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:
- 149
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Just Breathe
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Roaring Game 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Roaring Game | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Just Breathe | Tony | 2026 |
| Movie | A Christmas Cop | Captain Carol | 2026 |
| Movie | 9 Windows | Det. Tim Boyle | 2024-10-15 |
| Movie | Due Justice | Unknown | 2023-11-24 |
| Movie | Open | Capt. Edgar J. Steadman | 2023-11-03 |
| Movie | Roe v. Wade | Justice Potter Stewart | 2021-04-02 |
| Movie | Ida Red | Lawrence Twilley | 2021-11-05 |
| 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 | Legacy of Lies | 2020-07-28 | |
| Movie | Cold Pursuit | Brock 'Wingman' Coxman | 2019-02-07 |
| Movie | Run with the Hunted | Augustus | 2019-10-03 |
| Movie | Vault | Buddy Providence | 2019-07-25 |
| Movie | Awake | Roger Bower | 2019-08-01 |
| Movie | Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union | narrator | 2019-04-29 |
| Movie | The Little Mermaid | 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 Hollow | Big John Dawson | 2016-10-07 |
| Movie | The Midnight Man | Fairbanks | 2016-03-01 |
| Movie | The Bronx Bull | Jake LaMotta | 2016-06-13 |
| Series | The Man in the High Castle | J. Edgar Hoover | 2015-01-15 |
| Movie | Dance Rebels: A Story of Modern Dance | Himself | 2015-12-13 |
| Series | Marvel's Daredevil | Dutton | 2015-04-10 |
| 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 | The Ghost Club: Spirits Never Die | Stanley | 2013-10-31 |
| Movie | Infected | Dr. Edward Dennehey | 2013-04-09 |
| Series | The Mob Doctor | Constantine Alexander | 2012-09-17 |
| Movie | Celluloid Bloodbath | Self | 2012-10-09 |
| Movie | Loosies | Captain Tom Edwards | 2012-02-01 |
| Movie | Slip and Fall | Jerry | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | L.A., I Hate You | Uncle Rip | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Born to Ride | Jack Steele | 2011-06-26 |
| Movie | Underground Entertainment: The Movie | Bill | 2011-06-06 |
| Movie | Inkubus | Ret. Detective Gil Diamante | 2011-10-28 |
| Movie | Jesse | Vince the Godfather | 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 |
| Movie | Dear Mr. Gacy | John Wayne Gacy | 2010-05-10 |
| Movie | Happy in the Valley | Stewart | 2009-01-01 |
| Movie | The Nail | Massimo | 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 | 88 Minutes | FBI Special Agent Frank Parks | 2007-02-14 |
| Movie | We All Scream for Ice Cream | Buster | 2007-01-12 |
| 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 |
| Series | Shark | Unknown | 2006-09-21 |
| Movie | Jam | Ted | 2006-04-01 |
| Movie | The L.A. Riot Spectacular | George Holliday | 2005-04-25 |
| Movie | Larva | Jacob Long | 2005-01-22 |
| Movie | The Devil's Rejects | Sheriff John Quincy Wydel | 2005-07-22 |
| Movie | Hammerhead | Tom Reed | 2005-06-18 |
| 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 Warriors of Beauty | 2003-05-17 | |
| 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 |
| Series | John Doe | Digger | 2002-09-20 |
| Movie | City by the Sea | Spyder | 2002-09-06 |
| Series | CSI: Miami | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
| Movie | Outlaw | Ted Castle | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Camouflage | Alton Owens | 2001-01-09 |
| Series | UC: Undercover | 2001-09-30 | |
| Movie | Blue Hill Avenue | Det. Torrance | 2001-08-03 |
| Movie | Luck of the Draw | Max Fenton | 2000-04-06 |
| Movie | Civility | Andrew LeBretian | 2000-04-01 |
| Movie | G-Men from Hell | Dean Crept | 2000-12-07 |
| Movie | Row Your Boat | Gil Meadows | 1999-04-18 |
| Movie | Soundman | Frank Rosenfeld | 1999-01-24 |
| Movie | Paradise Lost | Mike Stark | 1999-07-20 |
| Movie | The Last Marshal | DeClerc | 1999-10-02 |
| Movie | Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo | Det. Chuck Fowler | 1999-12-10 |
| Movie | 18 Shades of Dust | Tommy Cucci | 1999-09-01 |
| Movie | Blue Streak | Detective Hardcastle | 1999-09-17 |
| Movie | Four Days | Milt | 1999-09-12 |
| Movie | Firestorm | Randall Shaye | 1998-01-08 |
| Movie | Ambushed | Mike Organski | 1998-06-20 |
| Movie | Dollar for the Dead | Dooley | 1998-10-11 |
| Movie | The Pass | Charles Duprey | 1998-05-07 |
| 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 | Peacock Blues | 1996-01-01 | |
| Movie | For Which He Stands | Johnny Rochetti | 1996-05-17 |
| Movie | Gotti | Sammy Gravano | 1996-08-17 |
| Movie | The Substitute | Hollan | 1996-04-19 |
| Movie | The Rock | Special Agent Ernest Paxton | 1996-06-07 |
| Movie | Thriller Zone | Marcus Deerfield (segment "The Final Hour") | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Beyond Desire | Ray Patterson | 1995-07-13 |
| Movie | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | Unknown | 1995-12-01 |
| Movie | Virtuosity | William Cochran | 1995-08-04 |
| Movie | The Immortals | Tim | 1995-10-05 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Untouchables | Al Capone | 1993-01-11 |
| Movie | A Kiss to Die For | Detective Mike Stoller | 1993-12-06 |
| Movie | Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story | Terry Harper | 1992-11-08 |
| Movie | American Me | J.D. | 1992-03-13 |
| Movie | The Waterdance | Bloss | 1992-05-13 |
| Movie | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Beaudeen | 1992-08-21 |
| Series | Cruel Doubt | Police Chief John Crone | 1992-05-17 |
| Movie | Stone Cold | Ice | 1991-05-17 |
| Movie | Career Opportunities | Custodian | 1991-03-29 |
| Movie | Out for Justice | Richie Madano | 1991-04-12 |
| Movie | Sons | Mike | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes | Self | 1990-06-13 |
| Series | Blind Faith | Ferlin L'Heureux | 1990-02-11 |
| Movie | Dick Tracy | Flattop | 1990-04-05 |
| 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 | Extreme Prejudice | Sgt. Buck Atwater | 1987-04-24 |
| Movie | Raising Arizona | Evelle | 1987-03-13 |
| Movie | Weeds | Burt the Booster | 1987-10-16 |
| Movie | Savage Dawn | Pigiron | 1986-05-22 |
| Series | The Long Hot Summer | Isaac | 1985-10-06 |
| Movie | The Lightship | Gene | 1985-12-14 |
| Movie | Command 5 | Hawk | 1985-08-05 |
| Movie | Cloak & Dagger | Morris | 1984-06-01 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time in America | Philip 'Cockeye' Stein | 1984-05-23 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Miracle of Kathy Miller | Mark | 1981-10-05 |
| Series | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | 1981-01-15 |
| Movie | Smokey Bites the Dust | Kenny | 1981-10-01 |
| Movie | Long Shot | Bille | 1978-11-17 |
| Movie | Coach | Audience Member | 1978-03-17 |