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:
- 141
- 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 | 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 | Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union | narrator | 2019-04-29 |
| Movie | Awake | Roger Bower | 2019-08-01 |
| Movie | Vault | Buddy Providence | 2019-07-25 |
| Movie | Run with the Hunted | Augustus | 2019-10-03 |
| Movie | The Little Mermaid | Unknown | 2018-08-02 |
| Series | Magnum P.I. | Harry Brown | 2018-09-24 |
| Movie | The Networker | Charles Mangano | 2017-09-12 |
| Movie | Check Point | The Sheriff | 2017-03-07 |
| Movie | The Midnight Man | Fairbanks | 2016-03-01 |
| Movie | The Bronx Bull | Jake LaMotta | 2016-06-13 |
| Movie | The Hollow | Big John Dawson | 2016-10-07 |
| Series | Marvel's Daredevil | Dutton | 2015-04-10 |
| Series | The Man in the High Castle | J. Edgar Hoover | 2015-01-15 |
| Movie | Road to Juarez | Doug Hermann | 2015-04-24 |
| Movie | Echoes of War | Randolph McCluskey | 2015-05-15 |
| Movie | Laugh Killer Laugh | Frank Stone | 2015-04-25 |
| 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 | Slip and Fall | Jerry | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | L.A., I Hate You | Uncle Rip | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Jesse | Vince the Godfather | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Inkubus | Ret. Detective Gil Diamante | 2011-10-28 |
| Movie | Born to Ride | Jack Steele | 2011-06-26 |
| Movie | Underground Entertainment: The Movie | Bill | 2011-06-06 |
| Movie | Dear Mr. Gacy | John Wayne Gacy | 2010-05-10 |
| Series | Boardwalk Empire | Manny | 2010-09-19 |
| 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 | iMurders | Professor Uberoth | 2008-08-09 |
| Movie | Stiletto | Alex | 2008-04-29 |
| Series | The Mentalist | Steve Rigsby | 2008-09-23 |
| Movie | Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween | Self | 2008-10-07 |
| Movie | We All Scream for Ice Cream | Buster | 2007-01-12 |
| Movie | Southern Gothic | Pitt | 2007-04-28 |
| Movie | 88 Minutes | FBI Special Agent Frank Parks | 2007-02-14 |
| Movie | Halloween | Ronnie White | 2007-08-31 |
| Movie | Hack! | Willy | 2007-07-20 |
| Movie | Freedomland | Boyle | 2006-02-17 |
| Movie | Jam | Ted | 2006-04-01 |
| Movie | Larva | Jacob Long | 2005-01-22 |
| Movie | The L.A. Riot Spectacular | George Holliday | 2005-04-25 |
| Series | Masters of Horror | Unknown | 2005-10-28 |
| Movie | The Devil's Rejects | Sheriff John Quincy Wydel | 2005-07-22 |
| Movie | Hammerhead | Tom Reed | 2005-06-18 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | Palookaville | Sid Dunleavy | 1995-09-07 |
| Movie | The Immortals | Tim | 1995-10-05 |
| Movie | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | Unknown | 1995-12-01 |
| Movie | Lives in Hazard | Self | 1994-04-08 |
| Movie | Direct Hit | John Hatch | 1994-12-14 |
| Movie | A Kiss to Die For | Detective Mike Stoller | 1993-12-06 |
| Series | The Untouchables | Al Capone | 1993-01-11 |
| Movie | Relentless 3 | Walter Hilderman | 1993-08-18 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Beaudeen | 1992-08-21 |
| Movie | Career Opportunities | Custodian | 1991-03-29 |
| Movie | Out for Justice | Richie Madano | 1991-04-12 |
| Movie | Stone Cold | Ice | 1991-05-17 |
| Movie | Sons | Mike | 1990-01-01 |
| 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 | Patty Hearst | Teko | 1988-09-23 |
| Movie | Baja Oklahoma | Tommy Earl Browner | 1988-02-20 |
| 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 |