---
name: "Bill Camp"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-camp"
fi1m_id: "bill-camp"
imdb_id: "nm0131966"
tmdb_id: 121718
wikidata_id: "Q3639959"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 October 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 21
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 21
updated: "2026-10-22T01:56:12.614045+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bill Camp

## Identity

Bill Camp

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bill-camp
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bill-camp
- **IMDb ID:** nm0131966
- **TMDB ID:** 121718
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3639959
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Camp, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3639959, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0131966/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/121718

Actor. Born 22 October 1964 in Bradford, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 October 1964, Bradford, Massachusetts, USA
- **Active:** 1990–present
- **Also known as:** William Camp, William J Camp
- **Frequently works with:** [Gregory Goodman](https://film.one/person/gregory-goodman.md), [Margaret Qualley](https://film.one/person/margaret-qualley.md), [Paul Greengrass](https://film.one/person/paul-greengrass.md), [Richard Price](https://film.one/person/richard-price.md), [Zazie Beetz](https://film.one/person/zazie-beetz.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 21 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 75 (1), 2000s 64 (1), 2010s 71 (12), 2020s 64 (7)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 67 across 20 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 12 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 14 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 18, Crime 7, History 6, Comedy 5, Thriller 4, Adventure 3
- **Screen time:** 35 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,865m across 16 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Camp, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3639959, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0131966/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/121718

## Coming up

- *Nocturne* (2026-10-29), as Chief Ellison — [page](https://film.one/tv/nocturne.md)
- *Karoshi* (2027-01-28)

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Night Of*](https://film.one/tv/the-night-of.md) (81), [*The Killing of a Sacred Deer*](https://film.one/film/the-killing-of-a-sacred-deer.md) (72), [*The Outsider*](https://film.one/tv/the-outsider.md) (68), [*How to Make a Killing*](https://film.one/film/how-to-make-a-killing.md) (55)
- **Netflix:** [*Passing*](https://film.one/film/passing.md) (80), [*Sirens*](https://film.one/tv/sirens.md) (75)
- **Apple TV:** [*Molly's Game*](https://film.one/film/mollys-game.md) (70), [*Joker*](https://film.one/film/joker.md) (63)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Vice*](https://film.one/film/vice.md) (61), [*Sound of Freedom*](https://film.one/film/sound-of-freedom.md) (47)
- **Disney+:** [*The Looming Tower*](https://film.one/tv/the-looming-tower.md) (70)
- **Peacock:** [*News of the World*](https://film.one/film/news-of-the-world.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Bill Camp

> Bill Camp makes supporting characters seem occupied with something other than the star. We rate his understatement, though some films give him a task and scarcely enough time to suggest the person doing it.

In *Drive-Away Dolls* (2024), Bill Camp’s Curlie runs the car lot where Jamie and Marian are handed the wrong keys. Ethan Coen’s comedy needs him to help set the trouble going, not to stop proceedings for an actor’s turn. Camp’s strength is that he can fit into an ensemble without making a supporting role feel like an audition for the lead. We like that understatement, but it does not make this brisk, slight comedy any more substantial.

He spent the 1990s and 2000s in supporting parts after *Reversal of Fortune* (1990), with wider recognition arriving in the early 2010s. Television helped establish him through Detective Dennis Box in *The Night Of* (2016) and the mentor Mr. Shaibel in *The Queen’s Gambit* (2020). These are different kinds of authority, both well suited to an actor who need not announce his importance. He is comfortable playing someone with a job to do, without asking for special attention whenever he does it. That restraint works across drama and comedy.

The limit is plain in *How to Make a Killing* (2026), where he plays Warren Redfellow alongside fellow relatives played by Ed Harris, Zach Woods and Topher Grace. John Patton Ford gives these good actors a scene or two apiece, and editor Harrison Atkins cuts the action quickly and cleanly. We were frustrated by how briefly the family registered, because there was scarcely time to take an interest in them. The film keeps moving when it could usefully stop and let its supporting actors make somebody uncomfortable.

*Sirens* (2025), with Camp as Bruce DeWitt, is the more rewarding evening, though Meghann Fahy and the sisters’ strained relationship are its chief pleasures. Our regard for Camp is no promise that every production will use him well. Small parts can be functional, and quiet acting alone will not make an underwritten character interesting. Try *The Night Of* before judging him by the films that only borrow him for a scene.

## Biography

Bill Camp is an American actor. He was born on 22 October 1964 in Massachusetts.

He has appeared in supporting roles in films including *Lincoln* (2012), *12 Years a Slave* (2013), *Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* (2014), *Public Enemies* (2009), *Joker* (2019), *Drive-Away Dolls* (2024) as Curlie, and *How to Make a Killing* (2026) as Warren Redfellow. On television he has played Mr. Shaibel in the Netflix miniseries *The Queen's Gambit* (2020) and Bruce DeWitt in the series *Sirens* (2025).

Camp received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in the miniseries *The Night Of* (2016) and *Presumed Innocent* (2024). He was nominated for a Tony Award for his role in the 2016 Broadway revival of *The Crucible*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (21)

- *How to Make a Killing* (2026), Fi1m 55, as Warren Redfellow — [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-make-a-killing.md)
- *Sirens* (2025), Fi1m 75, as Bruce DeWitt — [page](https://film.one/tv/sirens.md)
- *Drive-Away Dolls* (2024), Fi1m 60, as Curlie — [page](https://film.one/film/drive-away-dolls.md)
- *Sound of Freedom* (2023), Fi1m 47, as Vampiro — [page](https://film.one/film/sound-of-freedom.md)
- *Passing* (2021), Fi1m 80, as Hugh Wentworth — [page](https://film.one/film/passing.md)
- *News of the World* (2020), Fi1m 65, as Mr. Branholme — [page](https://film.one/film/news-of-the-world.md)
- *The Outsider* (2020), Fi1m 68, as Howie Gold — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-outsider.md)
- *Joker* (2019), Fi1m 63, as Detective Garrity — [page](https://film.one/film/joker.md)
- *The Looming Tower* (2018), Fi1m 70, as Robert Chesney — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-looming-tower.md)
- *Vice* (2018), Fi1m 61, as Gerald Ford — [page](https://film.one/film/vice.md)
- *Hostiles* (2017), Fi1m 58, as Jeremiah Wilks — [page](https://film.one/film/hostiles.md)
- *Molly's Game* (2017), Fi1m 70, as Harlan Eustice — [page](https://film.one/film/mollys-game.md)
- *The Killing of a Sacred Deer* (2017), Fi1m 72, as Matthew Williams — [page](https://film.one/film/the-killing-of-a-sacred-deer.md)
- *Jason Bourne* (2016), Fi1m 61, as Malcolm Smith — [page](https://film.one/film/jason-bourne.md)
- *The Night Of* (2016), Fi1m 81, as Dennis Box — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-night-of.md)
- *Black Mass* (2015), Fi1m 58, as John Callahan — [page](https://film.one/film/black-mass.md)
- *Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* (2014), Fi1m 82, as Crazy Man — [page](https://film.one/film/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance.md)
- *12 Years a Slave* (2013), Fi1m 91, as Radburn — [page](https://film.one/film/12-years-a-slave.md)
- *Lincoln* (2012), Fi1m 82, as Mr. Jolly — [page](https://film.one/film/lincoln.md)
- *Public Enemies* (2009), Fi1m 64, as Frank Nitti — [page](https://film.one/film/public-enemies.md)
- *Reversal of Fortune* (1990), Fi1m 75, as Bill — [page](https://film.one/film/reversal-of-fortune.md)

## Complete filmography (84)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Karoshi* (2027), Actor
- *Nocturne* (2026), series, as Chief Ellison — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/nocturne.md)
- *Matchbox the Movie* (2026), as Smalley — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/matchbox-the-movie.md)
- *Ponderosa* (2026), as George · Executive Producer
- *How to Make a Killing* (2026), as Warren Redfellow — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/how-to-make-a-killing.md)
- *Run Amok* (2026), as Mr. Hunt
- *The American Revolution* (2025), series, as (voice)
- *The Mastermind* (2025), as Judge William Mooney
- *Honey Don't!* (2025), as Drive-Thru Customer
- *Sirens* (2025), series, as Bruce DeWitt — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/sirens.md)
- *Zero Day* (2025), series, as CIA Director Jeremy Lasch
- *Transplant* (2024), as Dr. Edward Harmon · Executive Producer
- *Salem's Lot* (2024), as Matt Burke
- *Presumed Innocent* (2024), series, as Raymond Horgan
- *A Man in Full* (2024), series, as Harry Zale
- *Drive-Away Dolls* (2024), as Curlie — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/drive-away-dolls.md)
- *The Burial* (2023), as Ray Loewen
- *Sound of Freedom* (2023), as Vampiro — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/sound-of-freedom.md)
- *Boston Strangler* (2023), as Commissioner McNamara
- *White Noise* (2022), as Man With TV
- *Lincoln's Dilemma* (2022), series, as Abraham Lincoln (voice)
- *The Gilded Age* (2022), series, as JP Morgan
- *Passing* (2021), as Hugh Wentworth — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/passing.md)
- *American Rust* (2021), series, as Henry English
- *With/In Volume 2* (2021), as (segment "In the Air") · Director, Screenplay
- *News of the World* (2020), as Mr. Branholme — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/news-of-the-world.md)
- *The Queen's Gambit* (2020), series, as Mr. Shaibel — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-queens-gambit.md)
- *Monsterland* (2020), series, as Stanley Price
- *Forensic Files II* (2020), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *The Outsider* (2020), series, as Howie Gold — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-outsider.md)
- *Dark Waters* (2019), as Wilbur Tennant
- *Joker* (2019), as Detective Garrity — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/joker.md)
- *The Kitchen* (2019), as Alfonso Coretti
- *Skin* (2019), as Fred 'Hammer' Krager
- *Native Son* (2019), as Henry Dalton
- *Vice* (2018), as Gerald Ford — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/vice.md)
- *Wildlife* (2018), as Warren Miller
- *The Land of Steady Habits* (2018), as Donny
- *Woman Walks Ahead* (2018), as General Crook
- *Red Sparrow* (2018), as Marty Gable
- *The Looming Tower* (2018), series, as Robert Chesney — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-looming-tower.md)
- *Hostiles* (2017), as Jeremiah Wilks — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/hostiles.md)
- *Molly's Game* (2017), as Harlan Eustice — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/mollys-game.md)
- *The Killing of a Sacred Deer* (2017), as Matthew Williams — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-killing-of-a-sacred-deer.md)
- *Crown Heights* (2017), as William Robedee
- *The Only Living Boy in New York* (2017), as Uncle Buster
- *Loving* (2016), as Frank Beazley
- *Jason Bourne* (2016), as Malcolm Smith — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/jason-bourne.md)
- *The Night Of* (2016), series, as Dennis Box — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-night-of.md)
- *All Access: Quest for the Stanley Cup* (2016), series, as Narrator
- *Midnight Special* (2016), as Doak
- *Gold* (2016), as Hollis Dresher
- *Black Mass* (2015), as John Callahan — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/black-mass.md)
- *Aloha* (2015), as Bob Largent
- *Love & Mercy* (2015), as Murry Wilson
- *Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* (2014), as Crazy Man — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance.md)
- *The Maid's Room* (2014), as Mr. Crawford
- *Manhattan* (2014), series, as William Hogarth
- *The Leftovers* (2014), series, as Man on Bridge, Man at the Bar, David Burton, David Burton (voice) — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md)
- *Rick and Morty* (2013), series, as (voice) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/rick-and-morty.md)
- *12 Years a Slave* (2013), as Radburn — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/12-years-a-slave.md)
- *Lincoln* (2012), as Mr. Jolly — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/lincoln.md)
- *Lawless* (2012), as Sheriff Hodges
- *Compliance* (2012), as Van
- *Tamara Drewe* (2010), as Glen McCreavy
- *Coach* (2010), as Coach Buehl
- *The Good Wife* (2009), series, as Daniel Clove — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-good-wife.md)
- *Public Enemies* (2009), as Frank Nitti — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/public-enemies.md)
- *The Guitar* (2008), as Pa Wilder
- *Deception* (2008), as Clancey Controller
- *Reservation Road* (2007), as Desk Trooper
- *Damages* (2007), series, as Samurai Seven, Hacker — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/damages.md)
- *The Dying Gaul* (2005), as Malcolm
- *Joan of Arcadia* (2003), series, as Painter God
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Mickey
- *The Great Gatsby* (2000), as Wilson
- *Rounders* (1998), as Eisenberg
- *In & Out* (1997), as Bachelor Party Guest
- *William Shakespeare's Hamlet* (1990), as Marcellus/Sailor/Player
- *Reversal of Fortune* (1990), as Bill — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/reversal-of-fortune.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Denny Rogis, Barney Rade — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Judgment Day*, Actor
- *Operation Fastlink*, Actor
- *Turpentine*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Bill Camp](https://film.one/media/person/6993/gallery-f449a9829d70.jpg) Bill Camp — Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Bill_Camp_%2851526%29.jpg/1280px-Bill_Camp_%2851526%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bill Camp during the discussion following the U.S. premiere of Woman Walks Ahead at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/6993/gallery-a28c7c31b266.jpg) Bill Camp during the discussion following the U.S. premiere of Woman Walks Ahead at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. — Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Bill_Camp_%2851526%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Bill_Camp_%2851526%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bill Camp and Chaske Spencer during a discussion following the U.S. premiere of Woman Walks Ahead at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/6993/gallery-9b41c1994173.jpg) Bill Camp and Chaske Spencer during a discussion following the U.S. premiere of Woman Walks Ahead at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. — Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Bill_Camp_and_Chaske_Spencer_%2851542%29.jpg/1280px-Bill_Camp_and_Chaske_Spencer_%2851542%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Discussion following the U.S. premiere of Woman Walks Ahead at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, including Erika Olde, Bill Camp, Chaske Spencer, Sam Rockwell, Mi](https://film.one/media/person/6993/gallery-b550d96f6409.jpg) Discussion following the U.S. premiere of Woman Walks Ahead at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, including Erika Olde, Bill Camp, Chaske Spencer, Sam Rockwell, Mi — Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Woman_Walks_Ahead_panel_%2851472%29.jpg/1280px-Woman_Walks_Ahead_panel_%2851472%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bill Camp](https://film.one/media/person/6993/gallery-389c7b9d85f0.jpg) Bill Camp — Image via TMDB
- ![Bill Camp, Chaske Spencer, Sam Rockwell, Michael Greyeyes, and Susanna White during a discussion following the U.S. premiere of Woman Walks Ahead at the 2018 Tr](https://film.one/media/person/6993/gallery-a098fbb9115b.jpg) Bill Camp, Chaske Spencer, Sam Rockwell, Michael Greyeyes, and Susanna White during a discussion following the U.S. premiere of Woman Walks Ahead at the 2018 Tr — Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Woman_Walks_Ahead_panel_%2851566%29.jpg/1280px-Woman_Walks_Ahead_panel_%2851566%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play 2016: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (nominated), for *The Crucible*
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play 2012: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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