Bill Dawes
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Bill Dawes[1][2] is an American actor, stand-up comic, producer, and writer from Virginia.
Career[edit]
Dawes is a three-time Broadway veteran[3] with over a dozen Off-Broadway plays to boot, with his first stint having been with Sigourney Weaver and Christopher Durang in the play Sex and Longing. His portrayals of Green Bay Packers legend Paul "Golden Boy" Hornung in the Tony-nominated play Lombardi and Mickey Mantle in the MLB-produced "Bronx Bombers" were praised a lot. He went on to lose 35 pounds for the Rudolph Nureyev[4] role in a play called "Nureyev’s Eyes".[5][6]
He has appeared in ,television shows[7][8] including Sex and the City, All My Children, Law & Order, Oz, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Damages, Rizzoli & Isles, Criminal Minds, Royal Pains, The Following, Elementary, Kevin Can Wait,[2] Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and many more.
Some of his more recent TV appearances[9][8] include Manhunt (2020), S.W.A.T. (2021), City on a Hill (2022), Mo (2022), Wedding Season (2022), The Rookie: Feds (2022), NCIS (2023), Alaska Daily[10] (2022–2023), The Other Two (2023), Lawmen: Bass Reeves[11] (2023), and NCIS: Hawaii.
He has played lead roles in several feature films, most notably in the award-winning independent films Fiona, Evenhand and Before the Sun Explodes. He also played lead roles in two MGM children's films Recipe for Disaster and Just for Kicks. He also had an acting role in the DVD cult hit I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell.
His more recent film projects were in What the Night Can Do (2020), Beautiful Violence[12][13] (2021), Encounter (2021), The Walk (2022), Woods Witch (2023), and Christmas Couples Retreat (2023), among others.
His involvement in film production include being a co-producer of Before the Sun Explodes, co-producer of Beautiful Violence and House of Glass, and associate producer of The Performance. He has upcoming roles in Aloha Also Means Goodbye as co-producer and cast member, and Operation Taco Gary's as executive producer and cast member.
A headlining stand-up comedian who tours nationally and internationally,[14] he regards the Hollywood Laugh Factory as his home club. He has performed in more than 16 countries, including New Zealand, South Africa, the Philippines, Singapore, Australia, and Saudi Arabia. He has also toured Afghanistan, Kuwait and Iraq for the United Service Organizations (USO). Bill also hosts a Laugh Factory podcast called "The After Laugh" and has appeared twice in "Gotham Comedy Live" on AXS TV.
As a writer, Dawes has articles in publications such as Good Men Project,[15] Punchline Magazine and The New York Observer.[16] He also has written for several comics, including co-writing Jamie Kennedy's Comedy Central special "Uncomfortable".[17]
Filmography[edit]
| Movies[8][9] | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2023 | Christmas Couples Retreat | Jacob | |
| Woods Witch | Yourgei Jegmeov | ||
| 2022 | Jacques (Short) | Narrator | |
| The Walk | Billy the Bus Driver | ||
| 2021 | Shaman's Call (Short) | Shaman | |
| Encounter | Kurt McKinley | ||
| Pinned | Mr. Dawson | ||
| Beautiful Violence (Short) | Chad | ||
| Super Bois (Short) | Pearson | ||
| 2020 | Eddie | Stand-Up Comic | |
| Tigertail | Todd (uncredited) | ||
| What the Night Can Do | Rhys | ||
| 2017 | 20 Weeks | Bill | |
| Gladys Brown (Short) | Silas Everett | ||
| 2016 | Before The Sun Explodes | Ken | |
| 2014 | Winchester Palace (Short) | Brian | |
| Game Night (Short) | Ben | ||
| 2013 | Chasing Taste | Drew McKnight | |
| 2012 | Eric Schaeffer: Life Coach | Chris | |
| Call of Duty: PTSD (Short) | Randy | ||
| 2011 | They're Out of the Business | Ed | |
| 2009 | How to Seduce Difficult Women | Al | |
| I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | Murphy | ||
| How to Spoon with Michael C. Hall (Short) | Husband | ||
| Asylum Seekers | Alan | ||
| Adam | Scottie | ||
| 2008 | Anthology | Jeremy | |
| 2007 | One Night | Marc | |
| 2006 | Approaching Union Square | Heidi's Lover (segment "Labor Intensive") | |
| 2005 | The Science of Love (Short) | Jimmy | |
| Vinsanity | Host | ||
| 2003 | Just for Kicks | Rudy | |
| Click (Short) | Young Jonny | ||
| 2002 | EvenHand | Officer Rob Francis | |
| Two Altercations (Short) | Michael | ||
| 2001 | Born Loser (Short) | Carter | |
| Way Off Broadway | Ben DePaul | ||
| On the Q.T. | Andre | ||
| 1999 | Giving It Up | Pick-Up Man (Sex Addict) | |
| 1998 | Saving Manhattan | Rollerblader | |
| Fiona | Harvey | ||
| Number One (Short) | Cowboy | ||
| Too Tired to Die | Dante (uncredited) | ||
| Television[8][7] | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Ref |
| 2023 | Lawmen: Bass Reeves (4 episodes) | Joshua | [11] |
| 2023 | The Other Two (1 episode) | Billionaire | |
| 2022–2023 | Alaska Daily (5 episodes) | Dwight Barry | [10][18] |
| 2023 | NCIS (1 episode) | Clayton Wills | |
| 2022 | The Rookie: Feds (1 episode) | Tom Lewis | |
| Wedding Season (1 episode) | Pastor Johnson | ||
| Mo (1 episode) | Bob Robinson | ||
| City on a Hill (3 episodes) | Rick Dunleavy | ||
| 2021 | S.W.A.T. (1 episode) | Gabriel | |
| 2020 | Manhunt (1 episode) | Pete Cadigan | |
| 2019 | Wu-Tang: An American Saga (1 episode) | Officer Oliver | |
| The Good Fight (1 episode) | Jason Hardy | ||
| 2017 | Kevin Can Wait (1 episode) | Stewart | [2] |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 episode) | Alex Ryan | ||
| 2016 | Elementary (1 episode) | Declan Boyle | |
| 2015 | Unfiltered | Andy Venosa | |
| Laugh Factory (1 episode) | Himself | ||
| One Bad Choice (2 episodes) | Detective Ernst / Officer Rindlisbacher | ||
| Royal Pains (1 episode) | Jim | ||
| The Following (1 episode) | Robert Tubbs | ||
| 2013 | Criminal Minds (1 episode) | Sheriff Bob Collier | |
| 2012 | Rizzoli & Isles (1 episode) | Ronan Finnegan | |
| 2011 | Aspen the Series | Ducky (2012) | |
| 2000–2010 | All My Children (6 episodes) | Val | |
| 2002–2009 | Law & Order (2 episodes) | David Arkuss/Thomas Cooper | |
| 2009 | Damages (2 episodes) | Customer/Kevin Walker | |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (1 episode) | Ben Crowe | |
| 2004-present | One Life to Live | Eric Walsh | |
| 2003 | Recipe for Disaster | Blake Rathbone | |
| 2003 | Oz (1 episode) | ||
| 2000 | Sex and the City (1 episode) | Blonde Guy | |
| 2000 | The Beat (1 episode) | Sam Burke | |
| 1997 | Feds (1 episode) | ||
References[edit]
- ^ Dawes, Bill. "Bio – Bill Dawes". Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ a b c Wiener, Iris (October 5, 2017). "'Kevin Can Wait' actor and comedian looks to Long Island stories for material". Herald Community Newspapers. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
- ^ "Bill Dawes: Credits, Bio, News & More". Broadway World. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ Facciolo, Christine (March 9, 2016). "Delaware Theatre Company's latest production relives enduring friendship". WHYY. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
- ^ Paolino, Charles (January 1, 2016). "George Street to present 'Nureyev's Eyes'". Courier News. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
- ^ Rosenfield, Wendy (March 7, 2016). "'Nureyev's Eyes' at Delaware Theatre Company: The madness that visits only artists". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
- ^ a b "Bill Dawes | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Bill Dawes | Actor, Producer, Writer". IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ a b "Bill Dawes | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
- ^ a b Sumerel, Ashley Bissette (March 3, 2023). "Bill Dawes Breaks Down the Shocking 'Alaska Daily' Midseason Premiere [Interview]". telltaletv.com. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
- ^ a b Jan, Kevin (December 30, 2023). "Exclusive Interview: Bill Dawes Talks Lawman: Bass Reeves, Joining the Taylor Sheridan Universe, His Character Development Work, and More". Pop-Culturalist.com. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
- ^ Conrad, Will. "Beautiful Violence. Our review of the short film, Beautiful Violence". IndyRed. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ Burgess, Carl (August 24, 2021). "Beautiful Violence (2021) short film review". Screen Critix. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ "Bill Dawes". Laugh Factory. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ "Bill Dawes Good Men Project author page".
- ^ "Bill Dawes". Observer. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
- ^ Rodriguez, Manny (November 6, 2010), Jamie Kennedy: Uncomfortable (Comedy), Dave Sheridan, Michelle Gardner, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jamie Kennedy Entertainment, Levity Productions, retrieved March 16, 2024
- ^ "Portland News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News". KATU. March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
External links[edit]
- Bill Dawes at Laugh Factory
- Rotten Tomatoes
- Bill Dawes at IMDb
- Bill Dawes at BillDawes.com