Naheem Garcia
Naheem Garcia (he/him/el) Alexis Rene Garcia, professionally known as Naheem Garcia, has been an actor and theatre educator for thirty years. He grew up in Boston, MA, arriving here from Cuba with his mother, grandmother, and aunt in 1968. This proud bilingual (English and Spanish) artist is known for his deep, mellifluous voice. As a teenager, Naheem developed his acting skills in Boston Youth Theater and received his formal training in theater arts at New African Company, where he has been a Distinguished Artist-In-Residence since 2004. Naheem is the Founder and lead teaching Artist for NG edutainment, an Arts/Education Program, founded in Boston Massachusetts. He is the Residence Teaching Artist and a member of The Huntington’s Education Department, for close to 30 years.
Naheem Garcia (he/him/el) Alexis Rene Garcia, professionally known as Naheem Garcia, has been an actor and theatre educator for thirty years. He grew up in Boston, MA, arriving here from Cuba with his mother, grandmother, and aunt in 1968. This proud bilingual (English and Spanish) artist is known for his deep, mellifluous voice. As a teenager, Naheem developed his acting skills in Boston Youth Theater and received his formal training in theater arts at New African Company, where he has been a Distinguished Artist-In-Residence since 2004. Naheem is the Founder and lead teaching Artist for NG edutainment, an Arts/Education Program, founded in Boston Massachusetts. He is the Residence Teaching Artist and a member of The Huntington’s Education Department, for close to 30 years. Naheem was the Speaker of Residents for the METCO Program at Sharon High and Middle School, Sharon, MA, in the 2020-2022 school year. Working with Art Heals, a youth program in collaboration with Hibernian Hall. He is the Local Representative for the National Latino Committee, SAG-AFTRA, New England as well as a long-time member of the union. Naheem is also the Artistic Director for the Oversoul Theatre Collective, and a member of the Board of Directors for Song Keepers, LTD. Most recently, Naheem had the honor and privilege to be the narrator for the King Embrace Monument located in the Boston Common, Boston, MA.
Naheem has appeared in several prominent Hollywood-and independently produced feature films. A selected list includes: By the Sea Directed by Kornel Mundruczó; Billy Somethin Directed by Brandon Scales; Any Day Now Directed by Eric Aronson; YE! Directed by A John Oluwole ADEkoje film; Madame Web Directed by S.J. Clarkson; Challenger Directed by Luca Guadagnino; Money Games Directed by Julian Lowenthal; The Holdovers Directed by Alexander Payne; I Wanna Dance With Somebody Directed by Kasi Lemmons; Hocus Pocus 2 Directed by Ann Fletcher; Spirited Directed by Sean Anders; Kevin Can Go F Himself (AMC); The Sleepover (Netflix); Free Guy (Ryan Reynolds); Jungleland (Charlie Hunnam, Jessica Barden, Jack O’Connell); The Equalizer 2 (Denzel Washington); Daddy’s Home 2 (Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell, Mel Gibson, John Lithgow); Joy (Jennifer Lawrence); Black Mass (Johnny Depp); The Proposal (Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds); The Heat (Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy); Maiden Heist (Morgan Freeman, Christopher Waken, William H. Macy, Marsha Gay Harden); and The Purge 3: Election Year (Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson).
Naheem’s work has been lauded by his peers with his recent nomination for an Elliot Norton Award for his role as Elmore, in August Wilson’s King Hedley II and Best Supporting actor for his role as Professor Gardner in Money Game. Naheem has also received the The Brown Sugar Culture Excellence Award 2021, State Street-El Planeta Powermeter 100 of the Most Influential Latinx (2014), OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center-Sojourner Truth Award (2007) and In recognition of his excellence as a theatre educator, he represented the Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation for NeighborWorks America and Community Leadership Institute Los Angeles California in 2017, in same year, he completed the Aesthetic Education Immersion program with the Lincoln Center Summer Forum at Julliard, New York, NY.
Naheem continues his path as an actor and theatre educator whose mission is to represent and encourage youth and audiences through his work. Naheem is repped by Lisa Lax Agency in New York. vimeo.com/990257624
As of October 2024.