Bill Turnbull is a Canadian actor best known for his role of Curtis Weaver in the cult horror-comedy television series ''

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''. Other notable TV roles include live-action/animated sitcom ''

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'' as Doop, comedy-drama ''

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'' as Dave, and as Trevor in satirical superhero series '' The Boys''. Film appearances include '' True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet'' (2008), '' The Vow'' (2012), ''

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'' (2013), and ''

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'' (2020).

Personal life

Turnbull grew up in Toronto and began acting at a young age."“A Day in the Life” with Toronto actor and writer Bill Turnbull"
by Joel Levy at torontoguardian.com He plays the drums and has played with several bands, like goth folk group Golden Feral, in the Toronto area.

Career

2009–2011 From season two onwards, Turnbull played recurring character Dave on mystical comedy-drama series ''

''. Turnbull's character was first the manager of the coffee shop "Goblins" and eventually, with his partner Ivan (played by Michael Northey), owner. Dave and Ivan would eventually marry in season four episode: "Erica's Adventures in Wonderland". 2010: Turnbull was cast in the series ''

'' as Curtis Weaver, the best friend of the titular character, who just wants to smoke weed and listen to

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but ends up fighting supernatural evil."Todd & The Book of Pure Evil in production for Space"
by Diane Wild at www.tv-eh.com Turnbull said of his character: "I liked that he was a sweet, lovable, cuddly dummy. He was a genuine and loyal dude"."Retrospective Part Two: TODD & THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL"
by Derek Anderson at dailydead.com (Originally appeared in the January 2015 issue of ''DEADLY'' Magazine) While the character he played had a missing lower-left-arm in the series, the actor does in fact have both limbs and used special prosthetics to achieve the effect. Turnbull returned the next year when the series was renewed for a second season. Turnbull and the original cast were reunited to voice their roles in ''Todd and The Book of Pure Evil: The End of the End'', an animated feature film that served as a conclusion to the television series after it went out on a

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at the end of season two. The film was released in 2017. From 2015–2017 Turnbull played Doop on the sitcom that blended live-action with animation, ''

''. The show centered around a family who had twin sons, one of whom was an animated cartoon. Doop was the eccentric, workaholic caretaker of the local Community Centre who often gets wrapped up in the family's shennigans.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Turnbull and fellow lead cast members of ''

'' were nominated for Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series for the highly rated musical episode "The Phantom of Crowley High" at the 2011 Gemini Awards, which they went on to win."Call Me Fitz comes up big at Geminis"
by Etan Vlessing at playbackonline.ca

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Turnbull, Bill Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors Living people 20th-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male actors Canadian Screen Award winning actors Year of birth missing (living people)