Bill Irwin
Acting
Born: April 11, 1950 (age 76) · Santa Monica, California, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
William Mills Irwin (born April 11, 1950) is an American actor, choreographer, clown, and comedian. He began as a vaudeville-style stage performer and has been noted for his contribution to the renaissance of the American circus during the 1970s. He has made several appearances on film and television. He won a for his role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He also worked as a choreographer on Broadway. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Choreography in 1989 for Largely New York. He is also known as Mr. Noodle on the Sesame Street segment Elmo's World, and he appeared in the Sesame Street film short Does Air Move Things? He has regularly appeared as Dr. Peter Lindstrom on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and had a recurring role as "The Dick & Jane Killer" on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. From 2017 to 2019, he appeared as Cary Loudermilk on the FX television series Legion. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Irwin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Interstellar
2014
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Hot Shots!
1991
Star Trek: Discovery
2017
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
Elementary
2012
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
This Is Us
2016
Legion
2017
The Odyssey
2026
Lady in the Water
2006
Photos (4)
Movies (61)
The Odyssey
Cyclops
Interstellar
TARS (voice)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Lou Lou Who
Rachel Getting Married
Paul Buchman
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Unnamed Brother #1
The Manchurian Candidate
Scoutmaster
Popeye
Ham Gravy
Ricki and the Flash
Single Dad
Across the Universe
Uncle Teddy
Lady in the Water
Mr. Leeds
Hot Shots!
Buzz Harley
Irresistible
Elton Chambers
Eight Men Out
Eddie Collins
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Tom Snout
Igby Goes Down
Lt. Smith
My Blue Heaven
Kirby
Rustin
A. J. Muste
Spoiler Alert
Bob
Confirmation
Senator Jack Danforth
Scenes from a Mall
Mime
Higher Ground
Pastor Bud
Dark Matter
Hal Silver
Just the Ticket
Ray Charles
High Tide
Scott
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Mr. Noodle
The Laramie Project
Harry Woods
Stepping Out
Geoffrey
Silent Tongue
Comic
Elmo's World: Family Feature
Mr. Noodle
4th Dementia
Lou
Subway Stories
Bill Irwin (segment "Subway Car from Hell")
A New Life
Eric
Lust Life Love
Richard
Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends: The Letter Quest and Other Magical Tales
Mr. Noodle
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Singing, Drawing & More!
Mr. Noodle
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Wild Wild West!
Mr. Noodle
Sesame Street: Elmo's World
Mr. Noodle
Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
Reader
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Families, Mail & Bath Time!
Mr. Noodle
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy?
Mr. Noodle
Goldstar, Ohio
Chief Jeff 'Goob' Garver
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
Mr. Noodle (uncredited) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Happy Holidays!
Mr. Noodle
Illuminata
Marco
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Mr. Noodle (uncredited)
Identity Theft
Mark
All That She Wants
2026
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
Mr. Noodle
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Head to Toe with Elmo!
2003
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Flowers, Bananas & More!
Mr. Noodle
The Regard of Flight
1983
Sesame Street: Elmo's Magic Numbers
Mr. Noodle
Show Boat
Cap'n Andy Hawks
The Last Mile
The Maestro
Old Hats
2016
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Penguins and Friends
Voice
Raving
Dito
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Wake Up with Elmo!
Mr. Noodle
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Reach for the Sky!
Mr Noodle
Endgame
Clov
Mudflat
1980
TV Shows (29)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dr. Peter Lindstrom · 16 eps
Law & Order
Ellison Conway · 1 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Nate Haskell · 9 eps
Sesame Street
Mr. Noodle · 4 eps
Saturday Night Live
The Dancing Man (uncredited) · 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Nate Royce · 1 eps
Blue Bloods
Cardinal Brennan · 2 eps
The Good Wife
Fred Medkiff · 1 eps
Elementary
Richard Balsille · 1 eps
This Is Us
ER Doctor · 1 eps
This Is Us
Dr. Spencer · 1 eps
Star Trek: Discovery
Su'Kal · 3 eps
3rd Rock from the Sun
Pickles · 1 eps
The Cosby Show
Eddie Bartholomew · 1 eps
New Amsterdam
Calvin Bennett · 3 eps
Northern Exposure
Enrico Bellati · 2 eps
Sleepy Hollow
Atticus Nevins · 4 eps
The Gilded Age
Cornelius Eckhard · 1 eps
Legion
Cary Loudermilk · 27 eps
The Beast in Me
James Ingram · 2 eps
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
The Broker · 1 eps
Life on Mars
Dr. Schwahn · 1 eps
The Andy Warhol Diaries
Andy Warhol · 6 eps
The Dropout
Channing Robertson · 4 eps
Monday Mornings
Buck Tierney · 10 eps
Quarry
Harlowe · 1 eps
South of Hell
Enos Abascal · 8 eps
Lights Out
Hal Brennan · 13 eps
Julie's Greenroom
2 eps
Self / Appearances (15)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Special Guest · 1 eps
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
Self (segment "New Way to Walk")
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Self
Vaudeville
Self
It Takes a Lunatic
Self
American Clown
Self
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Self
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Self
Circus Kid
Himself
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
Self (archive footage)
Bette Midler's Mondo Beyondo
Self
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Self
This Ordinary Thing
Self (voice)
Waiting for Godot in San Quentin
Himself
Niagara: A History of the Falls
Self - Historian