Brandon Warfield

Brandon Parker Warfield is an American actor, singer, dancer, and producer. He began acting at the age of 6 and performed in numerous musicals and plays in throughout middle and high school and performed with Rising Star Theatre Troupe under the supervision of Beth Meurer. At Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks his mentor and theatre teacher Judy Welden helped him to find his distinguishable baritone voice, and introduced him to the experience of playing Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire. After this, Warfield knew he would pursue a life in the art of acting. Warfield was awarded for his endeavors in the performing arts and for his humanitarianism. He received the Associated Student Body President Award and the Brother Rupert Hope award for his contributions to the school and the community and he won the Ken Sweith Memorial Award, for continuing his education in theatre. Warfield was also awarded the prestigious Arthur Schmidt Award for his outstanding performances in his third year, presented by Academy Award Winning editor of the films Forrest Gump and Who Framed Rodger Rabbit. Warfield was born in Los Angeles, California to Margaret Papaian and Maurice Warfield, an executive at Sony Music Group & Epic Records. He is the youngest of two half siblings, one of whom is musician Justin Warfield of the famous dark rock band, She Wants Revenge. His parents are of African-American and Armenian ancestry, respectively. Warfield has won most his recognition playing roles in productions notably as leading-man, comedic, period, and romance characters. He has a bachelors of fine arts in acting and theatre studies from the University of Southern California's School of Dramatic Arts. In his third year, he pursued drama at the British American Drama Academy's Midsummer at Oxford University Program where he trained in voice, stage combat, Shakespeare, and text analysis with masters such as Fiona Shaw, Leo Wringer, Irina Brown, Julian Glover, Henry Goodman, and Alex Waldmann. After completing, he furthered his training under the guidance of USC professors including Kate Burton (Grey's Anatomy, Scandal), David Warshofsky (Lincoln, There Will Be Blood), Andy Robinson (Dirty Harry, Star Trek), and Vicki Lewis (Finding Nemo, Broadway's Anastasia). In his spare time, Warfield likes to swim, skateboard, and play video games with his nephews, Rocco, Banon, and Bowie.