The Glow
He makes music too. The Glow is his own, and it hasn’t been released yet.
Destin Tucker — actor, filmmaker, writer and musician
- Actor
- Writer
- Musician
- Filmmaker
I · Before the role
Before the role, the frame.
- Los AngelesGrew up
- Atlanta2017 · Morehouse College
- FilmClass of 2021
At nineteen he left Los Angeles for Atlanta, to study film at Morehouse College.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution · Aug 2017 ↗II · First frame
Super Breath
- Year
- 2021
- Written and directed by
- Destin Tucker
He wrote and directed it the year he graduated. The year after, he wrapped Spectrophobia, a short thriller he wrote, produced and directed.
Project notesThursday
III · Into the frame
AsLil Smokey
Official film from the Los Angeles Rams. Plays from YouTube.
For their 2026 draft, the Rams went back to the porch of the house from Friday and cast Destin as Lil Smokey, opposite O’Shea Jackson Jr.
- 25 millionviews on X alone. The Sporting Tribune
- Minutesfrom meeting Jackson on set to “cameras up, action.” Sports Illustrated
- WithTerry Crews, YG, Big Boy, and Rams Kevin Dotson, Jared Verse and Byron Young.
“It was like we stepped into the TV screen watching the movie.”
Another scene for Lil Smokey? Destin has said he’s all for it.
IV · Range
Bolted
A psychological thriller.
Destin plays Josh, in Deadline’s words “a haunting manifestation of guilt.”
Directed by Angel McCoughtry.
“Destin walked in fearless, completely committed to the emotional demands of the role.”
V · The camera never left
Still behind the lens.
Acting didn’t replace the filmmaking. What began in Morehouse’s film program still runs through the work: he writes, directs and shoots.
- Super Breath2021Writer · Director
- Spectrophobia2022Writer · Producer · Director
VI · Sound / Word
Before the frame, the page.
He writes the films he directs. Super Breath and Spectrophobia both started as his scripts.
- Super Breath
- Spectrophobia
VII · Signal
The work, moving through the world.
- LoammiAngel McCoughtry on directing Bolted, and on the commitment Destin brought to Josh.
- The Sporting TribuneThursday passes twenty-five million views on X, and the team who made it is profiled.
- Sports IllustratedInside the Thursday shoot, and the bar it set for team films.
- DeadlineDestin joins the cast of Bolted as Josh.
- The Hollywood ReporterA 1995 Los Angeles comedy, restaged for the Rams’ 2026 draft.
- Los Angeles RamsThe Rams announce Thursday, and its cast.
- The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionAt nineteen, Destin moves to Atlanta to begin Morehouse’s film program.
VIII · Now
About Destin Tucker
Destin Tucker grew up in Los Angeles and moved to Atlanta at nineteen to study film at Morehouse College, graduating in 2021. He wrote and directed Super Breath that year, then wrote, produced and directed the short thriller Spectrophobia. In 2026 he played Lil Smokey in the Los Angeles Rams’ Thursday and joined the cast of Angel McCoughtry’s psychological thriller Bolted as Josh.
- From
- Los Angeles
- Studied
- Film, Morehouse College
- Behind the camera
- Directs · Writes · Shoots
- In front of it
- Thursday · Bolted
“I wanted to show them I was ready.”
Closing frame
Let’s make something.
For roles, films, music and writing, Instagram is the way to reach Destin for now.
- Actor
- Writer
- Musician
- Filmmaker