Billy Campbell
Biography
Billy Campbell is an American film and television actor who was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, and studied at Chicago's American Academy of Art College before choosing acting and training at the Ted Liss studio and Second City's training center. He came to notice as Luke Fuller on Dynasty, then played the title role in The Rocketeer (1991) and Quincey Morris in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). On Once and Again he starred as Rick Sammler, a part that brought him a Golden Globe nomination in the dramatic series lead category. His other television work includes Crime Story, Tales of the City, The Killing and Helix, and he starred as Detective John Cardinal on Cardinal, winning three Canadian Screen Awards. Among his films are Enough (2002) and Killing Lincoln (2013), in which he portrayed Abraham Lincoln, and he joined the 2025 I Know What You Did Last Summer reboot.
67years old
Turns 68 on July 7in 267 days
- Born Charlottesville
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- William Oliver Campbell (birth name)Also credited as William O. Campbell
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 34 years1991 to 2025
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A role that slipped away
Campbell was the producers' first choice to play William Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation, but lost the part to Jonathan Frakes after Paramount Television head John Pike stepped in.
Early training
Campbell relocated to Chicago for classes at the American Academy of Art College, yet he decided to pursue acting as a profession instead, studying at the Ted Liss Studio and the Second City Training Center.
Billy Campbell movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Box office
What Billy Campbell's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$420 million
8 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 5Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$216M51.4% of the total
- 2$65M15.4% of the total
- 3$52M12.3% of the total
- 4$47M11.1% of the total
- 5$27M6.5% of the total
- 6$13M3.1% of the total
- 7$479K0.1% of the total
- 8$368K0.1% of the total
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