Norman Towns

Norman Towns 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.

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.

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	LieGuys	K.P.	Episode: "Def Jam Lie"
2015	427	Gavin	Episode: "Pilot"
2015	Mind of a Single Male	Mike	Episode: "Game Night"
2015	Living It Up	Darrius Jones	Episode: "Pilot"
2015-16	Black Boots	Colt	Guest: season 1, recurring cast: season 2
2016	Carpool	Damian	Episode: "6"
2016	Journey of a Goddess	Aubrey King	Main cast
2017	Add-TV	-	Episode: "Episode #1.1"
2017	Army of None	Seven Reed	Episode: "Episode #1.1"
2018	Pushing Skills	Mark	Episode: "Pilot"
2018	The Affair	Jonathan	Episode: "Episode #4.7"
2018	For Evan's Sake	Scottie	Episode: "Balls in Her Court"
2019	Those Who Can't	Craig	Episode: "Those Who Could've"
2019	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"