Bill Dawes is an American actor and standup comic He graduated cum laude with an aerospace engineering degree from Princeton University and holds an MFA In acting from NYU While living in New York Bill starred in 3 Broadway plays and over a dozen OffBroadway plays as well as appearing in over 50 films and television shows As a comic he has toured nationally as well as internationally with the USO and considers the Hollywood Laugh Factory his home club He is best known for Mo Alaska Daily City on a Hill Damages Before the Sun Explodes Law and Order Special Victims Unit and Encounter with Riz Ahmed Bill tours nationally and internationally as a headlining comic and considers the Laugh Factory his home club