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William Forsythe · PopcornQueue

William Forsythe

Actor

Born: June 7, 1955 (age 71) · Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, USA

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).

Known for

Once Upon a Time in America
May 23, 1984
The Rock
June 7, 1996
Cold Pursuit
February 7, 2019
Halloween
August 31, 2007
Raising Arizona
March 13, 1987
Blue Streak
September 17, 1999
The Devil's Rejects
July 22, 2005
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
December 10, 1999
88 Minutes
February 14, 2007
Dick Tracy
June 15, 1990
The Little Mermaid
August 2, 2018
Career Opportunities
March 29, 1991

Acting128

2026A Crime Story
2026Straight Shot as Frank Senior
2026The Roaring Game as Coach
2025Just Breathe as Tony
20249 Windows as Det. Tim Boyle
2023Open as Capt. Edgar J. Steadman
2021Ida Red as Lawrence Twilley
2021God's Not Dead: We The People as Senator Robert Benson
2021Roe v. Wade as Justice Potter Stewart
2020A Perfect Plan as Grayson

2020I Am Fear as Marco

2019Run with the Hunted as Augustus

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2019Awake as Roger Bower
2019Vault as Buddy Providence
2019Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union as narrator
2019Cold Pursuit as Brock 'Wingman' Coxman
2018The Little Mermaid
2017The Networker as Charles Mangano
2017Check Point as The Sheriff
2016The Hollow as Big John Dawson
2016The Bronx Bull as Jake LaMotta
2016The Midnight Man as Fairbanks
2015Echoes of War as Randolph McCluskey
2015Laugh Killer Laugh as Frank Stone
2015Road to Juarez as Doug Hermann
2014Hidden in the Woods as Uncle Costello
2014Tom Holland's Twisted Tales as Mr. Smith (segment "To Hell With You")
2013The Ghost Club: Spirits Never Die as Stanley
2013Infected as Dr. Edward Dennehey
2012Celluloid Bloodbath as Self
2012Loosies as Captain Tom Edwards
2011Inkubus as Ret. Detective Gil Diamante
2011Born to Ride as Jack Steele
2011Underground Entertainment: The Movie as Bill
2011L.A., I Hate You as Uncle Rip
2011Jesse as Vince the Godfather
2011Slip and Fall as Jerry
2010The Rig as Jim Fleming
2010Dear Mr. Gacy as John Wayne Gacy
2009The Nail as Massimo
2009Happy in the Valley as Stewart
2008Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
2008iMurders as Professor Uberoth
2008Final Approach as Silas Jansen
2008Stiletto as Alex
2007Halloween as Ronnie White
2007Hack! as Willy
2007Southern Gothic as Pitt
200788 Minutes as FBI Special Agent Frank Parks
2007We All Scream for Ice Cream as Buster
2006Jam as Ted
2006Freedomland as Boyle
2005The Devil's Rejects as Sheriff John Quincy Wydel
2005Hammerhead as Tom Reed
2005The L.A. Riot Spectacular as George Holliday
2005Larva as Jacob Long
2004The Librarians as Simon
2004The Last Letter as Mr. Griffith
2003Blue Hill Avenue as Det. Torrance
2003The Technical Writer as Joe
2002City by the Sea as Spyder
2002Hard Cash as Bo Young
2002Coastlines as Fred Vance
2001Camouflage as Alton Owens
2001Outlaw as Ted Castle
2000G-Men from Hell as Dean Crept
2000Civility as Andrew LeBretian
2000Luck of the Draw as Max Fenton
1999Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo as Det. Chuck Fowler
1999The Last Marshal as DeClerc
1999Blue Streak as Detective Hardcastle
1999Four Days as Milt
199918 Shades of Dust as Tommy Cucci
1999Paradise Lost as Mike Stark
1999Row Your Boat as Gil Meadows
1999Soundman as Frank Rosenfeld
1998Dollar for the Dead as Dooley
1998Hell's Kitchen as Lou Reilly
1998Ambushed as Mike Organski
1998The Pass as Charles Duprey
1998Firestorm as Randall Shaye
1997Big City Blues as Hudson
1997First Time Felon as Sorley
1996Palookaville as Sid Dunleavy
1996Gotti as Sammy Gravano
1996The Rock as Special Agent Ernest Paxton
1996For Which He Stands as Johnny Rochetti
1996The Substitute as Hollan
1996Peacock Blues
1995Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead as Franchise
1995The Immortals as Tim
1995Virtuosity as William Cochran
1995Beyond Desire as Ray Patterson
1995Thriller Zone as Marcus Deerfield (segment "The Final Hour")
1994Direct Hit as John Hatch
1994Lives in Hazard as Self
1993A Kiss to Die For as Detective Mike Stoller
1993Relentless 3 as Walter Hilderman
1992Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story as Terry Harper
1992The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag as Beaudeen
1992The Waterdance as Bloss
1992American Me as J.D.
1991Stone Cold as Ice
1991Out for Justice as Richie Madano
1991Career Opportunities as Custodian
1990Dick Tracy as Flattop
1990Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes as Self
1990Sons as Mike
1989Torrents of Spring as Prince Ippolito Polozov
1989Dead Bang as Arthur Kressler
1988Patty Hearst as Teko
1988Baja Oklahoma as Tommy Earl Browner
1987Weeds as Burt the Booster
1987Extreme Prejudice as Sgt. Buck Atwater
1987Raising Arizona as Evelle
1985Savage Dawn as Pigiron
1985The Lightship as Gene
1985Command 5 as Hawk
1984Cloak & Dagger as Morris
1984Once Upon a Time in America as Cockeye
1983The Man Who Wasn't There as Pug Face Crusher
1981The Miracle of Kathy Miller as Mark
1981Smokey Bites the Dust as Kenny
1978Long Shot as Bille
TBAA Christmas Cop as Captain Carol
TBAThe Witching Hour as Devlin Deeds
TBAGodshot as Kelly
TBARule of Three as Mitch

Behind the camera5

2017Check Point Producer
2004The Librarians Screenplay
2004The Last Letter Executive Producer
1995Beyond Desire Executive Producer
1959The Young Land Assistant Director