William Forsythe
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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- Born:
- Jun 7, 1955 In Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 146
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Coach 1978-03-17
- Latest Project:
- Movie A Christmas Cop 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | A Christmas Cop | Captain Carol | 2026 |
| Movie | The Roaring Game | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Just Breathe | Tony | 2026 |
| Movie | 9 Windows | Det. Tim Boyle | 2024-10-15 |
| Movie | Open | Capt. Edgar J. Steadman | 2023-11-03 |
| Movie | Due Justice | Unknown | 2023-11-24 |
| Movie | Roe v. Wade | Justice Potter Stewart | 2021-04-02 |
| Movie | God's Not Dead: We The People | Senator Robert Benson | 2021-10-04 |
| Movie | Ida Red | Lawrence Twilley | 2021-11-05 |
| Movie | I Am Fear | Marco | 2020-03-03 |
| Movie | A Perfect Plan | Grayson | 2020-05-01 |
| Movie | Cold Pursuit | Brock 'Wingman' Coxman | 2019-02-07 |
| Movie | Run with the Hunted | Augustus | 2019-10-03 |
| Movie | Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union | narrator | 2019-04-29 |
| Movie | Vault | Buddy Providence | 2019-07-25 |
| Movie | Awake | Roger Bower | 2019-08-01 |
| Movie | The Little Mermaid | Unknown | 2018-08-02 |
| Series | Magnum P.I. | Harry Brown | 2018-09-24 |
| Movie | Check Point | The Sheriff | 2017-03-07 |
| Movie | The Networker | Charles Mangano | 2017-09-12 |
| Movie | The Hollow | Big John Dawson | 2016-10-07 |
| Movie | The Midnight Man | Fairbanks | 2016-03-01 |
| Movie | The Bronx Bull | Jake LaMotta | 2016-06-13 |
| Series | The Man in the High Castle | J. Edgar Hoover | 2015-01-15 |
| Series | Marvel's Daredevil | Dutton | 2015-04-10 |
| Movie | Laugh Killer Laugh | Frank Stone | 2015-04-25 |
| Movie | Road to Juarez | Doug Hermann | 2015-04-24 |
| Movie | Echoes of War | Randolph McCluskey | 2015-05-15 |
| Movie | Tom Holland's Twisted Tales | Mr. Smith (segment "To Hell With You") | 2014-04-01 |
| Movie | Hidden in the Woods | Uncle Costello | 2014-12-12 |
| Movie | The Ghost Club: Spirits Never Die | Stanley | 2013-10-31 |
| Movie | Infected | Dr. Edward Dennehey | 2013-04-09 |
| Movie | Loosies | Captain Tom Edwards | 2012-02-01 |
| Series | The Mob Doctor | Constantine Alexander | 2012-09-17 |
| Movie | Celluloid Bloodbath | Self | 2012-10-09 |
| Movie | L.A., I Hate You | Uncle Rip | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Jesse | Vince the Godfather | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Slip and Fall | Jerry | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Inkubus | Ret. Detective Gil Diamante | 2011-10-28 |
| Movie | Underground Entertainment: The Movie | Bill | 2011-06-06 |
| Movie | Born to Ride | Jack Steele | 2011-06-26 |
| Series | Justified | Michael | 2010-03-16 |
| Movie | Dear Mr. Gacy | John Wayne Gacy | 2010-05-10 |
| Movie | The Rig | Jim Fleming | 2010-10-05 |
| Series | Hawaii Five-0 | Harry Brown | 2010-09-20 |
| Movie | The Nail | Massimo | 2009-01-01 |
| Movie | Happy in the Valley | Stewart | 2009-01-01 |
| Movie | Final Approach | Silas Jansen | 2008-05-24 |
| Movie | Stiletto | Alex | 2008-04-29 |
| Movie | iMurders | Professor Uberoth | 2008-08-09 |
| Series | The Mentalist | Steve Rigsby | 2008-09-23 |
| Movie | Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween | Self | 2008-10-07 |
| Movie | 88 Minutes | FBI Special Agent Frank Parks | 2007-02-14 |
| Movie | We All Scream for Ice Cream | Buster | 2007-01-12 |
| Movie | Southern Gothic | Pitt | 2007-04-28 |
| Movie | Hack! | Willy | 2007-07-20 |
| Movie | Halloween | Ronnie White | 2007-08-31 |
| Movie | Freedomland | Boyle | 2006-02-17 |
| Movie | Jam | Ted | 2006-04-01 |
| Series | Shark | Unknown | 2006-09-21 |
| Movie | The L.A. Riot Spectacular | George Holliday | 2005-04-25 |
| Movie | Larva | Jacob Long | 2005-01-22 |
| Movie | Hammerhead | Tom Reed | 2005-06-18 |
| Series | Masters of Horror | Unknown | 2005-10-28 |
| Movie | The Devil's Rejects | Sheriff John Quincy Wydel | 2005-07-22 |
| Movie | The Last Letter | Mr. Griffith | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | The Librarians | Simon | 2004-12-09 |
| Movie | The Technical Writer | Joe | 2003-01-26 |
| Series | Las Vegas | Unknown | 2003-09-22 |
| Movie | City by the Sea | Spyder | 2002-09-06 |
| Movie | Coastlines | Fred Vance | 2002-01-15 |
| Movie | Hard Cash | Bo Young | 2002-02-15 |
| Series | John Doe | Digger | 2002-09-20 |
| Series | CSI: Miami | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
| Movie | Outlaw | Ted Castle | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Camouflage | Alton Owens | 2001-01-09 |
| Movie | Blue Hill Avenue | Det. Torrance | 2001-08-03 |
| Series | UC: Undercover | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | Civility | Andrew LeBretian | 2000-04-01 |
| Movie | G-Men from Hell | Dean Crept | 2000-12-07 |
| Movie | Luck of the Draw | Max Fenton | 2000-04-06 |
| Movie | Paradise Lost | Mike Stark | 1999-07-20 |
| Movie | Row Your Boat | Gil Meadows | 1999-04-18 |
| Movie | Soundman | Frank Rosenfeld | 1999-01-24 |
| Movie | 18 Shades of Dust | Tommy Cucci | 1999-09-01 |
| Movie | Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo | Det. Chuck Fowler | 1999-12-10 |
| Movie | Four Days | Milt | 1999-09-12 |
| Movie | The Last Marshal | DeClerc | 1999-10-02 |
| Movie | Blue Streak | Detective Hardcastle | 1999-09-17 |
| Movie | Firestorm | Randall Shaye | 1998-01-08 |
| Movie | The Pass | Charles Duprey | 1998-05-07 |
| Movie | Dollar for the Dead | Dooley | 1998-10-11 |
| Movie | Ambushed | Mike Organski | 1998-06-20 |
| Movie | Hell's Kitchen | Lou Reilly | 1998-09-11 |
| Movie | First Time Felon | Sorley | 1997-09-06 |
| Movie | Big City Blues | Hudson | 1997-10-01 |
| Movie | For Which He Stands | Johnny Rochetti | 1996-05-17 |
| Movie | Peacock Blues | Unknown | 1996-01-01 |
| Movie | The Substitute | Hollan | 1996-04-19 |
| Movie | The Rock | Special Agent Ernest Paxton | 1996-06-07 |
| Movie | Gotti | Sammy Gravano | 1996-08-17 |
| Movie | Beyond Desire | Ray Patterson | 1995-07-13 |
| Movie | Thriller Zone | Marcus Deerfield (segment "The Final Hour") | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Virtuosity | William Cochran | 1995-08-04 |
| Movie | The Immortals | Tim | 1995-10-05 |
| Movie | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | Unknown | 1995-12-01 |
| Movie | Palookaville | Sid Dunleavy | 1995-09-07 |
| Movie | Lives in Hazard | Self | 1994-04-08 |
| Movie | Direct Hit | John Hatch | 1994-12-14 |
| Series | The Untouchables | Al Capone | 1993-01-11 |
| Movie | Relentless 3 | Walter Hilderman | 1993-08-18 |
| Movie | A Kiss to Die For | Detective Mike Stoller | 1993-12-06 |
| Movie | American Me | J.D. | 1992-03-13 |
| Movie | The Waterdance | Bloss | 1992-05-13 |
| Movie | Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story | Terry Harper | 1992-11-08 |
| Series | Cruel Doubt | Police Chief John Crone | 1992-05-17 |
| Movie | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Beaudeen | 1992-08-21 |
| Movie | Career Opportunities | Custodian | 1991-03-29 |
| Movie | Stone Cold | Ice | 1991-05-17 |
| Movie | Out for Justice | Richie Madano | 1991-04-12 |
| Movie | Sons | Mike | 1990-01-01 |
| Series | Blind Faith | Ferlin L'Heureux | 1990-02-11 |
| Movie | Dick Tracy | Flattop | 1990-04-05 |
| Movie | Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes | Self | 1990-06-13 |
| Movie | Dead Bang | Arthur Kressler | 1989-03-24 |
| Movie | Torrents of Spring | Prince Ippolito Polozov | 1989-10-21 |
| Movie | Baja Oklahoma | Tommy Earl Browner | 1988-02-20 |
| Movie | Patty Hearst | Teko | 1988-09-23 |
| Movie | Raising Arizona | Evelle | 1987-03-13 |
| Movie | Extreme Prejudice | Sgt. Buck Atwater | 1987-04-24 |
| Movie | Weeds | Burt the Booster | 1987-10-16 |
| Movie | Savage Dawn | Pigiron | 1986-05-22 |
| Movie | Command 5 | Hawk | 1985-08-05 |
| Series | The Long Hot Summer | Isaac | 1985-10-06 |
| Movie | The Lightship | Gene | 1985-12-14 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time in America | Philip 'Cockeye' Stein | 1984-05-23 |
| Movie | Cloak & Dagger | Morris | 1984-06-01 |
| Movie | The Man Who Wasn't There | Pug Face Crusher | 1983-08-12 |
| Series | T. J. Hooker | Wounded Assailant | 1982-03-13 |
| Series | Fame | Unknown | 1982-01-07 |
| Series | Tales of the Gold Monkey | Unknown | 1982-09-22 |
| Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
| Movie | Smokey Bites the Dust | Kenny | 1981-10-01 |
| Movie | The Miracle of Kathy Miller | Mark | 1981-10-05 |
| Movie | Coach | Audience Member | 1978-03-17 |
| Movie | Long Shot | Bille | 1978-11-17 |