Bill Sage
Bill Sage landed his first movie roles during the late 1980s and early 1990s, around the same time that American independent film was becoming widely popular. Many of his earliest collaborations were with idiosyncratic auteur Hal Hartley, who like Sage was an alumnus of State University of New York at Purchase, including the films "The Unbelievable Truth" (1989), "Trust" (1990), and "Simple Men" (1992), in which he played a recent college graduate who reunites with his brother and sets out to find their father, who has unexpectedly escaped from the hospital. This indie breakthrough was followed by more roles for Hartley with other non-mainstream filmmakers including Mary Harron, Lisa Cholodenko, and Mira Nair. By the end of the '90s, Sage was guest-starring on popular television series such as "Sex and the City" (HBO 1998-2004) and "Melrose Place" (Fox 1992-99), and his film career would soon include playing an FBI agent in the drama "Boiler Room" (2000) and a small part in Harron's adaptation of "American Psycho" (2000). This led to being cast in Gregg Araki's "Mysterious Skin" (2004) as a sexually-abusive baseball coach, and a few years later in the Oscar-nominated "Precious" (2009) which also dealt with child abuse. During this time, Sage continued to alternate between film and television work. The sci-fi movie "The Scientist" (2010) offered him a rare opportunity to play a leading man, while he also enjoyed recurring roles on the series "Nurse Jackie" (Showtime 2009-2015) and "Boardwalk Empire" (HBO 2010-14). Other leading roles in the horror film "We Are What We Are" (2013) and "The Blackout" (2014) were followed by a reunion with Hartley for "Ned Rifle" (2015), the conclusion of the trilogy started by "Henry Fool" (1996). He returned to television with a co-starring role in gritty thriller "Hap and Leonard" (Sundance 2016- ).
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Filmography
Movies
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Hayseed | Leo Hobbins (Character) | - | 2023 |
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Payback | Randy (Character) | - | 2021 |
64% |
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Wrong Turn | Venable (Character) | $1.3M | 2021 |
43% |
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The Dinner Party | Carmine (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Catch | Tom McManus (Character) | - | 2020 |
45% |
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The Pale Door | Dodd (Character) | - | 2020 |
68% |
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The Wave | Jonas (Character) | - | 2019 |
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The Big Take | Jack Girardi (Character) | - | 2018 |
20% |
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All Summers End | Mr. Turner (Character) | - | 2017 |
83% |
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The Price | John Kocher (Character) | - | 2017 |
86% |
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The Archer | Bob Patrice (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Delinquent | Rich (Character) | - | 2016 |
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Welcome to Willits | Brock (Character) | - | 2016 |
93% |
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AWOL | Roy (Character) | - | 2016 |
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Fender Bender | Driver (Character) | - | 2016 |
78% |
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Ned Rifle | Bud (Character) | - | 2015 |
11% |
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The Preppie Connection | Mike Hammel (Character) | - | 2015 |
67% |
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The Boy | Sheriff Deacon Whit (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ascent to Hell | Mr. Browning (Character) | - | 2014 |
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Then There Was | Frank (Character) | - | 2014 |
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Shockwave Darkside | Dalton (Character) | - | 2014 |
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Born to Race: Fast Track | Frank (Character) | - | 2014 |
56% |
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Blumenthal | Interviewer (Character) | - | 2013 |
85% |
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We Are What We Are | Frank Parker (Character) | $76.6K | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Surviving Family | Jerry Malone (Character) | - | 2012 |
88% |
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Electrick Children | Tim (Character) | - | 2012 |
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Bad Parents | Dan (Character) | - | 2012 |
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Sweet Little Lies | Roach (Character) | - | 2011 |
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The Green | Leo (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Scientist | Dr. Marcus Ryan (Character) | - | 2010 |
57% |
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Boy Wonder | Terry Donovan (Character) | - | 2010 |
82% |
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Handsome Harry | Pauley (Character) | $22.9K | 2009 |
50% |
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The New Twenty | Robert Cameron (Character) | $16.1K | 2009 |
35% |
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Tennessee | Roy (Character) | - | 2008 |
37% |
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If I Didn't Care | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
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Heavens Fall | Thomas Knight, Jr. (Character) | - | 2006 |
41% |
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The Girl From Monday | Jack (Character) | - | 2005 |
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Shooting Vegetarians | Prosecutor (Character) | - | 2005 |
86% |
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Mysterious Skin | Coach (Character) | $697.2K | 2004 |
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The Maldonado Miracle | Lyle (Character) | - | 2003 |
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Sin | Cal Brody (Character) | - | 2003 |
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Stray Dogs | Myers Carter (Character) | - | 2002 |
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Grownups | Chuck (Character) | - | 2002 |
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Evenhand | Officer Ted Morning (Character) | - | 2002 |
33% |
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Desert Saints | Agent Davis (Character) | - | 2000 |
14% |
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Double Parked | Karl Severson (Character) | - | 2000 |
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On the Borderline | Dean (Character) | - | 2000 |
73% |
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Urbania | Chuck (Character) | $1.0M | 2000 |
68% |
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American Psycho | David Van Patten (Character) | $15.0M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | American Psycho (Uncut Version) | Unknown (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rock the Boat | Jon (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Getting Off | Matt Devlin (Character) | - | 1998 |
76% |
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High Art | Arnie (Character) | $1.9M | 1998 |
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Somewhere in the City | Justin (Character) | $7.0K | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cost of Living | Converse (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hunt for CM24 | Jacob Hoffstader (Character) | - | 1997 |
15% |
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Boys | Officer Bill Martone (Character) | $513.8K | 1996 |
73% |
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Flirt | Unknown (Character) | $271.8K | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Affair Play | Unknown (Character) | - | 1995 |
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Two Plus One | Mark (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rift | Tom (Character) | - | 1993 |
92% |
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Simple Men | Dennis McCabe (Character) | $141.6K | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Theory of Achievement | Unknown (Character) | - | 1991 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 61% | Bull | Thomas Krenell (Guest Star) | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 84% | Magnum P.I. | Elliot Hamler (Guest Star) | 2021 |
81% | 81% | Power | Sammy (Guest Star) | 2017 |
95% | 89% | Elementary | Jake Picardo (Guest Star) | 2014 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Bobby Masconi (Guest Star) | 2014 |
96% | 93% | White Collar | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
92% | 78% | Person of Interest | Reddy (Guest Star) | 2012 |
81% | 88% | Nurse Jackie | Bill (Guest Star) | 2010-2011 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 84% | NCIS | Reed Talbot (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cashmere Mafia | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 93% | Numb3ers | Scott Winnard (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Third Watch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
73% | No Score Yet | The Handler | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 80% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Frank McBride (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Strange World | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Melrose Place | Drew Mackenzie (Guest Star) | 1998 |
70% | 80% | Sex and the City | Kurt Harrington (Guest Star) | 1998 |