Actor
Bill Irwin
Biography

William Mills Irwin (born April 11, 1950) is an American actor, clown, and comedian. He began as a vaudeville-style stage performer and has been noted for his contribution to the renaissance of American circus during the 1970s. He has also made a number of appearances on film and television, and he won a Tony Award for his role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf on Broadway. He is also known as Mr. Noodle on the Sesame Street segment Elmo's World, has appeared in the Sesame Street film short Does ...

Known For
Acting
2024 -- High Tide | Scott
2024 -- 4th Dementia | Lou
2023 -- Rustin | A. J. Muste
2023 -- Endgame | Clov
2022 -- Spoiler Alert | Bob
2021 -- Lust Life Love | Richard
2020 -- Irresistible | Elton Chambers
2019 -- Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration | Mr. Noodle
2019 -- It Takes a Lunatic | Self
2018 -- The Great Buster: A Celebration | Self
2017 -- Old Hats |
2016 -- Circus Kid | Himself
2016 -- Confirmation | Senator Jack Danforth
2015 -- Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! | Mr. Noodle
2015 -- Ricki and the Flash | Single Dad
2015 -- Show Boat | Cap'n Andy Hawks
2015 -- Identity Theft | Mark
2014 -- Interstellar | TARS (voice)
2012 -- Never Stand Still | Himself
2011 -- Higher Ground | Pastor Bud
2011 -- Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Penguins and Friends | Voice
2010 -- Goldstar, Ohio | Chief Jeff 'Goob' Garver
2010 -- Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days | Mr. Noodle (uncredited) (archive footage)
2008 -- Rachel Getting Married | Paul Buchman
2007 -- Across the Universe | Uncle Teddy
2007 -- Raving | Dito
2007 -- Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy? | Mr. Noodle
2006 -- Lady in the Water | Mr. Leeds
2006 -- Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Reach for the Sky! | Mr Noodle
2004 -- The Manchurian Candidate | Scoutmaster
2004 -- Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Families, Mail & Bath Time! | Mr. Noodle
2003 -- Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin | Self
2002 -- Igby Goes Down | Lt. Smith
2002 -- The Laramie Project | Harry Woods
2000 -- How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Lou Lou Who
1999 -- A Midsummer Night's Dream | Tom Snout
1999 -- Niagara: A History of the Falls | Self - Historian
1998 -- Illuminata | Marco
1998 -- Just the Ticket | Ray Charles
1998 -- Waiting for Godot in San Quentin | Himself
1997 -- Subway Stories | Bill Irwin (segment "Subway Car from Hell")
1993 -- Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Unnamed Brother #1
1993 -- Silent Tongue | Comic
1992 -- The Last Mile | The Maestro
1992 -- Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall | Self
1991 -- Stepping Out | Geoffrey
1991 -- Hot Shots! | Buzz Harley
1991 -- Scenes from a Mall | Mime
1991 -- Memorial: Letters from American Soldiers | Reader
1990 -- Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter | Self
1990 -- My Blue Heaven | Kirby
1988 -- Eight Men Out | Eddie Collins
1988 -- A New Life | Eric
1983 -- The Regard of Flight |
1980 -- Popeye | Ham Gravy
1980 -- Mudflat |
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