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Drew Powell (actor)

American actor (born 1976)

Field	Value
name	Drew Powell
image	DrewPowell.jpg
caption	Powell in 2024
birth_date
birth_place	Noblesville, Indiana
occupation	Actor
years_active	2000–present
spouse	Veronica Powell
children	1

Andrew "Drew" Powell (born January 19, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Hoss Cartwright on the PAX series Ponderosa, Cadet Drew on Malcolm in the Middle, and Butch Gilzean/Cyrus Gold/Solomon Grundy, a series regular, on FOX's Gotham.

Early life and education

Powell was born in Noblesville, Indiana and grew up in Lebanon, Indiana, graduating from Lebanon Senior High School. He graduated from DePauw University in 1998 and moved to Los Angeles where he soon began auditioning for acting roles.

Career

His first television role was as a cadet on Fox's Malcolm in the Middle. He appeared in thirteen episodes. Soon after, he portrayed Hoss Cartwright on the series Ponderosa, a prequel to Bonanza which premiered in 2001 on PAX. Powell has had guest appearances on many television shows including Psych, House, Leverage, ER, Cold Case, and Without a Trace. On Fox's Gotham he plays the recurring role of Butch Gilzean, chief enforcer for Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith).

He portrayed Bic in the 2011 film Straw Dogs, a remake of the 1971 film of the same name. The remake was directed by Rod Lurie and starred James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, and Alexander Skarsgård. It was released September 16, 2011.

Personal life

While shooting The Ponderosa in Australia, Powell met his wife, Veronica, who was a make-up artist on the show. They have one son, born in 2011. They live in Los Angeles.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation	Pvt. Kipper Tor	Video
2006	The Window	Detective	Short
The Marine	Joe
2007	Mexican Sunrise	Tindol
1408	Assistant Hotel Manager
2009	The System	Jimmy	Short
The Five Stages of Grief of a TV Guest Star	Himself	Short
2010	Camp Hell	Bob
2011	Straw Dogs	Bic
Touchback	Dwight Pearson
2012	Guitar Face	Paul Werner	Short
Safe Room	Leo	Short
Impulsive	Joey	Short
2013	Ivanov Red, White, and Blue	Agent X	Short
2015	Reparation	CMS Fishman
Sex, Death and Bowling	Tim Hollister
Skeletons	Eric Hess	Short
2016	Parachute Girls	Ash	Short
Message from the King	Merrick
2017	Inheritance	Del Morse
Geostorm	Chris Campbell
Hutterite	Minister	Short
2018	Wanderland	Donny Softlicker
2021	Far More	Tim Hollister
Ted K	Tom
Champ	Danny	Short
2022	Six	John	Short
A Christmas Mystery	George Bottoms
2023	Soda	Totally Manly Man	Short
2024	Ordinary Angels	Pastor Dave
Space Cadet	Lucas
2025	Teacher's Pet	Detective Sommers
The Unbreakable Boy	Joe
2026	Crime 101	Detective Townsend

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000–01	Malcolm in the Middle	Cadet Drew	Recurring cast (season 1–2)
2001	Popular	Bouncer	Episode: "It's Greek To Me"
V.I.P.	Jock	Episode: "21 Val Street"
2001–02	Ponderosa	Eric "Hoss" Cartwright	Main cast
2004	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Holding Cell Cop	Episode: "Bloodlines"
2005	Over There	Marine Recruiter	Episode: "Situation Normal"
2006	Monk	Eddie Murdoch	Episode: "Mr. Monk Can't See a Thing"
2007	Cold Case	Casey Evans	Episode: "Stand Up and Holler"
The Office	The Bartender	Episode: "Local Ad"
Without a Trace	Security Guard	Episode: "Run"
2008	ER	Dennis Voltaire	Episode: "Truth Will Out"
House	Anthony	Episode: "Adverse Events"
2009	Psych	Football Player	Episode: "Any Given Friday Night at 10PM, 9PM Central"
In Plain Sight	Sandor Kane/Sandy	Episode: "A Stand-Up Triple"
2009–11	Leverage	Jack Hurley	Guest cast (season 1 & 4)
2011	Memphis Beat	Clay Williams	Episode: "At the River"
Ringer	Detective Singer	Episode: "It's Gonna Kill Me, But I'll Do It"
American Horror Story	Detective Collier	Episode: "Home Invasion"
Grey's Anatomy	Carl Shatler	Episode: "Put Me In, Coach"
Unforgettable	Kevin McMillan	Episode: "Lost Things"
The Pee-wee Herman Show	Bear/Mr. Window (voice)	TV movie
2012	Southland	Officer Merkel	Recurring cast (season 4)
Raising Hope	Warden	Recurring cast (season 2)
Awake	George O'Dell	Episode: "Game Day"
Necessary Roughness	Ryan 'Rhino' Norton	Episode: "What's Eating You?"
True Blood	Ryder	Episode: "Somebody That I Used To Know"
Bones	Paulo Romano	Episode: "The Partners In The Divorce"
NCIS	Fred Hadly	Episode: "Gone"
Modern Family	Terry	Episode: "When a Tree Falls"
2012–13	The Mentalist	Reede Smith	Recurring cast (season 5–6)
2013	Hawaii Five-0	Coach Eric Blair/Larry Banks	Episode: "Na Ki'i (Dolls)"
Major Crimes	Ron Browning	Episode: "Rules of Engagement"
Twisted	Coach Harry Chandler	Recurring cast
2013–20	Ray Donovan	Gary O'Malley	Guest cast (season 1 & 7)
2014	Castle	Sam Carson	Episode: "Room 147"
2014–18	Gotham	Cyrus "Butch Gilzean" Gold	Recurring cast (season 1), main cast (season 2–4)
2015	Man Jam	Bud	Main cast
Aquarius	Tolson	Episode: "A Change Is Gonna Come"
The Exes	Jim	Episode: "Finding Mr. Wrong"
The Librarians	Ray	Episode: "And the Hollow Men"
2018	Terror in the Woods	Nathan	TV movie
2019	9-1-1	David Cohen	Episode: "Broken"
Chicago P.D.	Chris Boyd	Episode: "Reckoning"
Looking for Alaska	Frank Young	Episode: "Now Comes the Mystery"
2020	AJ and the Queen	Carl	Episode: "Little Rock"
Hightown	Anthony Delviccario	Recurring cast (season 1)
Station 19	Fowler	Episode: "Nothing Seems the Same"
2021	Coyote	Joe Don Walker	Recurring cast
Lucifer	Coach Dale McVey	Episode: "Bloody Celestial Karaoke Jam"
2021–25	Leverage: Redemption	Jack Hurley	2 episodes
2022	Young Sheldon	Roy	Recurring cast (season 5)
2023	The Rookie	Eric 'Knuckles' Mills	Episode: "Daddy Cop"
Cooper's Bar	Griff	Recurring cast (season 2)
You're Not Supposed to Be Here	Jim	TV movie
2024	Chicago Med	Harris Shorr	Episode: "Row Row Row Your Boat on a Rocky Sea"
Curb Your Enthusiasm	Cyrus York	Recurring cast (season 12)
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story	Det. Tom Linehan	2 episodes
2025	The Pitt	Doug Driscoll	Recurring cast

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2012	Hitman: Absolution	Wade Goon, Dexter Industries Guards, Hope Cops, Blackwater Penthouse Guards
2013	Grand Theft Auto V	Various
2022	Horizon Forbidden West	Izvad, Jomar, Additional Voices

References

Rose, Mike. (January 19, 2023). "Today's famous birthdays list for January 19, 2023 includes celebrities Dolly Parton, Jodie Sweetin".
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Guyett, Susan. [http://www.drewpowell.com/media6.html "Hoosier actor finds Hollywood success"] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-03-12 , ''The Indianapolis Star'', December 7, 2008. Retrieved July 14, 2011.)
link. (2012-10-12 , comingsoon.net, May 13, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2011.)
[http://www.drewpowell.com/biography.html "Drew Powell Biography"] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-08-10 .)

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