Gil Bellows Movies and Career Information

Gil Bellows (born June 28, 1967) is a Canadian film and television actor. He is best known for the roles of Tommy Williams in The Shawshank Redemption, Billy Thomas in the television series Ally McBeal and as CIA agent Matt Callan in the television series The Agency. Bellows was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and attended Magee Secondary School with fellow future actress Carrie-Anne Moss. After graduation he pursued a career in acting, studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles, California. Bellows is known for his first motion picture role as Tommy in the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption. Also in 1994 he played the lead role Watty Watt in the movie "Love and a .45" with Renee Zellweger, as CIA agent Matt Callan in the television series The Agency and as Billy Thomas in the television series Ally McBeal. Bellows also appeared in the psychological thriller Chasing Sleep as Detective Derm, opposite star Jeff Daniels. He appeared in The Weather Man as a perverted rehabilitation counselor. He is in the film Black Day Blue Night and Stars in Snow White: A Tale Of Terror as Will. He has even more recently appeared on the Hallmark Channel original film Final