Joseph Mydell

Biography

Joseph Mydell is an American actor born in Savannah, Georgia in 1955. His early activism inspired by Martin Luther King's speech at his alma mater and a call to the Baháʼí faith led him to participate in the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965. After studying theatre at New York University and City University of New York, Mydell trained with notable directors and began performing on stage.