Gil Bellows on screen and stage
Gil Bellows | |
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Born | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | June 28, 1967
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1988–present |
Gil Bellows (born June 28, 1967) is a Canadian actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for the roles of Tommy Williams in the 1994 movie The Shawshank Redemption, Billy Thomas in the Fox television series Ally McBeal (1997–2002), and CIA agent Matt Callan in the CBS television series The Agency (2001–2003). In 2016–2017, he was a regular cast member in the USA Network series Eyewitness.
As a producer, Bellows has several notable accomplishments, including Mick Jackson’s HBO biographical drama Temple Grandin (2010), which earned him both a Primetime Emmy Award and a Peabody Award.[1] He produced, starred in, co-wrote, and co-directed the film 3 Days in Havana (2013), and also produced the Amazon Prime Video series Patriot (2015–2017), where he received story credits as well.
Stage Works
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Producer | Notes | Ref. |
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1989 | The First Season | Ronne | [4][5] | ||
1994 | Love and a .45 | Watty Watts | [6] | ||
The Shawshank Redemption | Tommy Williams | [7] | |||
1995 | Miami Rhapsody | Matt | [8] | ||
Black Day Blue Night | Hitchhiker Dodge | [9] | |||
1996 | The Substance of Fire | Val Chenard | [10] | ||
1997 | Snow White: A Tale of Terror | Will | [11] | ||
Witch Way Love | Michael | [12] | |||
White Lies | Punk Guy | ||||
Dinner at Fred's | Richard | [13] | |||
1998 | The Assistant | Frank Alpine | |||
Judas Kiss | Lizard Browning | [14] | |||
1999 | Say You'll Be Mine | Mason | [15] | ||
2000 | Beautiful Joe | Elton | |||
Chasing Sleep | Detective Derm | ||||
2003 | Fast Food High | Dale White | |||
Blind Horizon | Dr. Theodore Conway | [16] | |||
2004 | EMR | Paramedic | [17] | ||
How's My Driving | Jimmy | Short film | |||
Childstar | Isaac | ||||
Pursued | Ben Keats | ||||
2005 | Keep Your Distance | David Dailey | [18] | ||
Sweet Land | Co-producer | Producer only | [19] | ||
The Weather Man | Don | [20] | |||
2008 | The Promotion | Mitch | |||
Kill Kill Faster Faster | Joe | Producer | |||
Black Crescent Moon | Sam | ||||
Passchendaele | Royster | ||||
Toronto Stories | Henry | ||||
2010 | Happenchance | Stan | Short film | ||
Unthinkable | Agent Vincent | [21] | |||
A Night for Dying Tigers | Jack | ||||
Hunt to Kill | Banks | [22] | |||
Neighbors | Vern | Short film | |||
2011 | The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom | Phil | |||
Girl Walks into a Bar | Emmit | ||||
The Maiden Danced to Death | Fred | ||||
2012 | Fury | Bartender Bill | |||
House at the End of the Street | Weaver | [23] | |||
2013 | Mad Ship | Archie Cameron | |||
Louis Cyr | Richard Kyle Fox | [24] | |||
Parkland | David Powers | [25] | |||
3 Days in Havana | Jack Petty | Producer | Also co-director and co-writer | ||
2014 | Extraterrestrial | Sheriff Murphy | [26] | ||
Leading Lady | Daniel Taylor | [27] | |||
The Calling | Detective Ray Green | ||||
Kill the Messenger | DEA Agent Miller | [28] | |||
2015 | Girl on the Edge | Jake Green | |||
Weepah Way for Now | John | ||||
Life on the Line | Pok' Chop | [29] | |||
Business Ethics | Zachary Cranston | Executive producer | Short film | ||
2016 | Dead Draw | Harrison | [30] | ||
She Has a Name | Alex | ||||
2017 | Blood Honey | Marvin Heath | [31] | ||
ADDicted | Professor Jeff Mueller | ||||
2019 | Run This Town | Detective Lowey | |||
Nation's Fire | Josip Aleksander | ||||
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark | Chief Turner | [32] | |||
Business Ethics | Edwin Murk | Executive producer | |||
Drowning | Frank | ||||
2020 | Two Deaths of Henry Baker | Henry Baker / Sam Bird | |||
2021 | Awake | Dr. Katz |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Producer | Notes | Ref. |
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1991 | Law & Order | Howard Metzler | Episode: "The Violence of Summer" | [33] | |
1992 | Flying Blind | Gerard | Episode: "Single White Eurotrash" | ||
1993 | Going to Extremes | Ben | 2 episodes | ||
1995 | Silver Strand | Brian Del Piso | TV movie | [34] | |
1996 | Radiant City | Bert Kramer | TV movie | [35] | |
1997–2002 | Ally McBeal | Billy Thomas | 68 episodes | ||
1998 | The Practice | Episode: "Axe Murderer" | |||
1999 | Ally | 13 episodes | |||
2000 | The Courage to Love | Dr. Gerard Gaultier | TV movie | [36] | |
2001 | Night Visions | Keith Miller | Episode: "Dead Air/Renovation" | ||
Mermaid Chronicles Part 1: She Creature | Miles | TV movie | |||
2001–2002 | The Agency | Matt Callan | 23 episodes | ||
2002 | Whitewash: The Clarence Bradley Story | Mike De Guerin | TV movie | [37] | |
Second String | Dan Heller | TV movie | [38] | ||
2003 | 1st to Die | Chris Raleigh | TV movie | ||
The Twilight Zone | Maj. Rob Malone | Episode: "Homecoming" | |||
2004 | Karen Sisco | Special Agent Donny Pepper | Episode: "Dog Day Sisco" | ||
Zeyda and the Hitman | Jeff Klein | TV movie | [39] | ||
Cooking Lessons | Professor Mocha | TV movie | |||
A Bear Named Winnie | Colonel Barret | TV movie | |||
2005 | Terminal City | Ari Sampson | 10 episodes | ||
2006 | Final Days of Planet Earth | Lloyd Walker | TV movie | ||
2008 | The Cleaner | Mickey Efros | Episode: "Pilot" | ||
Infected | Ben Mosher | TV movie | |||
24: Redemption | Frank Tramell | TV movie | |||
2010 | Smallville | Maxwell Lord | 2 episodes | ||
FlashForward | Timothy | 3 episodes | |||
Goblin | Neil Perkins | TV movie | [40] | ||
Criminal Minds | Jeff Joyce | Episode: "JJ" | |||
Temple Grandin | Executive Producer | Producer only | [41] | ||
2010–2012 | True Justice | Nikoli Putin | 4 episodes | ||
2011 | Sanctuary | Caleb | 2 episodes | ||
Trading Christmas | Ray Johnson | TV movie | |||
2012 | Boss | Vacarro | 2 episodes | ||
Vegas | George Grady | 3 episodes | |||
2013 | Delete | Lt. General Michael Overson | 2 episodes | ||
2014 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Lee Berman | Episode: "Kitty" | ||
Falling Skies | Nick Phillips | Episode: "Mind Wars" | |||
Bones | Mason Barnes | Episode: "The Money Maker on the Merry-Go-Round" | |||
Ascension | Harris Enzmann | 3 episodes | |||
2015–2018 | Patriot | Lawrence Lacroix | Executive producer | 14 episodes - Also story writer | |
2016 | 11.22.63 | FBI Agent James B. Hosty | 2 episodes | ||
Eyewitness | Gabe Caldwell | 10 episodes | |||
2017 | Between Us | Matt | TV short | ||
2018 | The Detectives | Det. Peter Baker | Episode: "Nine Shots" | ||
2019 | The Handmaid's Tale | Doctor | Episode: "Heroic" | ||
Suits | Dan Foley | Episode: "Windmills" | |||
Jett | Evans | 9 episodes | |||
2020 | Cherish the Day | Therapist | Episode: "Synopsis" | ||
The Twilight Zone | Dick Warren | Episode: "You Might Also Like" | |||
Love in the Time of Corona | Paul | 4 episodes | |||
2021 | American Gods | Bill Sanders | 3 episodes | ||
2022 | Women of the Movement | Gerald Chatham | 4 episodes | ||
2023–2024 | Chucky | Warren Pryce | 6 episodes | ||
2024 | Alert: Missing Persons Unit | Inspector Hollis Braun | 6 episodes |
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- ^ "Dinner at Fred's". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
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- ^ "Say You'll Be Mine". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
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- ^ "The Big Screen". The Courier-Journal. August 31, 2005. pp. Velocity: 38.
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- ^ "Leading Lady". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
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- ^ "Life on the Line". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ "Dead Draw". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ "Blood Honey". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
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- ^ "Radiant City". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- ^ "The Courage to Love". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- ^ "Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ "Second String". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ "Zeyda and the Hitman". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- ^ "Goblin". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
- ^ "Temple Grandin". prod.tcm.com. Retrieved 2024-10-20.