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 A Christmas Cop
- Latest Project:
- Movie Just Breathe 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Just Breathe | Tony | 2026 |
| Movie | The Roaring Game | Unknown | 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 | 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 | 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 | Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union | narrator | 2019-04-29 |
| Movie | Vault | Buddy Providence | 2019-07-25 |
| Movie | Awake | Roger Bower | 2019-08-01 |
| Series | Magnum P.I. | Harry Brown | 2018-09-24 |
| Movie | The Little Mermaid | Unknown | 2018-08-02 |
| 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 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 |
| Series | Marvel's Daredevil | Dutton | 2015-04-10 |
| Movie | Echoes of War | Randolph McCluskey | 2015-05-15 |
| Movie | Dance Rebels: A Story of Modern Dance | Himself | 2015-12-13 |
| Movie | Laugh Killer Laugh | Frank Stone | 2015-04-25 |
| Movie | Road to Juarez | Doug Hermann | 2015-04-24 |
| Movie | Hidden in the Woods | Uncle Costello | 2014-12-12 |
| Movie | Tom Holland's Twisted Tales | Mr. Smith (segment "To Hell With You") | 2014-04-01 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Mob Doctor | Constantine Alexander | 2012-09-17 |
| Movie | Celluloid Bloodbath | Self | 2012-10-09 |
| Movie | Slip and Fall | Jerry | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | L.A., I Hate You | Uncle Rip | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Inkubus | Ret. Detective Gil Diamante | 2011-10-28 |
| Movie | Jesse | Vince the Godfather | 2011-01-01 |
| Movie | Born to Ride | Jack Steele | 2011-06-26 |
| Movie | Underground Entertainment: The Movie | Bill | 2011-06-06 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Final Approach | Silas Jansen | 2008-05-24 |
| Movie | iMurders | Professor Uberoth | 2008-08-09 |
| Series | The Mentalist | Steve Rigsby | 2008-09-23 |
| Movie | We All Scream for Ice Cream | Buster | 2007-01-12 |
| Movie | 88 Minutes | FBI Special Agent Frank Parks | 2007-02-14 |
| Movie | Southern Gothic | Pitt | 2007-04-28 |
| Movie | Halloween | Ronnie White | 2007-08-31 |
| Movie | Hack! | Willy | 2007-07-20 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Hammerhead | Tom Reed | 2005-06-18 |
| Movie | The Librarians | Simon | 2004-12-09 |
| Movie | The Last Letter | Mr. Griffith | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | The Technical Writer | Joe | 2003-01-26 |
| Series | Las Vegas | Unknown | 2003-09-22 |
| Movie | The Warriors of Beauty | 2003-05-17 | |
| Movie | Coastlines | Fred Vance | 2002-01-15 |
| Movie | Hard Cash | Bo Young | 2002-02-15 |
| Series | CSI: Miami | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
| Movie | City by the Sea | Spyder | 2002-09-06 |
| Series | John Doe | Digger | 2002-09-20 |
| Movie | Outlaw | Ted Castle | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Blue Hill Avenue | Det. Torrance | 2001-08-03 |
| Movie | Camouflage | Alton Owens | 2001-01-09 |
| Series | UC: Undercover | 2001-09-30 | |
| Movie | Civility | Andrew LeBretian | 2000-04-01 |
| Movie | G-Men from Hell | Dean Crept | 2000-12-07 |
| Movie | Luck of the Draw | Max Fenton | 2000-04-06 |
| Movie | Row Your Boat | Gil Meadows | 1999-04-18 |
| Movie | Paradise Lost | Mike Stark | 1999-07-20 |
| Movie | Soundman | Frank Rosenfeld | 1999-01-24 |
| Movie | Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo | Det. Chuck Fowler | 1999-12-10 |
| Movie | The Last Marshal | DeClerc | 1999-10-02 |
| 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 | 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 | Peacock Blues | 1996-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Substitute | Hollan | 1996-04-19 |
| Movie | For Which He Stands | Johnny Rochetti | 1996-05-17 |
| Movie | Gotti | Sammy Gravano | 1996-08-17 |
| 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 | Palookaville | Sid Dunleavy | 1995-09-07 |
| Movie | The Immortals | Tim | 1995-10-05 |
| Movie | Direct Hit | John Hatch | 1994-12-14 |
| Movie | Lives in Hazard | Self | 1994-04-08 |
| Series | The Untouchables | Al Capone | 1993-01-11 |
| Movie | A Kiss to Die For | Detective Mike Stoller | 1993-12-06 |
| Movie | Relentless 3 | Walter Hilderman | 1993-08-18 |
| Movie | Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story | Terry Harper | 1992-11-08 |
| Movie | The Waterdance | Bloss | 1992-05-13 |
| Movie | American Me | J.D. | 1992-03-13 |
| Series | Cruel Doubt | Police Chief John Crone | 1992-05-17 |
| Movie | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Beaudeen | 1992-08-21 |
| Movie | Career Opportunities | Custodian | 1991-03-29 |
| Movie | Out for Justice | Richie Madano | 1991-04-12 |
| Movie | Stone Cold | Ice | 1991-05-17 |
| Movie | Sons | Mike | 1990-01-01 |
| Movie | Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes | Self | 1990-06-13 |
| Movie | Dick Tracy | Flattop | 1990-04-05 |
| Series | Blind Faith | Ferlin L'Heureux | 1990-02-11 |
| Movie | Torrents of Spring | Prince Ippolito Polozov | 1989-10-21 |
| Movie | Dead Bang | Arthur Kressler | 1989-03-24 |
| Movie | Patty Hearst | Teko | 1988-09-23 |
| Movie | Baja Oklahoma | Tommy Earl Browner | 1988-02-20 |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | Fame | Unknown | 1982-01-07 |
| Series | Tales of the Gold Monkey | Unknown | 1982-09-22 |
| Series | T. J. Hooker | Wounded Assailant | 1982-03-13 |
| 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 | Coach | Audience Member | 1978-03-17 |
| Movie | Long Shot | Bille | 1978-11-17 |