Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin (born November 29, 1966) [1] is an American actor, youth counselor, creative arts specialist, and gang intervention specialist. He portrayed a fictionalized version of himself in the 2023 film Sing Sing.

Jul 29, 2024 · After Maclin finished a seventeen-year stint at Sing Sing, the maximum-security prison upriver from Manhattan, he was approached by the filmmakers Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley about making a...

Jul 10, 2024 · When a wary newcomer named Clarence Maclin enters the Sing Sing Maximum Security Prison, he impresses the rest of the inmates as they try to stage their original production titled ‘Breakin’ The Mummy’s Code.’

3 days ago · Mount Vernon's Clarence Maclin is an Academy Award nominee for his contributions to the screenplay of "Sing Sing," which tells a story that Maclin lived inside the walls of Sing Sing prison.

How can art transform a life? For Clarence Maclin, the answer unfolded during his incarceration at Sing Sing Correctional Facility. Through a program called Rehabilitation Through the Arts, he used theater as a way to process trauma onstage and off.

Aug 9, 2024 · Maclin spent 15 years as an inmate in the New York State maximum-security prison, known for its police abuse and inhumane conditions. He discovered his love for...

Sep 19, 2024 · Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin. Clarence Maclin’s story is just as compelling. Once feared at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Clarence’s life took a transformative turn after a chance encounter with RTA during a prison chapel performance.

Jan 27, 2025 · At 29, Maclin was sentenced to 17 years for robbery at Sing Sing, where he first discovered his passion for storytelling. In the film, Macklin plays a fictionalized version of himself and has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his role in developing the film’s screenplay.

3 days ago · Clarence Maclin is a nominee for Best Adapted Screenplay for his contributions to the screenplay of “Sing Sing,” which tells a story that Maclin lived inside the walls of Sing Sing prison.

Nov 26, 2024 · “Shakespeare opened me up to theater hard,” says Clarence Maclin, who stars in “Sing Sing.” At 58, Clarence Maclin might be new to the big screen, but the formerly incarcerated stage...