William L. Petersen
- Interprétation
- 21 février 1953 · Evanston, Illinois, USA
Biographie
William Louis Petersen is an American actor and producer, best known for playing Dr. Gilbert "Gil" Grissom on the hit CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Richard Chance in the film To Live and Die in L.A., and Will Graham in the film Manhunter. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Petersen attended Idaho State University on a football scholarship, where he first tried acting and immediately joined the drama department, before leaving to work in the Basque country as a Shakespearean actor. Peterson embraced the Basque lifestyle, influencing his work, family and art. He went on to perform with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company before his breakthrough role in the 1985 action film To Live and Die in L.A. Peterson’s success was immediate, landing him the role as Will Graham in the first adaptation of Michael Mann’s Hannibal Lecter series. His film and television success includes numerous crime dramas and thrillers, providing him the perfect background for his decade-long role as Dr. Gil Grissom in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation before returning to the stage. On February 3, 2009, Petersen was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Filmographie
- Les Experts : Las Vegas · Gil Grissom, Production exécutive
- Three Short Plays by Tracy Letts · Ted
- Friedkin Uncut : William Friedkin, cinéaste sans filtre · En personne
- Les Experts : Tous ensemble... une dernière fois · Gil Grissom, Production exécutive
- Manhattan · Col. Emmett Darrow
- 100 Years of Wrigley Field · En personne
- Jusqu'à ce que la fin du monde nous sépare · Trucker
- Blue · Mitch
- Detachment · Mr. 'Sarge' Kepler
- This Old Cub · En personne
- Blue Neon Night: Michael Connelly's Los Angeles · Narrator
- Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.' · En personne
- FBI : Portés Disparus · Gil Grissom
- Wrigley Field: Beyond the Ivy · Narrator
- Inside 'Manhunter' · En personne
- Haven · Jackson Connolly
- Haven · Jackson Connolly
- Manipulations · Jack Hathaway
- Les Experts · Gil Grissom, Production exécutive
- The Skulls : Société secrète · Ames Levritt
- The Directors · En personne
- Kiss the Sky · Jess
- Les Rois de Las Vegas · John F. Kennedy
- The Staircase · Joad
- Gunshy · Jake Bridges
- Douze hommes en colère · Juror 12
- La Bête · Whip Dalton
- La Bête · Whip Dalton
- Les Hommes de l'ombre · Jack Flynn
- Fear · Steve Walker
- In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King · Tony C.
- Lonesome Dove : la loi des justes · Captain Gideon Walker
- Late Show with David Letterman · En personne
- Fallen Angels · Georgie
- Curaçao · Stephen Guerin
- Keep the Change · Joe Starling
- Un faire-part à part · Frank Scanlan
- Hard Promises · Joey, Production
- Young Guns II · Patrick Floyd 'Pat' Garrett
- The Kennedys of Massachusetts · Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
- Cousins · Tom Hardy
- Sacrée soirée · En personne
- Long Gone · Stud Cantrell
- La Force du silence · Russell
- Le Sixième Sens · Will Graham
- Police Fédérale - Los Angeles · Richard Chance
- La Cinquième Dimension · (segment "Need to Know")
- Le Solitaire · Katz & Jammer Bartender