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Kelly AuCoin
AuCoin in 2016
Born(1967-02-14)February 14, 1967(age 57)
Hillsboro, Oregon,U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1990–present
Spouse
Carolyn Hall
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(m.1999)​

Kelly AuCoin(born February 14, 1967) is an American actor who has appeared in film, television, and theater. He is best known as "Dollar" Bill Stern onBillions(Showtime) and Pastor Tim onThe Americans(FX). He has had recurring roles on several other American television series, includingThe Girl from Plainville(Hulu),WeCrashed(Apple TV+),The Endgame(NBC),House of Cards(Netflix), and asHercules Mulliganon the final season ofTurn: Washington's Spies(AMC). He frequently appears on stage in New York and venues around the country, such asManhattan Theatre Club,Signature Theatre,Playwrights Horizons,theOregon Shakespeare FestivalandLa Jolla Playhouse.He has had supporting roles in many films, including Steven Spielberg'sThe Post,The Good House,False Positive,The Kingdom,Julie & Julia,andAll That I Am,which won theSXSWSpecial Jury Award for Ensemble Acting.[1][2][3][4]

Early life[edit]

AuCoin was born in thePortlandsuburb ofHillsboro, Oregon,the son ofLesand Susan AuCoin, and grew up in Oregon andWashington, D.C.,where his father served as aUnited States Congressmanfrom 1975 to 1993.[5][6]His first appearance on television was in one of his father's campaign commercials, in which he countered claims that his father was atax-and-spendDemocrat by washing the family car to illustrate how cheap his father actually was.[1][7]AuCoin is a graduate ofGeorgetown Day SchoolandOberlin College.[1][7][8]

Career[edit]

Television[edit]

Upon arriving in New York, AuCoin landed small roles in severalsoap operas,includingGuiding LightandThe City.In the early 2000s, AuCoin appeared in episodes ofThe Sopranosand the first of many episodes ofLaw & Order.[7]His breakthrough came in 2014, when he landed recurring roles in Netflix'sHouse of Cards,The Americans,and, most importantly, as the rabidly loyal - and notoriously cheap - cult favorite, "Dollar" Bill Stearn, on the Showtime seriesBillions.[1][9]He has also appeared in other television series, such asThe Bold Type,in which he played Jane Sloan's father during the show's final season,Madam Secretary,theNBCminiseriesThe Slap,Unforgettable,Person of Interest,Forever,The Following,Elementary,The Good Wife,White Collar,Gossip Girl,Blue Bloods,among others. He played the regular recurring role of Peter Keatch in the CBS seriesWaterfront,which wascanceled before ever airing,despite having shot five episodes.[10]

He appeared in 2024 in an episode of Law & Order.

For the 2012 presidential election,NPR'sPlanet Moneyteam cast AuCoin as their "Fake Presidential Candidate" to give voice to "major economic policies they could all stand behind."[11]

Film[edit]

His first major film role came in 2007, where he playedState Departmentofficial Ellis Leach inThe Kingdom.In 2009'sJulie & Julia,AuCoin played one of the executives for theHoughton Mifflinpublishing company who declined to publishJulia Child's soon-to-be-legendary cookbook.[7]More recently he has appeared inFalse Positive,starring and written by Ilana Glazer,Complete Unknown,starring Rachel Weisz, Barry Levinson'sThe Wizard of Lies,starring Robert De Niro,Drunk Parents,starring Alec Baldwin and Salma Hayek, andThe Good House,starring Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline.

Theatre[edit]

In 2005, AuCoin appeared as Octavius in aBroadwayrevival ofJulius Caesar,which starredDenzel Washington.[12]AuCoin has appeared in numerous otherOff-Broadwaystage productions, includingManhattan Theatre Club's productions ofOf Good StockandLong Lost,andSignature Theatre's 2014 revival ofA. R. Gurney'sThe Wayside Motor Inn,directed by Lila Neugebauer, which won him, and the rest of the cast, a specialDrama Desk Awardfor "Outstanding Ensemble". Other Off Broadway productions include 2008's premiere ofErnest Hemingway'sThe Fifth Column,[13]2009'sJailbait,by Deirdre O'Connor, directed by Suzanne Agins,[14]2010'sHappy Now?,byLucinda Coxon,[15]the 2013 premiere ofTanya Barfield'sThe Call,directed byLeigh Silvermanin a joint production byPrimary StagesandPlaywrights Horizons,[16][17]He recently starred in twoLa Jolla Playhouseproductions;J. T. Rogers'Blood And Gifts,directed by Lucie Tiberghien,[18]andArthur Kopitand Anton Dudley's world premierA Dram Of Drummhicit,directed byChristopher Ashley.[19]AuCoin was a member of theOregon Shakespeare Festivalacting company in the early 1990s.[1][20]

Personal life[edit]

AuCoin is married to dancer Carolyn Hall, winner of a 2002Bessie Awardfor creative work in dance performance. The couple resides inBrooklyn,New York.[1][7][21]

Filmography[edit]

Film
Year Title Role Director Notes
1998 A Perfect Murder Snarky Waiter at Met Andrew Davis
1999 Fare Well Miss Fortune Ben Harrison Mickey Faust
2003 A Normal Life Josh Dewey Moss
Love & Stuff Simon Sorrel Brae
2005 A Perfect Fit Brian Ron Brown
2007 The Kingdom Ellis Leach Peter Berg
Serial Peter Brown Kevin Arbouet& Larry Strong
Ghosts of the Heartland Wellman Allen Blumberg
2009 Julie & Julia Houghton Mifflin Executive Nora Ephron
2010 Consent Mister E. Ron Brown
Rocksteady Dick Hefferd Mustapha Khan
2011 The Music Never Stopped Dr. Gilbert Jim Kohlberg
2013 All That I Am
(originally titledBurma) 		Alan[22] Carlos Puga SXSWSpecial Jury Award for Ensemble Acting[23]
The Word Sean Higgins Greg Friedle
2016 Benji The Dove Jason Kevin Arbouet
Complete Unknown Dave Joshua Marston
2017 The Post AAG Kevin Moroney Steven Spielberg
2019 Drunk Parents Tyler Rector Fred Wolf
2021 False Positive Dirk John Lee
The Good House Brian McAllister Maya Forbes&Wallace Wolodarsky
2022 Unworthy Warren Adam Bernstein Short
2023 The Holdovers Hugh Cavanaugh Alexander Payne
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1996 The City Mark Episode: "Episode dated 11 November 1996"
Guiding Light Doug Episode: "#1.12642"
1998 Law & Order First Assistant Episode: "Tabloid"
2000 Law & Order Pat Callister Episode: "Mega"
2001 Law & Order Rich Porter Episode: "Who Let the Dogs Out?"
2002 New Americans Brian TV film
2004 The Sopranos Agent Jim Ashe Episode: "Rat Pack"
Third Watch Jeff Weaver Episode: "More Monsters"
2006 Law & Order Andrew Semel Episode: "Family Friend"
Good God Managing-Archangel Michael Miniseries
Waterfront Peter Keatch Recurring
Canceled before airing
2008 Without a Trace Nick Selat Episode: "22 x 42"
2009 Kings Serviceman Lawrence Episode: "Pilgrimage"
The Good Wife Carl Thomas Episode: "Unprepared"
2010 White Collar Arthur Landry Episode: "Hard Sell"
Gossip Girl Doug Jarrett Episode: "The Sixteen-Year-Old Virgin"
Law & Order: Criminal Intent Dr. Shelly Springe Episode: "The Mobster Will See You Now"
2011 Body of Proof Mike Walsh Episode: "Talking Heads"
Untitled Jersey City Project Ray Harrison Series lead
2012 Blue Bloods Jack Cavanaugh Episode: "Whistle Blower"
2013 Elementary Grey Suit Episode: "The Red Team"
The Following Phil Gray Episode: "The End is Near"
2014 Unforgettable Alpha Omega Episode: "Omega Hour"
Person of Interest Langdon Episode: "A House Divided"
The Actress The Groom Episode: "The Wedding"
2014–2018 The Americans Pastor Tim Recurring
2015 House of Cards Gary Stamper Recurring, season 3
The Slap Tony Miniseries
Madam Secretary Greg Taylor Episode: "The Ninth Circle"
Forever Frank Ferrell Episode: "Punk is Dead"
2016 Conviction David Porter Episode: "The 1% Solution"
The Blacklist Benjamin Stalder Recurring, season 3
2016–2023 Billions "Dollar" Bill Stearn Series regular, 69 episodes
2017 Turn: Washington's Spies Hercules Mulligan Recurring, season 4
The Wizard of Lies FBI Agent Ted Cacioppi HBO film
2020–2021 The Bold Type Warren Sloan Recurring
2022 The Girl from Plainville Scott Gordon Recurring
WeCrashed Scott Galloway Recurring
The Endgame Reed Doblin Episode: "Pilot"
New Amsterdam Superintendent Davis Episode: "Truth Be Told"
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Father Colin Regis Episode: "Confess Your Sins to Be Free"
Super Pumped Jeff Bezos Cameo (uncredited)
2024 Elsbeth Declan Armstrong 2 episodes
Law & Order Alan Wallace Episode: "In Harm’s Way"
Clipped Andy Roeser Series regular
Theater
Year Title Playwright Role Director Venue Notes
1990 The Subject Was Roses Frank D. Gilroy Timmy Alan Nause Artists Repertory Theatre
A Lie of the Mind Sam Shepard Frankie Alana Lipp Storefront Theater
1991 Coyote Ugly Lynn Seifert Dowd Alana Lipp Firehouse Theater
1992 The Fire Raisers Max Frisch Fireman #3 Barbara Damashek Oregon Shakespeare Festival
1993 A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare Lysander Cynthia White Oregon Shakespeare Festival
The White Devil John Webster Lodovico Jerry Turner Oregon Shakespeare Festival
1994 The Destiny of Me Larry Kramer Benjamin Weeks Shashin Desai International City Theatre
1995 Henry IV, Part 2 William Shakespeare Prince Hal John Sipes Illinois Shakespeare Festival
Cymbeline William Shakespeare Iachimo Cal MacLean Illinois Shakespeare Festival
1996 Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Romeo Tim Gregory Texas Shakespeare Festival
The School for Wives Molière Horace Paul Gaffney Texas Shakespeare Festival
1776 Sherman Edwards
Peter Stone 		Charles Thomson Kathy Barber Texas Shakespeare Festival
1997 Twelfth Night William Shakespeare Orsino Kathy Barber Texas Shakespeare Festival
Henry V William Shakespeare Dauphin Eve Adamson Texas Shakespeare Festival
1998 Arcadia Tom Stoppard Septimus Hodge George Black Virginia Repertory Theatre
1999 Quills Doug Wright Abbé de Coulmier Lou Tryell Florida Stage Carbonell Awardfor Best Production of a Play[24]
2000 Born Yesterday Garson Kanin Paul Verall Robert Moss Syracuse Stage
Uncle Vanya Anton Chekhov Astrov Robert Rechnitz Two River Theater
2001 The Right Way to Sue Ellen Melaver Tom Anne Kaufman New Georges
2001–2002 Copenhagen Michael Frayn Werner Heisenberg Michael Blakemore National Tour
2003 Worm Day Matthew Calhoun Mick Tom Herman DR2 Theatre
2004 Boy Julia Jordan Mick Joe Calarco Primary Stages
Melissa Arctic Craig Wright Paul Aaron Posner Folger Theatre
2005 Julius Caesar William Shakespeare Octavius Caesar Daniel J. Sullivan Belasco Theatre
The Sketch Comedian Elizabeth Meriwether The Sketch Comedian Alex Timbers Drama League DirectorFest
The Ladies of the Corridor Dorothy Parker Paul Dan Wackerman Peccadillo Theatre Company
2006 The Real Thing Tom Stoppard Henry Robert Moss Syracuse Stage
2007 Some Men Terrence McNally Bernie Trip Cullman Second Stage Theatre
2008 Finks Joe Gilford Bobby Gerard Charlie Stratton New York Stage and Film
The Fifth Column Ernest Hemingway Philip Rawlings Jonathan Bank Mint Theater Company
Happy Now? Lucinda Coxon Johnny Liz Diamond Yale Repertory Theatre
2009 Jailbait Deirdre O'Connor Robert Suzanne Agins Cherry Lane Theatre
2010 Happy Now? Lucinda Coxon Johnny Liz Diamond Primary Stages Drama Desk Awardnomination for Outstanding Play[25]
2011 A Dram of Drummhicit Arthur Kopit
Anton Dudley 		Mackenzie Stewart Christopher Ashley La Jolla Playhouse
2012 Blood and Gifts J. T. Rogers Jim Warnock Lucie Tiberghien La Jolla Playhouse
Radiance Cusi Cram Artie
Laurence 		Suzanne Agins LAByrinth Theater Company
2013 The Call Tanya Barfield Peter Leigh Silverman Playwrights Horizons
2014 The Wayside Motor Inn A. R. Gurney Andy Lila Neugebauer Signature Theatre Company Drama Desk Awardfor Outstanding Ensemble
Drama Desk Awardnomination for Outstanding Revival of a Play
Drama Desk Awardnomination for Outstanding Director[4]
2015 Of Good Stock Melissa Ross Fred Lynne Meadow Manhattan Theatre Club
2018 Radio Island Liza Birkenmeier Sheriff & Oil Man Jaki Bradley New York Stage and Film
2019 The 24 Hour Plays Broadway Jesse Eisenberg Clarence/Clearance Carolyn Cantor Laura Pels Theater
Long Lost Donald Margulies David Daniel Sullivan Manhattan Theatre Club

References[edit]

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  3. ^"Interview: Gaby Hoffmann On All That I Am, Girls, Veronica Mars & More".Shockya.9 January 2014.Retrieved26 February2015.
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  5. ^Swisher, Larry (July 4, 2003). "After false starts, AuCoin carves out rich life after Congress".The Daily Astorian.
  6. ^"Up Close: Radiance Star Kelly AuCoin".LAByrinth Theater Company.November 28, 2012. Archived fromthe originalon February 22, 2013.RetrievedNovember 30,2012.
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  11. ^"Planet Money's Fake Presidential Candidate".NPR.RetrievedOctober 19,2012.
  12. ^Brantley, Ben(April 4, 2005)."A Big-Name Brutus in a Caldron of Chaos".The New York Times.RetrievedJune 9,2010.
  13. ^Hampton, Wilborn (March 28, 2008)."Who Does This Playwright Think He Is? Hemingway?".The New York Times.RetrievedJune 9,2010.
  14. ^Zinoman, Jason (March 26, 2009)."Flirting With Trouble as a Rite of Passage".The New York Times.RetrievedJune 9,2010.
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  16. ^"Kerry Butler, Kelly AuCoin, Eisa Davis to Star in Off-Broadway's The Call, About Adoption, Race and Parenthood".Playbill.Archived fromthe originalon 14 January 2014.Retrieved26 February2015.
  17. ^"The Call".Playwrights Horizons.RetrievedFebruary 14,2013.
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  19. ^McNulty, Charles (May 23, 2011)."Previous | Culture Monster Home – Theater review:A Dram of Drummhicitat La Jolla Playhouse ".Los Angeles Times.RetrievedMay 23,2011.
  20. ^"Where are they now?".Oregon Shakespeare Festival.RetrievedJune 9,2010.
  21. ^"List of Bessie Award winners"(PDF).Danspaceproject.org.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on July 19, 2011.RetrievedJune 9,2010.
  22. ^"Kelly AuCoin".Internet Movie Database.Retrieved26 February2015.
  23. ^"SXSW: 'Short Term 12,' 'William and the Windmill' Win Jury Prizes".Variety.March 12, 2013.
  24. ^"Quills Claims 5 South Florida Theater Awards".Sun-Sentinel.Retrieved26 February2015.
  25. ^"2009-10 Drama Desk Award Nominations Announced!".Archived fromthe originalon 2013-08-29.

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