Will Brill

Will Brill
Brill at the 77th Tony Awards 2024
Born	(1986-07-11) July 11, 1986 (age 39)
Education	Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2008–present

Will Brill (born July 11, 1986) is an American actor best known for his role as Scott Brown in The OA . ^[1] Brill grew up in Menlo Park, California, and graduated from Gunn High School ^[2] and the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. ^[3]

In 2020, Brill starred as an apparition come to life of William Shakespeare in the film The Scottish Play. In addition to his television and film work, Brill has also appeared on Broadway, as part of the original cast of Act One, as Ed in the 2014 revival of You Can't Take It with You, and as Ali Hakim in the reimagined 75th-anniversary revival of Oklahoma! . He has also appeared in off-Broadway productions of Tribes and Our Town , both directed by David Cromer. ^[4] Additionally, Brill also starred in Stereophonic , a show on Broadway loosely based on the creation of the Fleetwood Mac album Rumours , winning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance.

Early life

Brill loved singing from an early age and participated in children's theaters across the San Francisco Bay Peninsula, where he grew up.

During his high school years, he was expelled from prestigious high school Menlo School for foraging driver's licenses and forced to go to the local public school Menlo-Atherton High School. While there, he continued to do children's theater and preformed in the school's rendition of Lost in Yonkers. After only one semester, he transferred to Woodside High School in Redwood City for a crush. Afterwards, he committed fraud to get into Gunn High School, one of the top public schools in the country. ^[5]

Acting credits

Film

Year	Title	Role
2010	Faith	Slim
2012	Girls Against Boys	Duncan
	King Kelly	Ryan
	Not Fade Away	Wells
2013	Beside Still Waters	Martin
2015	Up the River	Thomas
	Don't Worry Baby	Jack
2016	The Eyes of My Mother	Charlie
2018	Piercing	The Bellhop
	Slice	Bradley
	Unsane	Male Patient
	Ride	Bruno
2019	Test Pattern	Evan
2020	The Scottish Play	William Shakespeare
2021	To the Moon	Roger Lotz
2023	Power Signal	Michael
	Tender	JD
2025	Caught Stealing	Jason	Complete

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2010	Louie	Guy #1	Episode: "Dogpound"
2015	Gotham	Arnold Dobkins	2 episodes
	The Blacklist	Gavin Delgado	Episode: "Arioch Cain (No. 50)"
	The Knick	Leo Guggenheim	Episode: "The Best with the Best to Get the Best"
	Elementary	Tyler Eggert	2 episodes
2016	Civil	Randy	Unaired pilot
	Person of Interest	Charlie Vaida	Episode: "Synecdoche"
2016–2019	The OA	Scott Brown	12 episodes
2017	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Harry Ingram	Episode: "Net Worth"
	NCIS: New Orleans	Otis	Episode: "Dead Man Calling"
2017–2023	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Noah Weissman	10 episodes
2021	Lisey's Story	Gerd Allen Cole	Episode: "Bool Hunt"
2022	The Time Traveler's Wife	Ben	Episode: "1.6"
2023	Fellow Travelers	Roy Cohn	6 episodes	[6]
2024	The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live	Dalton	Episode: "Become"

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
2009–2010	Our Town	Joe Crowell	Barrow Street Theatre	Off-Broadway
2012–2013	Tribes	Daniel		National premiere; Off-Broadway
2013			Mark Taper Forum	Los Angeles
2014	Act One	Dore Schary / George / David Allen	Vivian Beaumont Theatre	Broadway
2014–2015	You Can't Take It with You	Ed Carmichael	Longacre Theatre
2017	Illyria	Bernie Gersten	The Public Theater	World premiere; Off-Broadway
2019–2020	Oklahoma!	Ali Hakim	Circle in the Square Theatre	Broadway
2022	A Case for the Existence of God	Ryan	Signature Theatre	World premiere; Off-Broadway
2023	Uncle Vanya	Astrov	OHenry! Productions	Off-Broadway
	Stereophonic	Reg	Playwrights Horizons	World premiere; Off-Broadway
2024			John Golden Theatre	Broadway

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Project	Result	Ref.
2012	Outer Critics Circle Awards	Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play	Tribes	Nominated	[7]
2023	Drama Desk Awards	Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play	A Case for the Existence of God	Nominated	[8]
2024	Tony Awards	Best Featured Actor in a Play	Stereophonic	Won	[9]
	Broadway.com Audience Awards	Favorite Featured Actor in a Play		Nominated	[10]
	Drama Desk Awards	Ensemble Award		Won	[11]

References

1. "'The OA': Brandon Perea & Will Brill Join Netflix Drama Series". Deadline. February 24, 2016. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
2. "Downtown San Jose gets a much-needed dose of 'retail therapy'". May 4, 2024. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
3. (CMU), Carnegie Mellon University. "First Education Partnership Shines - Carnegie Mellon University | CMU". cmu.edu. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
4. "You Can't Take It With You Star Will Brill on His Bad Boy Past & Why He Can Never Be a Magician". Broadway.com. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
5. Staff Writer (August 26, 2024). "After a 'Raucous' High School Experience, Will Brill '04 Just Won His First Tony". M-A Chronicle. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
6. Otterson, Joe (July 21, 2022). "Showtime Limited Series 'Fellow Travelers' Adds Five to Cast (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
7. "Outer Critics Circle: 2012 Award winners". October 19, 2017.
8. Cullwell-Block, Logan (May 31, 2023). "Some Like It Hot Dominates 2023 Drama Desk Awards; See the Full List of Winners". Playbill. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
9. Floyd, Thomas (April 30, 2024). "Tony Award nominations 2024: Full list and analysis". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved April 30, 2024.
10. "The Great Gatsby, The Notebook and Back to the Future Lead Nominations for Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards". Broadway.com. May 6, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
11. "'Stereophonic' leads 2024 Drama Desk Award winners". Broadway News. June 11, 2024. Retrieved August 13, 2024.

External links

• Will Brill at IMDb