Kevin McClatchy oversees the acting curriculum in the Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts. McClatchy has been a working actor for thirty years in theatre, film and television. He is also the director of the Shakespeare and Autism Project and is the lead facilitator of the Shakespeare & Veterans Initiative, a collaborative partnership with the Columbus VA. 

In April 2024, McClatchy was appointed the Ohio State Artist Laureate and spent the following year traveling throughout Ohio, bringing Shakespeare and Autism as well as his solo show Scrap Heap to various communities. 

McClatchy's recent acting credits include a residency at the Wexner Center for the Arts with Scrap Heap,  The Tempest at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the films Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, Old Man and the Gun, and On Sacred Ground as well as episodes of WGN's Outsiders and NBC/Universal's Gone.

His research interests include acting technique, the use of Laban Movement Analysis for film and television acting, creating new work through civic engagement, and contemporary Irish theatre. McClatchy is a member of Actors' Equity Association, SAG/AFTRA and the Voice and Speech Trainer Association.