Bill Oberst Jr. is an American actor known for his chilling on-screen presence, often playing dark and conflicted characters in film and television.

Oberst is an experienced stage actor who came to Hollywood in 2008 and quickly began appearing in horror films and thrillers. Notable exceptions were the 2011 Hallmark television film "The Shunning" and its 2012 sequel "The Confession" (in which director Michael Landon Jr. gave Oberst the lead male role of an Amish farmer) and his award-winning portrayal of General William Tecumseh Sherman in the History Channel documentary drama "Sherman's March." Oberst also toured in theater with a first-person reenactment of the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth and in a series of one-man shows about President John F. Kennedy, Mark Twain, and humorist Lewis Grizzard. However, he remains best known as a horror genre actor.

Bill Oberst Jr.'s piercing gaze and rugged face led to him often being cast as monsters, killers, vampires, and cannibals, not infrequently in minimal costume. His unusually shaped torso and partially exposed chest are almost as recognizable to genre fans as his face. Oberst often says that he believes the human body's ability to frighten on film is as strong as its ability to seduce. In 2011, Oberst was seen by more than 60 million internet viewers worldwide as a cyberstalker in the Facebook app "Take This Lollipop" (http://www.takethislollipop.com), which broke records by becoming the fastest-growing app in Facebook history and the most popular horror genre app in internet history.

In his personal life, his quiet demeanor and interest in spiritual matters seem to sharply contrast with the roles he plays. A Southern native, Oberst is a full-time actor living in Los Angeles.