Bill Dawes
Known for Acting · 47 credits
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.
Known For
TV Shows (21)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Alex Ryan
Law & Order
1990
as Thomas Cooper / David Arkuss
NCIS
2003
as Clayton Wills
S.W.A.T.
2017
as Gabriel
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Ben Crowe
Elementary
2012
as Declan Boyle
Sex and the City
1998
as Blonde Guy
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
as Ronan Finnegan
The Good Fight
2017
as Jason Hardy
The Rookie: Feds
2022
as Tom Lewis
Damages
2007
as Customer / Kevin Walker
The Following
2013
as Captain Robert Tubbs
NCIS: Hawaiʻi
2021
as T.J. Shaw
Manhunt
2017
as Cadigan
The Other Two
2019
as Billionaire
Gotham Comedy Live
2012
as Self
City on a Hill
2019
as Rick Dunleavy
Mo
2022
as Bob Robinson
Lawmen: Bass Reeves
2023
as Joshua
Alaska Daily
2022
as Dwight Barry
The Beat
2000
as Peter Johnson
Movies (26)
Adam
2009
as Scottie
Encounter
2021
as Kurt McKinley
Operation Taco Gary's
2026
as Elder #2
Too Tired to Die
1998
as Dante (uncredited)
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
2009
as Murphy
Giving It Up
1999
as Pick-Up Man
Before the Sun Explodes
2016
as Ken
Mistletoe Massacre
as Nolan
Woods Witch
2023
as Yourgei Jegmeov
Way Off Broadway
2001
as Ben DePaul
Fiona
1999
as Harvey
How to Seduce Difficult Women
2009
as Al
Just 4 Kicks
2003
as Rudy
Pay to Die
as Dominic
Gladys Brown
2017
as Silas Everett
One Night
2007
as Marc
On the Q.T.
1999
as Andre
Asylum Seekers
2009
as Alan
How to Kill Your Family On Christmas
as Peter
EvenHand
2002
as Officer Rob Francis
Saving Manhattan
2005
as Rollerblader
Born Loser
2001
as Carter
Christmas Couples Retreat
2023
as Jacob
Beautiful Violence
2021
as Chad
Jacques
2023
as Narrator
Shaman's Call
2021
as Shaman
About Bill Dawes
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 S… With 47 credits spanning from 1990 to 2026, Bill Dawes has appeared in 26 films and 21 TV shows.
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Most Popular Bill Dawes Movies
- Adam (2009) — as Scottie
- Encounter (2021) — as Kurt McKinley
- Operation Taco Gary's (2026) — as Elder #2
- Too Tired to Die (1998) — as Dante (uncredited)
- I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (2009) — as Murphy
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