William Forsythe

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Known For

Acting

Born

1955-06-07

Place of Birth

Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, USA

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).

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Known For

The Mentalist

The Mentalist

CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

Hawaii Five-0

Hawaii Five-0

Magnum P.I.

Magnum P.I.

Entourage

Entourage

The Man in the High Castle

The Man in the High Castle

Marvel's Daredevil

Marvel's Daredevil

Justified

Justified

Las Vegas

Las Vegas

Career Opportunities

Career Opportunities

Acting History

Just Breathe as Tony

The Roaring Game

9 Windows as Det. Tim Boyle

Open as Capt. Edgar J. Steadman

Ida Red as Lawrence Twilley

God's Not Dead: We The People as Senator Robert Benson

Roe v. Wade as Justice Potter Stewart

A Perfect Plan as Grayson

I Am Fear as Marco

Run with the Hunted as Augustus

Awake as Roger Bower

Vault as Buddy Providence

Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union as narrator

Cold Pursuit as Brock 'Wingman' Coxman

Magnum P.I. as Harry Brown

The Little Mermaid

The Networker as Charles Mangano

Check Point as The Sheriff

The Hollow as Big John Dawson

The Bronx Bull as Jake LaMotta

The Midnight Man as Fairbanks

Echoes of War as Randolph McCluskey

Laugh Killer Laugh as Frank Stone

Road to Juarez as Doug Hermann

Marvel's Daredevil as Dutton

The Man in the High Castle as J. Edgar Hoover

Hidden in the Woods as Uncle Costello

Tom Holland's Twisted Tales as Mr. Smith (segment "To Hell With You")

The Ghost Club: Spirits Never Die as Stanley

Infected as Dr. Edward Dennehey

Celluloid Bloodbath as Self

The Mob Doctor as Constantine Alexander

Loosies as Captain Tom Edwards

Inkubus as Ret. Detective Gil Diamante

Born to Ride as Jack Steele

Underground Entertainment: The Movie as Bill

L.A., I Hate You as Uncle Rip

Slip and Fall as Jerry

Jesse as Vince the Godfather

The Rig as Jim Fleming

Hawaii Five-0 as Harry Brown

Boardwalk Empire as Manny

Dear Mr. Gacy as John Wayne Gacy

Justified as Michael

Happy in the Valley as Stewart

The Nail as Massimo

Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self

The Mentalist as Steve Rigsby

iMurders as Professor Uberoth

Final Approach as Silas Jansen

Stiletto as Alex

Halloween as Ronnie White

Southern Gothic as Pitt

88 Minutes as FBI Special Agent Frank Parks

We All Scream for Ice Cream as Buster

Shark as Harry Russo

Freedomland as Boyle

Masters of Horror

The Devil's Rejects as Sheriff John Quincy Wydel

Hammerhead as Tom Reed

The L.A. Riot Spectacular as George Holliday

Larva as Jacob Long

The Librarians as Simon

Entourage as Eddie Kapowski

The Last Letter as Mr. Griffith

Las Vegas as Uncle Luke

Blue Hill Avenue as Det. Torrance

The Technical Writer as Joe

CSI: Miami as Captain Chris Sutter

John Doe as Digger

City by the Sea as Spyder

Hard Cash as Bo Young

Coastlines as Fred Vance

Camouflage as Alton Owens

Outlaw as Ted Castle

G-Men from Hell as Dean Crept

Civility as Andrew LeBretian

Luck of the Draw as Max Fenton

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo as Det. Chuck Fowler

The Last Marshal as DeClerc

Blue Streak as Detective Hardcastle

Four Days as Milt

18 Shades of Dust as Tommy Cucci

Paradise Lost as Mike Stark

Row Your Boat as Gil Meadows

Soundman as Frank Rosenfeld

Dollar for the Dead as Dooley

Hell's Kitchen as Lou Reilly

Ambushed as Mike Organski

The Pass as Charles Duprey

Firestorm as Randall Shaye

Big City Blues as Hudson

First Time Felon as Sorley

Gotti as Sammy Gravano

The Rock as Special Agent Ernest Paxton

For Which He Stands as Johnny Rochetti

The Substitute as Hollan

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead as Franchise

The Immortals as Tim

Palookaville as Sid Dunleavy

Virtuosity as William Cochran

Beyond Desire as Ray Patterson

Cybill as Bruce

Thriller Zone as Marcus Deerfield (segment "The Final Hour")

Direct Hit as John Hatch

Lives in Hazard as Self

A Kiss to Die For as Detective Mike Stoller

Relentless 3 as Walter Hilderman

The Untouchables as Al Capone

Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story as Terry Harper

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag as Beaudeen

Cruel Doubt as Police Chief John Crone

The Waterdance as Bloss

American Me as J.D.

Stone Cold as Ice

Out for Justice as Richie Madano

Career Opportunities as Custodian

Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes as Self

Dick Tracy as Flattop

Blind Faith as Ferlin L'Heureux

Torrents of Spring as Prince Ippolito Polozov

Dead Bang as Arthur Kressler

Patty Hearst as Teko

Baja Oklahoma as Tommy Earl Browner

Weeds as Burt the Booster

Extreme Prejudice as Sgt. Buck Atwater

Raising Arizona as Evelle

Savage Dawn as Pigiron

The Lightship as Gene

The Long Hot Summer as Isaac

Command 5 as Hawk

Cloak & Dagger as Morris

Once Upon a Time in America as Philip 'Cockeye' Stein

The Man Who Wasn't There as Pug Face Crusher

Tales of the Gold Monkey

T. J. Hooker as Wounded Assailant

The Miracle of Kathy Miller as Mark

Smokey Bites the Dust as Kenny

Hill Street Blues

Long Shot as Bille

A Christmas Cop as Captain Carol

The Witching Hour as Devlin Deeds