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Bill McAdams Jr.

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Bill McAdams Jr.

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  • Born
    October 28 · Georgetown, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
  • Birth name
    William Winslow McAdams ll
  • Height
    1.80 m

Biography

    • Bill McAdams, Jr. brings over 25 years of acting, directing, writing, and producing experience to the Entertainment Industry.

      He graduated from The Catholic University of America in 1994 with a double major in Theater Arts and Philosophy. Bill took a train up to Camden Yards in Baltimore with his senior baseball picture and handed it to the casting director of the film Major League 2. The next month he was a utility baseball player earning his first film credit.

      His career began as a stand-in for Matt Damon on The Rainmaker.

      Bill continued working with Matt Damon as his personal photo double for such films as the Academy Award winning, Good Will Hunting, Rounders and Dogma.

      Bill was able to gain "hands on" experience by working with Academy Award wining actors, writers, directors and cinematographers which earned him jobs working along side of Steven Spielberg on Amistad and David Lynch on The Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive. He wrote his first feature film, Gallows Road, while working on set of Good Will Hunting. 16 years later after losing his younger brother in a motorcycle accident he made Gallows Road, Starring Kevin Sorbo and Ernie Hudson for John.

      Bill has directed many award-winning PSA's and feature films, enjoying his creative path of storytelling.
      - IMDb mini biography by: Bob Walker

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  • Brother of actress and country singer Mary Jean McAdams.
  • Graduated from The Catholic University of America, with degree in Philosophy and Theatre Arts
  • Found 3,900 dollars in cash in a Marina Del Rey beach bathroom and didn't keep it.
  • Brother of 'John McAdams'
  • Wrote screenplay Gideon's Gift based on the best selling novel by Karen Kingsbury.

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