Billy Campbell

For other people named Billy Campbell, see Billy Campbell (disambiguation).

Billy Campbell
File:Billy Campbell 2013 (cropped).jpg Campbell in 2013
Born	William Oliver Campbell (1959-07-07) July 7, 1959 Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981–present

William Oliver "Billy" Campbell (born July 7, 1959) is an American film and television actor. In television, he is best known for his roles as Rick Sammler on Once and Again, as Det. Joey Indelli on Crime Story, as Jordan Collier on The 4400, and as Dr. Jon Fielding on the Tales of the City miniseries. He is also known for his recurring role as Luke Fuller in Dynasty which was his first prominent role. His most notable films include The Rocketeer, Bram Stoker's Dracula and Enough. He portrayed Darren Richmond on the AMC television series The Killing, and played Dr. Alan Farragut in the SyFy series Helix.

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. In 1988, Campbell would appear as a guest star in the second season episode "The Outrageous Okona".

In 1991, Campbell played the lead role in the retro sci-fi fantasy film The Rocketeer. He then played Quincey Morris, a vampire hunter in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), directed by Francis Ford Coppola. In 1993, he starred in the short-lived detective series Moon Over Miami, and also won the role of Dr. Jon Fielding in the television adaptation of Tales of the City, based on the bestselling novels by Armistead Maupin. He would go on to appear in the sequels More Tales of the City in 1998, and Further Tales of the City in 2001.

In 1999, Campbell began what is probably his most famous role, that of Rick Sammler on the ABC series Once and Again. 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.

In recent years, Campbell has often played villains. 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 made-for-TV movie 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 starred as Abraham Lincoln in the National Geographic television adaptation of Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard's book, Killing Lincoln.

Personal life

Campbell was born in Charlottesville, Virginia. He attended Fork Union Military Academy and Western Albemarle High School. His parents divorced when he was two years old. He has volunteered as an actor with the Young Storytellers Program. He is good friends with actor and Crime Story co-star Stephen Lang. Campbell portrayed General George Pickett in the 2003 film Gods and Generals, a part previously played by Lang in the 1993 film Gettysburg in which Campbell also co-starred.

During the filming of 1991's The Rocketeer, he began a romance with co-star Jennifer Connelly, 11 years his junior. They were involved for five years before they broke up in 1996.

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

A major reason that Campbell sought out the role of Jordan Collier in the TV series The 4400 is filming was located in Vancouver, Canada. When filming he is drawn to locations. To quote Campbell on Vancouver: "Vancouver is one of my favorite places on earth. It's gray and rainy there a lot the time, but for some reason, even though it's gray and rainy, I feel like it's a sunny day." "...the city of my dreams: Vancouver."

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	How Sleep the Brave	Strickner
1989	Call from Space	Young Man	Short film
1991	The Rocketeer	Cliff Secord
1991	Checkered Flag	Tommy Trehearn
1992	Bram Stoker's Dracula	Quincey Morris
1993	The Night We Met	Shep
1993	Gettysburg	Lt. Pitzer
1994	Dickwad	Chet	Short film
1995	Under the Hula Moon	Marvin
1996	Lover's Knot	Steve Hunter
1997	Elissa	Will	Short film
1997	Menno's Mind	Menno
1997	The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo	Harrison
1997	Last Chance Love	Robert
1998	The Brylcreem Boys	Miles Keogh
2001	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
2014	Red Knot	Capt. Emerson
2014	The Scribbler	Sinclair
2014	Operation Rogue	Military Newscaster
????	10 Things I Hate About Life	TBA	Announced

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1973	The Rookies	Gordan	"The Wheel of Death"
1984	Family Ties	Lyle	"Best Man"
1984-1985	Dynasty	Luke Fuller	Recurring role
1985	First Steps	Dwayne	TV film
1986	Dream West	Lt. Gaines	TV miniseries
1986-1988	Crime Story	Det. Joey Indelli	Regular role
1988	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Capt. Thadiun Okona	"The Outrageous Okona"
1989	CBS Summer Playhouse	Wayne	"The Heat"
1993	Moon Over Miami	Walter Tatum	Main role
1993	Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City	Jon Fielding	TV miniseries
1995	Out There	Delbert Mosley	TV film
1996	The Cold Equations	Lt. John Barton	TV film
1997	The Naked Truth	Luke	"A Year in the Life"
1998	Frasier	Dr. Clint Webber	"The Perfect Guy"
1998	Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City	Jon Fielding	TV miniseries
1998	Monday After the Miracle	John Macy	TV film
1998	Max Q	Clay Jarvis	TV film
1999	Dead Man's Gun	John Slattery	"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
2003	The Stranger Beside Me	Ted Bundy	TV film
2003	The Practice	Tom Bartos	"Goodbye"
2004	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Ron Polikoff	"Doubt"
2004-2007	The 4400	Jordan Collier	Main role
2005	The O.C.	Carter Buckley	Recurring role
2007-2008	Shark	Wayne Callison	"Wayne's World: Parts 1, 2 & 3"
2008	The Circuit	Al Shines	TV film
2009	Meteor	Det. Jack Crowe	TV miniseries
2009	Eureka	Dr. Bruce Manlius	"Shower the People"
2009	Revolution	Tom Hart	TV film
2010	Melrose Place	Ben Brinkley	"Oriole", "Stoner Canyon", "Mulholland"
2011-2014	The Killing	Darren Richmond	Regular role
2013	Killing Lincoln	Abraham Lincoln	TV film
2013	Full Circle	Trent Campbell	"Cliff & Trent", "Trent & Trisha", "Celeste & Tim"
2014	Lizzie Borden Took an Ax	Andrew Jennings	TV film
2014	Delirium	Thomas Fineman	Unsold TV pilot
2014-2015	Helix	Dr. Alan Farragut	Main role

See also

• List of Star Trek: The Next Generation actors

External links

• Billy Campbell at the Internet Movie Database