Billy Campbell

{{short description|American film and television actor (born 1959)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Billy Campbell

| image = Billy Campbell 2013 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Campbell in 2013

| birth_name = William Oliver Campbell

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|7|7}}

| birth_place = Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1981–present

| spouse = Anne Campbell{{cite web|url=https://silvermagazine.ca/bill-campbell-actor-globetrotter/|title=Billy Campbell; Actor, Globetrotter|last=Holt|first=David|website=silvermagazine.ca|date=May 8, 2020}}

| children = 2

}}

William Oliver Campbell{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/50/Bill-Campbell.html |title=Bill Campbell Biography (1959-) |website=FilmReference.com |access-date=October 7, 2008}} (born July 7, 1959{{Cite web |last=Mike Rose |first=cleveland com |date=2024-07-07 |title=Famous birthdays list for today, July 7, 2024 includes celebrities Jim Gaffigan, Ringo Starr |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2024/07/famous-birthdays-list-for-today-july-7-2024-includes-celebrities-jim-gaffigan-ringo-starr.html |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=cleveland |language=en}}) is an American film and television actor. He first gained recognition for his recurring role as Luke Fuller in the TV series Dynasty and in The Rocketeer. Then, he became known for playing Rick Sammler on Once and Again, Det. Joey Indelli on Crime Story, Jordan Collier on The 4400, and Dr. Jon Fielding on the Tales of the City miniseries. His most notable films include The Rocketeer, Bram Stoker's Dracula and Enough.{{cite magazine |title=EW Looks Back: Billy Campbell on how 'The Rocketeer' (kinda) cured his fear of flying |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/12/13/billy-campbell-the-rocketeer-blu-ray |access-date=December 15, 2011}} He portrayed Darren Richmond on the AMC television series The Killing, Dr. Alan Farragut in the SYFY series Helix and Det. John Cardinal on CTV's Cardinal.

Early life

Campbell was born in Charlottesville, Virginia. He attended Fork Union Military Academy, Western Albemarle High School and New Trier East High School. His parents divorced when he was two years old.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

Career

After an appearance in an episode of the hit 1980s sitcom Family Ties, Campbell's first prominent role was that of Luke Fuller, Steven Carrington's lover on Dynasty. Campbell appeared in the show's fifth season (1984–85) when Dynasty was the number one show on American television. Following this, he had a regular role as Detective Joey Indelli on the 1986–88 NBC series Crime Story. Campbell was the first choice of the producers of Star Trek: The Next Generation to play the role of William Riker, but lost the role to Jonathan Frakes.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWINnL-psYw#t=560 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/wWINnL-psYw |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Rick Berman |last1=Howard |first1=Jennifer |date=May 31, 2006 |website=emmytvlegends.org |publisher=Archive of American Television |access-date=November 23, 2014}}{{cbignore}} Campbell appeared as a guest star during the show's second season, portraying the title character in "The Outrageous Okona".

In 1991, Campbell played the lead role and love interest of Jennifer Connelly's character in The Rocketeer. He went on to appear as Quincey Morris, a Texan vampire hunter in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). In 1993, he starred in the short-lived detective series Moon Over Miami. That same year, he was seen in the role of Dr. Jon Fielding in the television adaptation of Tales of the City. He appeared in the sequels More Tales of the City in 1998, and Further Tales of the City in 2001.{{Cite web|title=Billy Campbell|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001004/|access-date=2022-02-06|website=IMDb}}

In 1999, Campbell began his role as Rick Sammler on Once and Again, opposite Sela Ward. The series ran for three seasons until 2002, during which time Campbell received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series. Campbell then had a regular role as Jordan Collier on the sci-fi series The 4400, which aired for four seasons on the USA Network between 2004–2007. In 2005, he had a recurring role in the teen soap The O.C.

After his role in the 2002 film Enough, in which he played the abusive husband of Jennifer Lopez's character, he portrayed serial killer Ted Bundy in the 2003 television film The Stranger Beside Me. He then played a college professor accused of raping a student in a 2004 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and also played an accused serial killer who defends himself in the 2007 television series Shark. In 2010, Campbell had a recurring role in the short-lived revival of Melrose Place. Following this, Campbell took a prominent role in the AMC series The Killing, an American remake of the Danish series of the same name.

In 2012, Campbell played the stern but kindly father in the independent film, Fat Kid Rules the World. In 2000, Campbell was named one of the "World's 50 Most Beautiful People" by People magazine. In 2013, he played Abraham Lincoln in the National Geographic television adaptation of the Bill O'Reilly/Martin Dugard book, Killing Lincoln.{{cite web |url=http://social.entertainment.msn.com/tv/blogs/tv-buzz-blog.aspx?blog=2080&feat=a70759e7-6bb4-4c1d-b78b-e4528ca5f3da |title=Tom Hanks Hosting Adaptation of O'Reilly Book |website=MSN.com |access-date=February 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916102643/http://social.entertainment.msn.com/tv/blogs/tv-buzz-blog.aspx?blog=2080&feat=a70759e7-6bb4-4c1d-b78b-e4528ca5f3da |archive-date=September 16, 2012}}

From 2017 to 2020, he starred in the Canadian television drama series Cardinal, for which he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Limited Series or Television Film at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018,{{Cite news |first=Jessica |last=Wong |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/csa-gala-lookahead-1.4570105 |title=Canadian Screen Awards 2018: Maudie, Anne, Kim's Convenience win top prizes |work=CBC News |date=March 11, 2018}} the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019{{cite news |last1=Nathoo |first1=Zulekha |title=Schitt's Creek, Anne with an E take top honours at Canadian Screen Awards |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/csa-2019-winners-1.5078475 |access-date=April 19, 2019 |work=CBC News |date=March 31, 2019}} and the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.{{cite news|title=CTV drama Cardinal leads Canadian Screen Awards TV pack|url=https://www.tricitynews.com/ctv-drama-cardinal-leads-canadian-screen-awards-tv-pack-with-seven-wins-1.24142441|work=Tri City News|access-date=2020-05-29|archive-date=2020-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606061323/https://www.tricitynews.com/ctv-drama-cardinal-leads-canadian-screen-awards-tv-pack-with-seven-wins-1.24142441|url-status=dead}}

Personal life

By the end of filming of 1991's The Rocketeer, the 31-year-old Campbell was in a romance with his 20-year-old co-star Jennifer Connelly. They were engaged{{cite magazine|last=Wild|first=David|date=August 8, 1991|title=Jennifer Connelly: Love and Rockets|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/jennifer-connelly-love-and-rockets-204208/|magazine=Rolling Stone|location=New York City|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|language=en|access-date=May 17, 2021|url-access=subscription}} before they broke up in 1996 after being involved for five years.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20136346,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104155838/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20136346,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 4, 2014 |title=Beautiful Minder |last1=Schneider |first1=Karen S. |date=February 4, 2002 |magazine=People |access-date=February 27, 2014}} He now has a Norwegian wife and two children, and they live at her family's farm in Rygge (Moss since 1 January 2020), Norway.{{cite interview |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2017/10/17/cardinal-star-billy-campbell-his-love-scandi-noir-and-one-time-he-was-rocketeer |title=Cardinal star Billy Campbell on his love of Scandi Noir and that one time he was The Rocketeer |first=Billy |last=Campbell |interviewer=Dan Barrett |date=October 17, 2017 |website=Special Broadcasting Service |access-date=July 29, 2018}}

Campbell is a rugby enthusiast, having played for the Virginia Rugby Football Club, Chicago Lions RFC and the Santa Monica Rugby Club.

Campbell has "permanent resident" immigration status in Canada, with an apartment in Vancouver, British Columbia.{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/actor-billy-campbell-on-cardinal-the-frozen-wilds-and-the-roles-that-matter-most/article33673173 |title=Actor Billy Campbell on Cardinal, the frozen wilds and the roles that matter most |last1=Wheeler |first1=Brad |date=January 19, 2017 |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |access-date=January 29, 2017}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1982 \|How Sleep the Brave \|Strickner \|
1989 \|Call from Space \|Young Man \|Short film
rowspan=2\|1991 \|The Rocketeer \|Cliff Secord \|
Checkered Flag \|Tommy Trehearn \|
1992 \|Bram Stoker's Dracula \|Quincey Morris \|
rowspan=2\|1993 \|The Night We Never Met \|Shep \|
Gettysburg \|Lt. Andrew Lewis Pitzer \|
1994 \|Dickwad \|Chet \|Short film
1995 \|Under the Hula Moon \|Marvin \|
1995 \|Out There \|Delbert Mosley \|
1996 \|Lover's Knot \|Steve Hunter \|
rowspan=4\|1997 \|Elissa \|Will \|Short film
Menno's Mind \|Menno \|
{{sortname\|The\|Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo}} \|Harrison \|
Last Chance Love \|Robert \|
1998 \|{{sortname\|The\|Brylcreem Boys}} \|Miles Keogh \|
2001 \|{{sortname\|The\|Rising Place}} \|Streete Wilder \|
2002 \|Enough \|Mitch Hiller \|
2003 \|Gods and Generals \|Maj. Gen. George Pickett \|
2008 \|Ghost Town \|Richard \|
2010 \|Almost Kings \|Ron \|
2012 \|Fat Kid Rules the World \|Mr. Billings \|
2013 \|Copperhead \|Abner Beech \|
rowspan=3\|2014 \|Red Knot \|Capt. Emerson \|
{{sortname\|The\|Scribbler\|The Scribbler (film)}} \|Sinclair \|
Operation Rogue \|Military Newscaster \|
rowspan=2\|2022 \|Troll \|Dr. David Secord \|
Narvik \|George L.D. Gibbs \|Credited as Ollie Campbell
2025 \|I Know What You Did Last Summer \|{{TBA}} \|Post-production

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1982

|How Sleep the Brave

|Strickner

1989

|Call from Space

|Young Man

|Short film

rowspan=2|1991

|The Rocketeer

|Cliff Secord

Checkered Flag

|Tommy Trehearn

1992

|Bram Stoker's Dracula

|Quincey Morris

rowspan=2|1993

|The Night We Never Met

|Shep

Gettysburg

|Lt. Andrew Lewis Pitzer

1994

|Dickwad

|Chet

|Short film

1995

|Under the Hula Moon

|Marvin

1995

|Out There

|Delbert Mosley

1996

|Lover's Knot

|Steve Hunter

rowspan=4|1997

|Elissa

|Will

|Short film

Menno's Mind

|Menno

{{sortname|The|Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo}}

|Harrison

Last Chance Love

|Robert

1998

|{{sortname|The|Brylcreem Boys}}

|Miles Keogh

2001

|{{sortname|The|Rising Place}}

|Streete Wilder

2002

|Enough

|Mitch Hiller

2003

|Gods and Generals

|Maj. Gen. George Pickett

2008

|Ghost Town

|Richard

2010

|Almost Kings

|Ron

2012

|Fat Kid Rules the World

|Mr. Billings

2013

|Copperhead

|Abner Beech

rowspan=3|2014

|Red Knot

|Capt. Emerson

{{sortname|The|Scribbler|The Scribbler (film)}}

|Sinclair

Operation Rogue

|Military Newscaster

rowspan=2|2022

|Troll

|Dr. David Secord

Narvik

|George L.D. Gibbs

|Credited as Ollie Campbell

2025

|I Know What You Did Last Summer

|{{TBA}}

|Post-production

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1984 \|Family Ties \|Lyle \|Episode: "Best Man"
1984–85 \|Dynasty \|Luke Fuller \|Recurring role
1985 \|First Steps \|Dwayne \|TV film
1986 \|Dream West \|Lt. Gaines \|TV miniseries
1986–88 \|Crime Story \|Det. Joey Indelli \|Regular role
1988 \| Star Trek: The Next Generation \| Captain Thadiun Okona \| Episode: "The Outrageous Okona"
1989 \|CBS Summer Playhouse \|Wayne \|Episode: "The Heat"
rowspan=2\|1993 \|Moon Over Miami \|Walter Tatum \|Main role
Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City \|Jon Fielding \|TV miniseries
1995 \|Out There \|Delbert Mosley \|TV film
1996 \|{{sortname\|The\|Cold Equations\|nolink=1}} \|Lt. John Barton \|TV film
1997 \|{{sortname\|The\|Naked Truth\|The Naked Truth (TV series)}} \|Luke \|Episode: "A Year in the Life"
rowspan=4\|1998 \|Frasier \|Dr. Clint Webber \|Episode: "The Perfect Guy"
Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City \|Jon Fielding \|TV miniseries
Monday After the Miracle \|John Macy \|TV film
Max Q \|Clay Jarvis \|TV film
1999 \|Dead Man's Gun \|John Slattery \|Episode: "The Regulator"
1999–2002 \|Once and Again \|Rick Sammler \|Main role
2000 \|In the Beginning \|Moses \|TV miniseries
2001 \|Further Tales of the City \|Dr. Jon Fielding \|TV miniseries
2002 \|CMT 40 Greatest Women of Country Music \|Host \|TV special
rowspan=2\|2003 \|{{sortname\|The\|Stranger Beside Me\|nolink=1}} \|Ted Bundy \|TV film
{{sortname\|The\|Practice}} \|Tom Bartos \|Episode: "Goodbye"
2004 \|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit \|Ron Polikoff \|Episode: "Doubt"
2004–07 \|{{sortname\|The\|4400}} \|Jordan Collier \|Main role
2005 \|{{sortname\|The\|O.C.}} \|Carter Buckley \|Recurring role
2007–08 \|Shark \|Wayne Callison \|Episode: "Wayne's World"
2008 \|{{sortname\|The\|Circuit\|The Circuit (2008 film)}} \|Al Shines \|TV film
rowspan=3\|2009 \|Meteor \|Det. Jack Crowe \|TV miniseries
Eureka \|Dr. Bruce Manlius \|Episode: "Shower the People"
Revolution \|Tom Hart \|TV film
2010 \|Melrose Place \|Ben Brinkley \|3 episodes
2011–12, 2014 \|{{sortname\|The\|Killing\|The Killing (American TV series)}} \|Darren Richmond \|Regular role (seasons 1–2), "Eden"
rowspan=2\|2013 \|Killing Lincoln \|Abraham Lincoln \|TV film
Full Circle \|Trent Campbell \|3 episodes
rowspan=2\|2014 \|Lizzie Borden Took an Ax \|Andrew Jennings \|TV film
Delirium \|Thomas Fineman \|Unsold TV pilot
2014–15 \|Helix \|Dr. Alan Farragut \|Main role
2017 \|Modus \|Dale Tyler \|Recurring role (season 2)
2017–2020 \|Cardinal \|Det. John Cardinal \|Main role
2019–2020 \|{{sortname\|The\|Rocketeer\|The Rocketeer (2019 TV series)}} \|Dave Secord (voice) \|Main role
2022-2024 \| Star Trek: Prodigy \| Captain Thadiun Okona (voice) \| 3 episodes{{Cite web \|last=Pitt \|first=Alison \|date=February 15, 2021 \|title=Billy Campbell will return to Star Trek as the outrageous Okona in Nickelodeon's Prodigy \|url=https://www.dailystartreknews.com/read/billy-campbell-will-return-to-star-trek-as-the-outrageous-okona-in-nickelodeons-prodigy \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215234831/https://www.dailystartreknews.com/read/billy-campbell-will-return-to-star-trek-as-the-outrageous-okona-in-nickelodeons-prodigy \|archive-date=February 15, 2021 \|access-date=February 18, 2021 \|website=Daily Star Trek News}}
2023 \|FBI \|Detective Jack Lombardo \|Episode: "Sins of the Father"
2024 \|Mr. & Mrs. Smith \|Parker Martin \|Guest star

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1984

|Family Ties

|Lyle

|Episode: "Best Man"

1984–85

|Dynasty

|Luke Fuller

|Recurring role

1985

|First Steps

|Dwayne

|TV film

1986

|Dream West

|Lt. Gaines

|TV miniseries

1986–88

|Crime Story

|Det. Joey Indelli

|Regular role

1988

| Star Trek: The Next Generation

| Captain Thadiun Okona

| Episode: "The Outrageous Okona"

1989

|CBS Summer Playhouse

|Wayne

|Episode: "The Heat"

rowspan=2|1993

|Moon Over Miami

|Walter Tatum

|Main role

Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City

|Jon Fielding

|TV miniseries

1995

|Out There

|Delbert Mosley

|TV film

1996

|{{sortname|The|Cold Equations|nolink=1}}

|Lt. John Barton

|TV film

1997

|{{sortname|The|Naked Truth|The Naked Truth (TV series)}}

|Luke

|Episode: "A Year in the Life"

rowspan=4|1998

|Frasier

|Dr. Clint Webber

|Episode: "The Perfect Guy"

Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City

|Jon Fielding

|TV miniseries

Monday After the Miracle

|John Macy

|TV film

Max Q

|Clay Jarvis

|TV film

1999

|Dead Man's Gun

|John Slattery

|Episode: "The Regulator"

1999–2002

|Once and Again

|Rick Sammler

|Main role

2000

|In the Beginning

|Moses

|TV miniseries

2001

|Further Tales of the City

|Dr. Jon Fielding

|TV miniseries

2002

|CMT 40 Greatest Women of Country Music

|Host

|TV special

rowspan=2|2003

|{{sortname|The|Stranger Beside Me|nolink=1}}

|Ted Bundy

|TV film

{{sortname|The|Practice}}

|Tom Bartos

|Episode: "Goodbye"

2004

|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

|Ron Polikoff

|Episode: "Doubt"

2004–07

|{{sortname|The|4400}}

|Jordan Collier

|Main role

2005

|{{sortname|The|O.C.}}

|Carter Buckley

|Recurring role

2007–08

|Shark

|Wayne Callison

|Episode: "Wayne's World"

2008

|{{sortname|The|Circuit|The Circuit (2008 film)}}

|Al Shines

|TV film

rowspan=3|2009

|Meteor

|Det. Jack Crowe

|TV miniseries

Eureka

|Dr. Bruce Manlius

|Episode: "Shower the People"

Revolution

|Tom Hart

|TV film

2010

|Melrose Place

|Ben Brinkley

|3 episodes

2011–12, 2014

|{{sortname|The|Killing|The Killing (American TV series)}}

|Darren Richmond

|Regular role (seasons 1–2), "Eden"

rowspan=2|2013

|Killing Lincoln

|Abraham Lincoln

|TV film

Full Circle

|Trent Campbell

|3 episodes

rowspan=2|2014

|Lizzie Borden Took an Ax

|Andrew Jennings

|TV film

Delirium

|Thomas Fineman

|Unsold TV pilot

2014–15

|Helix

|Dr. Alan Farragut

|Main role

2017

|Modus

|Dale Tyler

|Recurring role (season 2)

2017–2020

|Cardinal

|Det. John Cardinal

|Main role

2019–2020

|{{sortname|The|Rocketeer|The Rocketeer (2019 TV series)}}

|Dave Secord (voice)

|Main role

2022-2024

| Star Trek: Prodigy

| Captain Thadiun Okona (voice)

| 3 episodes{{Cite web |last=Pitt |first=Alison |date=February 15, 2021 |title=Billy Campbell will return to Star Trek as the outrageous Okona in Nickelodeon's Prodigy |url=https://www.dailystartreknews.com/read/billy-campbell-will-return-to-star-trek-as-the-outrageous-okona-in-nickelodeons-prodigy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215234831/https://www.dailystartreknews.com/read/billy-campbell-will-return-to-star-trek-as-the-outrageous-okona-in-nickelodeons-prodigy |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |access-date=February 18, 2021 |website=Daily Star Trek News}}

2023

|FBI

|Detective Jack Lombardo

|Episode: "Sins of the Father"

2024

|Mr. & Mrs. Smith

|Parker Martin

|Guest star