Bill Sage

Bill Sage
Sage at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
Born	William Sage III (1962-04-03) April 3, 1962 (age 62)[1] New York City, New York, U.S.
Education	State University of New York, Purchase (BFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present

William "Bill" Sage III (born April 3, 1962) is an American actor. He is known for his collaborations with director Hal Hartley.^[2] Sage has appeared in more than 90 movies, most notable American Psycho (2000), We Are What We Are (2013), Every Secret Thing (2014), and Wrong Turn (2021).^[3]

Life and career

Sage was born and raised in New York City and graduated from the State University of New York at Purchase.^[1] Beginning in eighth grade, Sage became a victim of child sexual abuse, an experience that would later influence his performance in Mysterious Skin.^[4] He made his screen debut appearing in the 1989 comedy-drama film The Unbelievable Truth written and directed by Hal Hartley. Sage later appeared in a several more Hartley's movies, such as Trust (1990), Simple Men (1992) and Flirt (1995), and other independent films. He played Tom Baker in the 1996 biographical drama film I Shot Andy Warhol directed by Mary Harron and later appeared in her psychological horror film American Psycho (2000). He received two Fangoria Chainsaw Awards nominations for performances in the horror films We Are What We Are (2013) and Wrong Turn (2021).^[5]

On television, Sage made guest-starring appearances on Sex and the City, Melrose Place, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Third Watch, NCIS, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Person of Interest, Orange Is the New Black and The Good Fight. He had recurring roles on Nurse Jackie (2010-11), Boardwalk Empire (2011), and Power (2017–18). Sage also starred in the first season of SundanceTV drama series, Hap and Leonard.^[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	The Unbelievable Truth	Gus
	Sidewalk Stories	Man in Carriage
1990	Trust	John Bill
1991	Theory of Achievement	-	Short
1992	Ambition	-	Short
	Laws of Gravity	Guy's Pal
	Simple Men	Dennis McCabe
1993	Rift	Tom
1994	Babylon: la paura è la migliore amica dell'uomo	Charles Forrester
	A Counter Fancy	Thermos Man
1995	The Perez Family	Steve Steverino
	Affair Play	Mickey Davis
	Flirt	Bill
	Two Plus One	Mark
1996	I Shot Andy Warhol	Tom Baker
	If Lucy Fell	Dick
	Boys	Officer Bill Martone
1997	Jagd nach CM 24	Jacob Hofstetter	TV movie
	Cost of Living	Converse
1998	Too Tired to Die	White Soldier
	High Art	Arnie
	Chainsmoker	Office Yuppie	Short
	Somewhere in the City	Justin
	Remembering Sex	Matt Devlin	TV movie
1999	Roberta	Philip
	The Insider	Intense Young Intern
2000	American Psycho	David Van Patten
	Urbania	Chuck
	Double Parked	Karl Severson
	Boiler Room	FBI Agent David Drew
2001	Mourning Glory	Micahel Fanelli
	No Such Thing	Carlo
	Stray Dogs	Myers Carter
	Glitter	Billie's Father
	On the Borderline	Dean
	Grownups	Chuck
	The Atlantis Conspiracy	Jon	TV movie
2002	Desert Saints	Agent Davis
	Evenhand	Officer Ted Morning
	For Earth Below	Phillip	Short
2003	The Maldonado Miracle	Lyle	TV movie
	Sin	Detective Cal Brody
2004	Mysterious Skin	Coach
2005	The Girl from Monday	Jack Bell
	Shooting Vegetarians	Prosecutor
2006	Heavens Fall	Thomas Knight Jr.
	The Handyman	Caleb Tucker	Short
2007	If I Didn't Care	Davis Myers
	One Night	Larry
2008	Tennessee	Roy
	The New Twenty	Robert Cameron
2009	Precious	Mr. Wicher
	Handsome Harry	Pauly
	Off Season	Man	Short
	Stanley	Stanley	Short
2010	The Scientist	Dr. Marcus Ryan
	Boy Wonder	Terry Donovan
2011	The Green	Leo
	Sweet Little Lies	Roach
2012	Electrick Children	Tim
	Surviving Family	Jerry Malone
	Bad Parents	Dan
2013	We Are What We Are	Frank Parker
	Blumenthal	Interviewer
2014	Cold in July	Baseball Announcer (voice)
	Born to Race: Fast Track	Frank	Video
	Every Secret Thing	Dave Fuller
	Ascent to Hell	Mr. Browning
	Shockwave, Darkside	Dalton
	Ned Rifle	Bud
	Then There Was	Frank
2015	The Boy	Sheriff Deacon Whit
	Fan Girl	Mike Bovary	TV movie
	The Taking of Ezra Bodine	Dean	Short
	The Preppie Connection	Mike Hammel
	The Sphere and the Labyrinth	Andrew
2016	AWOL	Roy
	Fender Bender	The Driver
	Delinquent	Rich
	The Archer	Bob Patrice
	Welcome to Willits	Brock
	Raw	Ritchie
2017	All Summers End	Mr. Turner
	The Price	John Kocher
2018	After Everything	Paul
	The Big Take	Jack Girardi
2019	The Wave	Jonas
2020	The Dinner Party	Carmine
	The Pale Door	Dodd
	The Catch	Tom McManus
2021	Wrong Turn	Venable
	Payback	Randy
	April Showers	Man	Short
2022	Edward	Edward Williams	Short
2023	The Unheard	Dad
	Hayseed	Leo Hobbins

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Sex and the City	Kurt Harrington	Episode: "Sex and the City"
2000	The Street	-	Episode: "The Ultimatum"
2002	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Frank McBride	Episode: "The Hunger Artist"
2003	The Handler	Roger DuGay	Episode: "Hardcore"
2004	Third Watch	Orland	Guest Cast: Season 5-6
	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Officer Tommy Callahan	Episode: "Consumed"
2005	CSI: Miami	Brad Manning	Episode: "Recoil"
2006	Numbers	Scott Winnard	Episode: "Mind Games"
2008	Cashmere Mafia	Bobby Walsh	Recurring Cast
	NCIS	Reed Talbot	Episode: "Capitol Offense"
2009	Law & Order	Kevin Morton	Episode: "Dignity"
2010	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Forrest Caruso	Episode: "Traffic"
2010-11	Nurse Jackie	Bill	Recurring Cast: Season 2-3
2011	Boardwalk Empire	Solomon Bishop	Recurring Cast: Season 2
2012	Person of Interest	Reddy	Episode: "The Contingency"
2013	White Collar	Andrew Dawson	Recurring Cast: Season 5
2014	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Bobby Masconi	Episode: "Jersey Breakdown"
	Elementary	Jake Picardo	Episode: "Corpse de Ballet"
2016	Hap and Leonard	Howard	Main Cast: Season 1
2017	Orange Is the New Black	Governor Hutchinson	Recurring Cast: Season 5
2017-18	Power	Sammy	Recurring Cast: Season 4-5
2019	Reprisal	Jukes	Recurring Cast
2020	You Must Remember This	Larry McMurtry (voice)	Recurring Cast
2021	Magnum P.I.	Elliot Hamler	Episode: "The Big Payback"
	The Good Fight	Joey Battle	Episode: "And the Fight Had a Détente..."
2022	Bull	Thomas Krenell	Episode: "Family Matters"

References

1. Collar, Cammila. "Bill Sage on AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved 2015-04-12.
2. Olsen, Mark (2013-09-21). "Director Jim Mickle sinks teeth into 'We Are What We Are' remake". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2015-04-12.
3. "'Wrong Turn' Reboot Cast & Director Take Us Into Backwoods Cannibal Country [Exclusive]". Movieweb. February 24, 2021.
4. "The enduring relevance and heartache of Mysterious Skin,", Little White Lies. October 6, 2024.
5. "Fangoria Chainsaw Awards: Vote for the Best of Horror 2021!". ScreenAnarchy. January 31, 2022.
6. Petski, Denise (March 16, 2015). "Bill Sage Joins Sundance Series 'Hap And Leonard', Mary Lynn Rajskub In Judah Miller Pilot".

External links

• Bill Sage at IMDb 
• Bill Sage Interview: Wrong Turn