Stephen Moyer, born October 11, 1969 in Brentwood, Essex, England is a British actor who plays the role of Bill Compton on the HBO original series True Blood. Making his debut in the series' premiere episode, "Strange Love", in the series' first season, Stephen plays the role of a confederate soldier who was turned into a vampire around the year 1865. At the time of the Great Revelation, Stephen had decided to "mainstream" and co-exist peacefully with humans. Living in the small town of Bon Temps,Louisiana, he has since been converted to the Sanguinista movement and believes himself to be the chosen form of Lilith. Playing a recurring role through the series' first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons, Stephen is a starring actor who succumbs to the fatal disease Hepatitis V, and voluntarily meets an untimely demise in the series' finale episode, "Thank You", in the series' seventh, and final, season.
Stephen was born in Essex, England and has been in a relationship with True Blood co-star Anna Paquin since the series' pilot. They became engaged in August of 2009. On August 21, 2010, the two married in a small private Malibu, California ceremony.
On April 17, 2012, it was announced that Anna was expecting their twins in the Autumn. The twins, a boy and a girl, are called Charlie and Poppy.
Filmography[]
Film[]
Evidence (2013)
The Barrens (2012)
Priest (2011)
The Double (2011)
The Caller (2011)
Open House (2010)
Restraint (2008)
88 Minutes (2007)
Undiscovered (2005)
Deadlines (2004)
Trinity (2003)
Quills (2000)
Comic Act (1998)
Prince Valiant (1997)
Television[]
The Gifted (2017-2019)
The Bastard Executioner (2015)
The Sound of Music Live! (2013) (TV Movie)
Jan (2012)
Ice (2010)
Phineas & Ferb (2010)
True Blood (2008—2014)
Empathy (2007)
The Starter Wife (2007)
Lilies (2007)
Waking the Dead (2005)
The Final Quest (2004)
NY-LON (2004)
Entrusted (2003)
Menace (2002)
Uprising (2001)
Men Only (2001)
Princess of Thieves (2001)
Peak Practice (2000)
Sunburn (2000)
The Secret (2000)
Cold Feet (1999)
Life Support (1999)
Midsomer Murders (1999)
Highlander: The Raven (1999)
Ultraviolet (1998)
The Grand (1997)
A Touch of Frost (1997)
Cadfael (1996)
Lord of Misrule (1996)
Conjugal Rites (1993)
Accolades[]
Won the Scream Award for Best Horror Actor (season 1)
Won the Emmy Award for Breakthrough Performance with Anna Paquin for "Sookie meets Bill" (Season 1)
Nominated for the Bravo A-List Award for Sexiest TV Moment with Anna Paquin for "Bill and Sookie's love scene" (season 1)
Nominated for the Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer TV Star: Male (seasons 1 and 2)
Nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actor in Television (season 2)
Nominated for the Scream Award for Best Horror Actor (seasons 2 and 3)
Won the Saturn Award for Best Actor in Television (season 3)
Won the TV.com Award for Sexiest TV Couple with Anna Paquin (season 3)
Nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series (season 3)
He has two children from previous relationships: a son named Billy (born 2000) and a daughter named Lilac (born 2002).
Former pupil of St. Martins School, Hutton.
Was supposed to appear in the FOX drama pilot NSA Innocent (retitled Company Man), but got the role in HBO's True Blood (2008). His earlier role was taken over by Jason Behr.
Graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Just like his wife, Moyer voiced a character in the popular cartoon Phineas and Ferb who was a vampire character just like Bill in the episode The Curse of Candace. Additionally, Moyer also played a character in an X-Men related movie or tv show specifically The Gifted as the lawyer and husband Reed Strucker.
