Angel Bismark Curiel

Angel Bismark Curiel (born October 16, 1995) is an American actor from Liberty City, Miami. He has appeared in America Adrift, Louie's Brother Peter (2017), Night Comes On (2018), Monsters and Men (2018) and Ashes (2018). He attended Miami Arts Charter School, Curiel plays the youngest son, Cameron, who spirals into addiction and drug-dealing. The story centers on drug dealer Louie's brother Peter, who has Asperger syndrome but makes the drug deliveries in gentrified South Brooklyn. In January 2018, his next film, Jordana Spiro's directorial debut Night Comes On, had him portraying a store clerk. The work is a revenge piece with Angel Lamere (Dominique Fishback) avenging her mother's murder. It debuted at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

In September 2018, Curiel's next film, Monsters and Men, debuted; Written and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, the drama centers on three Black men who struggle to reconcile their lives "as they marinate in guilt and complicity-by-inaction". Set in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, the film starts with one of "frequent murders of black men by unpunished white police officers", and follows the three men while exploring issues of violence and systemic racism towards black people, racial profiling, and police brutality. In season two Papi starts dating his roommate Angel played by Indya Moore. Both Monsters and Night were featured in the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Set in Miami in 1998, the story revolves around five players on the Miami Jackson Senior High School team.

In July 2019, Curiel was nominated for a 2019 Imagen Award in the "Best Supporting Actor – Television" category for his work as Lil Papi Evangelista on FX's Pose.

In August 2019, Curiel along with other Pose actors took part in the inaugural The Hollywood Reporter and Billboards Pride Summit held in West Hollywood. They were part of a panel, "Televised Revolution: The Beings of Pose", with Curiel stating, "issues like colorism, transphobia and more have been passed down from previous generations," and "It's time to start unlearning the scripts that were passed down to us".

In October 2024, Curiel appeared in Part 2 of American Horror Stories, playing a character in the episode "Leprechaun". This marked his first onscreen appearance since the end of Pose.

Personal life In July 2019, news that Curiel and Pose producer, director, and writer Janet Mock had been romantically involved for a year made national headlines. Curiel asked Mock one day in 2018 if she was happy in her current marriage. Mock was already re-evaluating her marriage saying, "I was like, 'OK, I can't live for what others want. That's not what I'm here for.'" he has spoken about being very cautious going back onto set to film season 3 of Pose during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, being one of the first TV shows to resume filming in the city. 2018 Night Comes On Store attendant 2018 Monsters and Men Joshua 2020 Critical Thinking Rodelay Medina Television Year Title Role Notes 2018–21 Pose Lil Papi Evangelista 25 episodes 2024 American Horror Stories Finn Episode: "Leprechaun"