William Camp is an American character actor. He became known for playing supporting roles in many films such as Lincoln (2012), Compliance (2012), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Love and Mercy (2015), Loving (2016), Molly's Game (2017), Vice (2018), Wildlife (2018), Joker (2019) and News of the World (2021), as well as the HBO miniseries The Night Of in 2016 and The Outsider in 2020, and the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit in 2020. He also had a recurring role in the HBO drama series The Leftovers from 2015 to 2017 and the Hulu space drama series The First in 2018.
Camp has appeared in many television series and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his role in the miniseries The Night Of (2016). He was nominated for a Tony Award for his role in the 2016 Broadway revival of the play The Crucible.
Career[]
Theatre[]
Initially, Camp was largely active in theatre, but has taken on character roles in both film and television. In 2002, he left acting and temporarily changed professions (as a cook and mechanic), only to return two years later in Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul, for which he won an Obie Award (Off-Broadway Theater Awards).
Among his works on Broadway are Heartbreak House (2006), Death of a Salesman (2012) and The Crucible (2016). In 2006, Camp joined, Philip Bosco and Lily Rabe in the Broadway revival of Heartbreak House at the Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre. In 2012, Camp joined Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Andrew Garfield in Mike Nichols' Broadway Revival of Death of a Salesman at The Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The show ran from March 15, 2012 through June 02, 2012 and earned rave reviews, and won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. In 2016, he starred in the Broadway Revival of The Crucible alongside Saoirse Ronan, Ben Whishaw, Ciaran Hinds and Sophie Okenedo at the Walter Kerr Theatre. He received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play nomination for The Crucible.
Off-Broadway credits include starring as Gordon in Sarah Ruhl's Dead Man's Cell Phone at Playwrights Horizons in 2008, before having to withdraw due to other work commitments.
Film[]
Camp has starred in a wide variety of films such as Lincoln(2012), 12 Years a Slave(2013), Love and Mercy(2015), Loving(2016), Molly's Game(2017), Vice(2018), Wildlife (2018), Dark Waters (2019), Joker (2019), The Kitchen(2019), & News of the World (2021)
Television[]
In 2011, he appeared in the second season of the HBO TV series Boardwalk Empire as the hunter Glenmore. Camp has also appeared in Law & Order, The Good Wife, The Leftovers and The Night Of, receiving a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for The Night Of. In 2018, he played FBI agent Bob Chesney, in the critically acclaimed and Emmy-nominated miniseries The Looming Tower. In 2020, Camp became narrator of Forensic Files II on HLN and played Mr. Shaibel in The Queen's Gambit.
Personal Life[]
Camp was raised in Massachusetts, and is the son of Patricia L., a librarian, and Peter B. Camp, who was an assistant headmaster at the Groton School. He attended the University of Vermont, where he played intramural hockey. He married actress Elizabeth Marvel on September 4, 2004. They have one son.
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Reversal of Fortune | Bill | Barbet Schroeder | |
| 1997 | In & Out | Bachelor Party Guest | Frank Oz | |
| 1998 | Rounders | Eisenberg | John Dahl | |
| 2005 | The Dying Gaul | Malcolm | Craig Lucas | |
| 2007 | Reservation Road | Desk Cop | Terry George | |
| 2008 | The Guitar | Pa Wilder | Amy Redford | |
| Deception | Clancey Controller | Marcel Langenegger | ||
| 2009 | Public Enemies | Frank Nitti | Michael Mann | |
| 2010 | Tamara Drewe | Glen McGreavey | Stephen Frears | |
| 2012 | Compliance | Van | Craig Zobel | |
| Lawless | Sheriff Hodges | John Hillcoat | ||
| Lincoln | Mr. Jolly | Steven Spielberg | ||
| 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | Radburn | Steve McQueen | |
| The Maid's Room | Mr. Crawford | Michael Walker | ||
| 2014 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Crazy Man | Alejandro G. Iñárritu | |
| Love & Mercy | Murry Wilson | Bill Pohlad | ||
| 2015 | Aloha | Bob Largent | Cameron Crowe | |
| Black Mass | John Callahan | Scott Cooper | ||
| 2016 | Midnight Special | Doak | Jeff Nichols | |
| Loving | Frank Beazley | Jeff Nichols | ||
| Jason Bourne | Malcolm Smith | Paul Greengrass | ||
| Gold | Hollis Dresher | Stephen Gaghan | ||
| 2017 | Crown Heights | William Robedee | Matt Ruskin | |
| The Killing of a Sacred Deer | Matthew Williams | Yorgos Lanthimos | ||
| The Only Living Boy in New York | Uncle Buster | Marc Webb | ||
| Hostiles | Jeremiah Wilks | Scott Cooper | ||
| Molly's Game | Harlan Eustice | Aaron Sorkin | ||
| Woman Walks Ahead | General Crook | Susanna White | ||
| 2018 | Wildlife | Warren Miller | Paul Dano | |
| Red Sparrow | Marty Gable | Francis Lawrence | ||
| Skin | Fred "Hammer" Krager | Guy Nattiv | ||
| The Land of Steady Habits | Donny O'Connell | Nicole Holofcener | ||
| Vice | Gerald Ford | Adam McKay | ||
| 2019 | Native Son | Henry Dalton | Rashid Johnson | |
| The Kitchen | Alfonso Coretti | Andrea Berloff | ||
| Joker | Detective Garrity | Todd Phillips | ||
| Dark Waters | Wilbur Tennant | Todd Haynes | ||
| 2020 | News of the World | Willie Branholme | Paul Greengrass | |
| 2021 | Passing | Hugh Wentworth | Rebecca Hall | |
| With/In: Volume 2 | Himself
Elizabeth Marvel |
Segment: "In the Air"; also writer and director | ||
| TBA | Sound of Freedom | Batman | Alejandro Montever
de |
Completed |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Great Performances | Marcellus / Sailor / Player | Episode: "Hamlet" |
| 1994 | New York Undercover | Bronski | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1995 | New York News | Episode: "Past Imperfect" | |
| 1999–2004 | Law & Order | Denny Rogis / Barney Rade | 2 episodes |
| 2000 | The Great Gatsby | Wilson | TV movie |
| 2003 | Joan of Arcadia | Painter God | Episode: "St. Joan" |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Mickey | Episode: "Acts of Contrition" |
| 2008 | Brotherhood | Agent Jarvis | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Boardwalk Empire | Glenmore | Episode: "Gimcrack & Bunkum" |
| 2011 | The Good Wife | Daniel Clove | Episode: "Parenting Made Easy" |
| 2012 | Damages | Samurai Seven/Hacker | 6 episodes |
| 2014–2015 | Manhattan | William Hogarth | 5 episodes |
| 2015–2017 | The Leftovers | David Burton | 4 episodes |
| 2016 | The Night Of | Dennis Box | 8 episodes |
| 2018 | The Looming Tower | Robert Chesney | Miniseries; 8 episodes |
| 2018 | The First | Aaron Shultz | Episode: "Collisions" |
| 2020 | The Outsider | Howard Salomon | Miniseries; 10 episodes |
| 2020 | Forensic Files II | Narrator | Succeeding Peter Thomas |
| 2020 | Monsterland | Stan | Episode: "New York, New York" |
| 2020 | The Queen's Gambit | Mr. Shaibel | Miniserie
s; 4 episodes |
Awards[]
| Year | Awards | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | The Night Of | Nominated | ||
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | The Queen's Gambit | Nominated | ||
| Tony Awards | Best Featured Actor in a Play | The Crucible | Nominated |
External links[]
- Bill Camp at the Internet Movie Database