Bill Sage

Early life and education Sage was born and raised in New York City and graduated from the State University of New York at Purchase. Beginning in eighth grade, Sage became a victim of child sexual abuse, an experience that would later influence his performance in Mysterious Skin.

Career He made his screen debut appearing in the 1989 comedy-drama film The Unbelievable Truth written and directed by Hal Hartley. Sage later appeared in several more of Hartley's movies, such as Trust (1990), Simple Men (1992) and Flirt (1995), and other independent films. He played Tom Baker in the 1996 biographical drama film I Shot Andy Warhol directed by Mary Harron and later appeared in her psychological horror film American Psycho (2000). He received two Fangoria Chainsaw Awards nominations for performances in the horror films We Are What We Are (2013) and Wrong Turn (2021).

On television, Sage made guest-starring appearances on Sex and the City, Melrose Place, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Third Watch, NCIS, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Person of Interest, Orange Is the New Black and The Good Fight. He had recurring roles on Nurse Jackie (2010-11), Boardwalk Empire (2011), and Power (2017–18). Sage also starred in the first season of SundanceTV drama series, Hap and Leonard.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1989 The Unbelievable Truth Gus Sidewalk Stories Man In Carriage 1990 Trust John Bill 1991 Theory of Achievement - Short 1992 Ambition - Short Laws of Gravity Guy's Pal Simple Men Dennis McCabe 1993 Rift Tom 1994 Babylon: la paura è la migliore amica dell'uomo Charles Forrester A Counter Fancy Thermos Man 1995 The Perez Family Steve Steverino Affair Play Mickey Davis Flirt Bill Two Plus One Mark 1996 I Shot Andy Warhol Tom Baker If Lucy Fell Dick Boys Officer Bill Martone 1997 Jagd nach CM 24 Jacob Hofstetter TV movie Cost of Living Converse 1998 Too Tired to Die White Soldier High Art Arnie Chainsmoker Office Yuppie Short Somewhere in the City Justin Remembering Sex Matt Devlin TV movie 1999 Roberta Philip The Insider Intense Young Intern 2000 American Psycho David Van Patten Urbania Chuck Double Parked Karl Severson Boiler Room FBI Agent David Drew 2001 Mourning Glory Micahel Fanelli No Such Thing Carlo Stray Dogs Myers Carter Glitter Billie's Father On the Borderline Dean Grownups Chuck The Atlantis Conspiracy Jon TV movie 2002 Desert Saints FBI Agent Davis Evenhand Officer Ted Morning For Earth Below Phillip Short 2003 The Maldonado Miracle Lyle TV movie Sin Detective Cal Brody 2004 Mysterious Skin Coach 2005 The Girl from Monday Jack Bell Shooting Vegetarians Prosecutor 2006 Heavens Fall Thomas Knight Jr. The Handyman Caleb Tucker Short 2007 If I Didn't Care Davis Myers One Night Larry 2008 Tennessee Roy The New Twenty Robert Cameron 2009 Precious Mr. Wicher Handsome Harry Pauly Off Season Man Short Stanley Stanley Short 2010 The Scientist Dr. Marcus Ryan Boy Wonder Terry Donovan 2011 The Green Leo Sweet Little Lies Roach 2012 Electrick Children Tim Surviving Family Jerry Malone Bad Parents Dan 2013 We Are What We Are Frank Parker Blumenthal Interviewer 2014 Cold in July Baseball Announcer (voice) Born to Race: Fast Track Frank Video Every Secret Thing Dave Fuller Ascent to Hell Mr. Browning Shockwave, Darkside Dalton Ned Rifle Bud Then There Was Frank 2015 The Boy Sheriff Deacon Whit Fan Girl Mike Bovary TV movie The Taking of Ezra Bodine Dean Short The Preppie Connection Mike Hammel The Sphere and the Labyrinth Andrew 2016 AWOL Roy Fender Bender The Driver Delinquent Rich The Archer Bob Patrice Welcome to Willits Brock Raw Ritchie 2017 All Summers End Mr. Turner The Price John Kocher 2018 After Everything Paul The Big Take Jack Girardi 2019 The Wave Jonas 2020 The Dinner Party Carmine The Pale Door Dodd The Catch Tom McManus 2021 Wrong Turn Venable Payback Randy April Showers Man Short 2022 Edward Edward Williams Short 2023 The Unheard Dad Hayseed Leo Hobbins 2025 Where to Land Filming

Television Year Title Role Notes 1998 Sex and the City Kurt Harrington Episode: "Sex and the City" 2000 The Street - Episode: "The Ultimatum" 2002 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Frank McBride Episode: "The Hunger Artist" 2003 The Handler Roger DuGay Episode: "Hardcore" 2004 Third Watch Orland Guest Cast: Season 5-6 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Officer Tommy Callahan Episode: "Consumed" 2005 CSI: Miami Brad Manning Episode: "Recoil" 2006 Numbers Scott Winnard Episode: "Mind Games" 2008 Cashmere Mafia Bobby Walsh Recurring Cast NCIS Reed Talbot Episode: "Capitol Offense" 2009 Law & Order Kevin Morton Episode: "Dignity" 2010 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Forrest Caruso Episode: "Traffic" 2010-2011 Nurse Jackie Bill Recurring Cast: Season 2-3 2011 Boardwalk Empire Solomon Bishop Recurring Cast: Season 2 2012 Person of Interest Reddy Episode: "The Contingency" 2013 White Collar Andrew Dawson Recurring Cast: Season 5 2014 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Bobby Masconi Episode: "Jersey Breakdown" Elementary Jake Picardo Episode: "Corpse de Ballet" 2016 Hap and Leonard Howard Main Cast: Season 1 2017 Orange Is the New Black Governor Hutchinson Recurring Cast: Season 5 2017-2018 Power Sammy Recurring Cast: Season 4-5 2019 Reprisal Jukes Recurring Cast 2020 You Must Remember This Larry McMurtry (voice) Recurring Cast 2021 Magnum P.I. Elliot Hamler Episode: "The Big Payback" The Good Fight Joey Battle Episode: "And the Fight Had a Détente..." 2022 Bull Thomas Krenell Episode: "Family Matters"