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Brandon Quintin Adams

Brandon Quintin Adams is an American actor whose career stretches across film, television, voice work, music and production. Born on August 22, 1979, in Topeka, Adams has built a varied body of work rather than staying within a single corner of the entertainment world. For many movie fans, his most distinctive credits begin with Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker. Adams played Zeke in the “Smooth Criminal” segment and Young Michael in “Badder,” the film’s parody of Jackson’s “Bad” video. Those two parts placed him inside a project that moved freely between music, dance, fantasy and narrative filmmaking. Adams later took the leading role in Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs. It remains a significant entry in his film work, putting him at the center of Craven’s dark, unusual story. The role also shows a different side of his screen career from the musical spectacle of Moonwalker, demonstrating how comfortably his credits could shift in tone and genre. His television appearances include The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, A Different World, Moesha, Sister, Sister, Martin and Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker. Together, those credits connect Adams with a broad selection of familiar television and film titles. His work has also moved beyond live-action performance: he provided the voice of Rai in Kingdom Hearts II. Adams is additionally associated with work as a rapper and film producer. That range makes his career difficult to reduce to one role or medium. Whether appearing in a Wes Craven film, taking part in Michael Jackson’s screen world, turning up in well-known television series or lending his voice to a video game, Brandon Quintin Adams has followed a path shaped by variety.