William Forsythe
June 7, 1955 (69 years old) in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, USA
William Forsythe (born June 7, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of tough-guy, criminal characters, and has starred in films such as American Me (1992), Raising Arizona (1987), Dick Tracy (1990), Gotti (1996), The Rock (1996), and The Devil's Rejects (2005). He has also played recurring characters in television series such as Boardwalk Empire (2010) and Justified (2010).
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · 9 Windows as Det. Tim Boyle
- 2023 · Open as Capt. Edgar J. Steadman
- 2021 · Ida Red as Lawrence Twilley
- 2021 · God's Not Dead: We The People as Senator Robert Benson
- 2021 · Roe v. Wade as Justice Potter Stewart
- 2020 · A Perfect Plan as Grayson
- 2020 · I Am Fear as Marco
- 2019 · Run with the Hunted as Augustus
- 2019 · Awake as Roger Bower
- 2019 · Vault as Buddy Providence
- 2019 · Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union as narrator
- 2019 · Cold Pursuit as Brock 'Wingman' Coxman
- 2018 · Magnum P.I. as Harry Brown
- 2018 · The Little Mermaid as
- 2017 · The Networker as Charles Mangano
- 2017 · Check Point as The Sheriff
- 2016 · The Hollow as Big John Dawson
- 2016 · The Bronx Bull as Jake LaMotta
- 2016 · The Midnight Man as Fairbanks
- 2015 · Echoes of War as Randolph McCluskey
- 2015 · Laugh Killer Laugh as Frank Stone
- 2015 · Road to Juarez as Doug Hermann
- 2015 · Marvel's Daredevil as Dutton
- 2015 · The Man in the High Castle as J. Edgar Hoover
- 2014 · Hidden in the Woods as Uncle Costello
- 2014 · Tom Holland's Twisted Tales as Mr. Smith (segment "To Hell With You")
- 2013 · The Ghost Club: Spirits Never Die as Stanley
- 2013 · Infected as Dr. Edward Dennehey
- 2012 · Celluloid Bloodbath as Self
- 2012 · The Mob Doctor as Constantine Alexander
- 2012 · Loosies as Captain Tom Edwards
- 2011 · Inkubus as Ret. Detective Gil Diamante
- 2011 · Born to Ride as Jack Steele
- 2011 · Underground Entertainment: The Movie as Bill
- 2011 · Jesse as Vince the Godfather
- 2011 · L.A., I Hate You as Uncle Rip
- 2011 · Slip and Fall as Jerry
- 2010 · The Rig as Jim Fleming
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as Harry Brown
- 2010 · Dear Mr. Gacy as John Wayne Gacy
- 2010 · Justified as Michael
- 2009 · The Nail as Massimo
- 2009 · Happy in the Valley as Stewart
- 2008 · Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- 2008 · The Mentalist as Steve Rigsby
- 2008 · iMurders as Professor Uberoth
- 2008 · Final Approach as Silas Jansen
- 2008 · Stiletto as Alex
- 2007 · Halloween as Ronnie White
- 2007 · Hack! as Willy
- 2007 · Southern Gothic as Pitt
- 2007 · 88 Minutes as FBI Special Agent Frank Parks
- 2007 · We All Scream for Ice Cream as Buster
- 2006 · Shark as
- 2006 · Jam as Ted
- 2006 · Freedomland as Boyle
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as
- 2005 · The Devil's Rejects as Sheriff John Quincy Wydel
- 2005 · Hammerhead as Tom Reed
- 2005 · The L.A. Riot Spectacular as George Holliday
- 2005 · Larva as Jacob Long
- 2004 · The Librarians as Simon
- 2004 · The Last Letter as Mr. Griffith
- 2003 · Las Vegas as
- 2003 · The Technical Writer as Joe
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as
- 2002 · John Doe as Digger
- 2002 · City by the Sea as Spyder
- 2002 · Hard Cash as Bo Young
- 2002 · Coastlines as Fred Vance
- 2001 · UC: Undercover as
- 2001 · Blue Hill Avenue as Det. Torrance
- 2001 · Camouflage as Alton Owens
- 2001 · Outlaw as Ted Castle
- 2000 · G-Men from Hell as Dean Crept
- 2000 · Luck of the Draw as Max Fenton
- 2000 · Civility as Andrew LeBretian
- 1999 · Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo as Det. Chuck Fowler
- 1999 · The Last Marshal as DeClerc
- 1999 · Blue Streak as Detective Hardcastle
- 1999 · Four Days as Milt
- 1999 · 18 Shades of Dust as Tommy Cucci
- 1999 · Paradise Lost as Mike Stark
- 1999 · Row Your Boat as Gil Meadows
- 1999 · Soundman as Frank Rosenfeld
- 1998 · Dollar for the Dead as Dooley
- 1998 · Hell's Kitchen as Lou Reilly
- 1998 · Ambushed as Mike Organski
- 1998 · The Pass as Charles Duprey
- 1998 · Firestorm as Randall Shaye
- 1997 · Big City Blues as Hudson
- 1997 · First Time Felon as Sorley
- 1996 · Gotti as Sammy Gravano
- 1996 · The Rock as Special Agent Ernest Paxton
- 1996 · For Which He Stands as Johnny Rochetti
- 1996 · The Substitute as Hollan
- 1996 · Peacock Blues as
- 1995 · Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead as Franchise
- 1995 · The Immortals as Tim
- 1995 · Palookaville as Sid Dunleavy
- 1995 · Virtuosity as William Cochran
- 1995 · Beyond Desire as Ray Patterson
- 1995 · Thriller Zone as Marcus Deerfield (segment "The Final Hour")
- 1994 · Direct Hit as John Hatch
- 1993 · A Kiss to Die For as Detective Mike Stoller
- 1993 · Relentless 3 as Walter Hilderman
- 1990 · Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes as Self
- 1990 · Sons as Mike
- 1989 · Torrents of Spring as Prince Ippolito Polozov
- 1988 · Baja Oklahoma as Tommy Earl Browner
- 1985 · Command 5 as Hawk
- 1983 · The Man Who Wasn't There as Pug Face Crusher
- 1981 · The Miracle of Kathy Miller as Mark
- Future · Just Breathe as Tony
- Future · A Christmas Cop as Captain Carol
- Future · The Roaring Game as
- 1994 · Lives in Hazard as Self
- 1993 · The Untouchables as Al Capone
- 1992 · Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story as Terry Harper
- 1992 · The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag as Beaudeen
- 1992 · Cruel Doubt as Police Chief John Crone
- 1992 · The Waterdance as Bloss
- 1992 · American Me as J.D.
- 1991 · Stone Cold as Ice
- 1991 · Out for Justice as Richie Madano
- 1991 · Career Opportunities as Custodian
- 1990 · Dick Tracy as Flattop
- 1990 · Blind Faith as Ferlin L'Heureux
- 1989 · Dead Bang as Arthur Kressler
- 1988 · Patty Hearst as Teko
- 1987 · Weeds as Burt the Booster
- 1987 · Extreme Prejudice as Sgt. Buck Atwater
- 1987 · Raising Arizona as Evelle
- 1986 · Savage Dawn as Pigiron
- 1985 · The Lightship as Gene
- 1985 · The Long Hot Summer as Isaac
- 1984 · Cloak & Dagger as Morris
- 1984 · Once Upon a Time in America as Philip 'Cockeye' Stein
- 1982 · Tales of the Gold Monkey as
- 1982 · T. J. Hooker as Wounded Assailant
- 1982 · Fame as
- 1981 · Smokey Bites the Dust as Kenny
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1978 · Long Shot as Bille