Bill Irwin

Bill Irwin
Irwin at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con
Born
William Mills Irwin

(1950-04-11) April 11, 1950 (age 74)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • choreographer
  • clown
  • comedian
Years active1974–present
Spouses
  • Kimi Okada
    (m. 1977; div. 1982)
  • Martha Roth
    (m. 1990)
Children1

William Mills Irwin (born April 11, 1950)[1] is an American actor, choreographer, clown,[2][3] and comedian. He began as a vaudeville-style stage performer and has been noted for his contribution to the renaissance of American circus during the 1970s. He has made a number of appearances on film and television, and he won a Tony Award for his role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. He also worked as a choreographer on Broadway and 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?.[4] 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.[5] From 2017 to 2019, he appeared as Cary Loudermilk on the FX television series Legion.

  1. ^ "Bill Irwin Biography". Broadway World. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. ^ Isherwood, Charles (4 March 2013). "Aging Clowns and Brand-New Gags: 'Old Hats,' With Bill Irwin and David Shiner". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  3. ^ Brantley, Ben (8 November 2011). "A Fool, His King and the Madness That Engulfs Them". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  4. ^ Gussow, Mel (11 May 2008). "How to Deal with Midlife: Keep Dancing". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Television". thebillirwin.com. Archived from the original on 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2016-01-21.

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