With “Sing Sing” earning critical acclaim, Maclin is setting his sights on various roles. “I want to do Shakespeare, Westerns, sci-fi — everything,” he says with the most infectious smile.

At 58, Clarence Maclin might be new to the big screen, but the formerly incarcerated stage performer turned movie actor has spent decades honing his chops. In director Greg Kwedar’s film “Sing ...

Maclin was released from Sing Sing in 2012. When Kwedar first approached him about the “Sing Sing” film, the actor was working at Lincoln Hall Boys’ Haven, a facility for at-risk youth.

Clarence Maclin has been hailed as one of 2024’s top breakouts for his critically acclaimed debut performance in Sing Sing - but as the burgeoning actor sees it, the public is merely catching up.

‘Sing Sing' Breakout Clarence Maclin on Oscar Buzz, If He's Playing Himself, and Why Prison Theater Programs ‘Weren't Just Art, They Were Survival' Story by Clayton Davis • 4d.

Clarence Maclin has been hailed as one of 2024’s top breakouts for his critically acclaimed debut performance in Sing Sing — but as the burgeoning actor sees it, the public is merely catching up.

Mount Vernon's Clarence Maclin heads from Sing Sing prison to the Academy Awards 02:14. A Mount Vernon man is headed to Hollywood this week to prepare for the Academy Awards.

Starring alongside Domingo is Clarence ‘Divine Eye’ Maclin. Maclin is playing himself – revisiting his time in jail and a life-changing journey that began with him stumbling across his peers, ...

Clarence Maclin spent years of his life at the Sing Sing correctional facility, a maximum security prison in Ossining, New York state, serving a long sentence for robbery. Six years in, he ...