---
name: "Bill Hoag"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-hoag"
fi1m_id: "bill-hoag"
imdb_id: "nm0387423"
tmdb_id: 164177
wikidata_id: "Q22893822"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 November 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T01:18:03.353153+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 Hoag

## Identity

Bill Hoag

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bill-hoag
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bill-hoag
- **IMDb ID:** nm0387423
- **TMDB ID:** 164177
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22893822
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22893822, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0387423/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/164177

Actor. Born 11 November 1952 in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 November 1952, New York City
- **Active:** 1986–2018
- **Also known as:** William P. Hoag
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 74 (1), 2010s 86 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22893822, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0387423/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/164177

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*First Reformed*](https://film.one/film/first-reformed.md) (86)

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

## Biography

Bill Hoag is an American actor. He attended Saint Francis Preparatory High School in Brooklyn and Saint Francis College, where he took acting classes and performed with the college theatre group The Troupers. After graduation he appeared in the starring role of the Off-Broadway comedy Dungalore. His career in theatre, television and film has spanned more than forty years.

He is known for playing John Elder in the 2018 film *First Reformed*, directed by Paul Schrader, and Bill Chapman in the Netflix series *Orange Is the New Black* (2013–2019). Other credits include roles in *Godzilla* (1998), *In & Out* (1997, as William P. Hoag), *The Devil's Own* (1997) and multiple episodes of the *Law & Order* franchise.

*Sources: imdb.com, courierpress.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *First Reformed* (2018), Fi1m 86, as John Elder — [page](https://film.one/film/first-reformed.md)
- *Salvador* (1986), Fi1m 74, as 2nd Immigration Officer — [page](https://film.one/film/salvador.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *The Chaperone* (2019), as Jack
- *First Reformed* (2018), as John Elder — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/first-reformed.md)
- *The Mysteries of Laura* (2014), series, as Police Chief
- *Orange Is the New Black* (2013), series, as Bill Chapman — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/orange-is-the-new-black.md)
- *Garfield* (2004), as Roy the Lodge Member
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Rod
- *Third Watch* (1999), series, as Manager
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Howie, Barry Rhinehart, Denver Detective
- *Godzilla* (1998), as New Jersey Cop — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-1998.md)
- *In & Out* (1997), as Bartender
- *The Devil's Own* (1997), as Trucker
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Eugene, Officer Hack, Fire Marshal, Sergeant Bowers — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Salvador* (1986), as 2nd Immigration Officer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/salvador.md)

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