Bill Camp

William Camp is an American character actor. He became known for playing supporting roles in many films such as Lincoln (2012), Compliance (2012), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Love and Mercy (2015), Loving (2016), Molly's Game (2017), Vice (2018), Wildlife (2018), Joker (2019) and News of the World (2021), as well as the HBO miniseries The Night Of in 2016 and The Outsider in 2020, and the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit in 2020. He also had a recurring role in the HBO drama series The Leftovers from 2015 to 2017 and the Hulu space drama series The First in 2018.
Camp has appeared in many television series and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his role in the miniseries The Night Of (2016). He was nominated for a Tony Award for his role in the 2016 Broadway revival of the play The Crucible.
==Career==
=== Theatre ===
Initially, Camp was largely active in theatre, but has taken on character roles in both film and television. In 2002, he left acting and temporarily changed professions (as a cook and mechanic), only to return two years later in Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul, for which he won an Obie Award (Off-Broadway Theater Awards).
Among his works on Broadway are Heartbreak House (2006), Death of a Salesman (2012) and The Crucible (2016). In 2006, Camp joined, Philip Bosco and Lily Rabe in the Broadway revival of Heartbreak House at the Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre. In 2012, Camp joined Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Andrew Garfield in Mike Nichols' Broadway Revival of Death of a Salesman at The Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The show ran from March 15, 2012 through June 02, 2012 and earned rave reviews, and won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. In 2016, he starred in the Broadway Revival of The Crucible alongside Saoirse Ronan, Ben Whishaw, Ciaran Hinds and Sophie Okenedo at the Walter Kerr Theatre. He received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play nomination for The Crucible.
Off-Broadway credits include starring as Gordon in Sarah Ruhl's Dead Man's Cell Phone at Playwrights Horizons in 2008, before having to withdraw due to other work commitments.
=== Film ===
Camp has starred in a wide variety of films such as Lincoln(2012), 12 Years a Slave(2013), Love and Mercy(2015), Loving(2016), Molly's Game(2017), Vice(2018), Wildlife (2018), Dark Waters (2019), Joker (2019), The Kitchen(2019), & News of the World (2021)
=== Television ===
In 2011, he appeared in the second season of the HBO TV series Boardwalk Empire as the hunter Glenmore. Camp has also appeared in Law & Order, The Good Wife, The Leftovers and The Night Of, receiving a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for The Night Of. In 2018, he played FBI agent Bob Chesney, in the critically acclaimed and Emmy-nominated miniseries The Looming Tower. In 2020, Camp became narrator of Forensic Files II on HLN and played Mr. Shaibel in The Queen's Gambit.
== Personal Life ==
Camp was raised in Massachusetts, and is the son of Patricia L., a librarian, and Peter B. Camp, who was an assistant headmaster at the Groton School. He attended the University of Vermont, where he played intramural hockey. He married actress Elizabeth Marvel on September 4, 2004. They have one son.
== Filmography ==
Year	Title 	Role 	Director 	Notes
1990	Reversal of Fortune 	Bill 	Barbet Schroeder 	
1997	In & Out 	Bachelor Party Guest	Frank Oz 	
1998	Rounders 	Eisenberg 	John Dahl 	
2005	The Dying Gaul 	Malcolm 	Craig Lucas 	
2007	Reservation Road 	Desk Cop 	Terry George 	
2008	The Guitar 	Pa Wilder 	Amy Redford 	
2008	Deception 	Clancey Controller 	Marcel Langenegger 	
2009	Public Enemies 	Frank Nitti 	Michael Mann 	
2010	Tamara Drewe 	Glen McGreavey 	Stephen Frears 	
2012	Compliance 	Van 	Craig Zobel 	
2012	Lawless 	Sheriff Hodges 	John Hillcoat 	
2012	Lincoln 	Mr. Jolly 	Steven Spielberg 	
2013	12 Years a Slave 	Radburn 	Steve McQueen 	
2013	The Maid's Room 	Mr. Crawford 	Michael Walker 	
2014	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)	Crazy Man 	Alejandro G. Iñárritu	
2014	Love & Mercy 	Murry Wilson 	Bill Pohlad 	
2015	Aloha 	Bob Largent 	Cameron Crowe 	
2015	Black Mass 	John Callahan 	Scott Cooper 	
2016	Midnight Special 	Doak 	Jeff Nichols 	
2016	Loving 	Frank Beazley 	Jeff Nichols 	
2016	Jason Bourne 	Malcolm Smith 	Paul Greengrass 	
2016	Gold 	Hollis Dresher 	Stephen Gaghan 	
2017	Crown Heights 	William Robedee 	Matt Ruskin 	
2017	The Killing of a Sacred Deer 	Matthew Williams 	Yorgos Lanthimos 	
2017	The Only Living Boy in New York 	Uncle Buster 	Marc Webb 	
2017	Hostiles 	Jeremiah Wilks 	Scott Cooper 	
2017	Molly's Game 	Harlan Eustice 	Aaron Sorkin 	
2017	Woman Walks Ahead 	General Crook 	Susanna White 	
2018	Wildlife 	Warren Miller 	Paul Dano 	
2018	Red Sparrow 	Marty Gable 	Francis Lawrence 	
2018	Skin 	Fred "Hammer" Krager	Guy Nattiv 	
2018	The Land of Steady Habits 	Donny O'Connell 	Nicole Holofcener 	
2018	Vice 	Gerald Ford 	Adam McKay 	
2019	Native Son 	Henry Dalton 	Rashid Johnson 	
2019	The Kitchen 	Alfonso Coretti 	Andrea Berloff 	
2019	Joker 	Detective Garrity 	Todd Phillips 	
2019	Dark Waters 	Wilbur Tennant 	Todd Haynes 	
2020	News of the World 	Willie Branholme 	Paul Greengrass 	
2021	Passing 	Hugh Wentworth 	Rebecca Hall 	
2021	With/In: Volume 2 	 	Himself
Elizabeth Marvel	Segment: "In the Air"; also writer and director
TBA 	Sound of Freedom 	Batman 	Alejandro Montever
de	Completed
== Television ==
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1990 	Great Performances 	Marcellus / Sailor / Player	Episode: "Hamlet"
1994 	New York Undercover 	Bronski 	Episode: "Pilot"
1995 	New York News 	 	Episode: "Past Imperfect"
1999–2004	Law & Order 	Denny Rogis / Barney Rade 	2 episodes
2000 	The Great Gatsby 	Wilson 	TV movie
2003 	Joan of Arcadia 	Painter God 	Episode: "St. Joan"
2005 	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Mickey 	Episode: "Acts of Contrition"
2008 	Brotherhood 	Agent Jarvis 	3 episodes
2011 	Boardwalk Empire 	Glenmore 	Episode: "Gimcrack & Bunkum"
2011 	The Good Wife 	Daniel Clove 	Episode: "Parenting Made Easy"
2012 	Damages 	Samurai Seven/Hacker 	6 episodes
2014–2015	Manhattan 	William Hogarth 	5 episodes
2015–2017	The Leftovers 	David Burton 	4 episodes
2016 	The Night Of 	Dennis Box 	8 episodes
2018 	The Looming Tower 	Robert Chesney 	Miniseries; 8 episodes
2018 	The First 	Aaron Shultz 	Episode: "Collisions"
2020 	The Outsider 	Howard Salomon 	Miniseries; 10 episodes
2020 	Forensic Files II 	Narrator 	Succeeding Peter Thomas
2020 	Monsterland 	Stan 	Episode: "New York, New York"
2020 	The Queen's Gambit 	Mr. Shaibel 	Miniserie
s; 4 episodes
== Awards ==
Year	Awards 	Category 	Work 	Result 	Ref.
2017	Primetime Emmy Awards 	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie	The Night Of 	Nominated	
2021	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie 	The Queen's Gambit	Nominated	
2016	Tony Awards 	Best Featured Actor in a Play 	The Crucible 	Nominated	
==External links==
*Bill Camp at the Internet Movie Database
Category:Living people
Category:1961 births
Category:Actors
Category:American male actors
Category:21st-century American male actors
Category:Male actors from Massachusetts