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:
- 145
- 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 | 2025-08-09 |
| Movie | Just Breathe | Tony | 2025-11-06 |
| 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 | Ida Red | Lawrence Twilley | 2021-11-05 |
| 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 | 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 | Vault | Buddy Providence | 2019-07-25 |
| 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 | 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 Bronx Bull | Jake LaMotta | 2016-06-13 |
| Movie | The Hollow | Big John Dawson | 2016-10-07 |
| Series | The Man in the High Castle | J. Edgar Hoover | 2015-01-15 |
| Series | Marvel's Daredevil | Dutton | 2015-04-10 |
| Movie | Echoes of War | Randolph McCluskey | 2015-05-15 |
| Movie | Laugh Killer Laugh | Frank Stone | 2015-04-25 |
| Movie | Road to Juarez | Doug Hermann | 2015-04-24 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Underground Entertainment: The Movie | Bill | 2011-06-06 |
| Movie | Inkubus | Ret. Detective Gil Diamante | 2011-10-28 |
| Movie | Born to Ride | Jack Steele | 2011-06-26 |
| 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 | Stiletto | Alex | 2008-04-29 |
| Movie | Final Approach | Silas Jansen | 2008-05-24 |
| Series | The Mentalist | Steve Rigsby | 2008-09-23 |
| Movie | Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween | Self | 2008-10-07 |
| Movie | iMurders | Professor Uberoth | 2008-08-09 |
| Movie | We All Scream for Ice Cream | Buster | 2007-01-12 |
| Movie | 88 Minutes | FBI Special Agent Frank Parks | 2007-02-14 |
| Movie | Halloween | Ronnie White | 2007-08-31 |
| Movie | Southern Gothic | Pitt | 2007-04-28 |
| Movie | Hack! | Willy | 2007-07-20 |
| Movie | Freedomland | Boyle | 2006-02-17 |
| Movie | Jam | Ted | 2006-04-01 |
| Movie | Hammerhead | Tom Reed | 2005-06-18 |
| Movie | Larva | Jacob Long | 2005-01-22 |
| 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 | Uncle Luke | 2003-09-22 |
| Movie | Blue Hill Avenue | Det. Torrance | 2003-09-19 |
| Movie | Coastlines | Fred Vance | 2002-01-15 |
| Movie | Hard Cash | Bo Young | 2002-02-15 |
| Series | John Doe | Digger | 2002-09-20 |
| Movie | City by the Sea | Spyder | 2002-09-06 |
| Movie | Outlaw | Ted Castle | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Camouflage | Alton Owens | 2001-01-09 |
| Series | UC: Undercover | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Movie | Luck of the Draw | Max Fenton | 2000-04-06 |
| Movie | Civility | Andrew LeBretian | 2000-10-08 |
| Movie | G-Men from Hell | Dean Crept | 2000-12-07 |
| 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 | The Last Marshal | DeClerc | 1999-10-02 |
| Movie | Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo | Det. Chuck Fowler | 1999-12-10 |
| Movie | Four Days | Milt | 1999-09-12 |
| 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 |
| Series | Cybill | Bruce | 1995-01-02 |
| Movie | Thriller Zone | Marcus Deerfield (segment "The Final Hour") | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Beyond Desire | Ray Patterson | 1995-07-13 |
| Movie | Palookaville | Sid Dunleavy | 1995-09-07 |
| Movie | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | Harry Russo | 1995-12-01 |
| Movie | The Immortals | Tim | 1995-10-05 |
| Movie | Virtuosity | William Cochran | 1995-08-04 |
| 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 | Stone Cold | Ice | 1991-05-17 |
| Movie | Out for Justice | Richie Madano | 1991-04-12 |
| 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 | 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 | Command 5 | Hawk | 1985-08-05 |
| Series | The Long Hot Summer | Isaac | 1985-10-06 |
| Movie | Savage Dawn | Pigiron | 1985-12-21 |
| 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 | Fame | Unknown | 1982-01-07 |
| Series | Tales of the Gold Monkey | Unknown | 1982-09-22 |
| 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 |