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Smitrovich, Bill 1947- (William Smitrovich)
PERSONAL
Surname is pronounced "Smit-tro-vitch"; born William S. Zmitrowicz, May 16, 1947, in Bridgeport, CT; son of Stanley William (a tool and die maker) and Anna (maiden name, Wojna) Zmitrowicz; married Shaw Purnell, June 8, 1985; children: Alexander John ("A. J."), Maya. Education: University of Bridgeport, B.S., education; Smith College, M.F.A., dramatic arts; studied acting at the Actors' and Directors' Lab and with Morris Carnovsky.
Addresses:
Agent—Don Buchwald and Associates, 10 E. 44th Street, New York, NY 10017; The Kohner Agency, 9300 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 555, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
Career:
Actor. NO Theatre Company, Northhampton, MA, original company member, 1975-78; University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, acting instructor, 1976-78.
Awards, Honors:
People's Choice Awards, for Life Goes On and Millennium.
CREDITS
Stage Appearances:
(Stage debut) Rudy, waiter, bicycle thief, piano mover, and Ryan, The American Clock, Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 1980.
Moose Corwin, Never Say Die, Classic Thea
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Bill Smitrovich
Connecticut-born actor Bill Smitrovich (on May 16, 1947) started his acting career rather late. A Masters degree holder from Smith College and a former acting teacher at the University of Massachusetts, the hefty actor earned his big break in an understudy role in the world premiere of Arthur Miller's "The American Clock" at the Spoleto Festival, a production that went to Broadway. Other stage parts have included "Food from Trash," "Requiem for a Heavyweight," "Far East" and "Frankie & Johnny at the Claire de Lune." Bill was a founding member of the No Theatre Company, now in association with the Wooster Group, whose members included Willem Dafoe and the late Spalding Gray. Bill made his 1978 New York debut in the company's production of "The Elephant Man."
In the early 1980s he started tackling film and TV roles, often playing good cops and assorted villainous types. He made his film debut in a small role in A Little Sex (1982) and went on to play a prime part in the TV-movie pilot of Mi
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Bill Smitrovich
ACTOR
1947 - Today
Bill Smitrovich
William Stanley Zmitrowicz Jr. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Smitrovich has received more than 805,955 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Bill Smitrovich is the 5,235th most popular actor (down from 4,828th in 2019), the 7,629th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,192nd in 2019) and the 2,363rd most popular American Actor.
Memorability Metrics
810k
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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
17
Languages Editions (L)
2.85
Effective Languages (L*)
2.81
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among ACTORS
Among actors, Bill Smitrovich ranks 5,235 out of 13,578. Before him are Jules Berry, Tor Johnson, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Iko Uwais, Amr Waked, and Nina Andrycz. After him are Michael Rapaport, Lidiya Vertinskaya, Jason Gray-Stanford, Jack Thompson, Julie Gayet, and Kikuko Inoue.
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