Billy Bryk

William Nicholas Bryk (born October 31, 1999) is a Canadian actor and filmmaker, perhaps best known as co-director with Finn Wolfhard of the 2023 film Hell of a Summer.^[1]

Billy Bryk
Bryk in 2024
Born	William Nicholas Bryk (1999-10-31) October 31, 1999 (age 25) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2019–present
Parents	Greg Bryk (father) Danielle Nicholas Bryk (mother)
Family	Dempsey Bryk (brother)

Life and career

The son of actor Greg Bryk,^[2] he has had acting roles including the films Night Shifts, Ghostbusters: Afterlife and When You Finish Saving the World,^[3] and a recurring role as Billy Clanton in the fourth season of Wynonna Earp.^[4] His older brother, Dempsey Bryk, is also an actor.

Bryk and Wolfhard first met in Toronto's Kensington Market, having a brief conversation about their shared love of the comedy web series Jake and Amir, but did not meet again until they were both cast in Ghostbusters: Afterlife more than a year later.^[5] They have since worked together on several occasions, including Night Shifts, When You Finish Saving the World, Hell of a Summer and the Lackluster Video podcast for Headgum.^[5]

Hell of a Summer debuted at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival,^[6] where it was named second runner-up for the People's Choice Award for Midnight Madness.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2020	Night Shifts	Billy	Short film
2021	Crisis	David Reimann
	Ghostbusters: Afterlife	Zahk
	L for Loser	Stewie	Short film
2022	When You Finish Saving the World	Kyle
2023	Hell of a Summer	Bobby	Co-writer, co-director and producer[8][9]
2024	Saturday Night	Carl
	Friendship	Tony

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	Jett	Slim	Episode: "Phoenix"
2020–2021	Wynonna Earp	Billy Clanton	6 episodes