Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#1524
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Bill Camp represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 29 years in, and Bill is still choosing the harder script.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Bill Camp appears in 43 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Bill. Joker is the clearest case: a film rated 8.4 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for action, thriller, comedy. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Takashi Doscher, Sam Hargrave, Ethan Coen and others, Bill Camp helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Joker (2019) as Detective Garrity · 12 Years a Slave (2013) as Radburn · Sound of Freedom (2023) as Vampiro
Career snapshot
Ranked #1524 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
43
1998–2027
Career length
29 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.4
Joker
Average Nutevio score
5.8
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.1
Joker
Most frequent director
Ethan Coen
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With Ethan Coen
Most common genre
Drama
32 titles
Average runtime
1h 53m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
6.8
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.4
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
1990s
7.0 average MV
The 1990s are where the work and the material meet. Rounders — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
1990s
7.0
Across 1 catalogue film in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
1990s
7.0
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
1990s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Rounders.
Most productive era
2010s
22 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | 7.01 film | 6.72 films | 6.820 films | 4.89 films |
| Action | — | — | 6.32 films | 2.63 films |
| Thriller | — | 6.32 films | 7.16 films | 4.84 films |
| Comedy | — | — | 6.63 films | 3.58 films |
| Crime | 7.01 film | 6.72 films | 7.05 films | 5.84 films |
| Romance | — | — | 6.43 films | — |
| Horror | — | — | — | 6.01 film |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
1998Rounders
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Eisenberg.
Highest rated performance · Career peak
2019Joker
8.4 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2027Karoshi
The current state of the argument.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
43 of 43 films
as Vampiro
Directed by Alejandro Monteverde
as Detective Garrity
Directed by Todd Phillips
as Radburn
Directed by Steve McQueen
as Wilbur Tennant
Directed by Todd Haynes
as Crazy Man
Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu
From the library
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The defining work
#1
Vampiro
Sound of Freedom (2023)
Performance score8.1
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Vampiro gives Bill Camp a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Detective Garrity
Joker (2019)
Performance score8.1
Joker asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Detective Garrity is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Radburn
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Performance score7.8
12 Years a Slave asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Radburn is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Wilbur Tennant
Dark Waters (2019)
Performance score7.6
Dark Waters asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Wilbur Tennant is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Vampiro
Start here. Sound of Freedom is the clearest statement of what Bill Camp does — accessible, 131 minutes, and rated 7.8 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Bill at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Keeps the drama register of Sound of Freedom but asks for a colder reading of it.
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
Keeps the drama register of 12 Years a Slave but asks for a colder reading of it.
Joker (2019)
Keeps the drama register of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) but asks for a colder reading of it.
Dark Waters (2019)
Keeps the drama register of Joker but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Scott Cooper
Director
2 films together
Notably Hostiles
Paul Greengrass
Director
2 films together
Notably News of the World
Ethan Coen
Director
2 films together
Notably Honey Don't!
John Dahl
Director
1 film together
Notably Rounders
Terry George
Director
1 film together
Notably Reservation Road
Michael Mann
Director
1 film together
Notably Public Enemies
Steven Spielberg
Director
1 film together
Notably Lincoln
Steve McQueen
Director
1 film together
Notably 12 Years a Slave
Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Director
1 film together
Notably Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Cameron Crowe
Director
1 film together
Notably Aloha
Stephen Gaghan
Director
1 film together
Notably Gold
Aaron Sorkin
Director
1 film together
Notably Molly's Game
Marc Webb
Director
1 film together
Notably The Only Living Boy in New York
Susanna White
Director
1 film together
Notably Woman Walks Ahead
Adam McKay
Director
1 film together
Notably Vice
Francis Lawrence
Director
1 film together
Notably Red Sparrow
Paul Dano
Director
1 film together
Notably Wildlife
Todd Haynes
Director
1 film together
Notably Dark Waters
Todd Phillips
Director
1 film together
Notably Joker
Gina Gershon
Director
1 film together
Notably With/In Volume 2
Rebecca Hall
Director
1 film together
Notably Passing
Noah Baumbach
Director
1 film together
Notably White Noise
Alejandro Monteverde
Director
1 film together
Notably Sound of Freedom
Gary Dauberman
Director
1 film together
Notably Salem's Lot
Sam Hargrave
Director
1 film together
Notably Matchbox: The Movie
Takashi Doscher
Director
1 film together
Notably Karoshi
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Scott Cooper
Director
2 films together · 6.8 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
HostilesPaul Greengrass
Director
2 films together · 6.7 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
News of the WorldEthan Coen
Director
2 films together · 5.5 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Honey Don't!Todd Phillips
Director
1 film together · 8.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
JokerSteve McQueen
Director
1 film together · 8.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
12 Years a SlaveAlejandro Monteverde
Director
1 film together · 7.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Sound of FreedomTodd Haynes
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Dark WatersAlejandro G. Iñárritu
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)Aaron Sorkin
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Molly's GameAdam McKay
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
ViceJohn Dahl
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
RoundersSteven Spielberg
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
LincolnSusanna White
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Woman Walks AheadMichael Mann
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Public EnemiesPaul Dano
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
WildlifeStephen Gaghan
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
GoldFrancis Lawrence
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Red SparrowTerry George
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Reservation RoadRebecca Hall
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
PassingMarc Webb
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Only Living Boy in New YorkGary Dauberman
Director
1 film together · 6.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Salem's LotNoah Baumbach
Director
1 film together · 5.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
White NoiseCameron Crowe
Director
1 film together · 5.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
AlohaGina Gershon
Director
1 film together · 4.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
With/In Volume 2Takashi Doscher
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
KaroshiSam Hargrave
Director
1 film together · 0.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Matchbox: The MovieSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Joker
as Detective Garrity
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
12 Years a Slave
as Radburn
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Joker
as Detective Garrity
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Rounders
as Eisenberg
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Sound of Freedom
as Vampiro
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Bill Camp has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Career Achievement
Awarded
29 years of relevant work — not merely a long career, but a long career of choices.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Drama Legend
Awarded
32 catalogue titles in drama, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Joker
as Detective Garrity
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Joker
as Detective Garrity
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
The Burial
as Ray Loewen
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Red Sparrow
as Marty Gable
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Sound of Freedom
as Vampiro
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
Jason Bourne
as Malcolm Smith
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Aloha
as Bob Largent
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Joker
as Detective Garrity
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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