Editing Bill Irwin (section)

===Film and television===
Irwin's first featured film role was in 1980, appearing as [[Harold Hamgravy]] in Robert Altman's ''[[Popeye (film)|Popeye]]'' starring [[Robin Williams]]. He has appeared in over 20 films, mainly in supporting roles. Irwin's principal film roles include playing [[Eddie Collins]] in ''[[Eight Men Out]]'', which tells the story of the "[[Black Sox Scandal|Black Sox]]" gambling scandal of 1919, and ''[[My Blue Heaven (1990 American film)|My Blue Heaven]]'', a 1990 comedy with [[Steve Martin]] and [[Rick Moranis]]. Irwin tap-danced in a leading role in 1991's ''[[Stepping Out (1991 film)|Stepping Out]]'' with [[Liza Minnelli]], appeared as a mime in the [[Paul Mazursky]] film ''[[Scenes from a Mall]]'' alongside [[Woody Allen]] and [[Bette Midler]], and played [[Charlie Sheen]]'s father in ''[[Hot Shots!]]'' (1991).  His authentic vaudevillian skills landed him a role in the [[Sam Shepard]] film ''[[Silent Tongue]]'' in 1994, and he appeared in film adaptations of ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'', ''[[The Laramie Project (film)|The Laramie Project]]'' and ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''. He played an ex-brain surgeon and house salesman in the Nickelodeon series ''[[The Adventures of Pete & Pete]]''. In 2006, Irwin played the solitary Mr. Leeds in [[M. Night Shyamalan]]'s ''[[Lady in the Water]]'' and had a small role as Uncle Teddy in 2007's ''[[Across the Universe (film)|Across the Universe]]''. He received critical acclaim for his role as Paul, father to [[Anne Hathaway]]'s character Kym, in the 2008 drama ''[[Rachel Getting Married]]''.<ref name=tcmbio/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/34579/Bill-Irwin/filmography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531154601/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/34579/Bill-Irwin/filmography |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 31, 2008 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2008 |title=Filmography |access-date=August 17, 2013}}</ref>

Irwin's most notable television roles have been Enrico Ballati, "The Flying Man", on the television series ''[[Northern Exposure]]'', [[Mr. Noodle]] in the ''[[Elmo's World]]'' segment of the PBS children's show ''[[Sesame Street]]'', and the "Dick & Jane" serial killer [[List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation characters#Nate Haskell|Nate Haskell]] on ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''. He was featured in the 1988 music video of "[[Don't Worry, Be Happy]]" by [[Bobby McFerrin]] (along with McFerrin and Robin Williams) and the 1996 music video of "[[Let Me into Your Heart]]" by [[Mary Chapin Carpenter]]. Irwin was also featured in HBO's 1997 production ''[[Subway Stories]]''. He has also appeared on ''[[The Cosby Show]]'', ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'', ''[[Law & Order]]'', and ''[[Lights Out (2011 TV series)|Lights Out]]''.

In 2011, Irwin guest starred in the pilot episode of the CBS television drama ''[[A Gifted Man]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wallemberg|first=Christopher|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/stage-to-screens-a-2011-12-tv-season-packed-with-stage-stars-com-182744|title=STAGE TO SCREENS: A 2011-12 TV Season Packed With Stage Stars|work=Playbill|date=September 17, 2011}}</ref> He starred in the 2013 [[medical drama]] TNT television series, ''[[Monday Mornings]]'' as Buck Tierney.<ref>Ross, Robyn. [http://www.tvguide.com/News/TNT-Monday-Mornings-1047164.aspx "TNT Orders David E. Kelley's Medical Drama 'Monday Mornings'"] May 2012</ref> In 2014, he guest starred in the episode "The One Percent Solution" of CBS' ''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]''.

Irwin voices the robot TARS in the film ''[[Interstellar (film)|Interstellar]]'' and puppeteers the robot in most scenes (those which are not computer-generated). He is featured in the [[PBS]] series ''[[Great Performances]]'', in the episode titled "Bill Irwin, Clown Prince", initially broadcast in December 2004.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041217091019/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/billirwin/ "Great Performances. 'Bill Irwin, Clown Prince' "]. Public Broadcasting Service, 2004, accessed August 19, 2013</ref>

He regularly appears on the [[NBC]] crime series ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' as therapist Dr. Peter Lindstrom. Lindstrom normally appears on the show while counseling main character Captain [[Olivia Benson]].<ref name="thebillirwin" /> Irwin also appeared on the television series ''[[Sleepy Hollow (TV series)|Sleepy Hollow]]'', playing the character of Atticus Nevins. Between 2017 and 2019, he appeared in the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] television series ''[[Legion (TV series)|Legion]]''.

In 2020, he appeared as Su'Kal in ''[[Star Trek: Discovery]]''. In 2022, Irwin guest starred on ''[[The Gilded Age (TV series)|The Gilded Age]]'' on [[HBO]].