William West McNamara (born March 31, 1965) is an American film and television actor.

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William McNamara
McNamara in 2014
Born	William West McNamara (1965-03-31) March 31, 1965 (age 57) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–present

Personal life

Born in Dallas, Texas, McNamara is the son of a Ford Motor Company employee and an interior designer. He attended Salisbury School, Columbia University, and studied at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York.[1]

Career

He appeared in the feature films Texasville, Stella, Copycat, Surviving the Game, and Stealing Home. On television, he portrayed Montgomery Clift in Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story[2] and Ricky Nelson in Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King, had a regular role on the Showtime series Beggars and Choosers, was featured in the television movies Doing Time on Maple Drive and Wildflower (CableACE Award nomination), and appeared in NYPD Blue and Law & Order: SVU, among other television series.

Activism

McNamara is an animal rights activist and vegan. He got his start rescuing cats, dogs, and horses, and now travels the world advocating animal rights. McNamara has produced several documentaries, including the Nat Geo Wild Network: Animal Intervention, an exposé on the exotic animal industry in the United States.[3]

Filmography

• Opera (1987) – Stefano
• Stealing Home (1988) – Billy Wyatt (teenager)
• The Beat (1988) – Billy Kane
• Dream a Little Dream (1989) – Joel
• Stella (1990) – Pat Robbins
• Texasville (1990) – Dickie Jackson
• Wildflower (1991) - Sammy Perkins
• Aspen Extreme (1993) – Todd Pounds
• Extreme Justice (1993) – Mark Franklin (surfer, uncredited in film credits)
• Chasers (1994) – Eddie Devane
• Surviving the Game (1994) – Derek Wolfe Jr.
• Radio Inside (1994) – Matthew Anderson
• Copycat (1995) – Peter Foley
• Storybook (1995) – Prince Arthur
• Girl in the Cadillac (1995) – Rick
• Snitch (1996) – Shakley
• Dead Girl (1996) – Damon
• Natural Enemy (1996) – Jeremy
• Stag (1997) – Jon DiCapri
• The Deli (1997) – Kevin
• Glam (1997) – Sonny Daye
• The Brylcreem Boys (1997) – Sam Gunn
• Sweet Jane (1998) – Stan Bleeker
• Something to Believe In (1998) – Mike
• Ringmaster (1998) – Troy Davenport
• Implicated (1999) – Tom Baker
• Paper Bullets (1999) – Laurence McCoy
• Knockout (2000) – Michael DeMarco
• Just Sue Me (2000) – Daniel
• The Calling (a.k.a. Man of Faith) (2002) – Bobby Murky
• The Kings of Brooklyn (2004) – Chris Parmel
• The Iron Man (2006) – Gerard
• The Still Life (2007) – Teacher
• April Moon (2007) – David
• A Dance for Bethany (2007) – James Fisher
• The Grift (2008) – Hugh Babcock
• The Bleeding (2009) – Dan Williams
• The Ascent (2010) – Joel
• The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy (2010) – Jones Moon
• Cut! (2012) – Bryan Wolff
• Dry (2014) – Dr Brown
• Truth (2015)
• Last Man Club (2016) – Joe Scanlin
• The Secrets of Emily Blair (2016) – Mr. Regan
• Happenstance (2017) – Bodhi
• Opus of an Angel (2018) - Dr. Stephen Murphy
• Rottentail (2018) – Jake Mulligan
• The 2nd (2020) – Jalil

Television

• Secret of the Sahara (1988 mini-series) – Philip
• Island Son (1989 series) – Sam
• Wildflower (1991) – Sammy Perkins
• Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992) – Matt Carter
• Silk Stalkings ("The Brotherhood" episode, aired 1/9/1992) – Clay Edwards
• Honor Thy Mother (1992) – Chris
• Sworn to Vengeance (1993) – Michael Burke
• Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story (1995) – Montgomery Clift
• Perversions of Science ("Given the Heir" episode, aired 6/18/1997) – Nick Boyer
• Natural Enemy (1997) – Jeremy
• Welcome to Paradox ("Blue Champagne" episode, aired 11/2/1998) – Q.M. Cooper
• Brimstone ("Encore" episode, aired 11/6/1998) – Gilbert Jax
• Beggars and Choosers (1999–2001 series) – Brad Advail
• The Outer Limits ("Better Luck Next Time" episode, aired 8/20/1999) – Kimble
• The Hunger ("Approaching Desdemona" episode, aired 2/6/2000) – Kent Johanssen
• Time Lapse (2001) – Clayton Pirce
• Trapped (2001) – C. Whitmore Evans
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ("Pandora" episode) (2003) – Detective Sam Bishop
• NYPD Blue (1 February 2005 episode) – Richard Pancava
• McBride: Murder Past Midnight (2005) – Tony Harriman
• American Black Beauty (2005) – Wilford
• Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (1 episode) (2006) – Ricky Nelson
• Beyond the Break (2 episodes) (2007) – Richard
• The Wrong Roommate (2016) – Mark
• Running Away (2017) – Richard

References

External links

• William McNamara at IMDb