Actor William McNamara

Today on The Neil Haley Show, Neil Haley and The Mike Vilardi
Show with Mike Vilardi will interview actor, William McNamara.


William McNamara studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film
Institute and has since notched up over one hundred and
sixty-five film and TV appearances. One of his first roles was
that of Joel in the teen movie Dream a Little Dream
(1989) with Corey Feldman and Corey Haim. He
followed this up with the Bette Midler film Stella
(1990).
It was during the nineties, however, that William - arguably -
turned out some of his best performances. He gave a great
performance as Derek Wolfe Jr in the Ernest R.
Dickerson manhunt thriller Surviving the Game (1994),
in which he worked with a cast of talented veteran actors
including F. Murray Abraham, Gary Busey, Rutger
Hauer, and John C. McGinley. That same year he was again
teamed with Gary Busey - and Tom Berenger -
in the Navy comedy Chasers (1994), directed by Dennis
Hopper.
His most prized - and chilling - role, though, is that of Peter
Foley the copycat serial killer in the psychological
thriller Copycat (1995). The film also
starred Sigourney Weaver, Dermot Mulroney, and jazz
musician Harry Connick Jr.. He appeared with Andrew
McCarthy and John Stockwell in Stag (1997),
and made his way towards the millennium opposite Gabriel
Byrne in the World War II drama The Brylcreem Boys
(1998).