Brett Gray on "On My Block," MJ The Musical & What's Next in His Career
The Joe Vulpis Podcast
Joe Vulpis
4.9 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Brett Gray is an actor and singer best known for his breakout role as Jamal Turner on Netflix's hit series On My Block. As well as animation, live roles, and he also earned critical acclaim on stage for portraying Michael Jackson in MJ The Musical on Broadway.
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| 0:56.2 | I have this beautiful scene with Peggy Blow who plays Abolita and it's like about purpose. |
| 1:02.8 | I can shoot my eyes at you in a way. |
| 1:05.2 | That was good. |
| 1:06.2 | I felt that. |
| 1:07.1 | I felt that. |
| 1:08.3 | Is there a favorite line that you've said in the show? |
| 1:10.4 | The only way out is chaos. That's my favorite line because they made his eyes so big. I see now. The only way out is chaos. If it ever had the chance to come back or a spin-off, would you be interested in that? Yeah, for sure. Was there ever talks to that? Five years of a show in four seasons is such an incredible run. |
| 1:29.3 | How do you feel about it now reflecting on Jamal and just the show in general? |
| 1:35.3 | I mean, it's like, that's kind of the easiest question ever, because it's like the best, it's like the best thing, yeah, to like have done. |
| 1:43.3 | Do you ever miss those days just |
| 1:45.5 | with the crew and the cast just coming together to create it? For sure. Like, you know, it's crazy. |
| 1:50.5 | Like the first year of that, what, maybe like the first two or three seasons actually, we all, |
| 1:56.9 | when I say we all, I mean, me and like the main cast, we all lived together. Like every time we were |
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