---
name: "Will Brill"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/will-brill"
fi1m_id: "will-brill"
imdb_id: "nm2939030"
tmdb_id: 1136135
wikidata_id: "Q28003082"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 July 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-01T00:03:58.302944+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."
---

# Will Brill

## Identity

Will Brill

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/will-brill
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** will-brill
- **IMDb ID:** nm2939030
- **TMDB ID:** 1136135
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28003082
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Brill, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28003082, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2939030/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1136135

Actor. Born 11 July 1986 in Menlo Park, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 July 1986, Menlo Park, California, USA
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 64 (1), 2020s 68 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 66 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Thriller 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Horror 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $47m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Brill, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28003082, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2939030/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1136135

## Coming up

- *Samo Lives* (2026-12-11)

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Caught Stealing*](https://film.one/film/caught-stealing.md) (68)
- **Hulu:** [*Fellow Travelers*](https://film.one/tv/fellow-travelers.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Will Brill is an American actor. He was born on 11 July 1986 in Menlo Park, California, and graduated from Gunn High School before earning a BFA from the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama.

Brill is known for his recurring role as Scott Brown in the Netflix series *The OA* (2016–2019). His other television credits include Noah Weissman in *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel* (2017–2023) and Dalton in *The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live* (2024). On film, he has appeared in *Unsane* (2018) and played Jason in *Caught Stealing* (2025).

Brill has an extensive stage career, with Broadway appearances including roles in *Oklahoma!* and the original cast of *Act One*. He won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in *Stereophonic* (2024).

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Caught Stealing* (2025), Fi1m 68, as Jason — [page](https://film.one/film/caught-stealing.md)
- *The Beast in Me* (2025), Fi1m 67, as Chris Ingram — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md)
- *Fellow Travelers* (2023), Fi1m 68, as Roy Cohn — [page](https://film.one/tv/fellow-travelers.md)
- *Unsane* (2018), Fi1m 64, as Male Patient — [page](https://film.one/film/unsane.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

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

- *Samo Lives* (2026), Actor
- *The Musical* (2026), as Doug
- *The Whisper Man* (2026), as Sgt. John Dyson
- *The Beast in Me* (2025), series, as Chris Ingram — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md)
- *Monster: The Ed Gein Story* (2025), series, as Tobe Hooper
- *Caught Stealing* (2025), as Jason — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/caught-stealing.md)
- *Long Story Short* (2025), series, as (voice)
- *Of a Sexual Nature* (2025), Actor
- *The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live* (2024), series, as Dalton
- *Fellow Travelers* (2023), series, as Roy Cohn — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/fellow-travelers.md)
- *Command Z* (2023), series, as Henry Humphrey
- *Power Signal* (2023), as Michael
- *Tender* (2023), Actor
- *The Time Traveler's Wife* (2022), series, as Ben
- *While Mortals Sleep* (2022), as Eddy
- *To the Moon* (2021), as Roger Lotz
- *Lisey's Story* (2021), series, as Gerd Allen Cole
- *Test Pattern* (2021), as Evan
- *The Scottish Play* (2020), as Will
- *Piercing* (2019), as The Bellhop
- *Ride* (2018), as Bruno
- *Slice* (2018), as Bradley
- *Unsane* (2018), as Male Patient — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/unsane.md)
- *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel* (2017), series, as Noah, Noah Weissman — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel.md)
- *The OA* (2016), series, as Scott Brown
- *The Eyes of My Mother* (2016), as Charlie
- *Don't Worry Baby* (2016), as Jack
- *Act One: Live from Lincoln Center* (2015), as David Allen / Dore Schary / George
- *Up the River* (2015), as Thomas
- *Muckland* (2015), as James Crawley
- *Beside Still Waters* (2014), as Martin
- *Gotham* (2014), series, as Arnold Dobkins
- *Not Fade Away* (2012), as Wells
- *King Kelly* (2012), as Ryan
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Tyler Eggert
- *Person of Interest* (2011), series, as Charlie Vaida — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/person-of-interest.md)
- *Louie* (2010), series, as Guy #1 — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/louie.md)
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Harry Ingram
- *Turpentine*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Will Brill](https://film.one/media/person/8052/gallery-e37b27b7e4c4.jpg) Will Brill — Sarran Hamilton, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Will_Brill_-_Being_Heumann_-_TIFF_2026-34.jpg/1280px-Will_Brill_-_Being_Heumann_-_TIFF_2026-34.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Will Brill](https://film.one/media/person/8052/gallery-b9f88f1d758a.jpg) Will Brill — Image via TMDB
- ![Will Brill](https://film.one/media/person/8052/gallery-51122846b4fe.jpg) Will Brill — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play 2024: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play (won), for *Stereophonic*

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

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