William thomas compton stephen moyer born april 9 1835 and more commonly known as bill or vampire bill is a major character on the hbo original series true blood a confederate soldier living in the small town of bon temps louisiana bill was turned into a vampire around the year 1865 at the time of the great revelation bill had decided to mainstream and co exist peacefully with humans this is an officially licensed productmug design reads i love bill compton true bloodour ceramic