Bill Camp

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**William Camp** (born October 13, 1961) is an American character actor. He became known for playing supporting roles in many films such as *Lincoln* (2012), *12 Years a Slave* (2013), *Love and Mercy* (2015), *Loving* (2016), *Molly's Game* (2017), *Vice* (2018), *Wildlife* (2018), and *Joker* (2019).

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

Camp was initially 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*.

### 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) and *Joker* (2019).

### 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* and *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.

## 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.

## References

1. ↑ Simonson, Robert (December 16, 2007). "One Man's Method for Better Acting: Just Stop Doing It". *The New York Times*. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/theater/16simo.html.
2. ↑ Walat, Kathryn (March 2009). "He'll See You in Hell". *American Theatre*. lajollaplayhouse.org. pp. 40–42, 71–72. http://www.lajollaplayhouse.org/downloads/Camp\_Interview.pdf.
3. ↑ Soloski, Alexis (November 3, 2010). "Bill Camp and Dostoyevsky Go Underground". *The Village Voice*. http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-11-03/theater/bill-camp-and-dostoyevsky-go-underground/.
4. ↑ "The Looming Tower". https://www.emmys.com/shows/looming-tower.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Elizabeth Marvel, Bill Camp". September 5, 2004. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/05/fashion/weddings/elizabeth-marvel-bill-camp.html.
6. ↑ "Bill Camp’s second act - The Boston Globe". https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/theater-art/2016/06/02/bill-camp-second-act/NIyfskTjXa7NZOrwLoKaTL/story.html.
7. ↑ https://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/iteam/actor-bill-camp-narrates-road-nhl-winter-classic-blog-entry-1.2487369
8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 "Bill Camp Theatre Credits, News, Bio and Photos" (in en). https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Bill-Camp/.
9. ↑ "Bill Camp". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0131966/awards.
10. ↑ "Bill Camp". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0131966/bio.

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