He currently portrays Church the Butler in HBO's historical drama series The Gilded Age.
[3] His maternal grandfather was World War I hero and aviation pioneer Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell.
In 2008, Gilpin appeared in the film 21, playing the role of Bob Phillips who is interviewing student candidates for the fictional "Robinson Scholarship" to attend Harvard Medical School.
He is currently in charge of St. John's Episcopal Church in New Milford, Connecticut, where he had arrived as a deacon two months prior to his ordination.
[9] He had previously been a licensed lay preacher at Christ Church in his hometown of Roxbury, Connecticut.