William Tokarsky

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William Tokarsky is an American character actor known for his recurring role as Len on Welcome to Flatch . He is also known for playing the Demon William on the Adult Swim series Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell , and the Killer in the cult film Too Many Cooks .

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Career

Tokarsky began acting following retirement from a job at General Motors in Doraville, Georgia. [1] While visiting the film set for Get Low to catch a glimpse of its stars, Robert Duvall and Bill Murray, Tokarsky spoke with some extras and decided that acting "looked like fun". [1] His first roles were bit parts in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues . Following his role as William the Demon on the Adult Swim series Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell , Tokarsky was cast as the killer Bill in the short film Too Many Cooks . [2] [3]

In a 2015 article about Adult Swim for the British newspaper The Guardian , it was mentioned that tourists took photos of "William Tokarsky’s grim face, as he reprises his role from Adult Swim’s 70s and 80s sitcom title-sequence parody Too Many Cooks." [4]

In 2015, a life cast mold of Tokarsky was made by Silver Scream FX Lab. [5]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Someone Else
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Cab Driver
2014 Too Many Cooks Killershort film
LifelinesMike/Michaelshort film
PlayBirtram Terra
Home for the Holiday Santa short video
Hearts of DustChaplainshort film
2015The Lost FootageThe Bodyshort film
Auld Lang SyneThe Black Maskshort film
The Exchange CMFBrother 2short film
MallickCheating Lawyershort film
Five WindowsThomasshort film
Keening NighThe Taiseshort film
SamhainGrandpawshort film
GwilliamEx-Conshort film
Roanoke: Search for the Lost ColonyEnglishman #1
2016Crime AvenueHarvey Feueranzundershort film
BleedPrisoner
Osterhase Osterhase short film
Hart of AmericaNot the serial killerTV short
The ConscienceMichael Baileyshort film
ConflictedBossshort film
EscapeKillershort film
Merry Christmas, Baby Nursing Home Resident
Behind 13Phil
2017The People Could FlyMastershort film
Tragedy Girls Mr. Gordon
Hamlet & HutchTrailer Park Trash
The God Inside My EarMr. Stuffy Bottomsvoice
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Bread/Cake Vendor
Manak: Deck The HallsVeteranshort video
Progidy[ sic ?]Coach Ramrod
2018 The Good Die Young Buck
Through Her EyesHarvey Winstein
Tropical Cop TalesMan with Gold Boots
My Annoying Dead BrotherGroundskeeper
Trial by FireMan in the Stetson Hat
2019 Jacob's Ladder Commuter
2023Fetal PositionJedidiahshort film
2023The MarksSinclair
2024 Brothers TBA
TBAMiss Winn's GardenMr. Hillshort film
Penance Lane Crazy Raypost-production
IndomitableBartender Jackpost-production
The Bounty HunterClarence 'Preacher' Turnerfilming
The Poison Rose Sanitarium Patientfilming
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Swamp Murders Choppin CharlieEpisode: "Quilbillies"
2015 The Carbonaro Effect Eugene BurgerEpisode: "Dangerously Drinkable"
2015 Snapped: Killer Couples Willis Honeycuttdocumentary; episode: "Dena Riley & Richard Dean Davis"
2015 Fatal Attraction Neighbordocumentary; episode: Social Media Murder
2015Victoria's PathGruff the TrollEpisode: "My Bully"
2014-16 Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda Freddie/Joe Economydocumentary; 2 episodes: "Bump in the Night", "Murder Haunts Me"
2016 #killerpost Melvin PotterEpisode: "Payne/Potter"
2016 Hidden America with Jonah Ray RedneckEpisode: "Atlanta: Past, Present, Living, and Dead"
2014-2016 It's Supernatural! Crippled Man/Neighbor3 episodes: "James Durham", "Steve Swanson", "Aliss Cresswell 2016"
2015–2016The BubbleCreepy StalkerMini-series; 2 episodes: "Double Trouble", "Pilot"
2013-2017 Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell William/Demon William14 episodes
2017Kelly Talk ShowHimself
2017Love in 500 CharactersJakeEpisode: "Pilot"
2018 Murder Comes to Town Carl Sandersdocumentary; episode: "The Sinner and the Saint"
2018 Lodge 49 Older GentlemanEpisode: "Full Fathom Five"
2018 Murder by Numbers NeighborEpisode: "Monster Among Us"
2020A-MenNuada NechtEpisode: ”Pilot”
2022 Welcome to Flatch Len7 episodes

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