Bill Dawes

Bill Dawes

Acting

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Biography

Bill Dawes is an American actor and stand-up comic. He graduated cum laude with an aerospace engineering degree from Princeton University and holds an MFA In acting from NYU. While living in New York, Bill starred in 3 Broadway plays and over a dozen Off-Broadway plays as well as appearing in over 50 films and television shows. As a comic, he has toured nationally as well as internationally with the USO and considers the Hollywood Laugh Factory his home club. He is best known for "Mo," "Alaska Daily," "City on a Hill," "Damages," "Before the Sun Explodes," "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit," and "Encounter" with Riz Ahmed. Bill tours nationally and internationally as a headlining comic and considers the Laugh Factory his home club.

Filmography

49 credits
Just 4 Kicks

Just 4 Kicks

Movie • 2003

Rudy

Encounter

Encounter

Movie • 2021

Kurt McKinley

Beautiful Violence

Beautiful Violence

Movie • 2021

Chad

EvenHand

EvenHand

Movie • 2002

Officer Rob Francis

Born Loser

Born Loser

Movie • 2001

Carter

Jacques

Jacques

Movie • 2023

Narrator

One Night

One Night

Movie • 2007

Marc

Shaman's Call

Shaman's Call

Movie • 2021

Shaman

Woods Witch

Woods Witch

Movie • 2023

Yourgei Jegmeov

Pay to Die

Pay to Die

Movie

Dominic

Fiona

Fiona

Movie • 1999

Harvey

Christmas Couples Retreat

Christmas Couples Retreat

Movie • 2023

Jacob

Operation Taco Gary's

Operation Taco Gary's

Movie • 2026

Elder

Before the Sun Explodes

Before the Sun Explodes

Movie • 2016

Ken

Asylum Seekers

Asylum Seekers

Movie • 2009

Alan

Adam

Adam

Movie • 2009

Scottie

How to Seduce Difficult Women

How to Seduce Difficult Women

Movie • 2009

Al

On the Q.T.

On the Q.T.

Movie • 1999

Andre

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

Movie • 2009

Murphy

Mistletoe Massacre

Mistletoe Massacre

Movie

Nolan

Saving Manhattan

Saving Manhattan

Movie • 2005

Rollerblader

Gladys Brown

Gladys Brown

Movie • 2017

Silas Everett

Too Tired to Die

Too Tired to Die

Movie • 1998

Dante (uncredited)

Giving It Up

Giving It Up

Movie • 1999

Pick-Up Man

How to Kill Your Family On Christmas

How to Kill Your Family On Christmas

Movie

Peter

Manhunt

Manhunt

TV • 2017

Cadigan

Law & Order

Law & Order

TV • 1990

Thomas Cooper

The Following

The Following

TV • 2013

Captain Robert Tubbs

The Other Two

The Other Two

TV • 2019

Billionaire

The Rookie: Feds

The Rookie: Feds

TV • 2022

Tom Lewis

Elementary

Elementary

TV • 2012

Declan Boyle

Gotham Comedy Live

Gotham Comedy Live

TV • 2012

Self

Mo

Mo

TV • 2022

Bob Robinson

Lawmen: Bass Reeves

Lawmen: Bass Reeves

TV • 2023

Joshua

Sex and the City

Sex and the City

TV • 1998

Blonde Guy

City on a Hill

City on a Hill

TV • 2019

Rick Dunleavy

Law & Order

Law & Order

TV • 1990

David Arkuss

The Beat

The Beat

TV • 2000

Peter Johnson

NCIS

NCIS

TV • 2003

Clayton Wills

Alaska Daily

Alaska Daily

TV • 2022

Dwight Barry

Rizzoli & Isles

Rizzoli & Isles

TV • 2010

Ronan Finnegan

The Good Fight

The Good Fight

TV • 2017

Jason Hardy

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV • 2001

Ben Crowe

NCIS: Hawaiʻi

NCIS: Hawaiʻi

TV • 2021

T.J. Shaw

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV • 1999

Alex Ryan

S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T.

TV • 2017

Gabriel

Mo

Mo

TV • 2022

Bob

Damages

Damages

TV • 2007

Customer

Damages

Damages

TV • 2007

Kevin Walker