Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin is an American actor known for his role in ''Sing Sing''.

Early life and education

Maclin was born in

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to ...

and raised in

Mount Vernon, New York Mount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is an inner suburb of New York City, immediately to the north of the borough of the Bronx. As of the 2020 census, Mount Vernon had a population of 73,893, making it th ...

. He attended

Mount Vernon High School Mount Vernon High School could refer to: * Mount Vernon High School (Arkansas) — Mount Vernon, Arkansas *Mount Vernon High School (Illinois) — Mount Vernon, Illinois * Mount Vernon High School (Fortville, Indiana) *Mount Vernon High Sch ...

and earned an associate degree in behavioral psychology from

Mercy University , mottoeng = To be consumed in service , religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian(formerly Catholic) , endowment = $322 million (2021) , president = Susan L. Parish , provost = E ...

Career

When he was 29, Maclin was sentenced to 17 years at the

Sing Sing Correctional Facility Sing Sing Correctional Facility, formerly Ossining Correctional Facility, is a maximum-security prison operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in the village of Ossining, New York. It is about north o ...

for robbery. During his incarceration, Maclin participated in the

Rehabilitation Through the Arts Rehabilitation Through The Arts (RTA) was founded by Katherine Vockins in 1996 in Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, New York, and now operates in six men's and women's, maximum and medium security New York State prisons: Sing Sing, Bedfo ...

program. Since his release, Maclin has worked as a youth counselor, creative arts specialist, and gang intervention specialist at Lincoln Hall Boys Haven in

Somers, New York Somers is a town located in northern Westchester County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 20,434. The nearby Metro-North Commuter Railroad provides service to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan with ...

. He made his feature film debut in ''Sing Sing'', portraying a younger version of himself. Maclin's performance has received critical acclaim.

References

American actors Male actors from New York (state) People from Mount Vernon, New York Actors from Mount Vernon, New York Actors from Westchester County, New York Mercy University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{American-actor-stub