a casino investor. In 2014 Bellows starred with Tricia Helfer in the Syfy miniseries Ascension, a retro space opera / murder mystery about the 600-person crew of the USS Ascension, an Orion-class nuclear pulse propulsion spaceship, on its secret 100-year journey to Proxima Centauri, having been launched in 1963 by President Kennedy. Bellows played Harris Enzmann, the son of the founder of the Ascension project, who oversees its progress from a secret facility on Earth. On October 16, 2016, Bellows debuted as a cast regular in USA Network's new, 10-episode, straight-to-series police drama, Eyewitness. He plays Gabe Caldwell, a veterinarian and the husband of Sheriff Helen Torrance (series lead Julianne Nicholson). The sheriff is trying to solve what appears to be a random triple-murder in a turkey farmer's home. But as the series begins to unfold, she is unaware that the farmer's teenage son and his male friend—the latter of whom also happens to be Gabe and Helen's foster son; at first, unbeknownst to either parent—had been secretly exploring new feelings for each other just prior to the carnage, witnessed the murders. The killer is still at large, is someone she wouldn't normally suspect, and is determined to permanently silence the witness he saw hiding. Meanwhile, off the clock and at home, Caldwell and Torrance seem to enjoy a genuinely happy marriage. The series, although set in mainly in the Hudson River Valley, was actually filmed in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada. In 2019, Bellows guest-starred as the unnamed maternity doctor in season 3, episode 9, of Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale. Personal life Gil Bellows is married to American actress Rya Kihlstedt and has two children with her. Filmography The First Season (1988) as Ronne Law & Order (1991, TV series) as Howard Metzler Flying Blind (1992, TV series) as Gerard Going to Extremes (1993, TV series) as Ben The Shawshank Redemption (1994) as Tommy Williams Love and a .45 (1994) as Watty Watts Miami Rhapsody (1995) as Matt Black Day Blue Night (1995) as Hitchhiker Dodge Silver Strand (1995, TV movie) as Brian Del Piso Radiant City (1996, TV movie) as Bert Kramer The Substance of Fire (1996) as Val Chenard Witch Way Love (1997) as Michael Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997) as Will White Lies (1997) as Punk Guy The Assistant (1997) as Frank Alpine Dinner at Fred's (1997) as Richard Ally McBeal (1997–2002, TV series) as