truancy. When the
school's drama department supervisor gave him the choice to be
disciplined by the school or a group read-through of Tennessee
Williams' play "The Rose Tattoo", he opted to help the reading. He did
so as Alvaro Mangiacavallo, the leading man, and found a "passion for
performance" which effectively launched his career. He joined the cast
as well as the drama department. To stay in the department and compete
in drama meets he had to improve his grades which led him to being a
thespian. He also learned to confront his own fears of being
vulnerable:A teacher screened John Leguizamo's Freak, directed by
Spike Lee, which opened Curiel to what an actor can do, and it still
inspires him. Two other school productions he took part in were
William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and Stephen Adly
Guirgis' "Jesus Hopped the A Train."When he was about to graduate that
same drama teacher advised him that he had a better future as an actor
than a soldier, his intended career. He was accepted to Pace
University to study drama, and after graduating high school moved to
New York City.
actor from Liberty City, Miami. He has appeared in America Adrift
(2016), Louie's Brother Peter (2017), Night Comes On (2018), Monsters
and Men (2018) and Ashes (2018). He came to national attention in 2018
for his portrayal as Lil Papi Evangelista on FX's popular television
drama series Pose. In fall 2019 his latest film, Critical Thinking,
was released.Curiel grew up in Liberty City, what he describes as a
rough part of Miami. He attended Miami Arts Charter School, a charter
high school that later closed in 2019,[a] where he got in trouble for
disrupting classes as a class-clown, and for truancy. When the
school's drama department supervisor gave him the choice to be
disciplined by the school or a group read-through of Tennessee
Williams' play "The Rose Tattoo", he opted to help the reading. He did
so as Alvaro Mangiacavallo, the leading man, and found a "passion for
performance" which effectively launched his career. He joined the cast
as well as the drama department. To stay in the department and compete
in drama meets he had to improve his grades which led him to being a
thespian. He also learned to confront his own fears of being
vulnerable:A teacher screened John Leguizamo's Freak, directed by
Spike Lee, which opened Curiel to what an actor can do, and it still
inspires him. Two other school productions he took part in were
William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and Stephen Adly
Guirgis' "Jesus Hopped the A Train."When he was about to graduate that
same drama teacher advised him that he had a better future as an actor
than a soldier, his intended career. He was accepted to Pace
University to study drama, and after graduating high school moved to
New York City.
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