Jamil Akim O'Quinn

Jamil Akim O’Quinn

Artist and Academician
is a native of Los Angeles, California that is currently touring with Broadway's first national tour of The Book of Mormon. As a person who has always been incredibly diverse in his skills and abilities the three words that best describe his mission in broader society are; Educate, Empower, and Entertain. From early childhood to the present Jamil O’Quinn has excelled academically, while concurrently managing a professional career in film, television, and theater (featured in Disney’s Gone Fishin’, Sister Sister, Law and Order SVU, 30Rock, please reference the resume section for addtional performance credits).

Jamil O’Quinn received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley where he majored in Sociology, and Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, while also completing the Pre-Medicine curriculum. Additionally, while at Berkeley Jamil O’Quinn released his first publication of three through the McNair’s Scholar Program entitled, “Black MASKulinity”, where he researched the complexities of sexuality within the black male population of UC Berkeley, and wrote and directed his first stage play entitled “Blackness: Perspectives of Color”.

Upon completion of graduate school at Princeton Jamil has held professorship positons at Prince George's Community College, Montgomery College Rockville, and the Unversity of the District of Columbia. He has also partnered with United Nations as faculty advisor for high school aged children of global leaders from over 50 countries.

Prior to joining the cast of the Book of Mormon Jamil worked with President Obama's "My Brother's Keeper Initiative" focusing on increasing reading levels via Playbooks Reader’s Theater. His success with Playbooks Reader’s Theater has resulted in him being the lead consultant for Playbooks in developing curriculum, providing professional development, and giving keynote addresses at conferences on the impact of Theater in increasing reading levels for underserved youth.