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 Stearn on Billions (Showtime) and Pastor Tim on The Americans (FX). He has had recurring roles on several other American television series, including The Girl from Plainville (Hulu), WeCrashed (Apple TV+), The Endgame (NBC), House of Cards (Netflix), and as Hercules Mulligan on the final season of Turn: Washington's Spies (AMC). He frequently appears on stage in New York and venues around the country, such as Manhattan Theatre Club, Signature Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and La Jolla Playhouse. He has had supporting roles in many films, including Steven Spielberg's The Post, The Good House, False Positive, The Kingdom, Julie & Julia, and All That I Am, which won the SXSW Special Jury Award for Ensemble Acting.
Early life AuCoin was born in the Portland suburb of Hillsboro, Oregon, the son of Les and Susan AuCoin, and grew up in Oregon and Washington, D.C., where his father served as a United States Congressman from 1975 to 1993. His first appearance on television was in one of his father's campaign commercials, in which he countered claims that his father was a tax-and-spend Democrat by washing the family car to illustrate how cheap his father actually was. AuCoin is a graduate of Georgetown Day School and Oberlin College.
Career Television Upon arriving in New York, AuCoin landed small roles in several soap operas, including Guiding Light and The City. In the early 2000s, AuCoin appeared in episodes of The Sopranos and the first of many episodes of Law & Order. His breakthrough came in 2014, when he landed recurring roles in Netflix's House of Cards, The Americans, and, most importantly, as the rabidly loyal - and notoriously cheap - cult favorite, "Dollar" Bill Stearn, on the Showtime series Billions. He has also appeared in other television series, such as The Bold Type, in which he played Jane Sloan's father during the show's final season, Madam Secretary, the NBC miniseries The 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 series Waterfront, which was canceled before ever airing, despite having shot five episodes.
He appeared in 2024 in an episode of Law & Order.
For the 2012 presidential election, NPR's Planet Money team cast AuCoin as their "Fake Presidential Candidate" to give voice to "major economic policies they could all stand behind."
Film His first major film role came in 2007, where he played State Department official Ellis Leach in The Kingdom. In 2009's Julie & Julia, AuCoin played one of the executives for the Houghton Mifflin publishing company who declined to publish Julia Child's soon-to-be-legendary cookbook. More recently he has appeared in False Positive, starring and written by Ilana Glazer, Complete Unknown, starring Rachel Weisz, Barry Levinson's The Wizard of Lies, starring Robert De Niro, Drunk Parents, starring Alec Baldwin and Selma Hayek, and The Good House, starring Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline.
Theater In 2005, AuCoin appeared as Octavius in a Broadway revival of Julius Caesar, which starred Denzel Washington. AuCoin has appeared in numerous other Off-Broadway stage productions, including Manhattan Theatre Club's productions of Of Good Stock and Long Lost, and Signature Theatre's 2014 revival of A. R. Gurney's The Wayside Motor Inn, directed by Lila Neugebauer, which won him, and the rest of the cast, a special Drama Desk Award for "Outstanding Ensemble". Other Off Broadway productions include 2008's premiere of Ernest Hemingway's The Fifth Column, 2009's Jailbait, by Deirdre O'Connor, directed by Suzanne Agins, 2010's Happy Now?, by Lucinda Coxon, the 2013 premiere of Tanya Barfield's The Call, directed by Leigh Silverman in a joint production by Primary Stages and Playwrights Horizons, He recently starred in two La Jolla Playhouse productions; J. T. Rogers' Blood And Gifts, directed by Lucie Tiberghien, and Arthur Kopit and Anton Dudley's world premier A Dram Of Drummhicit, directed by Christopher Ashley. AuCoin was a member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival acting company in the early 1990s.
Personal life AuCoin is married to dancer Carolyn Hall, winner of a 2002 Bessie Award for creative work in dance performance. The couple resides in Brooklyn, New York.
Filmography
+ Film Year Title Role Director Notes 1998 A Perfect Murder Snarky Waiter at Met Andrew Davis 1999 Fare Well Miss Fortune Ben Harrison Mickey Faust2003 A Normal Life Josh Dewey Moss Love & Stuff Simon Sorrel Brae 2005 A Perfect Fit Brian Ron Brown2007 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 Ephron2010 Consent Mister E. Ron Brown Rocksteady Dick Hefferd Mustapha Khan 2011 The Music Never Stopped Dr. Gilbert Jim Kohlberg2013 All That I Am (originally titled Burma) Alan Carlos Puga SXSW Special Jury Award for Ensemble Acting The Word Sean Higgins Greg Friedle2016 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 Wolf2021 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 2026 Samo Lives Robert Farris Thompson Julius Onah
+ Television Year Title Role Notes1996 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 film2004 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 Recurring2015 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 episodes2017 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 Recurring2022 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 2025 The Greatest Joe Martin Recurring
+ Theater Year Title Playwright Role Director Venue Notes1990 The Subject Was Roses Frank D. Gilroy Timmy Alan Nause Artists Repertory Theatre A Lie of the Mind Sam Shepard Frankie Alana Lipp Storefront Theater1991 Coyote Ugly Lynn Seifert Dowd Alana Lipp Firehouse Theater 1992 The Fire Raisers Max Frisch Fireman #3 Barbara Damashek Oregon Shakespeare Festival1993 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 Theatre1995 Henry IV, Part 2 William Shakespeare Prince Hal John Sipes Illinois Shakespeare Festival Cymbeline William Shakespeare Iachimo Cal MacLean Illinois Shakespeare Festival1996 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 Festival1997 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 Award for Best Production of a Play2000 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 Theatre2004 Boy Julia Jordan Mick Joe Calarco Primary Stages Melissa Arctic Craig Wright Paul Aaron Posner Folger Theatre2005 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 Theatre2008 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 Award nomination for Outstanding Play 2011 A Dram of Drummhicit Arthur Kopit Anton Dudley Mackenzie Stewart Christopher Ashley La Jolla Playhouse2012 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 Award for Outstanding Ensemble Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Revival of a Play Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Director 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 Film2019 The 24 Hour Plays Broadway Jesse Eisenberg Clarence/Clearance Carolyn Cantor Laura Pels Theater Long Lost Donald Margulies David Daniel Sullivan Manhattan Theatre Club
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