Brandon J. Dirden (born 1978 or 1979) is an American actor, best known for portraying Martin Luther King Jr. in the Broadway production of Robert Schenkkan's All the Way.

[2] A Morehouse College and University of Illinois graduate, Dirden made his Broadway debut in Prelude to a Kiss.

Dirden was nominated for a Drama Desk Award as Outstanding Actor in a Play for his role as Reggie in Skeleton Crew.

[6] Dirden made his directorial debut in September 2015 directing August Wilson's Seven Guitars[7] at Two River Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey.

[citation needed] Dirden has guest-starred in TV series such as The Big C, The Good Wife, and Ed Burns' Public Morals.