Editing Bill Irwin (section)

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{{short description|American actor, choreographer, clown and comedian (born 1950)}}
{{About|the actor and clown|other people|Bill Irwin (disambiguation)}}
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| name               = Bill Irwin
| image              = Bill Irwin by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption            = Irwin at the 2018 San Diego Comic Con
| birth_name         = William Mills Irwin
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1950|4|11}}
| birth_place        = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S.
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| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|choreographer|clown|comedian}}
| years_active       = 1974–present
| spouse             = {{ubl|{{marriage|Kimi Okada|1977|1982|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|Martha Roth|1990}}}}
| children           = 1
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'''William Mills Irwin''' (born April 11, 1950)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/bio/Bill-Irwin/| title=Bill Irwin Biography| work=Broadway World| access-date = September 9, 2020}}</ref> is an American actor, choreographer, [[clown]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2013/03/05/theater/reviews/old-hats-with-bill-irwin-and-david-shiner.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |title=Aging Clowns and Brand-New Gags: 'Old Hats,' With Bill Irwin and David Shiner |work= [[The New York Times]]|date=March 4, 2013|first=Charles|last=Isherwood |author-link=Charles Isherwood|access-date=April 8, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/theater/reviews/king-lear-at-the-public-theater-review.html |title=A Fool, His King and the Madness That Engulfs Them |work= [[The New York Times]]|date=November 8, 2011|first=Ben|last=Brantley |author-link=Ben Brantley |access-date=April 8, 2013}}</ref> 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 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?]]'' He also worked as a choreographer on Broadway and was nominated for the [[Tony Award for Best Choreography]] in 1989 for ''Largely New York''. He is also known as [[Mr. Noodle]] on the ''[[Sesame Street]]'' segment ''[[Elmo's World]]'', and he appeared in the ''Sesame Street'' film short ''Does Air Move Things?''<ref>{{cite news |first=Mel |last=Gussow |author-link=Mel Gussow |date=May 11, 2008 |url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/theater/11mcel.html |title=How to Deal with Midlife: Keep Dancing |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=April 8, 2013}}</ref> He has regularly appeared as Dr. Peter Lindstrom on ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'', and had a recurring role as "The Dick & Jane Killer" on ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''.<ref name="thebillirwin">{{cite web |publisher=thebillirwin.com |title=Television |url=http://thebillirwin.com/television-svu.html |access-date=January 21, 2016 |archive-date=March 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324153640/http://thebillirwin.com/television-svu.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> From 2017 to 2019, he appeared as Cary Loudermilk on the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] television series ''[[Legion (TV series)|Legion]]''.