Xavier Mikal (he/him) is an actor scholar from Baltimore, Maryland. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from North Carolina A&T State University. He has recently graduated from The University of Louisville with his Master of Fine Arts Degree and Graduate Certificate in African American Theater. He is the current winner of the Kennedy Center's Runner-up Irene Ryan acting award for Region 4. He Performed at the National Black Theater Festival and Accelerate Festival as Martin Luther King Jr in Katori Hall's The Mountaintop. He was last seen performing as King Hedley II at University of Louisville's Belknap Playhouse.