Bill Lake
January 1, 1970 (56 years old) in
Bill Lake (a.k.a. W.F. Lake) is a Canadian actor whose career began in Vancouver in 1974. He has accumulated over 175 credits across film, television, stage, and commercials, and is best known for Kodachrome (2017), Crook (2013), and Hollywoodland (2006). He has been a steady presence in both Canadian and American productions for over five decades. His notable film credits include The Hurricane (1999, with Daniel Day-Lewis and Christopher McCann), Death to Smoochy (2002, dir. Ron Howard, with Adam Sandler), Hollywoodland (2006, with Ben Affleck and Adrien Brody), Flash of Genius (2008, with Ed Harris), Crimson Peak (2015, dir. Guillermo del Toro, with Mia Wasikowska and Jessica Chastain), Pixels (2015, with Chris Pratt and Keira Knightley), Kodachrome (2017, with Ed Harris and Samuel L. Jackson), and The Middle Man (2021, with Jason Bateman).
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Wingman as Uncle Corey
- 2024 · Matlock as Lloyd Ferguson
- 2024 · The Hopeful as William
- 2021 · Christmas Beneath the Stars as Warren Locke
- 2021 · The Middle Man as Mr. Stout
- 2021 · Awake as Sheriff
- 2021 · The Hardy Boys as Ezra Collig
- 2020 · Heart of the Holidays as Bob
- 2020 · Fatman as Robert Taylor
- 2020 · Buffaloed as Judge Connor
- 2019 · Wayne as Sheriff
- 2018 · Northern Lights of Christmas as Chuck Baker
- 2018 · A Christmas in Tennessee as Mayor Paul
- 2017 · Christmas Inheritance as Captain Williams
- 2017 · Christmas in Angel Falls as Pastor Howard
- 2017 · Kodachrome as Dwayne
- 2017 · Taken as Jimmy Dunne
- 2016 · Tell the World as William Miller
- 2016 · A Family Man as Elise's Father
- 2016 · Special Correspondents as General
- 2016 · The Girlfriend Experience as Carson Lewis
- 2015 · Charming Christmas as Bill Boyd
- 2015 · Patriot as Timothy Peetnam
- 2015 · Crimson Peak as Coroner
- 2015 · Degrassi: Don't Look Back as Detective
- 2015 · Pixels as NY Police Commissioner
- 2015 · The Preacher's Sin as Bill Traggert
- 2015 · Man Seeking Woman as Police Captain
- 2013 · Fir Crazy as Fire Marshall
- 2013 · The Husband She Met Online as Jerry Berman
- 2013 · King & Maxwell as Charge Sergeant
- 2012 · My Mother's Secret as Sheriff John Greely
- 2011 · Against the Wall as
- 2011 · Alphas as Transit Sergeant
- 2009 · Warehouse 13 as Dave
- 2009 · The Listener as Colonel Ranna
- 2009 · Booky's Crush as Mr. Jenkins
- 2008 · Flash of Genius as Scott
- 2008 · The American Trap as Edgar Hoover
- 2008 · Camille as Local Deputy #2
- 2006 · The Wives He Forgot as Police Captain
- 2006 · Hollywoodland as Cigar Man
- 2006 · Solar Attack as Captain Misha Gregorovitch
- 2005 · Swarmed as Chief of Police
- 2005 · Our Fathers as Fire Chief Williams
- 2004 · ReGenesis as Police Officer
- 2004 · ReGenesis as Dr. Stickland
- 2004 · ReGenesis as Dr. Strickland
- 2004 · While I Was Gone as Sergeant Eberhart
- 2004 · Wonderfalls as Detective Sloan
- 2003 · Mayday as Captain McBroom
- 2003 · Mayday as Robert Benzon
- 2003 · Mayday as FBI Special Agent
- 2003 · Mayday as Captain Maus
- 2003 · How to Deal as
- 2003 · Sounder as Deputy
- 2002 · The Man Who Saved Christmas as Secretary Daniels
- 2002 · Martin and Lewis as Hal Wallis
- 2002 · The Safety of Objects as Baseball Coach
- 2002 · Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye as S.A.C. Prentis
- 2002 · Conviction as Peters
- 2002 · The Glow as Fire Captain
- 2002 · Monk as Hardware Owner
- 2002 · Street Time as Top Cop
- 2002 · All Around The Town as Mark Levine
- 2002 · Death to Smoochy as Bartender
- 2001 · Stolen Miracle as Shane Miller
- 2001 · Jane Doe as Sheriff
- 2001 · Full Disclosure as Del
- 2001 · Sex, Lies & Obsession as Tom Gates
- 2001 · The Judge as Chief Wallace Hansen
- 2001 · Tart as Mr. Sellers
- 2000 · Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis as Older Edward Kennedy
- 2000 · When Andrew Came Home as Desk Sergeant
- 2000 · Who Killed Atlanta's Children? as GBI Man
- 1999 · The Hurricane as Philadelphia TV Announcer
- 1999 · Twice in a Lifetime as Sheriff
- 1999 · Small Vices as Police Captain
- 1998 · The Defenders: Taking the First as Prison Guard
- 1998 · My Own Country as Veteran
- 1998 · The Long Island Incident as Bill Leffert
- 1998 · Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story as
- 1998 · Blackheart as VIP
- 1998 · Vanished as Lt. Scott
- 1997 · On the 2nd Day of Christmas as Cop
- 1997 · Earth: Final Conflict as Colonel Bastian
- 1997 · Fast Track as Servine Crew Chief
- 1997 · Lethal Tender as Lt. Wilson
- 1996 · FX: The Series as Security Chief
- 1996 · FX: The Series as Jerry O'Malley
- 1996 · Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant as Bus Driver
- 1995 · Remember Me as Walter
- 1995 · Goosebumps as Bus Driver
- 1992 · Catwalk as Surgeon
- 1991 · The Hidden Room as Lou
- 1989 · Walter and Carlo in America as Peters
- 1987 · Blue Monkey as Paramedic
- 1987 · Street Justice as Aide
- 1986 · Mafia Princess as Federal Agent
- 1985 · The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Sam McKay
- 1985 · Murder in Space as Technician
- 1984 · Bedroom Eyes as Forensic Man #2
- 1980 · Cries in the Night as Frank
- 1979 · The Shape of Things to Come as Spacesuited man
- 1976 · Karate from Shaolin Temple as Tiger
- 1975 · Anti-Corruption as Hunter