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:
- 150
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Roaring Game
- Latest Project:
- Movie 9 Windows 2024-10-15
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Roaring Game | 2026 | |
| Movie | Just Breathe | Tony | 2026 |
| Movie | A Christmas Cop | Captain Carol | 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 | God's Not Dead: We The People | Senator Robert Benson | 2021-10-04 |
| Movie | Ida Red | Lawrence Twilley | 2021-11-05 |
| Movie | Roe v. Wade | Justice Potter Stewart | 2021-04-02 |
| Movie | Legacy of Lies | 2020-07-28 | |
| 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 | Awake | Roger Bower | 2019-08-01 |
| Movie | Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union | narrator | 2019-04-29 |
| Movie | Vault | Buddy Providence | 2019-07-25 |
| Movie | Run with the Hunted | Augustus | 2019-10-03 |
| Movie | The Little Mermaid | 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 Bronx Bull | Jake LaMotta | 2016-06-13 |
| Movie | The Midnight Man | Fairbanks | 2016-03-01 |
| Movie | Echoes of War | Randolph McCluskey | 2015-05-15 |
| Movie | Dance Rebels: A Story of Modern Dance | Himself | 2015-12-13 |
| Series | The Man in the High Castle | J. Edgar Hoover | 2015-01-15 |
| Movie | Laugh Killer Laugh | Frank Stone | 2015-04-25 |
| Movie | Road to Juarez | Doug Hermann | 2015-04-24 |
| Series | Marvel's Daredevil | Dutton | 2015-04-10 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Celluloid Bloodbath | Self | 2012-10-09 |
| Series | The Mob Doctor | Constantine Alexander | 2012-09-17 |
| Movie | Slip and Fall | Jerry | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Underground Entertainment: The Movie | Bill | 2011-06-06 |
| Movie | Jesse | Vince the Godfather | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Born to Ride | Jack Steele | 2011-06-26 |
| Movie | Inkubus | Ret. Detective Gil Diamante | 2011-10-28 |
| Movie | L.A., I Hate You | Uncle Rip | 2011-01-01 |
| Series | Justified | Michael | 2010-03-16 |
| Series | Hawaii Five-0 | Harry Brown | 2010-09-20 |
| Movie | The Rig | Jim Fleming | 2010-10-05 |
| Series | Boardwalk Empire | Manny | 2010-09-19 |
| Movie | Dear Mr. Gacy | John Wayne Gacy | 2010-05-10 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Mentalist | Steve Rigsby | 2008-09-23 |
| Movie | iMurders | Professor Uberoth | 2008-08-09 |
| Movie | Final Approach | Silas Jansen | 2008-05-24 |
| Movie | We All Scream for Ice Cream | Buster | 2007-01-12 |
| Movie | 88 Minutes | FBI Special Agent Frank Parks | 2007-02-14 |
| Movie | Hack! | Willy | 2007-07-20 |
| Movie | Southern Gothic | Pitt | 2007-04-28 |
| 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 |
| Series | Masters of Horror | Unknown | 2005-10-28 |
| Movie | Hammerhead | Tom Reed | 2005-06-18 |
| Movie | The Devil's Rejects | Sheriff John Quincy Wydel | 2005-07-22 |
| Movie | The L.A. Riot Spectacular | George Holliday | 2005-04-25 |
| Movie | The Last Letter | Mr. Griffith | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | The Librarians | Simon | 2004-12-09 |
| Movie | The Warriors of Beauty | 2003-05-17 | |
| Series | Las Vegas | Unknown | 2003-09-22 |
| Movie | The Technical Writer | Joe | 2003-01-26 |
| Movie | Coastlines | Fred Vance | 2002-01-15 |
| Movie | City by the Sea | Spyder | 2002-09-06 |
| Movie | Hard Cash | Bo Young | 2002-02-15 |
| Series | CSI: Miami | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
| Series | John Doe | Digger | 2002-09-20 |
| Movie | Camouflage | Alton Owens | 2001-01-09 |
| Series | UC: Undercover | 2001-09-30 | |
| Movie | Blue Hill Avenue | Det. Torrance | 2001-08-03 |
| Movie | Outlaw | Ted Castle | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Luck of the Draw | Max Fenton | 2000-04-06 |
| Movie | G-Men from Hell | Dean Crept | 2000-12-07 |
| Movie | Civility | Andrew LeBretian | 2000-04-01 |
| Movie | Soundman | Frank Rosenfeld | 1999-01-24 |
| Movie | Row Your Boat | Gil Meadows | 1999-04-18 |
| Movie | The Last Marshal | DeClerc | 1999-10-02 |
| Movie | Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo | Det. Chuck Fowler | 1999-12-10 |
| Movie | Blue Streak | Detective Hardcastle | 1999-09-17 |
| Movie | Four Days | Milt | 1999-09-12 |
| Movie | Paradise Lost | Mike Stark | 1999-07-20 |
| Movie | 18 Shades of Dust | Tommy Cucci | 1999-09-01 |
| 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 | Hell's Kitchen | Lou Reilly | 1998-09-11 |
| Movie | Ambushed | Mike Organski | 1998-06-20 |
| Movie | First Time Felon | Sorley | 1997-09-06 |
| Movie | Big City Blues | Hudson | 1997-10-01 |
| Movie | Peacock Blues | 1996-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Substitute | Hollan | 1996-04-19 |
| Movie | Gotti | Sammy Gravano | 1996-08-17 |
| Movie | The Rock | Special Agent Ernest Paxton | 1996-06-07 |
| Movie | For Which He Stands | Johnny Rochetti | 1996-05-17 |
| Movie | Thriller Zone | Marcus Deerfield (segment "The Final Hour") | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | The Immortals | Tim | 1995-10-05 |
| Movie | Virtuosity | William Cochran | 1995-08-04 |
| Movie | Beyond Desire | Ray Patterson | 1995-07-13 |
| Movie | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | Franchise | 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 |
| Movie | Relentless 3 | Walter Hilderman | 1993-08-18 |
| Movie | A Kiss to Die For | Detective Mike Stoller | 1993-12-06 |
| Series | The Untouchables | Al Capone | 1993-01-11 |
| Movie | Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story | Terry Harper | 1992-11-08 |
| Movie | American Me | J.D. | 1992-03-13 |
| Series | Cruel Doubt | Police Chief John Crone | 1992-05-17 |
| Movie | The Waterdance | Bloss | 1992-05-13 |
| Movie | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Beaudeen | 1992-08-21 |
| Movie | Stone Cold | Ice | 1991-05-17 |
| Movie | Out for Justice | Richie Madano | 1991-04-12 |
| Movie | Career Opportunities | Custodian | 1991-03-29 |
| Movie | Dick Tracy | Flattop | 1990-04-05 |
| Movie | Sons | Mike | 1990-01-01 |
| Series | Blind Faith | Ferlin L'Heureux | 1990-02-11 |
| 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 | 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 | Fame | Unknown | 1982-01-07 |
| Series | T. J. Hooker | Wounded Assailant | 1982-03-13 |
| Series | Tales of the Gold Monkey | Unknown | 1982-09-22 |
| Movie | The Miracle of Kathy Miller | Mark | 1981-10-05 |
| Movie | Smokey Bites the Dust | Kenny | 1981-10-01 |
| Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
| Movie | Coach | Audience Member | 1978-03-17 |
| Movie | Long Shot | Bille | 1978-11-17 |