Theatre Initially, Camp was largely active in theater, but has subsequently taken on character roles in both film and television. In 2002, he left acting and temporarily changed professions (working as a cook and mechanic), only to return two years later in
Tony Kushner's
Homebody/Kabul, for which he won an
Obie Award (Off-Broadway Theater Awards). Among his works on
Broadway are
Heartbreak House (2006),
Death of a Salesman (2012) and
The Crucible (2016). In 2006, Camp joined
Philip Bosco and
Lily Rabe in the Broadway revival of
Heartbreak House at the
Roundabout Theatre Company's
American Airlines Theatre. In 2012, Camp joined
Philip Seymour Hoffman and
Andrew Garfield in
Mike Nichols' Broadway revival of
Death of a Salesman at the
Ethel Barrymore Theatre. The show ran from March 15, 2012, through June 2, 2012 and earned rave reviews, and won the
Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. In 2016, he starred in the Broadway revival of
The Crucible alongside
Saoirse Ronan,
Ben Whishaw,
Ciaran Hinds and
Sophie Okenedo at the
Walter Kerr Theatre. He received a
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play nomination for
The Crucible. Off-Broadway credits include starring as Gordon in
Sarah Ruhl's ''
Dead Man's Cell Phone'' at
Playwrights Horizons in 2008, before having to withdraw due to other work commitments.
Film Camp has been in a wide variety of films such as
Lincoln (2012),
12 Years a Slave (2013),
Love and Mercy (2015),
Loving (2016), ''
Molly's Game (2017), Woman Walks Ahead (2017), Vice (2018), Wildlife (2018), Dark Waters (2019), Joker (2019), and The Kitchen'' (2019). On August 30, 2021, it was announced that Camp would appear as Matthew Burke in an adaptation of
Stephen King's ''
'Salem's Lot for Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema. He played a supporting role in Sound of Freedom, starring Jim Caviezel. In 2023 he played funeral home owner Ray Loewen in The Burial''.
Television In 2011, he appeared in the second season of the
HBO TV series
Boardwalk Empire as the hunter Glenmore. Camp has also appeared in
Law & Order,
The Good Wife,
The Leftovers and
The Night Of, receiving a
Primetime Emmy Award nomination for the latter. In 2018, he played FBI agent Bob Chesney, in the critically acclaimed and Emmy-nominated miniseries
The Looming Tower. In 2020, Camp became narrator of
Forensic Files II on HLN, replacing the popular narrator
Peter Thomas. He also played Mr. Shaibel in the Netflix miniseries ''
The Queen's Gambit. Camp had a secondary but significant role in the 2021 Showtime series American Rust'' starring
Jeff Daniels. His performance was widely praised by television critics. The series was an adaptation of Philipp Meyer's
novel of the same title. In 2024, he played Raymond Horgan in the Apple TV adaptation of
Presumed Innocent, with his wife
Elizabeth Marvel playing his on-screen wife Lorraine Horgan. ==Personal life==