Norman Towns (born December 26, 1985) is an actor, comedian, and producer. He is best known for his roles as Bennett on HBO's Insecure and the TV series The Affair.
Early life and education Norman Towns was born on December 26, 1985, in Los Angeles, California. Towns began writing skits at the age of 14. Towns was a stand-up comedian for 4 years prior to acting.
Towns played basketball at University of Providence and graduated magna cum laude.
Career In 2014 Towns landed his debut acting role portraying Muhammad Ali in the feature film - I Am Ali.
Towns starred in the BET original series Games People Play, which aired in 2019. In the same year, Towns appeared in two episodes the HBO comedy series Insecure as a guest performer before returning for a recurring role in season four.
In 2020 Towns became the executive producer of the film "The Dunbar Heist," inspired by the Dunbar Armored robbery of 1997.
In 2025, Towns appeared as Willis in the film Him, a psychological sports-horror film produced by Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw Productions, starring Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers and Julia Fox.
Filmography
Film Year Title RoleNotes 2014 I Am Ali Young Ali Documentary The Gambler Brodey Heartless Game Chris Short 2016 Vengeance Ronnie Short Jared and Norman Make a Movie Norman Cooper Input Miles Short Refugee's Mike TV movie 2018 Demetrinox Basketball Player Short Live Josh Jones 2019 Stripped Russ TV movie Smile Joe Short 2020 Swipe Right Miguel Short2025HimWillis
Television
Year Title Role Notes 2014 LieGuys K.P. Episode: "Def Jam Lie" 2015 427 Gavin Episode: "Pilot" Mind of a Single Male Mike Episode: "Game Night" Living It Up Darrius Jones Episode: "Pilot" 2015-16 Black Boots Colt Guest: season 1, recurring cast: season 2 2016 Carpool Damian Episode: "6" Journey of a Goddess Aubrey King Main cast 2017 Add-TV - Episode: "Episode #1.1" Army of None Seven Reed Episode: "Episode #1.1" 2018 Pushing Skills Mark Episode: "Pilot" The Affair Jonathan Episode: "Episode #4.7" For Evan's Sake Scottie Episode: "Balls in Her Court" 2019 Those Who Can't Craig Episode: "Those Who Could've" Games People Play Tyreck Woolridge Episode: "Lover's Moon" 2016-20 Alley Way LaDarkian Guest: season 1, recurring cast: season 2 2020 For the Love of Jason Pierre Episode: "The Shit Hits the Fan" 2020-22 Insecure Bennett 'BJ' Recurring cast: season 4-5 2021 Tough Love: Los Angeles Niko Episode: "Crushing It"
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