Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

145

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-06-07 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Also Known As

Bill Forsythe
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William Forsythe

Biography

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

8.4%

Once Upon a Time in America

May 23, 1984

7.1%

The Rock

Jun 7, 1996

8.2%

Marvel's Daredevil

Apr 10, 2015

8.4%

The Mentalist

Sep 23, 2008

5.8%

Cold Pursuit

Feb 7, 2019

6.2%

Halloween

Aug 31, 2007

7.1%

Raising Arizona

Mar 13, 1987

7.8%

Hawaii Five-0

Sep 20, 2010

7.7%

CSI: Miami

Sep 23, 2002

6.5%

Blue Streak

Sep 17, 1999

6.8%

The Devil's Rejects

Jul 22, 2005

6.0%

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

Dec 10, 1999

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Acting

—		Just Breathe as Tony
—		A Christmas Cop as Captain Carol
—		The Roaring Game

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

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		L.A., I Hate You as Uncle Rip
2011		Jesse as Vince the Godfather
2011		Slip and Fall as Jerry

2010		The Rig as Jim Fleming
2010		Hawaii Five-0 as Harry Brown
2010		Boardwalk Empire as Manny
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
2006		Jam as Ted
2006		Freedomland as Boyle

2005		Masters of Horror
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 Last Letter as Mr. Griffith

2003		The Librarians as Simon
2003		Las Vegas
2003		Blue Hill Avenue as Det. Torrance
2003		The Technical Writer as Joe

2002		CSI: Miami
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
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

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
1994		Lives in Hazard as Self

1993		A Kiss to Die For as Detective Mike Stoller
1993		Relentless 3 as Walter Hilderman
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: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes as Self
1990		Dick Tracy as Flattop
1990		Blind Faith as Ferlin L'Heureux
1990		Sons as Mike

1989		Torrents of Spring as Prince Ippolito Polozov
1989		Dead Bang as Arthur Kressler

1988		Patty Hearst as Teko
1988		Baja Oklahoma as Tommy Earl Browner

1987		Weeds as Burt the Booster
1987		Extreme Prejudice as Sgt. Buck Atwater
1987		Raising Arizona as Evelle

1985		Savage Dawn as Pigiron
1985		The Lightship as Gene
1985		The Long Hot Summer as Isaac
1985		Command 5 as Hawk

1984		Cloak & Dagger as Morris
1984		Once Upon a Time in America as Philip 'Cockeye' Stein

1983

The Man Who Wasn't There as Pug Face Crusher

1982		Tales of the Gold Monkey
1982		T. J. Hooker as Wounded Assailant
1982		Fame

1981		The Miracle of Kathy Miller as Mark
1981		Smokey Bites the Dust as Kenny
1981		Hill Street Blues

1978

Long Shot as Bille

Directing

1959

The Young Land as Assistant Director

Production

2017

Check Point as Producer

2004

The Last Letter as Executive Producer

1995

Beyond Desire as Executive Producer

Writing

2003

The Librarians as Screenplay