---
name: "Gil Bellows"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gil-bellows"
fi1m_id: "gil-bellows"
imdb_id: "nm0004743"
tmdb_id: 6575
wikidata_id: "Q360313"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 June 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T12:39:28.748255+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."
---

# Gil Bellows

## Identity

Gil Bellows

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gil-bellows
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gil-bellows
- **IMDb ID:** nm0004743
- **TMDB ID:** 6575
- **Wikidata ID:** Q360313
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Bellows, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360313, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004743/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6575

Actor. Born 28 June 1967 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 June 1967, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Also known as:** Gill Bellows , گیل بیلاز
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 74 (2), 2000s 65 (1), 2020s 68 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 66 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 3, Crime 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $41m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Bellows, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q360313, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004743/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6575

## Coming up

- *In a Holidaze* (2026-12-02)
- *The Exorcist: Martyrs* (2027-03-10)

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Shawshank Redemption*](https://film.one/film/the-shawshank-redemption.md) (84)
- **Netflix:** [*Voicemails for Isabelle*](https://film.one/film/voicemails-for-isabelle.md) (68)
- **Disney+:** [*Ally McBeal*](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Gil Bellows is a Canadian actor, producer, screenwriter and director. Born in Vancouver, he trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles before beginning his career in film and television.

He gained recognition for his role as Tommy in *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994). On television he is known for playing Billy Thomas in the series *Ally McBeal* (1997–2002), for which he received a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the ensemble cast. His other credits include recurring roles in *Smallville*, *American Gods* and *Chucky*, and appearances in films such as *House at the End of the Street* (2012) and *Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark* (2019).

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Voicemails for Isabelle* (2026), Fi1m 68, as Dad — [page](https://film.one/film/voicemails-for-isabelle.md)
- *The Weather Man* (2005), Fi1m 65, as Don — [page](https://film.one/film/the-weather-man.md)
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), Fi1m 63, as Billy Thomas — [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md)
- *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994), Fi1m 84, as Tommy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-shawshank-redemption.md)

## Complete filmography (108)

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

- *The Exorcist: Martyrs* (2027), Actor
- *In a Holidaze* (2026), Actor
- *How We Stand* (2026), Actor
- *Voicemails for Isabelle* (2026), as Dad — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/voicemails-for-isabelle.md)
- *Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent* (2024), series, as CSIS Director Tom
- *The Irrational* (2023), series, as AG Michael Ellison
- *Alert: Missing Persons Unit* (2023), series, as Inspector Hollis Braun
- *Chucky* (2021), series, as Warren Pryce
- *Awake* (2021), as Dr. Katz
- *V.C. Andrews' Pearl in the Mist* (2021), as Pierre Dumas
- *V.C. Andrews' Ruby* (2021), as Pierre Dumas
- *V.C. Andrews' Landry Family* (2021), series, as Pierre Dumas
- *Business Ethics* (2020), as Mr. Murk · Executive Producer
- *Two Deaths of Henry Baker* (2020), as Henry Baker / Sam Bird
- *Love in the Time of Corona* (2020), series, as Paul
- *Run This Town* (2020), as Detective Lowey
- *Drowning* (2019), as Frank
- *Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark* (2019), as Chief Turner
- *Jett* (2019), series, as Evans
- *Nation's Fire* (2019), as Josip Aleksander
- *Blood Honey* (2017), as Marvin Heath
- *American Gods* (2017), series, as Bill Sanders, William Huntington Sanders
- *ADDicted* (2017), as Professor Jeff Mueller
- *She Has a Name* (2016), as Alex
- *Life on the Line* (2016), as Pok' Chop
- *Eyewitness* (2016), series, as Gabe Caldwell
- *Dead Draw* (2016), as Harrison
- *11.22.63* (2016), series, as FBI Agent James B. Hosty
- *Patriot* (2015), series, as Lawrence Lacroix
- *Weepah Way For Now* (2015), as John
- *Girl on the Edge* (2015), as Jake Green
- *Ascension* (2014), series, as Harris Enzmann
- *Extraterrestrial* (2014), as Sheriff Murphy
- *Kill the Messenger* (2014), as DEA Agent Miller
- *The Calling* (2014), as Detective Ray Green
- *Leading Lady* (2014), as Daniel Taylor
- *Three Days in Havana* (2014), as Jack Petty · Director, Writer, Producer
- *Parkland* (2013), as David Powers
- *Delete* (2013), series, as Lt. General Michael Overson
- *Louis Cyr: The Strongest Man in the World* (2013), as Richard K. Fox
- *Mad Ship* (2013), as Cameron
- *House at the End of the Street* (2012), as Officer Bill Weaver
- *Vengeance is Mine* (2012), as Nikolai Putin
- *The Samaritan* (2012), as Bartender Bill
- *Trading Christmas* (2011), as Ray Johnson
- *Boss* (2011), series, as Vacarro
- *Suits* (2011), series, as Dan Foley
- *Girl Walks Into a Bar* (2011), as Emmit
- *The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom* (2011), as Phil
- *Deadly Crossing* (2010), Actor
- *Hunt to Kill* (2010), as Banks
- *A Night for Dying Tigers* (2010), as Jack
- *Goblin* (2010), as Neil Perkins
- *Unthinkable* (2010), as Agent Vincent
- *Temple Grandin* (2010), Executive Producer
- *FlashForward* (2009), series, as Timothy
- *Toronto Stories* (2008), as Henry
- *Passchendaele* (2008), as Royster
- *Sanctuary* (2008), series, as Caleb
- *Infected* (2008), as Ben
- *The Cleaner* (2008), series, Actor
- *Black Crescent Moon* (2008), as Sam
- *The Promotion* (2008), as Mitch
- *Kill Kill Faster Faster* (2008), as Joey One-Way · Producer
- *Final Days of Planet Earth* (2006), as Lloyd Walker
- *Sweet Land* (2005), Co-Producer
- *The Weather Man* (2005), as Don — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-weather-man.md)
- *Terminal City* (2005), series, Actor
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, Actor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/criminal-minds.md)
- *Bones* (2005), series, as Mason Barnes — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Keep Your Distance* (2005), as David Dailey
- *Pursued* (2004), as Ben Keats
- *A Bear Named Winnie* (2004), as Colonel Barrett
- *Childstar* (2004), as Isaac
- *Zeyda and the Hitman* (2004), as Jeff Klein
- *EMR* (2004), as Paramedic
- *Blind Horizon* (2003), as Dr. Theodore Conway
- *Karen Sisco* (2003), series, Actor
- *Fast Food High* (2003), as Dale White
- *First to Die* (2003), as Chris Raleigh
- *The Agency* (2003), as Matt Callan
- *Second String* (2002), as Dan Heller
- *The Twilight Zone* (2002), series, as Rob Malone
- *Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story* (2002), as Mike De Guerin
- *Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature* (2001), as Miles
- *Smallville* (2001), series, as Maxwell Lord — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md)
- *The Agency* (2001), series, as Matt Callan
- *Night Visions* (2001), series, as Keith Miller (segment "Renovation")
- *Chasing Sleep* (2001), as Detective Derm
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Lee Berman
- *Beautiful Joe* (2000), as Elton
- *The Courage to Love* (2000), as Dr. Gerard Gaultier
- *Say You’ll Be Mine* (1999), as Mason
- *Judas Kiss* (1998), as Lizard Browning
- *Dinner at Fred's* (1997), as Richard
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), series, as Billy Thomas — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md)
- *Snow White: A Tale of Terror* (1997), as Will
- *White Lies* (1997), as Punk Guy
- *A Witch's Way of Love* (1997), as Michael
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as Billy Thomas
- *The Substance of Fire* (1996), as Val Chenard
- *Radiant City* (1996), as Bert Kramer
- *Silver Strand* (1995), as Brian Del Piso
- *Black Day Blue Night* (1995), as Hitchhiker Dodge
- *Miami Rhapsody* (1995), as Matt
- *Love and a .45* (1994), as Watty Watts
- *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994), as Tommy — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shawshank-redemption.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Howard Metzler — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

## Gallery

- ![Gil Bellows](https://film.one/media/person/83726/gallery-403e9e8de888.jpg) Gil Bellows — Alan Langford, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Gil_Bellows_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Gil Bellows at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/83726/gallery-457ec60640c2.jpg) Gil Bellows at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival — gdcgraphics at https://www.flickr.com/photos/gdcgraphics/, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/GilBellows08TIFF.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Gil Bellows](https://film.one/media/person/83726/gallery-f75ef2a6f8f8.jpg) Gil Bellows — Image via TMDB

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