--- description: Find out how Tramell Tillman is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. title: Tramell Tillman Is on the 2025 TIME100 Next image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3cacdfb026410093/6998c9fcc8dcb4897ab507f2/t100-next-2025-tramell-Tillman.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 30, 2025 # Tramell Tillman by Colman Domingo  Maya Dehlin Spach—FilmMagic/Getty Images Whenever I watch Tramell Tillman, I’m reminded of the greats who came before us. His humility and groundedness hark back to classic, old-school actors like Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte. He performs with a subtlety that easily pulls you in; it feels like there’s always something else brewing beneath his eyes. He has swagger and charm and an extraordinary onscreen presence­—it’s no wonder people couldn’t stop talking about him in _Severance._ Tramell embodies both grace and gravitas, and I love ­knowing that an actor as interesting as him exists today. Plus, we’re both mama’s boys, so it feels like I have a brother in the industry. But what I admire most about him is that there’s nothing egocentric about his work. Instead, he leads with a soulful kind of curiosity, a profound respect for the craft, and a deep honor for those who came before him. Tramell himself is on the precipice of becoming one of the greats. _Domingo is an Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated actor_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318892/tramell-tillman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318892/tramell-tillman/"},"headline":"Tramell Tillman","datePublished":"2025-09-30T10:59:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:55:15.460Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318892/tramell-tillman/","keywords":["TIME100 Next","sponsorshipblock"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3cacdfb026410093/6998c9fcc8dcb4897ab507f2/t100-next-2025-tramell-Tillman.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3cacdfb026410093/6998c9fcc8dcb4897ab507f2/t100-next-2025-tramell-Tillman.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time100-next/","name":"TIME100 Next"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2025/7318892/tramell-tillman/","name":"Tramell Tillman"}}]}] ```