My Take
Bill Camp is one of those actors who can walk into a scene and immediately make you forget everyone else is in it — and he does it without ever seeming to try. From his quietly devastating turn in The Night Of to the coiled menace he brought to Joker, this guy operates at a level where "supporting actor" feels like a misleading job title. He studied at the University of Vermont and spent years grinding through theater before film directors started catching on, and that stage discipline shows in every frame — there's a stillness and weight to him that most A-listers would trade their billing for. I genuinely believe his work in 12 Years a Slave and Molly's Game deserved more awards attention than they got. He's the rare actor whose presence on a poster makes me more likely to see something, not less.
Overview
Bill Camp (born 1963 or 1964) is an American actor. He has played supporting roles in many films such as Lincoln (2012), Compliance (2012), Lawless (2012), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Love & Mercy (2015), Loving (2016), Molly's Game (2017), Vice (2018), Wildlife (2018), Joker (2019), News of the World (2021), and Sound of Freedom (2023); the HBO miniseries The Night Of in 2016 and The Outsider in 2020; and the Netflix m…
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Bill Camp
- Name (Japanese)
- ビル・キャンプ
- Reading
- びる・きゃんぷ
- Born
- October 13, 1961 (age 64)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Ox
- Origin
- Massachusetts, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / stage actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Vermont
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.