John Bovill is a character actor who has accumulated over 100 credits in the entertainment industry, despite initially stepping away from a successful career as a marketing executive in high tech in 2008.
Notable roles he has played include Henry Kissinger in the Oscar-winning film "Vice", Richard Sims, a killer, on the popular TV show "Hawaii Five O", Bibs, a redneck bartender, on NBC's "Perfect Harmony", a clueless Confederate sentry in Netflix's "Kevin Hart's Guide to Black History", and the voice of Dick, a blue-collar trucker, in the hit video game "Dead Rising 3".
John Bovill has been chosen to play Donald Sterling in HBO's upcoming series "Winning Time", which is based on the 1980s era Los Angeles Lakers. He will be working with the executive producers of "Vice", Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, and the show will feature a cast that includes John C Reilly, Jason Clarke, and Molly Gordon, with showrunner Max Borenstein.
His other notable TV and film credits include "Young Sheldon", "NCIS", "American Horror Story", "Brooklyn Nine Nine", "NCIS", "Criminal Minds", "Always Sunny in Philadelphia", "Grey's Anatomy", "Shameless", "Bosch", "Contraband", "Get On Up", "20th Century Women", and "Free State of Jones".
In addition to his acting career, John Bovill has written and is developing several scripts for TV and film projects. He has also been published numerous times in newspapers and technical magazines.
He and his wife, Joni Bovill, launched the indie record label, Elmo Records, in 2000 and released two critically acclaimed CDs. Their music has been licensed for film and television placement.
As an undergrad and grad assistant coach at the University of Nebraska and LSU, respectively, John Bovill was part of the staffs that won five NCAA team titles in women's track and field.
In his free time, John Bovill enjoys cycling, scuba diving, trying new foods, and traveling the world. He and his wife, Joni, were married in Jamaica in 1995 and currently reside in Los Angeles.
