Daniel Beaty,Poet Supreme being introduced by Ruby Dee, speaking at the Kennedy Center

Daniel Beaty is an award winning actor, singer, writer and composer most recently seen on the third and fourth seasons of HBO’s Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry, as a guest artist on NBC’s Showtime at the Apollo with Ruben Studdard, and on BET’s 106 & Park. Daniel graduated with Honors from Yale University with a BA in English & Music.

He also holds an MFA in Acting from American Conservatory Theatre (ACT). Daniel has worked throughout the US, Europe, and Africa in television, solo concerts theater, and opera including performances at The White House, The Apollo, and The Kennedy Center in tribute to Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis. Daniel is the 2004 Grand Slam Champion at the world famous Nuyorican Poet’s Café and the Fox Networks National Redemption Slam Champion. He has performed on programs with artists including Jill Scott, Sonia Sanchez, MC Lyte, Mos Def, Tracy Champan, Deepak Chopra, and Phylicia Rashad. Daniel’s writings and compositions have been performed at The Public Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), New York Theater Workshop, La Mama, American Conservatory Theater, Yale University, The NAACP National Convention, The SCLC National Convention, and various other venues.

His show Emergence-SEE! has been reviewed as a “brilliant, spellbinding performance” by the Amsterdam News and “a dazzling 90 minutes…full of memorable moments… intense…hilarious” by the New York Times.

To follow Daniel’s work, please visit www.danielbeaty.com