Irwin, who was born in 1991. Awards and honors Irwin was awarded the National Endowment for the Arts Choreographer's Fellowship in 1981 and 1983. In 1984, he was named a Guggenheim Fellow and was the first performance artist to be awarded a five-year MacArthur Fellowship. For Largely New York, he won a New York Drama Critics Circle Special Citation in 1988, and an Outer Critics Circle Award and Drama Desk Award in 1989. This show also received five nominations for Tony Awards. In 1992, he won an Obie Award for his performance in Texts for Nothing. Together with David Shiner, he won a special Tony Award for Live Theatrical Presentation in 1999 for their show Fool Moon. In 1993, this show had already won a Drama Desk Award for "Unique Theatrical Experience" and an Outer Critics Circle "Special Achievement" Award. In 2000, the Jazz Tap Ensemble in Los Angeles received a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) "for a commission of a new work by Bill Irwin." In 2004, the Signature Theatre Company, New York, received a $40,000 NEA grant for "the world premiere production of 'Mr. Fox: A Rumination' by Bill Irwin." In 2005, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his appearance as George in the revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Irwin received a 2008 CFCA Award nomination for "Best Supporting Actor" for his role in Rachel Getting Married. In 2010, The New Victory Theater presented Irwin with the first-ever New Victory Arts Award. He was honored for "bringing the arts to kids and kids to the arts." Nathan Lane and Jonathan Demme spoke at the ceremony. Irwin is also on the board of The New 42nd Street, Inc. Filmography and stage work References External links Bill Irwin - Official Site Bill Irwin - Archival Site The Regard of Flight from The New York Times (Registration required) (1984) The Harlequin Studies (2003) Archive film of Bill Irwin performing Post-Modern Studies in 1983 at Jacob's Pillow "A Clown Changes Costume and, Presto: Playwright" - The New York Times 1950 births American clowns American male film actors American male television actors Bessie Award winners Living people MacArthur Fellows American mimes Oberlin College alumni Tony Award winners Male actors from Santa Monica, California 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American theatre