Brandon O’Neill is an American Actor and singer based in Seattle, Washington.

He is best known as the original “Kassim” in Disney’s hit Musical, ALADDIN ON BROADWAY. Aladdin opened on Broadway in 2014 to rave reviews, received 5 TONY NOMINATIONS and now has 8 international productions with more in development. O’Neill’s voice can still be heard nightly as the VOICE OF THE CAVE OF WONDERS worldwide.  O’Neill was also part of the Original Broadway Cast Album which garnered a GRAMMY Nomination for Best Musical Theatre Album. Brandon returned to Broadway in 2017 & 2018 with A BRONX TALE the Broadway Musical, written and conceived by CHAZZ PALMINTERI and co-directed by ROBERT DENIRO and JERRY ZAKS.

Outside of the theatre O’Neill is well known for his work in Video Game Voice Acting and as a motion capture artist. Best known as the Voice of ULDREN SOV aka THE CROW in Bungie’s hit video game, DESTINY and DESTINY 2.  His voice can also be heard in Bethesda Games long awaited STARFIELD. He has provided Motion Capture Performances for a huge variety of characters in the Destiny Universe including Commander Zavala, Saint-14, Dominus Ghaul, The Spider, Osiris, Nimbus, Calus, and Mithrax. His MoCap work can also be seen in Halo Infinite- Lone Wolves.

His work as a Seattle theatre actor has garnered him 4 GREGORY AWARD nominations, 2 Seattle Times Footlight Awards, and a Broadway World Award. IN 2012 CBS Seattle named him among the BEST LOCAL ACTORS IN SEATTLE. In 2018 he was named to the ACT THEATRE CORE COMPANY. Has been a part of over 10 World Premiers, and has performed nationally and internationally on  some of the world’s finest stages including Madison Square Garden, The New Amsterdam Theatre, The Ordway, Asolo Rep, Ed Mirvish Theatre, Prince Edward Theatre, Bass Performance Hall, McCaw Hall, Banff Center, The 5th Avenue Theatre, ACT Theatre, and The Seattle Rep. He has twice performed as a vocalist with the SEATTLE SYMPHONY, and in 2018 Performed as a principal actor with The SEATTLE OPERA. 

O’Neill has been cast in film  roles across from OSCAR AWARD winners, Casey Affleck and Cuba Gooding Jr.. And has worked with actors Thomas Jane, Cole Hauser, Noah Jupe, Walter Goggins, Ving Rhames, Scott Bakula, and Saul Rubinek. In 2019 O’Neill was hand-picked by DISNEY to reprise his role as “Kassim” and the Cave of Wonders, in the 2021 film release ALADDIN- LIVE FROM THE WEST END, filmed on location in London at the Prince Edward Theatre.

To read more about Brandon’s journey into acting read THIS ARTICLE from The Inlander