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(Billy Campbell, William Campbell, William O. Campbell)

PERSONAL

Full name, William Oliver Campbell; born July 7, 1959, in Charlottesville, VA. Education: Studied illustration at the American Academy of Arts in Chicago; later trained at the Tedd Liss Studio for Performing Arts, the Players Workshop of Second City in Chicago, and with Howard Fine in Los Angeles. Avocational Interests: Running, biking.

Addresses:

Agent—ICM, 8942 Whilre Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Manager—Imparato Fay Management, 1122 S. Roxbury Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90035.

Career:

Actor and producer.

Awards, Honors:

L.A. Ovation Award, best lead actor in a play, 1997, for Forintbras; TV Guide Award nomination, favorite actor in a new series, People'sChoice Award, favorite male performer in a new television series, Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a TV series—drama, 2000, all for Once and Again; Golden Satellite Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a series, miniseries, or motion picture made for television, 2002, for Further Tales of the City.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Young man, Call From Space, 1989.

Tommy Trehearn, Checkered Flag, 1990.

Cliff Secord, The Rocketeer, Buena Vista/Walt Disney, 1991.

Quincey P. Morris, Bram Stoker's Dracula (also known as Dracula), Columbia, 1992.

Shep, The Night We Never Met, 1993.

Lieutenant Pitzer, Gettysburg, New Line Cinema, 1993.

Chet, Dickwad, 1994.

Marvin, Under the Hula Moon, Trident Releasing, 1995.

Himself, Past into Present, 1996.

Steve Hunter, Lover's Knot, Astra, 1996.

Harrison, Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (also known as Jungle Book 2: Mowgli and Baloo And Rudyard Kipling's The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli and Baloo), Sony/TriStar, 1997.

Robert, Last Chance Love (also known as Hong Kong—Eine Liebe fuers Leben), Lau Film International, 1998.

Miles Keogh, The Brylcreem Boys, BMG Video, 1998.

Streete Wilder, The Rising Place, Warner Bros., 2001.

(As Billy Campbell) Mitch Hiller, Enough, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2002.

Himself, More Than Enough, 2003.

(As Billy Campbell) Major General George Pickett, Gods and Generals, Warner Bros., 2003.

Television Appearances; Series:

(As William Campbell) Luke Fuller, Dynasty, ABC, 1984–85.

(As William Campbell) Detective Joey Indelli, Crime Story, NBC, 1986.

Walter Tatum, Moon over Miami, ABC, 1993.

(As Billy Campbell) Rick Sammler, Once and Again, ABC, 1999—.

Owen, Rocky Point, The WB, 2005.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Lieutenant Gaines, Dream West, CBS, 1986.

(As William Campbell) Dr. Jon Fielding, Tales of the City (also known as Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City), Showtime, 1993.

(As William Campbell) Dr. Jon Fielding, More Tales of the City (also known as Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City), Showtime, 1998.

Moses, In the Beginning, NBC, 2000.

Dr. Jon Philip Fielding, Further Tales of the City (also known as Armistead Maupin's Further Tales of the City), Showtime, 2001.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Dwayne, First Steps, CBS, 1985.

Delbert Mosley, Out There, Showtime, 1995.

Lieutenant John Barton, The Cold Equations, Sci–Fi Channel, 1996.

Menno, Menno's Mind (also known as Power.com), The Movie Channel, 1996.

Automatic Avenue, 1997.

John Macy, Monday after the Miracle, CBS, 1998.

Commander Clay Jarvis, Max Q (also known as Max Q: Emergency Landing), 1998.

(As Billy Campbell) Ted Bundy, The Stranger beside Me (also known as Ann Rule Presents: The Stranger beside Me), USA Network, 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Host, Rocketeer: Excitement in the Air (documentary), 1991.

How I Spent My Summer Vacation, ABC, 1993.

Presenter, The 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awads, ABC, 2000.

Presenter, The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2001.

Himself, CMT 40 Greatest Women of Country Music, CMT, 2002.

Himself, Intimate Portrait: Jennifer Lopez (documentary), Lifetime, 2002.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Detective Joey Indeli, Crime Story, NBC, 1986.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Gordan, "The Wheel of Fortune," The Rookies, 1973.

(As William Campbell) Lyle, "Best Man," Family Ties, NBC, 1982.

(As William O. Campbell) Captain Thaduin Okona, "The Outrageous Okona," Star Trek: The Next Generation, UPN, 1988.

Luke, "A Year in the Life," The Naked Truth, NBC, 1997.

Dr. Clint Webber, "The Perfect Guy," Frasier, NBC, 1998.

John Slattery, "The Regulator," Dead Man's Gun, Showtime, 1999.

Himself, "Cannes Festival 2002," Leute heute, 2002.

The View, ABC, 2002, 2003.

Tom Bartos, "Goodbye," The Practice, ABC, 2003.

Jordan Collier, "Becoming," The 4400, USA Network and Sky, 2004.

(As Billy Campbell) Jordan Collier, "Trial by Fire," The 4400, USA Network and Sky, 2004.

(As Billy Campbell) Jordan Collier, "White Light," The 4400, USA Network and Sky 2004.

Ron Polikoff, "Doubt," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU), NBC, 2004.

Also appeared in Hotel, ABC.

Television Work; Movies:

Co–executive producer, The Cold Equations, Sci–Fi Channel, 1996.

Stage Appearances:

Titus Andronicus, Globe Playhouse, Los Angeles, 1977–78.

Dungeon Master, 1981.

Chantecleer, 47th Street Theatre, 1981.

Laertes, Hamlet, Criterion Center Stage Right, New York City, 1992.

Fortinbras, Los Angeles, 1997.

Appeared in a high school production of The Man Who Came to Dinner, 1979; as Petruchio, The Taming of the Shrew, Southern California Renaissance Faire.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

People Weekly, July 15, 1991, p. 47.

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