Bill Dawes

Bill Dawes is an American actor, stand-up comic, producer, and writer from Virginia.

Career
Stage

He is a three-time Broadway veteran with over a dozen Off-Broadway plays, his first stint having been being with Sigourney Weaver and Christopher Durang in the play Sex and Longing. His portrayals of Green Bay Packers legend Paul "Golden Boy" Hornung in the Tony-nominated play Lombardi and Mickey Mantle in the MLB-produced "Bronx Bombers" were noteworthy. Dawes lost 35 pounds for the Rudolph Nureyev role in a play called "Nureyev’s Eyes".

Television

He has appeared in television shows like Sex and the City, All My Children, Law & Order, Oz, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Damages, Rizzoli & Isles, Criminal Minds, Royal Pains, The Following, Elementary, Kevin Can Wait, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and many others.

His more recent TV appearances include Manhunt (2020), S.W.A.T. (2021), City on a Hill (2022), Mo (2022), Wedding Season (2022), The Rookie: Feds (2022), NCIS (2023), Alaska Daily (2022–2023), The Other Two (2023), Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023), and NCIS: Hawaii.

Movies

Dawes has played lead roles in several feature films, notably in the award-winning independent films Fiona, Evenhand and Before the Sun Explodes. He also played lead roles in two MGM children's films Recipe for Disaster and Just for Kicks. Dawes also had an acting role in the DVD cult hit I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell.

His more recent film projects were in What the Night Can Do (2020), Beautiful Violence (2021), Encounter (2021), The Walk (2022), Woods Witch (2023), and Christmas Couples Retreat (2023), among others.

Dawes’ involvement in film production includes being a co-producer of Before the Sun Explodes, co-producer of Beautiful Violence and House of Glass, and associate producer of The Performance. He has upcoming roles in Aloha Also Means Goodbye as co-producer and cast member, and Operation Taco Gary's as executive producer and cast member.

Stand-up Comedy

A stand-up comedian who tours nationally and internationally, Dawes regards the Hollywood Laugh Factory as his home club. He has performed in more than 16 countries, including New Zealand, South Africa, the Philippines, Singapore, Australia, and Saudi Arabia. Dawes has already toured Afghanistan, Kuwait and Iraq for the United Service Organizations (USO). He also hosts a Laugh Factory podcast called "The After Laugh" and has appeared twice in "Gotham Comedy Live" on AXS TV.

Writing

Dawes has written articles in publications such as Good Men Project, Punchline Magazine and The New York Observer. He also has written for several comics, including co-writing Jamie Kennedy's Comedy Central special "Uncomfortable".