Bill Camp
Bill Camp (born 1963/1964) is an American actor. He has played supporting roles in many films such as "Lincoln" (2012), "Compliance" (2012), "12 Years a Slave" (2013), "Love & Mercy" (2015), "Loving" (2016), "Molly's Game" (2017), "Vice" (2018), "Wildlife" (2018), "Joker" (2019), and "News of the World" (2021); the HBO miniseries "The Night Of" in 2016 and "The Outsider" in 2020; and the Netflix miniseries "The Queen's Gambit" in 2020. He 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". Early life. Camp was born and 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. 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 (working 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 2, 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), "Woman Walks Ahead" (2017), "Vice" (2018), "Wildlife" (2018), "Dark Waters" (2019), "Joker" (2019), and "The Kitchen" (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", "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". Camp had a secondary but significant role in Jeff Daniels' TV miniseries, "American Rust," in 2021, on Showtime. His performance was widely praised by television critics. The script was an adaptation of Philipp Meyer's novel of the same title. Personal life. He married actress Elizabeth Marvel on September 4, 2004. They have one son.