William Forsythe
- Acting
- June 7, 1955 · Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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
Filmography
- A Crime Story
- Straight Shot · Frank Senior
- The Roaring Game · Coach
- Just Breathe · Tony
- 9 Windows · Det. Tim Boyle
- Open · Capt. Edgar J. Steadman
- Ida Red · Lawrence Twilley
- God's Not Dead: We The People · Senator Robert Benson
- Roe v. Wade · Justice Potter Stewart
- A Perfect Plan · Grayson
- I Am Fear · Marco
- Run with the Hunted · Augustus
- Awake · Roger Bower
- Vault · Buddy Providence
- Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union · narrator
- Cold Pursuit · Brock 'Wingman' Coxman
- Magnum P.I. · Harry Brown
- The Little Mermaid
- The Networker · Charles Mangano
- Check Point · The Sheriff, Producer
- The Hollow · Big John Dawson
- The Bronx Bull · Jake LaMotta
- The Midnight Man · Fairbanks
- Echoes of War · Randolph McCluskey
- Laugh Killer Laugh · Frank Stone
- Road to Juarez · Doug Hermann
- Marvel's Daredevil · Dutton
- The Man in the High Castle · J. Edgar Hoover
- Hidden in the Woods · Uncle Costello
- Tom Holland's Twisted Tales · Mr. Smith (segment "To Hell With You")
- Tom Holland's Twisted Tales · Mr. Smith
- The Ghost Club: Spirits Never Die · Stanley
- Infected · Dr. Edward Dennehey
- Celluloid Bloodbath · Self
- The Mob Doctor · Constantine Alexander
- Loosies · Captain Tom Edwards
- Inkubus · Ret. Detective Gil Diamante
- Born to Ride · Jack Steele
- Underground Entertainment: The Movie · Bill
- L.A., I Hate You · Uncle Rip
- Jesse · Vince the Godfather
- Slip and Fall · Jerry
- The Rig · Jim Fleming
- Hawaii Five-0 · Harry Brown
- Boardwalk Empire · Manny
- Dear Mr. Gacy · John Wayne Gacy
- Justified · Michael
- The Nail · Massimo
- Happy in the Valley · Stewart
- Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween · Self
- The Mentalist · Steve Rigsby
- iMurders · Professor Uberoth
- Final Approach · Silas Jansen
- Stiletto · Alex
- Halloween · Ronnie White
- Hack! · Willy
- Southern Gothic · Pitt
- 88 Minutes · FBI Special Agent Frank Parks
- We All Scream for Ice Cream · Buster
- Shark · Harry Russo
- Jam · Ted
- Freedomland · Boyle
- Masters of Horror
- The Devil's Rejects · Sheriff John Quincy Wydel
- Hammerhead · Tom Reed
- The L.A. Riot Spectacular · George Holliday
- Larva · Jacob Long
- The Librarians · Simon, Screenplay
- Entourage · Eddie Kapowski
- The Last Letter · Mr. Griffith, Executive producer
- Las Vegas · Uncle Luke
- Blue Hill Avenue · Det. Torrance
- The Technical Writer · Joe
- CSI: Miami · Captain Chris Sutter
- John Doe · Digger
- City by the Sea · Spyder
- Hard Cash · Bo Young
- Coastlines · Fred Vance
- UC: Undercover
- Camouflage · Alton Owens