Alvin Cowan

Alvin Cowan is a veteran actor, writer, and producer from Austin, Texas, who has worked with legends like Clint Eastwood, James Caan, Bradley Cooper and Bruce Willis. Alvin has a passion for sports, and his football prowess led him to become a record-setting quarterback at Yale, where he was inducted onto the All-Era Team. He then had short camp stints in professional football with both the NFL and AFL. After his athletic career, he moved to LA, and began his entertainment career as an actor by landing a role in Clint Eastwood's "American Sniper." He quickly followed that performance by appearing on Season 2 of HBO's critically-acclaimed series, "Westworld," and a recurring role on Seasons 3 and 5 of Emmy-nominated "This Is Us." He most recently guest-starred in a major role during the final season of the AMC hit, "Better Call Saul." Alvin maintains a strong passion for work behind the scenes, writing a pilot that garnered heavy interest at Netflix with Eric Tannenbaum and Jonas Pate attached. He is currently pitching a sports/war feature based on the #1 Amazon bestseller, The Cloudbuster Nine, while also writing the feature adaptation for coming-of-age drama Raft of Stars. Alvin has developed numerous projects with and for industry heavyweights like Basil Iwanyk, Mona Scott Young, and Entertainment One. During the pandemic, Alvin moved into the podcast space, writing and producing the #1 rated documentary podcast, "American Coyote: The Legend of Elden Kidd," which reached #22 on the overall charts on Apple Podcasts. In this space, he is currently in production on additional audio projects with Cavalry Media/Dana Brunetti, The Athletic, Dear Media, and AudioUp. A lover of the outdoors, he splits his time between Los Angeles and Bend, Oregon with his wife, Laura, daughter, Stella, and their dog, Hank. He is proudly represented for lit by Joe Veltre at Gersh, for podcasting by Arlen Papazian at CAA and Brittney McDade of Stride Management.