Biography
William Mills Irwin is an American actor, choreographer, clown, and comedian. He began as a vaudeville-style stage performer and has been noted for his contribution to the renaissance of American circus during the 1970s. He won a Tony Award for his role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. He also worked as a choreographer on Broadway and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Choreography in 1989 for Largely New York. He is also known as Mr. Noodle on the Sesame Street segment Elmo's World, and he appeared in the Sesame Street film short Does Air Move Things?
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Awards & recognition
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 2005
- Guggenheim Fellowship · 1984
- MacArthur Fellows Program · 1984
- Bessie Awards
- Tony Award — Best Direction of a Play · 1989 · nominated
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- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1989 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Never Stand Still
Interstellar
New Amsterdam
This Is Us
Circus Kid
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Northern Exposure
Blue Bloods
The Gilded Age
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
Elementary
The Good Wife
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Legion
3rd Rock from the Sun
Sleepy Hollow
The Dropout
Quarry
Law & Order
The Beast in Me
The Great Buster
Monday Mornings
Across the Universe
Sesame Street
Spoiler Alert
Lights Out
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
The Cosby Show
Star Trek: Discovery
Confirmation
Saturday Night Live
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Eight Men Out
The Andy Warhol Diaries
Julie's Greenroom
Igby Goes Down
Hot Shots!
Rustin
The Manchurian Candidate
South of Hell
Life on Mars
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Rachel Getting Married
The Laramie Project
High Tide
My Blue Heaven
Irresistible