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Bill Blair
Homepage
https://www.alienactor.com/
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1954-08-17,Kent, Ohio, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Bill is the Guinness World record holder in the category 'most special effect make-up characters portrayed in a career' the new record number set May 6, 2011 is 202. Born and raised in Kent Ohio, Bill graduated Kent State University, in 1977 with a degree in Telecommunications. But during college, Bill realized that he wanted something else. He embarked on a music career, and in the early 1980's he toured, as the leader of a band called Expression. In 1982, after recovering from a serious injury, he moved to Chicago and shifted to a career in entertainment. His first bit-part in a movie came in 1982 in an American Playhouse film titled "The Killing Floor". By the following summer, Bill was landing featured bit-parts and stand-in work on several films. He got his first speaking role, in 1984, in the TV movie "The Impostor". Later 1984, Dallas, TX. Over the next five years, he kept busy with print ads and industrial shows, and played his first alien character. He portrayed Mr. Spock in an industrial film at the Dallas Convention Center for the Oracle Software Company. January 1990 - Los Angeles, Florida - 1992 - job entertaining at the Busch Gardens water park called Adventure Land. January 1993 - Los Angeles. His first experience as an alien on television was in Alien Nation. It started when he met makeup designer Richard Snell, while filming Demolition Man. This led Bill to his first work on the TV movies of "Alien Nation". Since then, he has become one of those few elite actors that seem to specialize in playing aliens, monsters, and other various creatures from other worlds and of this world long ago. It was from there, that he found himself working on the hit series Babylon 5 and shortly thereafter on Star Trek:Deep Space Nine. 1998 - Bill worked on the season premiere episode of Sliders, and more in 1999. Since then, Bill has worked on many TV series, including Star Trek: Voyager, Enterprise, The X-Files, The Invisible Man, Drew Carey, The District, Crossing Jordan, King of Queens, Will and Grace, Yes, Dear!, Friends, Desperate Housewives, Criminal Minds, and as a regular on "The Division" and the HBO Series Carnivale, Saving Grace, Justified, Raising Hope, iCarly, The Defenders, How I Met Your Mother, NCIS, Mad Men, Modern Family, Mistresses, 2 Broke Girls, and many more. Bill has appeared in Blades of Glory, The Artist, The Muppets, Nightcrawler, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, ARGO and more. In print, Bill was a featured zombie in the book "The Brain Eater's Bible", released in 2011. As one of a special group of actors that has worked extensively on sci-fi, and fantasy/horror shows, Bill has many behind-the-scenes stories to share about what it took to become this extraordinary type of actor. Additionally, Bill has written a book titled "The Professionals Talent Handbook: The Guide to Getting Started" and he has appeared on the pages of TV Guide (July 5, 1997), and in the August 1998 issue of Galactic Alliance. Interviews with Bill can be found in such publications as the International Star Trek Magazine, Explorer, Pen & Quill, Autograph Times, TV Zone and the New York Post..

Filmography

Good Night, and Good Luck.

7.1

Good Night, and Good Luck.
2005-09-16

4.4

R.O.T.O.R.
1987-10-01

7.351

RoboCop
1987-07-17

7.889

Gone Girl
2014-10-01

7.5

The Artist
2011-10-12

5.622

The House
2017-06-29

Tales of Frankenstein

7.4

Tales of Frankenstein
2018-10-19

A Million Little Pieces

6.1

A Million Little Pieces
2019-08-30

6.377

Gangster Squad
2013-01-09

7.282

Argo
2012-10-11

The Killing Floor

7.3

The Killing Floor
1984-04-10

7.7

Marriage Story
2019-09-28

Battle of the Sexes

6.764

Battle of the Sexes
2017-09-22

6.3

Live by Night
2016-12-25

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

5.2

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
2015-04-16

Horrible Bosses 2

6.178

Horrible Bosses 2
2014-11-12

7.706

Nightcrawler
2014-10-23

6.351

Godzilla
2014-05-14

Wish I Was Here

6.5

Wish I Was Here
2014-07-18

6.6

Hitchcock
2012-11-22

7.113

The Master
2012-09-14

6.344

Savages
2012-07-06

Resident Evil: Afterlife

6.1

Resident Evil: Afterlife
2010-09-01

6.301

Bandits
2001-10-12

The Puppet Masters

5.8

The Puppet Masters
1994-10-21

7.482

Ed Wood
1994-09-28

3.6

The Impostor
1984-11-08

The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw

4.556

The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991-11-03

5.5

Superstition
1997-10-01

4.7

Dog Watch
1997-08-15

8.001

Community
2009-09-17

8.3

Criminal Minds
2005-09-22

Curb Your Enthusiasm

8.029

Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000-10-15

7.323

The League
2009-10-29

7.203

2 Broke Girls
2011-09-19

8.174

Charmed
1998-10-07

8.174

Charmed
1998-10-07

7.429

Raising Hope
2010-09-21

7.9

Boston Legal
2004-10-03