William Forsythe

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-06-07 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, USA

William Forsythe

Biography

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).

Acting

1984

Once Upon a Time in America

as Philip 'Cockeye' Stein

1987

2007

Halloween

as Ronnie White

2005

The Devil's Rejects

as Sheriff John Quincy Wydel

2007

88 Minutes

as FBI Special Agent Frank Parks

1999

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

as Det. Chuck Fowler

2007

Hack!

as Willy

1987

Extreme Prejudice

as Sgt. Buck Atwater

1989

Dead Bang

as Arthur Kressler

2002

Hard Cash

as Bo Young

1991

1995

Virtuosity

as William Cochran

1992

1996

The Rock

as Special Agent Ernest Paxton

2006

Freedomland

as Boyle

1998

Firestorm

as Randall Shaye

1983

The Man Who Wasn't There

as Pug Face Crusher

1995

2008

iMurders

as Professor Uberoth

1991

Out for Justice

as Richie Madano

1985

Command 5

as Hawk

1996

Gotti

as Sammy Gravano

2004

The Last Letter

as Mr. Griffith

1992

2008

Stiletto

as Alex

1989

Torrents of Spring

as Prince Ippolito Polozov

1995

Palookaville

as Sid Dunleavy

1998

Hell's Kitchen

as Lou Reilly

1994

Direct Hit

as John Hatch

2010

The Rig

as Jim Fleming

1999

Row Your Boat

as Gil Meadows

2008

Final Approach

as Silas Jansen

2003

Blue Hill Avenue

as Det. Torrance

1997

2005

Hammerhead

as Tom Reed

2009

The Nail

as Massimo

1998

1985

2011

Born to Ride

as Jack Steele

1988

2005

Larva

as Jacob Long

2001

Camouflage

as Alton Owens

2007

1985

Savage Dawn

as Pigiron

1995

Beyond Desire

as Ray Patterson

2011

Inkubus

as Ret. Detective Gil Diamante

2002

Coastlines

as Fred Vance

2011

L.A., I Hate You

as Uncle Rip

1993

Relentless 3

as Walter Hilderman

1996

For Which He Stands

as Johnny Rochetti

2013

Infected

as Dr. Edward Dennehey

1998

Ambushed

as Mike Organski

1998

The Pass

as Charles Duprey

2003

1993

A Kiss to Die For

as Detective Mike Stoller

2000

G-Men from Hell

as Dean Crept

1995

Thriller Zone

as Marcus Deerfield (segment "The Final Hour")

2016

The Bronx Bull

as Jake LaMotta

2023

Open

as Capt. Edgar J. Steadman

1996

2014

Hidden in the Woods

as Uncle Costello

1987

Weeds

as Burt the Booster

1999

Four Days

as Milt

2015

Road to Juarez

as Doug Hermann

1999

Blue Streak

as Detective Hardcastle

1999

2015

Laugh Killer Laugh

as Frank Stone

2014

Tom Holland's Twisted Tales

as Mr. Smith (segment "To Hell With You")

2015

Echoes of War

as Randolph McCluskey

1994

-

2005

The L.A. Riot Spectacular

as George Holliday

2016

The Midnight Man

as Fairbanks

1999

Paradise Lost

as Mike Stark

1999

Soundman

as Frank Rosenfeld

1984

2011

Jesse

as Vince the Godfather

1988

Baja Oklahoma

as Tommy Earl Browner

2016

The Hollow

as Big John Dawson

2009

2017

Check Point

as The Sheriff

2006

Jam

as Ted

2000

Luck of the Draw

as Max Fenton

2001

Outlaw

as Ted Castle

-

A Christmas Cop

as Captain Carol

1978

Long Shot

as Bille

2017

The Networker

as Charles Mangano

2002

1990

Dick Tracy

as Flattop

1990

Sons

as Mike

2012

Loosies

as Captain Tom Edwards

2019

Cold Pursuit

as Brock 'Wingman' Coxman

2020

I Am Fear

as Marco

2019

2019

Vault

as Buddy Providence

2019

Awake

as Roger Bower

2000

Civility

as Andrew LeBretian

1999

18 Shades of Dust

as Tommy Cucci

2010

Dear Mr. Gacy

as John Wayne Gacy

2020

A Perfect Plan

as Grayson

2011

2021

God's Not Dead: We The People

as Senator Robert Benson

2021

Roe v. Wade

as Justice Potter Stewart

2021

Ida Red

as Lawrence Twilley

1991

2024

9 Windows

as Det. Tim Boyle

1997

-

The Witching Hour

as Devlin Deeds

Production

1995

Beyond Desire

as Executive Producer

2004

The Last Letter

as Executive Producer

1959

The Young Land

as Assistant Director

2003

The Librarians

as Screenplay

2017

Check Point

as Producer

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