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:
- 147
- 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 | Slip and Fall | Jerry | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Jesse | Vince the Godfather | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Born to Ride | Jack Steele | 2011-06-26 |
| Movie | Underground Entertainment: The Movie | Bill | 2011-06-06 |
| Movie | Inkubus | Ret. Detective Gil Diamante | 2011-10-28 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 |
| Movie | The Librarians | Simon | 2004-12-09 |
| Movie | The Technical Writer | Joe | 2003-01-26 |
| Series | Las Vegas | Unknown | 2003-09-22 |
| Movie | Blue Hill Avenue | Det. Torrance | 2003-09-19 |
| Movie | Hard Cash | Bo Young | 2002-02-15 |
| Movie | Coastlines | Fred Vance | 2002-01-15 |
| Movie | City by the Sea | Spyder | 2002-09-06 |
| Series | John Doe | Digger | 2002-09-20 |
| Series | CSI: Miami | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
| Movie | Outlaw | Ted Castle | 2001-01-01 |
| Series | UC: Undercover | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | Camouflage | Alton Owens | 2001-01-09 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |