Bill Irwin

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

Reader

Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers

Mr. Noodle

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

Ham Gravy

Popeye

Lou Lou Who

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Ray Charles

Just the Ticket

Buzz Harley

Hot Shots!

Lt. Smith

Igby Goes Down

Mr. Leeds

Lady in the Water

A. J. Muste

Rustin

Eddie Collins

Eight Men Out

Geoffrey

Stepping Out

Eric

A New Life

Paul Buchman

Rachel Getting Married

Kirby

My Blue Heaven

Clov

Endgame

Mime

Scenes from a Mall

Pastor Bud

Higher Ground

Bob

Spoiler Alert

Self

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

Marco

Illuminata

Himself

Never Stand Still

Self

Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall

Mr. Noodle (uncredited) (archive footage)

Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days

Comic

Silent Tongue

Mr. Noodle

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

TARS (voice)

Interstellar

Bill Irwin (segment "Subway Car from Hell")

Subway Stories

Self - Historian

Niagara: A History of the Falls

Mr. Noodle

Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!

Mr Noodle

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

Scott

High Tide

Harry Woods

The Laramie Project

Dito

Raving

Himself

Waiting for Godot in San Quentin

Senator Jack Danforth

Confirmation

Tom Snout

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Lou

4th Dementia

Single Dad

Ricki and the Flash

Voice

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Penguins and Friends

The Regard of Flight

Uncle Teddy

Across the Universe

Cap'n Andy Hawks

Show Boat

Unnamed Brother #1

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Self

The Great Buster: A Celebration

Chief Jeff 'Goob' Garver

Goldstar, Ohio

Old Hats

Mark

Identity Theft

Self

It Takes a Lunatic

Mr. Noodle

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Himself

Circus Kid

Self

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

Elton Chambers

Irresistible

Scoutmaster

The Manchurian Candidate

Mudflat

Richard

Lust Life Love

The Maestro

The Last Mile

The Odyssey

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

57

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-04-11

Place of Birth

Santa Monica, California, USA

Also Known As

William Irwin