Will Oldham as an actor / featuring in documentaries etc.
1986 "What Comes Around", directed by Jerry Reed
Will Oldham plays Young Tom Hawkins
1987 "Matewan", directed by John Sayles
Will Oldham plays Danny Radnor.
1989 "Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClured", directed by Mel Damski
Will Oldham plays Chip, the father of Jessica.
19?? "Life In The Squat", directed by Seth Sherman
featuring a very young Will Oldham
1990 "Thousand Pieces of Gold", directed by Nancy Kelly (II)
Will Oldham plays Miles.
1994 "Elysian Fileds", directed by Karl Shefelman
Will Oldham playes Benjamin Wilder
1998 "Radiation", directed by Michael Galinsky & Suki Hawley
Will Oldham plays Will.
1999 "Julien Donkey-Boy" by Harmony Korine
Will Oldham is leading a blind person (uncredited). Though he gets an extra special thanks at the end of the credits.
2003 "Slitch" by Dianne Bellino
Will plays Jarod, a surfer.
2004 "Tripping With Caveh Vol. 1" by Caveh Zahedi
Will and Caveh tripping on mushrooms
Contains parts of songs played solo by Will, like "Little Boy Blue II", "The Gator",
"Tonight Will Be Fine". Under the end credits you here Will and Colin Gagon play "Caveh Says".
2005 "Junebug" by Phil Morrison
Will plays the scout Bill Mooney.
2005 "Old Joy" by Kelly Reichardt
Will plays Kurt, one of the leading characters.
2006 "The Guatemalan Handshake" by Todd Rohal
Will plays Donald Turnupseed.
2006 "Far Off Town—Dunedin to Nashville" by Bridget Sutherland
Will features in this documentary about David Kilgour
2007 Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothing videoclip
Will features in this clip with Zach Galifianakis
2007 chapter 15 of "Trapped in the Closet" with R. Kelly
Will has a cameo appearance
2007 2DVD Dirty Three
Will features in this documentary about The Dirty Three
Taiyo Films & Madman
2008 "Wendy and Lucy" by Kelly Reichardt
Will plays Icky, a tramp.
2008 "The Edge of Town" by Christopher Ciancimino
Will plays a hunter
Will also wrote the music
2009 "Madame & Little Boy" by Magnus Bärtas
Will narrated this video essay/documentary
2010 "Robot Brewery Tour", a commercial for the Dogfish Head beer company by Ryan Collerd
Will plays Jonathan Smart
2010 "Jackass 3D"
Will plays a gorilla tamer
2010 "New Jerusalem" by R. Alverson
Will plays Ike
2010 "Pioneer" by Dave Lowery
Will plays a father
2011 "Music Makes A City" by Owsley Brown III & Jerome Hiler
Will narrated this documentary about the Louisville Orchestra
2012 "Wonder: The Lives of Anna and Harlan Hubbard" by Morgan Atkinson
Will does the voice of Harlan
2013 "The Lonely Life" a short film by Mike Aho
Will plays David Whitmore
2013 "Time And Distance" a film by Eric Daniel Metzgar
Will plays Owen Garring
2014 "Breadcrumb Trail" by Lance Bangs
Will can be seen in The Quarry. A separate piece on the DVD talking about the frontcover of Spiderland
2014 "Edén" by Elise DuRant
Will plays John, Alma's father
2015 "Sauce Boy" by Tim and Eric as part of their Bedtime Stories
Bonnie Prince Billy sings the song You're Doomed
2015 DVD "Revenge Of The Mekons" a documentary by Joe Angio
Will talks a bit about his singing at Mekons gigs and plays a solo version of "For The Mekons Et Al" in the bonus features
Music Box Films MBFHE-095
2016 "Lofa Boy" by Chad Blevins
Will plays in this short film
2016 "Animals"
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy is the voice of Father Ferret in Animals
2017 "A Ghost Story" by David Lowery
Will Oldham plays a prognosticator
2018 "Our Library" a documentary about the Louisville Library
Will sings a Phil Ochs song and features as The Librarian
2018 "Beyond The Song" by Brandon K. Shell
Will plays Billy Gransen
2018 "Shivering Truth" by Vernon Chatman
Will Oldham sings Long Lankin in one of the end credits
2020 "The Midnight Gospel" by Pendelton Ward & Duncan Trussell
Will sings as Bubble Max
2021 "Hands That Bind" by Kyle Armstrong
Will plays a barkeep
2023 "The Bikeriders" by Jeff Nichols
Will Olham plays a bartender
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