Kareem Bandealy holds a BFA in Theatre Performance from University of Central Florida where, in 1999, he became a national finalist in the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival's Irene Ryan Acting Competition. In April 2007, he was profiled in TimeOut Chicago as one of ten actors considered to be "the backbone of our theatre scene." Kareem is a member of SAG, AFTRA, and AEA.

ATC Credits: George Bailey in It's A Wonderful Life: The Radio Play and Ali Hakim in Oklahoma!

Upcoming Projects: The Illusion at Court Theatre.

Chicago Credits: Rock 'N' Roll, Gas For Less, King Lear (Goodman Theatre); A Midsummer Night's Dream, Edward II, Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); The Real Thing (Remy Bumppo); Wedding Play (About Face Theatre); and Our Enemies, Back of the Throat, 10 Acrobats (Silk Road Theatre Project where he is an associate artist).

Regional Credits: Cyrano, A Winter's Tale, Jack & the Beanstalk, Taming of the Shrew, As You Like It, Romeo & Juliet at Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Julius Caesar, Stuff Happens (Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre), and Love's Labour's Lost (Notre Dame Summer Shakespeare Festival).

Film: In Plain Sight, Counting Backwards, Bodega, and Michael Keaton's The Merry Gentleman.

Photo: Left, Kareem Bandealy and Alan Wilder in Season 25's It's A Wonderful Life: The Radio Play.
Photo by Emily Johnston Anderson.