The 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).