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:
- 143
- 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 Witching Hour | Devlin Deeds | 2026 |
| Movie | A Motel | 2026 | |
| Movie | The Roaring Game | Unknown | 2026 |
| 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 | I Am Fear | Marco | 2020-03-03 |
| Movie | A Perfect Plan | Grayson | 2020-05-01 |
| Movie | Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union | narrator | 2019-04-29 |
| Movie | Vault | Buddy Providence | 2019-07-25 |
| Movie | Cold Pursuit | Brock 'Wingman' Coxman | 2019-02-07 |
| Movie | Awake | Roger Bower | 2019-08-01 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 | Blue Hill Avenue | Det. Torrance | 2003-09-19 |
| Movie | The Technical Writer | Joe | 2003-01-26 |
| Series | Las Vegas | Uncle Luke | 2003-09-22 |
| Movie | The Librarians | Simon | 2003-12-16 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Four Days | Milt | 1999-09-12 |
| Movie | Blue Streak | Detective Hardcastle | 1999-09-17 |
| Movie | Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo | Det. Chuck Fowler | 1999-12-10 |
| Movie | The Pass | Charles Duprey | 1998-05-07 |
| Movie | Firestorm | Randall Shaye | 1998-01-08 |
| Movie | Hell's Kitchen | Lou Reilly | 1998-09-11 |
| Movie | Ambushed | Mike Organski | 1998-06-20 |
| Movie | Dollar for the Dead | Dooley | 1998-10-11 |
| 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 | 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 | The Waterdance | Bloss | 1992-05-13 |
| Movie | American Me | J.D. | 1992-03-13 |
| Movie | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Beaudeen | 1992-08-21 |
| Movie | Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story | Terry Harper | 1992-11-08 |
| Movie | Out for Justice | Richie Madano | 1991-04-12 |
| Movie | Career Opportunities | Custodian | 1991-03-29 |
| 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 | Baja Oklahoma | Tommy Earl Browner | 1988-02-20 |
| Movie | Patty Hearst | Teko | 1988-09-23 |
| Movie | Extreme Prejudice | Sgt. Buck Atwater | 1987-04-24 |
| Movie | Raising Arizona | Evelle | 1987-03-13 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 |