
Bill Irwin
Department: Acting
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

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers
1991

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy?
2007

Popeye
1980

How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000

Just the Ticket
1998

Hot Shots!
1991

Igby Goes Down
2002

Lady in the Water
2006

Rustin
2023

Eight Men Out
1988

Stepping Out
1991

A New Life
1988

Rachel Getting Married
2008

My Blue Heaven
1990

Endgame
2023

Scenes from a Mall
1991

Higher Ground
2011

Spoiler Alert
2022

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003

Illuminata
1998

Never Stand Still
2012

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
1992

Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010

Silent Tongue
1993

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Families, Mail & Bath Time!
2004

Interstellar
2014

Subway Stories
1997

Niagara: A History of the Falls
1999

Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
2015

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Reach for the Sky!
2006

High Tide
2024

The Laramie Project
2002

Raving
2007

Waiting for Godot in San Quentin
1998

Confirmation
2016

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999

4th Dementia
2024

Ricki and the Flash
2015

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Penguins and Friends
2011

The Regard of Flight
1983

Across the Universe
2007

Show Boat
2015

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993

The Great Buster: A Celebration
2018

Goldstar, Ohio
2010

Old Hats
2016

Identity Theft
2015

It Takes a Lunatic
2019

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019

Circus Kid
2016

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990

Irresistible
2020

The Manchurian Candidate
2004

Mudflat
1980

Lust Life Love
2021

The Last Mile
1992

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Wild Wild West!
2001

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Wake Up with Elmo!
2002

Bette Midler's Mondo Beyondo
1988

Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
2004

All That She Wants
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American Clown
2025

This Ordinary Thing
2025

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
1993

Sesame Street: Elmo's Magic Numbers
2012

Sesame Street: Elmo and Friends: The Letter Quest and Other Magical Tales
2009

The Odyssey
2026

Sesame Street: Elmo's World
2000

Dark Matter
2008

Elmo's World: Family Feature
2002

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000

The Cosby Show
1984

The Adventures of Pete & Pete
1993

The Andy Warhol Diaries
2022

Monday Mornings
2013

Saturday Night Live
1975

Blue Bloods
2010

Elementary
2012

Sleepy Hollow
2013

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

South of Hell
2015

New Amsterdam
2018

Legion
2017

Law & Order
1990

Quarry
2016

Lights Out
2011

This Is Us
2016

This Is Us
2016

The Dropout
2022

The Gilded Age
2022

Life on Mars
2008

3rd Rock from the Sun
1996

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001

Star Trek: Discovery
2017

The Good Wife
2009

Northern Exposure
1990

Julie's Greenroom
2017

The Beast in Me
2025

Saturday Night Live
1975

Sesame Street
1969