
Bill Lake
Biography
Bill Lake (a.k.a. W.F. Lake) is a Canadian actor whose career began in Vancouver in 1974. He has accumulated over 175 credits across film, television, stage, and commercials, and is best known for Kodachrome (2017), Crook (2013), and Hollywoodland (2006). He has been a steady presence in both Canadian and American productions for over five decades. His notable film credits include The Hurricane (1999, with Daniel Day-Lewis and Christopher McCann), Death to Smoochy (2002, dir. Ron Howard, with Adam Sandler), Hollywoodland (2006, with Ben Affleck and Adrien Brody), Flash of Genius (2008, with Ed Harris), Crimson Peak (2015, dir. Guillermo del Toro, with Mia Wasikowska and Jessica Chastain), Pixels (2015, with Chris Pratt and Keira Knightley), Kodachrome (2017, with Ed Harris and Samuel L. Jackson), and The Middle Man (2021, with Jason Bateman).
Filmography

Mafia Princess
1986 · 10.0
Anti-Corruption
1975 · 10.0

Mayday
2003 · 8.2

Wayne
2019 · 8.2

Tell the World
2016 · 8.1

Goosebumps
1995 · 8.0

Monk
2002 · 7.9

Wonderfalls
2004 · 7.7

Warehouse 13
2009 · 7.7

Patriot
2015 · 7.6

The Hurricane
1999 · 7.4

ReGenesis
2004 · 7.4

Sounder
2003 · 7.3

Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant
1996 · 7.3

Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
2002 · 7.2

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985 · 7.2

The Hardy Boys
2021 · 7.2

Man Seeking Woman
2015 · 7.0

Catwalk
1992 · 7.0

Street Justice
1987 · 7.0

The Girlfriend Experience
2016 · 7.0

Matlock
2024 · 6.9

King & Maxwell
2013 · 6.9

Earth: Final Conflict
1997 · 6.9

The Listener
2009 · 6.9

Kodachrome
2017 · 6.8

Alphas
2011 · 6.8

A Family Man
2016 · 6.7

Crimson Peak
2015 · 6.7

Flash of Genius
2008 · 6.6

Buffaloed
2020 · 6.6

A Christmas in Tennessee
2018 · 6.6

FX: The Series
1996 · 6.5

Against the Wall
2011 · 6.5

The Safety of Objects
2002 · 6.5

Our Fathers
2005 · 6.5

Taken
2017 · 6.5

Jane Doe
2001 · 6.4

Northern Lights of Christmas
2018 · 6.4

Heart of the Holidays
2020 · 6.4

Christmas Inheritance
2017 · 6.3

Camille
2008 · 6.3

Twice in a Lifetime
1999 · 6.2

On the 2nd Day of Christmas
1997 · 6.2

The Man Who Saved Christmas
2002 · 6.2

Martin and Lewis
2002 · 6.2

Hollywoodland
2006 · 6.1

The Middle Man
2021 · 6.1

The Hidden Room
1991 · 6.0

Christmas in Angel Falls
2017 · 6.0

Walter and Carlo in America
1989 · 6.0

Death to Smoochy
2002 · 5.9

Fir Crazy
2013 · 5.9

My Mother's Secret
2012 · 5.9

Awake
2021 · 5.9

While I Was Gone
2004 · 5.8

Pixels
2015 · 5.8

Special Correspondents
2016 · 5.8

Charming Christmas
2015 · 5.6

Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
2000 · 5.6

Fatman
2020 · 5.6

How to Deal
2003 · 5.5

Vanished
1998 · 5.5

The Glow
2002 · 5.4

The Judge
2001 · 5.3

Murder in Space
1985 · 5.3

Bad As I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story
1998 · 5.2

Solar Attack
2006 · 5.1

Cries in the Night
1980 · 5.1

The Preacher's Sin
2015 · 5.0

Booky's Crush
2009 · 5.0

All Around The Town
2002 · 4.9

The Husband She Met Online
2013 · 4.9

Blue Monkey
1987 · 4.8

Stolen Miracle
2001 · 4.8

Wingman
2025 · 4.7

The Long Island Incident
1998 · 4.7

The American Trap
2008 · 4.7

Christmas Beneath the Stars
2021 · 4.5

My Own Country
1998 · 4.5

The Hopeful
2024 · 4.5

Full Disclosure
2001 · 4.5

Tart
2001 · 4.3

Swarmed
2005 · 4.3

Blackheart
1998 · 4.2

Lethal Tender
1997 · 4.2

The Shape of Things to Come
1979 · 4.1

The Wives He Forgot
2006 · 3.4

Small Vices
1999 · 3.3

Bedroom Eyes
1984 · 3.3

Street Time
2002 · 2.5

Fast Track
1997 · 0.0

Karate from Shaolin Temple
1976 · 0.0