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Bill Thorpe(I)

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Bill Thorpe, born as William Thorpe, is an American singer and actor who was raised on the coast of New England where he spent most of his childhood in, on, and around the water. At the age of 14, he built his own sailboat using anything he could get his hands on. Aided by a sudden squall and a sail that was way too big for the boat, the maiden voyage ended abruptly when a huge rock raced across the bay and placed a big toothy grin in the side of the hull. Next port of call was building and designing sets for the local community theater.

Speaking roles in films include work with Clint Eastwood and Sean Penn in the Academy Award winning film "Mystic River," Jennifer Lawrence, Mel Gibson, Sissy Spacek, David O. Russell, and Larry David, as well as independent films, voiceover work for several documentaries, principal roles in eight national television commercials, and many regional radio & television commercials. He has appeared in films shown at the Sundance Film Festival, the Tribeca Film Festival, and the Independent Film Festival Boston.

As a singer (legit baritone), he has performed as soloist in thirty-two U.S. states through American Artists Management of New York and, in collaboration with the Cole Porter Musical and Literary Trusts, was soloist on the CBS Television Network broadcast celebrating the Cole Porter centennial, and for the U.S. Post Office release of the Cole Porter commemorative first-class postage stamp. He represented the United States as part of a two-night international concert sponsored by the United Nations and the Peoples' Republic of China before a sold-out audience of 36,000 in Shanghai, followed by other performances in China, including the Beijing Concert Hall. In 2012 he returned to Germany for performances in Cologne, the Rhineland, and the Westerwald, including a standing ovation in the historic Apollinariskirche at Remagen.

He recorded songs from the musicals of Cole Porter and Lerner & Loewe with the Stuttgart Symphony, sang the role of Orpheus for the National Public Radio broadcast of "Orpheus and Euridice" on "The Spider's Web" series, and has been soloist at the Bethlehem Music Festival, the Missouri River Festival, the Arizona Heritage Festivals, the Westport Levitt Pavilion Music Festival, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and the White Mountain Bach Festival, as well as with Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Boston, the Handel & Haydn Society, Boston Concert Opera at Symphony Hall, the Ocean City Pops Orchestra, Boston Civic Symphony, the Marlboro Symphony, The Landmarks Orchestra and other east-coast orchestras.

Thorpe earned degrees from Boston Conservatory of Music (piano) and New England Conservatory of Music (voice), with additional studies at the Philadelphia Musical Academy (piano) and the Lichtenberg Voice Institute in Germany. He is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society and the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).
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Bill Thorpe in a scene with Jennifer Lawrence from the movie "Joy" directed by David O. Russell
Jennifer Lawrence and Bill Thorpe in "Joy"
Bill Thorpe with Mel Gibson in "Edge of Darkness" directed by Martin Campbell
Bill Thorpe with Sean Penn in "Mystic River" directed by Clint Eastwood
Bill Thorpe in "Sound of Metal"
Bill Thorpe and Tosca Musk at the Los Angeles premiere of "The Will"
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Bill Thorpe in "The Rape of Lucretia"
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Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, and Sean Penn in Mystic River (2003)
Mystic River
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  • Neighbor at Barricade
  • 2003
Mel Gibson in Edge of Darkness (2010)
Edge of Darkness
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  • Watch Sergeant
  • 2010
Michael Stahl-David in In Your Eyes (2014)
In Your Eyes
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  • Stan
  • 2014
Riz Ahmed in Sound of Metal (2019)
Sound of Metal
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  • The Man
  • 2019

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  • The Wound Wood
    • Jerry Lamb
    • Post-production
  • I Don't Want to Drink Your Blood Anymore
    • Robert
    • Post-production
  • Keira Knightley in Boston Strangler (2023)
    Boston Strangler
    • Brawny Detective
    • 2023
  • The Unholy (2021)
    The Unholy
    • Father Prescott
    • 2021
  • The Catch (2020)
    The Catch
    • Artie
    • 2020
  • Megan Dodds and Chris McKenna in The Will (2020)
    The Will
    • Malone
    • 2020
  • Charlie Hunnam and Jack O'Connell in Jungleland (2019)
    Jungleland
    • Zeus
    • 2019
  • Riz Ahmed in Sound of Metal (2019)
    Sound of Metal
    • The Man
    • 2019
  • Castle Rock (2018)
    Castle Rock
    • Party Guest #1
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • The Ghost Bike
    • Jim
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, and Jennifer Lawrence in Joy (2015)
    Joy
    • Dallas Man
    • 2015
  • Frances McDormand in Olive Kitteridge (2014)
    Olive Kitteridge
    • Joe the Bartender
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2014
  • Michael Stahl-David in In Your Eyes (2014)
    In Your Eyes
    • Stan
    • 2014
  • Clear History (2013)
    Clear History
    • Construction Worker
    • TV Movie
    • 2013
  • Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds in R.I.P.D. (2013)
    R.I.P.D.
    • Cemetery Worker in Utility Vehicle (uncredited)
    • 2013
  • Whaling City (2011)
    Whaling City
    • Driscoll
    • 2011
  • William Forsythe, Andrew Divoff, Sam Cohan, and Zofia Gozynska in Slip & Fall (2011)
    Slip & Fall
    • Bailiff
    • 2011

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    Was honored with a private, fully staged production, with orchestra and costumes, presented exclusively for him and three of his colleagues by the Beijing Opera in an otherwise-empty theater in Shanghai.

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