William Fichtner
November 27, 1956 (69 years old) in Mitchell Field Air Force Base, East Meadow, Long Island, New York, USA
William Edward Fichtner (born November 27, 1956) is an American actor. Raised in the Buffalo, N.Y. area, he started his career with supporting appearances in Virtuosity (1995), Heat, and Strange Days (both 1995). A prolific character actor in film, Fichtner is recognised for memorable performances in Contact (1997), Armageddon (1998), Go (1999), The Perfect Storm (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), Crash (2004), and The Longest Yard (2005). In 2005, Fichtner starred as Sheriff Tom Underlay in Invasion. He later appeared as Alexander Mahone in Prison Break, Carl Hickman in Crossing Lines, and Adam Janikowski in Mom. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Fichtner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · Lucky as
- 2026 · The Plastic Men as The Narrator (voice)
- 2026 · BEEF: The Official Podcast as Self - Guest
- 2025 · The Gettysburg Address as John G. Nicolay (voice)
- 2025 · Talamasca: The Secret Order as Jasper
- 2025 · Cutman as Emmerit
- 2025 · The Sound as Conner
- 2024 · French Girl as Peter Kinski
- 2023 · Hypnotic as Dellrayne
- 2023 · BEEF as Troy
- 2023 · The Company You Keep as Leo Nicoletti
- 2023 · 88 as Ron Holt
- 2022 · Six as Davis
- 2022 · Joe vs Carole as Rick Kirkham
- 2021 · That Night as Narrator
- 2021 · The Birthday Cake as Uncle Ricardo
- 2021 · The Space Between as Donny Rumson
- 2020 · The Neighbor as Mike
- 2019 · Cold Brook as Ted Markham
- 2019 · Josie & Jack as Raeburn
- 2019 · Finding Steve McQueen as Enzo Rotella
- 2018 · Armed as Richard
- 2018 · Hot Summer Nights as Shep
- 2018 · All the Devil's Men as Brennan
- 2018 · Traffik as Mr. Waynewright
- 2018 · O.G. as Danvers
- 2018 · Krystal as Dr. Farley
- 2018 · 12 Strong as Colonel Mulholland
- 2017 · Top Gear America as Self - Presenter
- 2017 · American Wrestler: The Wizard as Coach Plyler
- 2017 · Porsche: Decades of Disruption as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Black Holes as Youston (voice)
- 2016 · Shooter as O'Brien
- 2016 · The War of 1996: A United World News Special as General Adams
- 2016 · Last Day in LA as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Independence Day: Resurgence as General Adams
- 2016 · Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence' as Self
- 2015 · Four Falls of Buffalo as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Empire as Jameson Henthrop
- 2014 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Eric Sacks
- 2014 · The Homesman as Vester Belknap
- 2014 · Hell on Earth as Satan
- 2013 · Mom as Adam Janikowski
- 2013 · Crossing Lines as Carl Hickman
- 2013 · Elysium as John Carlyle
- 2013 · The Lone Ranger as Butch Cavendish
- 2013 · Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Phantom as Alex
- 2012 · Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden as Guidry
- 2012 · Wrong as Master Chang
- 2012 · Veep as Felix Wade
- 2011 · Drive Angry as Accountant
- 2011 · The Big Bang as Poley
- 2010 · Date Night as DA Frank Crenshaw
- 2009 · Prison Break: The Final Break as Alex Mahone
- 2009 · Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil as Self
- 2008 · The Dark Knight as Bank Manager
- 2007 · Blades of Glory as Darren MacElroy
- 2006 · UV Protection: The Making of 'Ultraviolet' as Self - Actor
- 2006 · First Snow as Ed Jacomoi
- 2006 · The Amateurs as Otis
- 2006 · Ultraviolet as Garth
- 2005 · Invasion as Sheriff Tom Underlay
- 2005 · Nine Lives as Andrew
- 2005 · Prison Break as Alexander Mahone
- 2005 · The Chumscrubber as Mr. Bill Stiffle
- 2005 · Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Dr. Wexler - Marriage Counselor (voice) (uncredited)
- 2005 · Empire Falls as Jimmy Minty
- 2005 · The Longest Yard as Captain Knauer
- 2005 · Crash as Flanagan
- 2005 · American Dad! as Harland (voice)
- 2004 · Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction as Rosenberg (voice)
- 2004 · Entourage as Phil Yagoda
- 2002 · Equilibrium as Jürgen
- 2002 · MDs as Dr. Bruce Kellerman
- 2002 · Julie Walking Home as Henry
- 2001 · Black Hawk Down as SFC Jeff Sanderson
- 2001 · What's the Worst That Could Happen? as Detective Alex Tardio
- 2001 · Pearl Harbor as Danny's Father
- 2000 · The Perfect Storm as David "Sully" Sullivan
- 2000 · Drowning Mona as Phil Dearly
- 2000 · Passion of Mind as Aaron Reilly
- 1999 · The West Wing as Christopher Mulready
- 1999 · Go as Burke
- 1999 · The Settlement as Jerry
- 1998 · Armageddon as Colonel Willie Sharp
- 1997 · Switchback as Chief Jack McGinnis
- 1997 · Contact as Kent
- 1997 · Albino Alligator as Law
- 1995 · Heat as Roger Van Zant
- 1995 · Reckless as Rachel's Father
- 1995 · Strange Days as Dwayne Engelman
- 1995 · Virtuosity as Wallace
- 1995 · The Underneath as Tommy Dundee
- 1994 · Quiz Show as Stage Manager
- 1993 · Grace Under Fire as Ryan Sparks
- 1992 · Malcolm X as Cop at Harlem Station
- 1989 · Baywatch as Howard Ganza
- Future · That's Amore! as
- Future · Bosch: Start of Watch as Calhern
- Future · The Outer Threat as