| Bill Dawes | |
| Birth Name: | Bill Dawes |
Bill Dawes[1] [2] is an American actor, stand-up comic, producer, and writer from Virginia.
Stage
He is a three-time Broadway veteran with over a dozen Off-Broadway plays, his first stint having been being with Sigourney Weaver and Christopher Durang in the play Sex and Longing.[3] 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 noteworthy. Dawes lost 35 pounds for the Rudolph Nureyev role in a play called "Nureyev’s Eyes".[4] [5]
Television
He has appeared in television shows like Sex and the City, All My Children, Law & Order, Oz, , Damages, Rizzoli & Isles, Criminal Minds, Royal Pains, The Following, Elementary, Kevin Can Wait, , and many others.
His more recent TV appearances include Manhunt[6] (2020), S.W.A.T. (2021), City on a Hill (2022), Mo (2022), Wedding Season (2022), (2022), NCIS (2023), Alaska Daily (2022–2023), The Other Two (2023), (2023), and NCIS: Hawaii.
Movies
Dawes has played lead roles in several feature films, notably in the award-winning independent films Fiona,[7] Evenhand and Before the Sun Explodes. He also played lead roles in two MGM children's films Recipe for Disaster[8] and Just for Kicks. Dawes 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[9] (2020), Beautiful Violence[10] (2021), Encounter (2021), The Walk (2022), Woods Witch[11] (2023), and Christmas Couples Retreat[12] (2023), among others.
Dawes’ involvement in film production includes being a co-producer of Before the Sun Explodes, co-producer of Beautiful Violence and House of Glass,[13] and associate producer of The Performance.[14] 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.
Stand-up Comedy
A stand-up comedian who tours nationally and internationally, Dawes 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. Dawes has already toured Afghanistan, Kuwait and Iraq for the United Service Organizations (USO). He also hosts a Laugh Factory podcast called "The After Laugh"[15] and has appeared twice in "Gotham Comedy Live" on AXS TV.
Writing
Dawes has written articles in publications such as Good Men Project, Punchline Magazine and The New York Observer. He also has written for several comics, including co-writing Jamie Kennedy's Comedy Central special "Uncomfortable"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1813394/?ref_=tt_mv_desc.
| 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) |
| Year | Title | Role | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | (4 episodes) | Joshua | [19] | |
| 2023 | The Other Two (1 episode) | Billionaire | ||
| 2022–2023 | Alaska Daily (5 episodes) | Dwight Barry | [20] [21] | |
| 2023 | NCIS (1 episode) | Clayton Wills | ||
| 2022 | (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 | (1 episode) | Officer Oliver | ||
| The Good Fight (1 episode) | Jason Hardy | |||
| 2017 | Kevin Can Wait (1 episode) | Stewart | ||
| (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 | (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) |