---
name: "Drew Powell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/drew-powell"
fi1m_id: "drew-powell"
imdb_id: "nm0694100"
tmdb_id: 173995
wikidata_id: "Q3039407"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 January 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T22:24:35.115515+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."
---

# Drew Powell

## Identity

Drew Powell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/drew-powell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** drew-powell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0694100
- **TMDB ID:** 173995
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3039407
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Powell_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3039407, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0694100/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/173995

Actor. Born 19 January 1976 in Noblesville, Indiana, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 January 1976, Noblesville, Indiana, USA
- **Active:** 2024–present
- **Also known as:**  Andrew Powell , درو پاول
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 68 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $93m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Powell_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3039407, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0694100/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/173995

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Ordinary Angels*](https://film.one/film/ordinary-angels.md) (56)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Drew Powell is an American actor. He was born on 19 January 1976 in Noblesville, Indiana, and grew up in Lebanon, Indiana. He graduated from DePauw University in 1998 before moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting.

Powell first appeared on television as Cadet Drew in *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000–2001). He played Hoss Cartwright in the series *Ponderosa* (2001–2002) and later portrayed Butch Gilzean, later known as Solomon Grundy, as a series regular on *Gotham* (2014–2019). His film credits include *1408* (2007) and *Ordinary Angels* (2024), in which he played Pastor Dave Stone.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Crime 101* (2026), Fi1m 67, as Detective Townsend — [page](https://film.one/film/crime-101.md)
- *Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair* (2026), Fi1m 71, as Drew — [page](https://film.one/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair.md)
- *The Pitt* (2025), Fi1m 81, as Doug Driscoll — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-pitt.md)
- *Ordinary Angels* (2024), Fi1m 56, as Pastor Dave Stone — [page](https://film.one/film/ordinary-angels.md)

## Complete filmography (75)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair* (2026), series, as Drew — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair.md)
- *Crime 101* (2026), as Detective Townsend — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/crime-101.md)
- *Teacher’s Pet* (2025), Actor
- *The Unbreakable Boy* (2025), as Joe
- *The Pitt* (2025), series, as Doug Driscoll — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-pitt.md)
- *Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story* (2024), series, as Det. Tom Linehan
- *Space Cadet* (2024), as Drunk Customer (Lucas)
- *Ordinary Angels* (2024), as Pastor Dave Stone — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/ordinary-angels.md)
- *Tracker* (2024), series, as Joe Marsh
- *You're Not Supposed to Be Here* (2023), as Jim
- *A Christmas Mystery* (2022), as George Bottoms
- *Six* (2022), as Middle Aged Guy
- *Ted K* (2021), as Tom
- *Far More* (2021), as Tim Hollister
- *Champ* (2021), as Danny
- *Leverage: Redemption* (2021), series, as Jack Hurley
- *Hightown* (2020), series, as Anthony Delviccario
- *AJ and the Queen* (2020), series, as Carl
- *Yes* (2019), Actor
- *The Rookie* (2018), series, as Eric 'Knuckles' Mills
- *Terror in the Woods* (2018), as Nathan
- *Wanderland* (2018), as Donny Softlicker
- *The Dangerous Book for Boys* (2018), series, as Dash McKenna
- *Station 19* (2018), series, as Fowler
- *9-1-1* (2018), series, as David Cohen
- *Young Sheldon* (2017), series, as Roy
- *Inheritance* (2017), as Del Morse
- *Message from the King* (2017), as Merrick
- *Reparation* (2016), as Chief Fishman
- *Lucifer* (2016), series, as Coach Dale McVey
- *Chicago Med* (2015), series, as Harris Shorr
- *Skeletons* (2015), as Eric Hess
- *Sex, Death and Bowling* (2015), as Tim Hollister
- *The Librarians* (2014), series, as Ray / Spirit of the Library
- *Gotham* (2014), series, as Butch Gilzean, Solomon Grundy
- *Chicago P.D.* (2014), series, as Chris Boyd
- *Ray Donovan* (2013), series, as Gary O'Malley
- *What Would You Do for Love* (2013), Director
- *Guitar Face* (2012), as Paul Werner
- *The Exes* (2011), series, as Jim
- *Unforgettable* (2011), series, as Kevin McMillan
- *Straw Dogs* (2011), as Bic
- *Ringer* (2011), series, as Detective Singer
- *Touchback* (2011), as Dwight Pearson
- *The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway* (2011), as Bear
- *Raising Hope* (2010), series, as Warden
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Coach Eric Blair / Larry Banks — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *Modern Family* (2009), series, as Terry — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md)
- *Castle* (2009), series, as Sam Carson — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/castle.md)
- *Leverage* (2008), series, as Jack Hurley
- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, as Reede Smith — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mentalist.md)
- *True Blood* (2008), series, as Ryder — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/true-blood.md)
- *In Plain Sight* (2008), series, as Sandy / Sandor Kane
- *1408* (2007), as Assistant Hotel Manager
- *Mexican Sunrise* (2007), as Tindol
- *Fugly* (2007), as Dale
- *The Marine* (2006), as Joe
- *Psych* (2006), series, as Football Player
- *Over There* (2005), series, as Marine Recruiter
- *Bones* (2005), series, as Paulo Romano — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Carl Shatler — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *The Office* (2005), series, as The Bartender — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *House* (2004), series, as Anthony — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation* (2004), as Pvt. Kipper Tor
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Fred Hadley — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, as Security Guard
- *Monk* (2002), series, as Eddie Murdoch
- *Ponderosa* (2001), series, as Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Cyrus — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Holding Cell Cop
- *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), series, as Drew
- *Popular* (1999), series, as Bouncer
- *V.I.P.* (1998), series, as Jock
- *Sticky*, as Ralph
- *The Wretched Devours*, as Sheriff Waller

## Gallery

- ![HVFFNYNJ2017Gotham-ALS-17](https://film.one/media/person/301104/gallery-377ea29fb11a.jpg) HVFFNYNJ2017Gotham-ALS-17 — Heroes & Villains, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/HVFFNYNJ2017Gotham-ALS-17_%2823649406778%29.jpg/1280px-HVFFNYNJ2017Gotham-ALS-17_%2823649406778%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![This is a photo of actor Drew Powell. (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/301104/gallery-661814043360.jpg) This is a photo of actor Drew Powell. (2024) — Reunion, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/DrewPowell.jpg/1280px-DrewPowell.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Drew Powell](https://film.one/media/person/301104/gallery-1ed7762dc4c9.jpg) Drew Powell — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Drew_Powell_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Drew_Powell_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Drew Powell speaking at the 2017 WonderCon, for "Gotham", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used els](https://film.one/media/person/301104/gallery-e6b0cc901c8d.jpg) Drew Powell speaking at the 2017 WonderCon, for "Gotham", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used els — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Drew_Powell_%2833710763392%29.jpg/1280px-Drew_Powell_%2833710763392%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Drew Powell speaking at the 2017 WonderCon, for "Gotham", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used els](https://film.one/media/person/301104/gallery-78b08bf193fd.jpg) Drew Powell speaking at the 2017 WonderCon, for "Gotham", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used els — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Drew_Powell_%2833053633583%29.jpg/1280px-Drew_Powell_%2833053633583%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Drew Powell speaking at the 2017 WonderCon, for "Gotham", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used els](https://film.one/media/person/301104/gallery-dfe345923a8f.jpg) Drew Powell speaking at the 2017 WonderCon, for "Gotham", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used els — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Drew_Powell_%2833737624181%29.jpg/1280px-Drew_Powell_%2833737624181%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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