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Gil Bellows

 
Actor: Gil Bellows
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  • Born: Jun 28, 1967
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '90s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Comedy
  • Career Highlights: Ally McBeal, Miami Rhapsody, Judas Kiss
  • First Major Screen Credit: Love and a .45 (1994)

Biography

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. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
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Gil Bellows

Bellows at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
Born June 28, 1967 (1967-06-28) (age 42)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation Actor
Years active 1988–present
Spouse(s) Rya Kihlstedt (1994-present)

Gil Bellows (born June 28, 1967) is a Canadian film and television actor. He's best known for the roles of Billy Thomas in the television series Ally McBeal and as CIA agent Matt Callan in the television series The Agency.

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Early life

Bellows was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and attended Magee Secondary School with fellow future actress Carrie-Anne Moss. After graduation he pursued a career in acting, studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles, California.

Career

Bellows is known for his first motion picture role as Tommy in the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption also in 1994 he played the lead role Watty in the movie "Love and a .45" with Renee Zellweger, as CIA agent Matt Callan in the television series The Agency and as Billy Thomas in the television series Ally McBeal. Bellows also appeared in the psychological thriller Chasing Sleep as Detective Derm, opposite star Jeff Daniels. He appeared in The Weather Man as a perverted rehabilitation counselor. He is in the film Black Day Blue Night.

He has even more recently appeared on the Hallmark Channel original film Final Days of Planet Earth and the Canadian television series Terminal City.

In 2007, he completed filming for Kill Kill Faster Faster, which is a contemporary film noir inspired by the critically acclaimed novel of the same name by Joel Rose.

Bellows also played a State Department Officer in 24: Redemption, a television movie prequel to the seventh season of 24.[1]

Personal life

Gil Bellows is married to Rya Kihlstedt and has two children named Ava Emanuelle (b. 1999) and Giovanni (b. 2001).

References

  1. ^ Nellie Andreeva (2008-05-23). "'24' prequel adds cast - Eric Lively, Tony Todd, Gil Bellows join the fray". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3id08e9f14f520f15d010fb0389d8bbeb3. Retrieved 2008-05-23. 

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