Gil Bellows

Gil Bellows
Bellows at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	(1967-06-28) June 28, 1967 (age 57) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1988–present
Spouse	Rya Kihlstedt ​ ​ (m. 1994; div. 2023)​
Children	2

Gil Bellows (born June 28, 1967) is a Canadian actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. He is best known for the roles of Tommy Williams in the 1994 movie The Shawshank Redemption, Billy Thomas in the Fox television series Ally McBeal (1997–2002), and CIA agent Matt Callan in the CBS television series The Agency (2001–2003). In 2016–2017, he was a regular cast member in the USA Network series Eyewitness.

As a producer, Bellows has several notable accomplishments, including Mick Jackson’s HBO biographical drama Temple Grandin (2010), which earned him both a Primetime Emmy Award and a Peabody Award. He produced, starred in, co-wrote, and co-directed the film 3 Days in Havana (2013), and also produced the Amazon Prime Video series Patriot (2015–2017), where he received story credits as well.