Gil Bellows

Highest Rated: 100% Temple Grandin (2010)

Lowest Rated: 0% Life on the Line (2016)

Birthday: Jun 28, 1967

Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Gil Bellows worked steadily in film throughout the mid-'90s before he achieved TV fame on the whimsical Fox comedy Ally McBeal. Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Bellows left Canada to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Southern California. He then headed East, appearing in New York theater as well as on TV's Law & Order. Though he made his film debut in Frank Darabont's acclaimed prison drama The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and co-starred alongside Sarah Jessica Parker in Miami Rhapsody (1995), Bellows followed more in the direction of his first starring film, Love and a .45 (1994), appearing primarily in independent features. After a supporting role in The Substance of Fire (1996), Bellows starred in the British-Canadian adaptation of Bernard Malamud's The Assistant (1997) and the Canadian romantic comedy Dinner at Fred's (opposite indie queen Parker Posey), as well as the French supernatural romance Un Amour de Sorcière (1997). It was TV producer/writer David E. Kelley's innovative Ally McBeal, though, that made Bellows a well-known presence after the series debuted in 1997. As Ally/Calista Flockhart's ex-love-turned-law colleague, Bellows' Billy was a bastion of relative normalcy (at least until the third season) among the eccentric staff populating the series' fictional Boston law firm and stoking Ally's neuroses. Though Billy was supposed to last only one season, Bellows stayed for three, leaving in 2000. Bellows is married to actress Rya Kihlstedt and has one daughter.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies

		Credit
71%	Run This Town	Detective Lowery	—	2020
No Score Yet	Nyckeln till frihet - Klassiker	Actor	—	2020
No Score Yet	Nation's Fire	Josip Aleksander	—	2020
78%	Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark	Chief Turner	—	2019
14%	Blood Honey	Marvin Heath	—	2018
No Score Yet	ADDicted	Professor Jeff Mueller	—	2017
0%	Life on the Line	Pok' Chop	—	2016
No Score Yet	Dead Draw	Harrison	—	2016
No Score Yet	Leading Lady	Actor	—	2015
No Score Yet	Weepah Way for Now	John	—	2015
No Score Yet	Girl On The Edge	Jake Green	—	2015
29%	Extraterrestrial	Sherriff Murphy	—	2014
77%	Kill the Messenger	DEA Agent Miller	$2.5M	2014
51%	The Calling	Ray Green	—	2014
No Score Yet	Unthinkable	Vincent	—	2014
50%	Parkland	David Powers	$0.7M	2013
No Score Yet	Louis Cyr	Richard Kyle Fox	—	2013
No Score Yet	Mad Ship	Cameron	—	2013
No Score Yet	Three Days In Havana	Screenwriter Producer Jack Petty Director	—	2013
14%	House at the End of the Street	Weaver	$31.7M	2012
26%	The Samaritan	Bartender Bill	$2.2K	2012
No Score Yet	Delete	Michael	—	2012
No Score Yet	Running with the Hitman	Actor	—	2011
No Score Yet	The Maiden Danced To Death	Fred	—	2011
No Score Yet	Girl Walks Into a Bar	Emmit	—	2011
40%	The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom	Phil	—	2011
No Score Yet	Trading Christmas	Actor	—	2011
No Score Yet	Hunt to Kill	Banks	—	2010
No Score Yet	A Night for Dying Tigers	Actor	—	2010
100%	Temple Grandin	Executive Producer	—	2010
No Score Yet	Goblin	Neil Perkins	—	2010
No Score Yet	Black Crescent Moon	Actor	—	2009
No Score Yet	Toronto Stories	Henry	—	2008
80%	24: Redemption	Actor	—	2008
No Score Yet	Infected (They're Among Us)	Ben Mosher	—	2008
No Score Yet	Kill Kill Faster Faster	Actor	—	2008
53%	The Promotion	Mitch	$0.4M	2008
40%	Passchendaele	Royster	—	2008
85%	Sweet Land	Producer	$1.3M	2006
No Score Yet	Final Days of Planet Earth	Lloyd Walker	—	2006
No Score Yet	A Bear Named Winnie	Col. John Barret	—	2005
59%	The Weather Man	Russ	$12.5M	2005
No Score Yet	Keep Your Distance	David Dailey	—	2005
78%	Childstar	Isaac	—	2005
No Score Yet	Zeyda and the Hitman (Running with the Hitman)	Jeff	—	2004
No Score Yet	Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at 'The Shawshank Redemption'	Actor	—	2004
No Score Yet	EMR	Actor	—	2004
No Score Yet	Pursued	Ben Keats	—	2004
No Score Yet	James Patterson's '1st to Die'	Capt. Chris Raleigh	—	2003
No Score Yet	Blind Horizon	Dr. Theodore Conway	—	2003
No Score Yet	Second String	Dan Heller	—	2002
No Score Yet	Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story	Mike De Geurin	—	2002
33%	She Creature	Miles	—	2001
50%	Chasing Sleep	Det. Derm	—	2000
60%	Beautiful Joe	Elton	—	2000
No Score Yet	The Courage to Love	Gerald Gaultier	—	2000
No Score Yet	Dinner at Fred's	Richard	—	1999
43%	Judas Kiss	Lizard	—	1998
60%	Snow White: A Tale of Terror	Will	—	1997
No Score Yet	The Assistant	Frank Alpine	—	1997
60%	The Substance of Fire	Val Chenard	—	1996
45%	Miami Rhapsody	Matt	—	1995
No Score Yet	Alchemy	Actor	—	1995
No Score Yet	Black Day Blue Night	Dodge	—	1995
No Score Yet	Silver Strand	Brian Del Piso	—	1995
83%	Love and a .45	Watty Watts	—	1994
90%	The Shawshank Redemption	Tommy Williams	—	1994

TV

		Credit
94%	Jett 2019		2019
91%	Patriot 2015-2018	Executive Producer	2018 2017 2015
83%	Eyewitness 2016	Gabe Gabe Caldwell	2016
62%	Ascension 2014	Harris Enzmann	2014
90%	Bones 2005-2017	Mason Barnes	2014
No Score Yet	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000-2015	Lee Berman	2014
No Score Yet	True Justice 2012		2012
67%	Vegas 2012-2013	George Grady	2012
No Score Yet	Sanctuary 2008-2011	Caleb	2011 2009
No Score Yet	Criminal Minds 2005	Jeff Joyce	2010
80%	FlashForward 2009-2010	Timothy Cooke	2010
78%	Smallville 2001-2011	Maxwell Lord	2010
86%	24 2001-2014	Frank Tramell	2008
No Score Yet	The Cleaner 2008-2009	Mickey Efros	2008
95%	Karen Sisco 2003	FBI Agent Pepper	2004
44%	The Twilight Zone 2002-2003	Rob	2003
No Score Yet	The Agency 2001-2003	Matt Callan	2002 2001
61%	Ally McBeal 1997-2002	William "Billy" Allen Thomas Billy Billy Alan Thomas	2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997
No Score Yet	Night Visions 2001-2002	Keith	2001
No Score Yet	The Practice 1997-2004		1998
No Score Yet	Law & Order 1990-2010	Howard Metzler	1991
No Score Yet	The View 1997	Guest

QUOTES FROM Gil Bellows CHARACTERS

Tommy Williams says: Hey hey hey! Come on ol' boys! You're movin' like molasses, makin' me look bad!