William Camp (born October 13, 1961) is an American character actor.
He became known for playing supporting roles in many films such as
Lincoln (2012), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Love and Mercy (2015), Loving
(2016), Molly's Game (2017), Vice (2018), Wildlife (2018), and Joker
(2019), as well as the HBO miniseries The Night Of in 2016 and The
Outsider in 2020.Camp has appeared in many television series and
received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his role in the
miniseries The Night Of (2016). He was nominated for a Tony Award for
his role in the 2016 Broadway revival of the play The Crucible.Camp
was initially largely active in theatre, but has taken on character
roles in both film and television. In 2002, he left acting and
temporarily changed professions (as a cook and mechanic), only to
return two years later in Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul, for which he
won an Obie Award (Off-Broadway Theater Awards).Among his works on
Broadway are Heartbreak House (2006), Death of a Salesman (2012) and
The Crucible (2016). In 2006, Camp joined, Philip Bosco and Lily Rabe
in the Broadway revival of Heartbreak House at the Roundabout Theatre
Company's American Airlines Theatre. In 2012, Camp joined Philip
Seymour Hoffman, and Andrew Garfield in Mike Nichols' Broadway Revival
of Death of a Salesman at The Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The show ran
from March 15, 2012 through June 02, 2012 and earned rave reviews, and
won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. In 2016, he starred in
the Broadway Revival of The Crucible alongside Saoirse Ronan, Ben
Whishaw, Ciaran Hinds and Sophie Okenedo at the Walter Kerr Theatre.
He received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play nomination
for The Crucible.
He became known for playing supporting roles in many films such as
Lincoln (2012), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Love and Mercy (2015), Loving
(2016), Molly's Game (2017), Vice (2018), Wildlife (2018), and Joker
(2019), as well as the HBO miniseries The Night Of in 2016 and The
Outsider in 2020.Camp has appeared in many television series and
received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his role in the
miniseries The Night Of (2016). He was nominated for a Tony Award for
his role in the 2016 Broadway revival of the play The Crucible.Camp
was initially largely active in theatre, but has taken on character
roles in both film and television. In 2002, he left acting and
temporarily changed professions (as a cook and mechanic), only to
return two years later in Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul, for which he
won an Obie Award (Off-Broadway Theater Awards).Among his works on
Broadway are Heartbreak House (2006), Death of a Salesman (2012) and
The Crucible (2016). In 2006, Camp joined, Philip Bosco and Lily Rabe
in the Broadway revival of Heartbreak House at the Roundabout Theatre
Company's American Airlines Theatre. In 2012, Camp joined Philip
Seymour Hoffman, and Andrew Garfield in Mike Nichols' Broadway Revival
of Death of a Salesman at The Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The show ran
from March 15, 2012 through June 02, 2012 and earned rave reviews, and
won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. In 2016, he starred in
the Broadway Revival of The Crucible alongside Saoirse Ronan, Ben
Whishaw, Ciaran Hinds and Sophie Okenedo at the Walter Kerr Theatre.
He received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play nomination
for The Crucible.
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