Ron Clinton Smith

Ron Clinton Smith is a writer of poems, stories, songs, novels and screenplays, and an actor featured in such films as We Are Marshall, The Mist, Parental Guidance, True Detective, Hidden Figures, Boy Erased, Just Mercy, and Charming The Hearts Of Men. He began his acting career in standup comedy, moved to theater, and later to film and television. In 2012 he published the literary thriller, Creature Storms. His story, A Pilgrimage to Dennis Hopper, appearing in River Teeth Journal of Narrative Nonfiction, was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2014, listed as one of the most notable essays in Best American Essays, 2015. He’s published poems and other stories in Upstreet Magazine, 2 Bridges Review, Litro Magazine, Black Fox Journal, Isele Literary Magazine, and a dozen other journals. His second novel, The Sentry, published in 2025, is available on Kindle. He balances his time between writing and film acting.