Known For
Acting
Bill Dawes
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.
Movie Appearances
Just 4 Kicks
as Rudy
2003
Encounter
as Kurt McKinley
2021
Beautiful Violence
as Chad
2021
EvenHand
as Officer Rob Francis
2002
Born Loser
as Carter
2001
Jacques
as Narrator
2023
One Night
as Marc
2007
Shaman's Call
as Shaman
2021
Woods Witch
as Yourgei Jegmeov
2023
Pay to Die
as Dominic
TBA
Fiona
as Harvey
1999
Christmas Couples Retreat
as Jacob
2023
Operation Taco Gary's
as Elder #2
2026
Before the Sun Explodes
as Ken
2016
Asylum Seekers
as Alan
2009
Adam
as Scottie
2009
How to Seduce Difficult Women
as Al
2009
On the Q.T.
as Andre
1999
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
as Murphy
2009
Mistletoe Massacre
as Nolan
TBA
TV Appearances
Manhunt
as Cadigan
2017
Law & Order
as Thomas Cooper
1990
The Following
as Captain Robert Tubbs
2013
The Other Two
as Billionaire
2019
The Rookie: Feds
as Tom Lewis
2022
Elementary
as Declan Boyle
2012
Gotham Comedy Live
as Self
2012
Mo
as Bob Robinson
2022
Lawmen: Bass Reeves
as Joshua
2023
Sex and the City
as Blonde Guy
1998
City on a Hill
as Rick Dunleavy
2019
Law & Order
as David Arkuss
1990