Bill Irwin
Bill Irwin
Biography
William Mills Irwin (born April 11, 1950) is an American actor, choreographer, clown, and comedian. He began as a vaudeville-style stage performer and has been noted for his contribution to the renaissance of the American circus during the 1970s. He has made several appearances on film and television. He won a for his role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He also worked as a choreographer on Broadway. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Choreography in 1989 for Largely New York. He is also known as Mr. Noodle on the Sesame Street segment Elmo's World, and he appeared in the Sesame Street film short Does Air Move Things? He has regularly appeared as Dr. Peter Lindstrom on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and had a recurring role as "The Dick & Jane Killer" on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. From 2017 to 2019, he appeared as Cary Loudermilk on the FX television series Legion. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Irwin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
83
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-04-11 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Santa Monica, California, USA
Acting

2026

The Odyssey as Not available

2024

High Tide as Scott

2024

4th Dementia as Lou

2023

Rustin as A. J. Muste

2023

Endgame as Clov

2022

The Gilded Age as Cornelius Eckhard

2022

The Dropout as Channing Robertson

2022

The Andy Warhol Diaries as Andy Warhol

2022

Spoiler Alert as Bob

2021

Lust Life Love as Richard

2020

Irresistible as Elton Chambers

2019

It Takes a Lunatic as Self

2018

New Amsterdam as Calvin Bennett

2017

Star Trek: Discovery as Su'Kal

2017

Legion as Cary Loudermilk

2017

Old Hats as Not available

2016

This Is Us as ER Doctor

2016

This Is Us as Dr. Spencer

2016

Quarry as Harlowe

2016

Confirmation as Senator Jack Danforth

2016

Circus Kid as Himself

2015

South of Hell as Enos Abascal

2015

Ricki and the Flash as Single Dad

2015

Show Boat as Cap'n Andy Hawks

2015

Identity Theft as Mark

2014

Interstellar as TARS (voice)

2013

Sleepy Hollow as Atticus Nevins

2013

Monday Mornings as Dr. Buck Tierney

2012

Elementary as Richard Balsille

2012

Never Stand Still as Himself

2011

Lights Out as Hal Brennan

2011

Higher Ground as Pastor Bud

2010

Blue Bloods as Cardinal Brennan

2010

Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days as Mr. Noodle (uncredited) (archive footage)

2010

Goldstar, Ohio as Chief Jeff 'Goob' Garver

2009

The Good Wife as Fred Medkiff

2008

Life on Mars as Dr. Schwahn

2008

Rachel Getting Married as Paul Buchman

2007

Across the Universe as Uncle Teddy

2007

Raving as Dito

2006

Lady in the Water as Mr. Leeds

2004

The Manchurian Candidate as Scoutmaster

2002

Igby Goes Down as Lt. Smith

2002

The Laramie Project as Harry Woods

2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Nate Royce

2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Nate Haskell

2000

How the Grinch Stole Christmas as Lou Lou Who

1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Peter Lindstrom

1999

A Midsummer Night's Dream as Tom Snout

1999

Niagara: A History of the Falls as Self - Historian

1998

Just the Ticket as Ray Charles

1998

Illuminata as Marco

1997

Subway Stories as Bill Irwin (segment "Subway Car from Hell")

1996

3rd Rock from the Sun as Pickles

1993

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit as Unnamed Brother #1

1993

Silent Tongue as Comic

1992

The Last Mile as The Maestro

1991

Hot Shots! as Buzz Harley

1991

Stepping Out as Geoffrey

1991

Scenes from a Mall as Mime

1990

Law & Order as Ellison Conway

1990

My Blue Heaven as Kirby

1988

Eight Men Out as Eddie Collins

1988

A New Life as Eric

1984

The Cosby Show as Eddie Bartholomew

1983

The Regard of Flight as Not available

1980

Popeye as Ham Gravy

1980

Mudflat as Not available

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Crew

2017

Old Hats Writer