Bill Dawes

Bill Dawes is an American actor and stand-up comic. He graduated cum laude with an aerospace engineering degree from Princeton University and holds an MFA In acting from NYU. While living in New York, Bill starred in 3 Broadway plays and over a dozen Off-Broadway plays as well as appearing in over 50 films and television shows. As a comic, he has toured nationally as well as internationally with the USO and considers the Hollywood Laugh Factory his home club. He is best known for "Mo," "Alaska Daily," "City on a Hill," "Damages," "Before the Sun Explodes," "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit," and "Encounter" with Riz Ahmed. Bill tours nationally and internationally as a headlining comic and considers the Laugh Factory his home club.

Just 4 Kicks (2003)

A stranger tries to help twin brothers who play for a winless soccer team.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sydney J. Bartholomew Jr.
CAST:  Cole Sprouse  •  Dylan Sprouse  •  Tom Arnold  •  Lori Sebourn-Carhart

A stranger tries to help twin brothers who play for a winless soccer team.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sydney J. Bartholomew Jr.
CAST:  Cole Sprouse  •  Dylan Sprouse  •  Tom Arnold  •  Lori Sebourn-Carhart

Born Loser (2001)

Office hijinks have an unexpected outcome in this unnerving story set in the claims department of a small insurance company. Life will never be the same at SafeWell Insurance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stan Mendoza
CAST:  Gerry Bamman  •  Bill Dawes  •  Marceline Hugot  •  Adam LeFevre

Office hijinks have an unexpected outcome in this unnerving story set in the claims department of a small insurance company. Life will never be the same at SafeWell Insurance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stan Mendoza
CAST:  Gerry Bamman  •  Bill Dawes  •  Marceline Hugot  •  Adam LeFevre

One Night (2007)

Fifteen New Yorkers go into a Friday night unaware of the fact that their lives are about to change.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Knowles
CAST:  Melissa Leo  •  Michael Muhney  •  Bill Sage  •  Frankie Shaw

Fifteen New Yorkers go into a Friday night unaware of the fact that their lives are about to change.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Knowles
CAST:  Melissa Leo  •  Michael Muhney  •  Bill Sage  •  Frankie Shaw

How to Seduce Difficult Women (2009)

Philippe, a French-American writer living in Manhattan, decides to take on ten relationship-challenged men to help them learn the art of seduction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Temtchine
CAST:  Stephanie Szostak  •  Louis-Do de Lencquesaing  •  Jackie Hoffman  •  Rachel Roberts

Philippe, a French-American writer living in Manhattan, decides to take on ten relationship-challenged men to help them learn the art of seduction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Temtchine
CAST:  Stephanie Szostak  •  Louis-Do de Lencquesaing  •  Jackie Hoffman  •  Rachel Roberts

Adam (2009)

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Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Mayer
CAST:  Hugh Dancy  •  Rose Byrne  •  Peter Gallagher  •  Amy Irving

Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Mayer
CAST:  Hugh Dancy  •  Rose Byrne  •  Peter Gallagher  •  Amy Irving

Asylum Seekers (2009)

Six people on the verge of a breakdown decide to check themselves into an insane asylum, only to discover there is just room for one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rania Ajami
CAST:  Pepper Binkley  •  Bill Dawes  •  Judith Hawking  •  Daniel Irizarry

Six people on the verge of a breakdown decide to check themselves into an insane asylum, only to discover there is just room for one.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rania Ajami
CAST:  Pepper Binkley  •  Bill Dawes  •  Judith Hawking  •  Daniel Irizarry

Fiona (1998)

Fiona is abandoned at six months of age, raised in foster and adoptive homes, abused, and, still a teen, hustles on the streets of New York. We watch her use heroine, fall in love with other women, be pursued by men, engage in murderous violence, hide out in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amos Kollek
CAST:  Anna Thomson  •  Felicia Maguire  •  Alyssa Mulhern  •  Anna Grace

Fiona is abandoned at six months of age, raised in foster and adoptive homes, abused, and, still a teen, hustles on the streets of New York. We watch her use heroine, fall in love with other women, be pursued by men, engage in murderous violence, hide out in a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amos Kollek
CAST:  Anna Thomson  •  Felicia Maguire  •  Alyssa Mulhern  •  Anna Grace

EvenHand (2002)

Set in a dirt-poor neighborhood in the fictional city of San Lovisa, Texas, EvenHand tells the story of two very different cops, working together for the first time. Rob Francis, recently divorced, finds the adjustment from his previous assignment in "Sleepytown" ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Pierson
CAST:  Bill Sage  •  Bill Dawes  •  iO Tillett Wright

Set in a dirt-poor neighborhood in the fictional city of San Lovisa, Texas, EvenHand tells the story of two very different cops, working together for the first time. Rob Francis, recently divorced, finds the adjustment from his previous assignment in "Sleepytown" ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Pierson
CAST:  Bill Sage  •  Bill Dawes  •  iO Tillett Wright

On the Q.T. (1999)

A struggling violin player has his morals tested after he meets a wise musician while playing in the subway who introduces him to the music world in N.Y.C.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yale Strom
CAST:  Sam Ball  •  James Earl Jones  •  Trudie Styler  •  Annie Parisse

A struggling violin player has his morals tested after he meets a wise musician while playing in the subway who introduces him to the music world in N.Y.C.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yale Strom
CAST:  Sam Ball  •  James Earl Jones  •  Trudie Styler  •  Annie Parisse

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell (2009)

A tireless and charismatic novelty seeker, Tucker tricks his buddy Dan into lying to his fiancée Kristy, so they can go to an legendary strip club three and a half hours away to celebrate Dan’s last days of bachelorhood in proper style.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Gosse
CAST:  Matt Czuchry  •  Jesse Bradford  •  Marika Domińczyk  •  Traci Lords

A tireless and charismatic novelty seeker, Tucker tricks his buddy Dan into lying to his fiancée Kristy, so they can go to an legendary strip club three and a half hours away to celebrate Dan’s last days of bachelorhood in proper style.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Gosse
CAST:  Matt Czuchry  •  Jesse Bradford  •  Marika Domińczyk  •  Traci Lords

Before the Sun Explodes (2016)

After his wife kicks him out, an anxious comedian is lured in by an intriguing woman with a stalker.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Debra Eisenstadt
CAST:  Amir Arison  •  Christine Woods  •  Sarah Butler  •  Keri Safran

After his wife kicks him out, an anxious comedian is lured in by an intriguing woman with a stalker.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Debra Eisenstadt
CAST:  Amir Arison  •  Christine Woods  •  Sarah Butler  •  Keri Safran

Encounter (2021)

A decorated Marine goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from an unhuman threat. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous directions, the boys will need to leave their childhoods behind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Pearce
CAST:  Riz Ahmed  •  Octavia Spencer  •  Lucian-River Mirage Chauhan  •  Rory Cochrane

A decorated Marine goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from an unhuman threat. As their journey takes them in increasingly dangerous directions, the boys will need to leave their childhoods behind.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Pearce
CAST:  Riz Ahmed  •  Octavia Spencer  •  Lucian-River Mirage Chauhan  •  Rory Cochrane

Beautiful Violence (2021)

A terminally ill man decides to die by having a stranger kill him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joey Medina
CAST:  Eric Blake  •  Bill Dawes

A terminally ill man decides to die by having a stranger kill him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joey Medina
CAST:  Eric Blake  •  Bill Dawes

Shaman's Call (2021)

A depressed poet drunk and alone in the desert receives a life-altering message from a strange yet familiar face.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Mancinetti
CAST:  Jon Mancinetti  •  Bill Dawes

A depressed poet drunk and alone in the desert receives a life-altering message from a strange yet familiar face.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Mancinetti
CAST:  Jon Mancinetti  •  Bill Dawes

Pay To Die

While putting together a horror movie, a group of filmmakers are terrorized by a killer after hiring the wrong person for the job.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shawn C. Phillips  •  Lauren Francesca
CAST:  Lauren Francesca  •  Shawn C. Phillips  •  James Duval  •  Brandon Krum

While putting together a horror movie, a group of filmmakers are terrorized by a killer after hiring the wrong person for the job.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shawn C. Phillips  •  Lauren Francesca
CAST:  Lauren Francesca  •  Shawn C. Phillips  •  James Duval  •  Brandon Krum