Bill Camp

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Bill Camp at the Tribeca Film Festival (2018)

William "Bill" Camp (born October 13, 1961 in Massachusetts ) is an American actor . He gained fame primarily through the role of Dennis Box from the miniseries The Night Of , which earned him, among other things, a nomination for an Emmy Award .

life and career

Bill Camp comes from the US state of Massachusetts and began his acting career in the theater, where he is very active to this day, even before he was seen in film and television. At the theater he has appeared in plays such as Heartbreak House , Death of a Salesman, and Witch Hunt . For the latter, he received a 2016 Tony Award nomination in the Best Actor category and won a Drama Desk Award in the same category .

Camp has been active in film and television since 1990, after taking on a supporting role in B.'s The Sunny Affair . Further film appearances followed initially in In & Out - Rosa like love , Rounders and Ten Hundred Kings . He took his first guest roles on television in New York Undercover , The Heavenly Joan and Criminal Intent . In 2007 he took on a small supporting role in the film drama A Single Moment . So then also in The Guitar , Deception - Deadly Temptation and Public Enemies .

In 2010 he starred as Glen McCreavy in the film Always Drama Around Tamara . This was followed by appearances in Boardwalk Empire , Good Wife and a supporting role in Damages - Im Netz der Macht . As a result, Camp appeared more and more in film dramas, such as Mr. Jolly in Lincoln , as Radburn in 12 Years a Slave , in the role of a madman on the street in Birdman or (The Unexpected Power of Cluelessness) , as John Callahan in Black Mass or as Malcolm Smith in Jason Bourne , 2016. in the same year he took over the role of Dennis box in the miniseries the night of - the truth of a night radio station HBO . His performance in the series in 2017 brought him a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award in the category Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV movie one. Between 2015 and 2017 he also had a small supporting role in The Leftovers

Since then, other film supporting roles have followed, for example in Gold - Greed Has a New Color , The Killing of a Sacred Deer , Enemies - Hostiles , Molly's Game - All on One Card , Wildlife , Red Sparrow , Land of Habit , Vice - The Second Man or Native Son . In 2018 he also appeared in the miniseries The Looming Tower as Robert Chesney . In 2019 he took on the role of Det.Garrity in Todd Phillips ' Joker .

Private

Bill Camp is the son of a former assistant principal and a librarian. He has been married to fellow actress Elizabeth Marvel since 2004 . Together they are parents of one son.

Filmography (selection)

Awards and nominations

Drama Desk Award
  • 2012: Nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Death of a Salesman (The Salesman)
  • 2016: Nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Witch Hunt (The Crucible)
Obie Award
  • 2002: Award for Best Actor for Homebody / Kabul
Primetime Emmy Award
  • 2017 : Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie for The Night Of
Tony Award

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bill Camp. Accessed March 3, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Elizabeth Marvel, Bill Camp
  3. ^ Simonson, Robert: One Man's Method for Better Acting: Just Stop Doing It . In: The New York Times . December 16, 2007.
personal data
SURNAME Camp, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Camp, William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Massachusetts , United States