Billy Campbell Biography
Billy Campbell (William Oliver Campbell) is an American film and television actor. He is famously known for his role in the TV series Dynasty. He featured as Luke Fuller in the series. From that time his name became popular among the people. He has played different roles in various movies.
Some of them include: 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. Others are, The Rocketeer, Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Enough. Additionally, he has featured as Darren Richmond on the AMC television series, The Killing. He has also played as Dr. Alan Farragut in the SyFy series Helix.
Billy Campbell attended Fork Union Military Academy and Western Albemarle High School. Billy’s first appearance was in the 1980s in an episode of the Family Ties. It was after this that he got his first prominent role as Luke Fuller, Steven Carrington’s lover on Dynasty.
Between 1986–88, he had a regular role as Detective Joey Indelli in the 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 the year 1991, Campbell played the lead role in The .
One year later he appeared as “Quincey Morris”, a vampire hunter in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The following year 1993, he starred in the short-lived detective series Moon Over Miami. He also won the role of Dr. Jon Fielding in the television adaptation of Tales of the City. He featured in the sequels More Tales of the City in 1998.
In 2001, he starred in Further Tales of the City. In 1999, Campbell starred as Rick Sammler on Once and Again alongside Sela Ward. The series ran for three seasons until 2002. It was during this time when Campbell received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series.
Between 2004–2007, Campbell gained a role as Jordan Collier on the sci-fi series The 4400. The series aired on the USA Network for four seasons . 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 TV movie The Stranger Beside Me.
There after, he played a college professor accused of raping a student in a 2004 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Moreover, he featured as 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 2000, Campbell was named one of the “World’s 50 Most Beautiful People” by People magazine. He played Abraham Lincoln in the National Geographic television adaptation of the Bill O’Reilly/Martin Dugard book, Killing Lincoln in 2013.
During the year 2017 and 2018, he starred in the Canadian television drama series Cardinal. For this, he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Limited Series or Television Film at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018 and at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.
Billy Campbell Age
Billy Campbell was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America. He was born on 7th July 1959. His current age is 60 years as of 2019.
Billy Campbell Height
Billy Campbell is quite a tall and a handsome man. He has a height of approximately 6 Feet 4 Inches ( 1.92m).
Billy Campbell Net Worth
Billy Campbell has a successful acting career. His main source of income is from the roles he plays in various films and TV Shows. He has managed to appear as the lead role in some of the movies such as The Rocketeer.
He made his debut in the film Family Ties. This was followed by Dynasty which kick started off his career well. In the years that followed he has been featuring in lots of other films.
Billy has an approximated net worth of $ 2.5 million. His net worth could even be slightly higher recently.
Billy Campbell Wife Norway | Gay | Affairs
Billy Campbell has a Norwegian wife. The two have one child together. They live mainly between Copenhagen and her family’s farm in the south of Norway. Details about their wedding date is not well known.
Previously, Billy was in a romantic relationship with Jennifer Connelly. She was a co-star in the film The Rocketeer. This happened in the 1991’s at the end of filming of The Rocketeer. The two were involved for five years before they broke up in 1996. Rumors had it that the two were to get married before their relationship turned sour.
There has been claims that Billy Campbell is gay. Probably because he has starred as a gay character in some films. He however has not given an official statement whether he is gay or not. Judging from his previous relationships with ladies, we could guess that he is straight. There is still room for doubt until he clears the air about the issue.
Billy Campbell Movies And Tv Shows | Billy Campbell Cardinal
Movies
1982 How Sleep the Brave 1989 Call from Space 1991 The Rocketeer 1991 Checkered Flag 1993 The Night We Met 1994 Dickwad 1995 Under the Hula Moon 1996 Lover’s Knot 1997 The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo 1997 Last Chance Love 1998 The Brylcreem Boys 2001 The Rising Place 2002 Enough 2003 Gods and Generals 2008 Ghost Town 2010 Almost Kings 2012 Fat Kid Rules the World 2013 Copperhead 2014 Red Knot 2014 Operation Rogue
TV Shows
1984 Family Ties 1984-85 Dynasty 1985 First Steps 1986-88 Crime Story 1988 Star Trek: The Next Generation 1989 CBS Summer Playhouse 1995 Out There 1996 The Cold Equations 1997 The Naked Truth 1999 Dead Man’s Gun 1999-2002 Once and Again 2000 In the Beginning 2003 The Stranger Beside Me 2004 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2007-08 Shark 2008 The Circuit 2009 Meteor 2011-14 The Killing 2014 Lizzie Borden Took an Ax 2014-15 Helix 2017 Modus 2017-present Cardinal
Billy Campbell Nominations | Awards
2000: Nominee Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama Once and Again
2002: Received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series.
2018: Won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Limited Series or Television Film at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards.
2019: Won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Limited Series or Television Film at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards.
