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William McNamara

William McNamara

30 movies on Netflix

Biography

William McNamara is an actor who came out of the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and has more than sixty-five film and television appearances to his credit. His first feature role was in Dario Argento's slasher film Opera (1987). He played Joel in Dream a Little Dream (1989), a teen movie with Corey Feldman and Corey Haim, and then appeared with Bette Midler in Stella (1990). In the 1990s he played Derek Wolfe Jr in the manhunt thriller Surviving the Game (1994) and worked with Gary Busey and Tom Berenger on the Navy comedy Chasers (1994), directed by Dennis Hopper. His most prized part was Peter Foley, the copycat killer in the psychological thriller Copycat (1995), with Sigourney Weaver and Dermot Mulroney. He also appeared in Stag (1997) with Andrew McCarthy and John Stockwell, and in the World War II drama The Brylcreem Boys (1998) opposite Gabriel Byrne.

61years old

Turns 62 on March 31in 168 days

  • Born Dallas
  • Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
  • Also credited as William West McNamara and Billy McNamara

Movie Career

Films
30
Career span
38 years1987 to 2025

Genres

First and latest

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William McNamara movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Copycat1995 Crime, Drama, Mysteryas Peter Foley

    IMDb rating 6.688K votes

  2. Chasers1994 Comedy, Romanceas Eddie Devane

    IMDb rating 5.27.6K votes

  3. Surviving the Game1994as Derek Wolfe Jr

    IMDb rating 6.215K votes

  4. Stealing Home1988as Teenage Billy Wyatt

    IMDb rating 6.65.5K votes

  5. Opera1987as Stefano

    IMDb rating 6.922K votes

  6. Ringmaster1998as Troy Davenport

    IMDb rating 3.45.5K votes

  7. Doing Time on Maple Drive1992as Matt Carter

    IMDb rating 7.02.6K votes

  8. Dream a Little Dream1989as Joel

    IMDb rating 5.78.8K votes

Most often with

Brian Skiba directed three of these films. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Randy Couture, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Randy CoutureRandall Batinkoff, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Randall BatinkoffTom Sizemore, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Tom SizemoreCuba Gooding Jr., 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Cuba Gooding Jr.Stephen Dorff, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Stephen DorffGary Busey, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Gary BuseyBrian SkibaDirector, 3 filmsSee the 3 films by Brian Skiba

Films together

Box office

What William McNamara's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$94.1 million

10 of the 30 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 30 films: 10 worldwide figure; 6 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 13 figure not found.

  • 10Worldwide figure
  • 6Never in cinemas
  • 1Streaming, short cinema run
  • 13Figure not found

Top grosser

Copycat1995as Peter Foley$32.0 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Copycat1995as Peter Foley
    $32M34.0% of the total
  2. 2
    Stella1990as Pat Robbins
    $20M21.5% of the total
  3. 3
    Ringmaster1998as Troy Davenport
    $9.2M9.8% of the total
  4. 4
    Aspen Extreme1993as Todd Pounds
    $8.0M8.5% of the total
  5. 5
    Surviving the Game1994as Derek Wolfe Jr
    $7.7M8.2% of the total
  6. 6
    Stealing Home1988as Teenage Billy Wyatt
    $7.5M7.9% of the total
  7. 7
    Dream a Little Dream1989as Joel
    $5.6M5.9% of the total
  8. 8
    Texasville1990as Dickie Jackson
    $2.3M2.4% of the total
Chasers (1994), $1.6 millionBlowback (2022), $25,336

$1.6 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total

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