--- name: "Carl Clemons-Hopkins" canonical: "https://film.one/person/carl-clemons-hopkins" fi1m_id: "carl-clemons-hopkins" imdb_id: "nm4083459" tmdb_id: 2185770 wikidata_id: "Q106925763" roles: ["Actor"] born: "20 July 1987" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T20:48:13.971905+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Carl Clemons-Hopkins ## Identity Carl Clemons-Hopkins - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carl-clemons-hopkins - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** carl-clemons-hopkins - **IMDb ID:** nm4083459 - **TMDB ID:** 2185770 - **Wikidata ID:** Q106925763 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Clemons-Hopkins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106925763, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4083459/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2185770 Actor. Born 20 July 1987 in Lithonia, Georgia, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 20 July 1987, Lithonia, Georgia, USA - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Clemons-Hopkins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106925763, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4083459/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2185770 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Hacks*](https://film.one/tv/hacks.md) (83) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Carl Clemons-Hopkins > Carl Clemons-Hopkins makes professional competence funny without making it ridiculous. In *Hacks*, their deadpan delivery and the warmth beneath Marcus's devotion to work make the business manager worth following for himself. In *Hacks* (2021), Marcus takes his job as Deborah Vance's business manager seriously. Carl Clemons-Hopkins makes that dedication funny without suggesting that the work itself is beneath him, or that competence deserves a sneer. The deadpan delivery is useful here: Marcus can belong in a comedy without seeming to be waiting for his turn to make a joke. We rate this kind of ensemble acting, which gives the central performers somebody credible to play against. Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder are the principal reason we recommend the series, and Clemons-Hopkins works well within that arrangement. Marcus has his own difficulties with keeping work from taking over his life, giving the actor something to develop beyond the dry humour. We warmed to him because Clemons-Hopkins makes that struggle understandable without making his dedication look foolish. The writing sometimes presses the generational differences between its two leads too hard. Marcus gives us another concern to follow, one that does not need to be presented as a dispute between age groups. The stage experience is relevant to that assurance. Clemons-Hopkins performed in the Chicago company of *Hamilton* (2016), before breaking through on screen with *Hacks*. The stage-honed physical presence helps make a manager's authority convincing without a more demonstrative performance. The film roles include Jameson in *Candyman* (2021) and Jeremy in *The Beanie Bubble* (2023). Those credits do not give us the same basis for a judgement as the continuing part of Marcus, on which our enthusiasm rests. We would welcome a part that puts that intensity under more pressure, rather than simply asking for another capable professional. There is a risk with such reliable ensemble work that the actor becomes valued chiefly for keeping everybody else's scenes moving. *Hacks* gives Clemons-Hopkins time to show Marcus changing, so there is more to follow than his ability to do the job. Start there, and give the manager some attention. ## Biography Carl Clemons-Hopkins is an American actor. They were born on 20 July 1987 in Lithonia, Georgia. They hold a BFA from the University of the Arts and began their career in stage productions, receiving a Barrymore Award nomination in 2014 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical for *Little Shop of Horrors*. Clemons-Hopkins is best known for portraying Marcus Vaughan in the Max comedy-drama series *Hacks* (2021–). For this role they received a nomination for the 2021 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. They have also appeared in *Chicago P.D.* (2018), *The Chi* (2018), *Chicago Med* (2020), *Candyman* (2021), *Star Trek: Lower Decks* (2023) and *The Beanie Bubble* (2023). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, deadline.com, latimes.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Hacks* (2021), Fi1m 83, as Marcus — [page](https://film.one/tv/hacks.md) ## Complete filmography (13) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Via Negativa* (2026), Actor - *The Beanie Bubble* (2023), as Jeremy - *The Mattachine Family* (2023), as Ted - *Candyman* (2021), as Jameson - *Hacks* (2021), series, as Marcus — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/hacks.md) - *Range Runners* (2020), as Howard - *Star Trek: Lower Decks* (2020), series, as Narj (voice) - *The Chi* (2018), series, as Jean - *Chicago Med* (2015), series, as Sean Richter - *Christmas Dreams* (2015), as Musician 2 - *Chicago P.D.* (2014), series, as DEA Agent Thomas - *Enigma Variations*, series, as Noah - *Ornithomancy*, as Interviewer · Executive Producer ## Gallery - ![Carl Clemons-Hopkins at a press event for "The Balusters" in Manhattan Theatre Club studios, 2/26/26 (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/22407/gallery-e38be4a0b4af.jpg) Carl Clemons-Hopkins at a press event for "The Balusters" in Manhattan Theatre Club studios, 2/26/26 (2026) — PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/CarlClemonsHopkins-byPhilipRomano.jpg/1280px-CarlClemonsHopkins-byPhilipRomano.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Carl Clemons-Hopkins](https://film.one/media/person/22407/gallery-d170d9a83b5f.jpg) Carl Clemons-Hopkins — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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