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:
- 151
- 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 | A Motel | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Straight Shot | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | The Witching Hour | Devlin Deeds | 2026 |
| Movie | The Roaring Game | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Just Breathe | Tony | 2025-11-06 |
| Movie | 9 Windows | Det. Tim Boyle | 2024-10-15 |
| Movie | Due Justice | Unknown | 2023-11-24 |
| Movie | Open | Capt. Edgar J. Steadman | 2023-11-03 |
| Movie | Roe v. Wade | Justice Potter Stewart | 2021-04-02 |
| Movie | Ida Red | Lawrence Twilley | 2021-11-05 |
| Movie | God's Not Dead: We The People | Senator Robert Benson | 2021-10-04 |
| 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 | Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union | narrator | 2019-04-29 |
| Movie | Run with the Hunted | Augustus | 2019-10-03 |
| Movie | Awake | Roger Bower | 2019-08-01 |
| Movie | Vault | Buddy Providence | 2019-07-25 |
| 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 Midnight Man | Fairbanks | 2016-03-01 |
| Movie | The Hollow | Big John Dawson | 2016-10-07 |
| Movie | The Bronx Bull | Jake LaMotta | 2016-06-13 |
| Series | Marvel's Daredevil | Dutton | 2015-04-10 |
| Movie | Road to Juarez | Doug Hermann | 2015-04-24 |
| Series | The Man in the High Castle | J. Edgar Hoover | 2015-01-15 |
| Movie | Laugh Killer Laugh | Frank Stone | 2015-04-25 |
| 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 | Infected | Dr. Edward Dennehey | 2013-04-09 |
| Movie | The Ghost Club: Spirits Never Die | Stanley | 2013-10-31 |
| Series | The Mob Doctor | Constantine Alexander | 2012-09-17 |
| Movie | Loosies | Captain Tom Edwards | 2012-02-01 |
| 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 |
| Series | Hawaii Five-0 | Harry Brown | 2010-09-20 |
| Series | Boardwalk Empire | Manny | 2010-09-19 |
| Movie | The Rig | Jim Fleming | 2010-10-05 |
| Movie | The Nail | Massimo | 2009-01-01 |
| Movie | Happy in the Valley | Stewart | 2009-01-01 |
| Movie | Stiletto | Alex | 2008-04-29 |
| Movie | Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween | Self | 2008-10-07 |
| Movie | Final Approach | Silas Jansen | 2008-05-24 |
| Movie | iMurders | Professor Uberoth | 2008-08-09 |
| Series | The Mentalist | Steve Rigsby | 2008-09-23 |
| Movie | Southern Gothic | Pitt | 2007-04-28 |
| Movie | We All Scream for Ice Cream | Buster | 2007-01-12 |
| Movie | 88 Minutes | FBI Special Agent Frank Parks | 2007-02-14 |
| 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 | Larva | Jacob Long | 2005-01-22 |
| Movie | Hammerhead | Tom Reed | 2005-06-18 |
| Movie | The L.A. Riot Spectacular | George Holliday | 2005-04-25 |
| Movie | The Devil's Rejects | Sheriff John Quincy Wydel | 2005-07-22 |
| Series | Masters of Horror | Unknown | 2005-10-28 |
| Movie | The Last Letter | Mr. Griffith | 2004-01-01 |
| Series | Entourage | Eddie Kapowski | 2004-07-18 |
| Movie | The Technical Writer | Joe | 2003-01-26 |
| Movie | Blue Hill Avenue | Det. Torrance | 2003-09-19 |
| Movie | The Librarians | Simon | 2003-12-16 |
| Series | Las Vegas | Uncle Luke | 2003-09-22 |
| Movie | Coastlines | Fred Vance | 2002-01-15 |
| Movie | Hard Cash | Bo Young | 2002-02-15 |
| Series | CSI: Miami | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
| Movie | City by the Sea | Spyder | 2002-09-06 |
| Series | John Doe | Digger | 2002-09-20 |
| Movie | Outlaw | Ted Castle | 2001-01-01 |
| Series | UC: Undercover | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | Camouflage | Alton Owens | 2001-01-09 |
| Movie | Luck of the Draw | Max Fenton | 2000-04-06 |
| Movie | G-Men from Hell | Dean Crept | 2000-12-07 |
| Movie | Civility | Andrew LeBretian | 2000-10-08 |
| 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 | Ambushed | Mike Organski | 1998-06-20 |
| Movie | Dollar for the Dead | Dooley | 1998-10-11 |
| 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 | The Substitute | Hollan | 1996-04-19 |
| Movie | For Which He Stands | Johnny Rochetti | 1996-05-17 |
| Movie | Peacock Blues | Unknown | 1996-01-01 |
| 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 | Palookaville | Sid Dunleavy | 1995-09-07 |
| Movie | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | Unknown | 1995-12-01 |
| Movie | The Immortals | Tim | 1995-10-05 |
| 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 | A Kiss to Die For | Detective Mike Stoller | 1993-12-06 |
| Movie | Relentless 3 | Walter Hilderman | 1993-08-18 |
| Movie | American Me | J.D. | 1992-03-13 |
| Movie | The Waterdance | Bloss | 1992-05-13 |
| Series | Cruel Doubt | Police Chief John Crone | 1992-05-17 |
| Movie | Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story | Terry Harper | 1992-11-08 |
| Movie | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Beaudeen | 1992-08-21 |
| Movie | Out for Justice | Richie Madano | 1991-04-12 |
| Movie | Career Opportunities | Custodian | 1991-03-29 |
| Movie | Stone Cold | Ice | 1991-05-17 |
| Series | Blind Faith | Ferlin L'Heureux | 1990-02-11 |
| Movie | Sons | Mike | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes | Self | 1990-06-13 |
| Movie | Dick Tracy | Flattop | 1990-04-05 |
| 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 | Weeds | Burt the Booster | 1987-10-16 |
| Movie | Extreme Prejudice | Sgt. Buck Atwater | 1987-04-24 |
| Movie | Command 5 | Hawk | 1985-08-05 |
| Series | The Long Hot Summer | Isaac | 1985-10-06 |
| Movie | The Lightship | Gene | 1985-12-14 |
| Movie | Savage Dawn | Pigiron | 1985-12-21 |
| 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 | Tales of the Gold Monkey | Unknown | 1982-09-22 |
| Series | Fame | Unknown | 1982-01-07 |
| Series | T. J. Hooker | Wounded Assailant | 1982-03-13 |
| Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
| Movie | The Miracle of Kathy Miller | Mark | 1981-10-05 |
| Movie | Smokey Bites the Dust | Kenny | 1981-10-01 |
| Movie | Coach | Audience Member | 1978-03-17 |
| Movie | Long Shot | Bille | 1978-11-17 |