William Forsythe

William Forsythe

Known for
Acting
Born
June 7, 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, USA

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).

Known For

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Filmography

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A Christmas Cop poster

A Christmas Cop

Movie · as Captain Carol

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The Witching Hour

The Witching Hour

Movie · as Devlin Deeds

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Godshot

Godshot

Movie · as Kelly

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Rule of Three

Rule of Three

Movie · as Mitch

2026
The Roaring Game poster

The Roaring Game

Movie · as Coach

2026
A Crime Story poster

A Crime Story

Movie

2026
Straight Shot poster

Straight Shot

Movie · as Frank Senior

2025
Just Breathe poster

Just Breathe

Movie · as Tony

2024
9 Windows poster

9 Windows

Movie · as Det. Tim Boyle

2023
Open poster

Open

Movie · as Capt. Edgar J. Steadman

2021
God's Not Dead: We The People poster

God's Not Dead: We The People

Movie · as Senator Robert Benson

2021
Roe v. Wade poster

Roe v. Wade

Movie · as Justice Potter Stewart

2021
Ida Red poster

Ida Red

Movie · as Lawrence Twilley

2020
I Am Fear poster

I Am Fear

Movie · as Marco

2020
A Perfect Plan poster

A Perfect Plan

Movie · as Grayson

2019
Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union poster

Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union

Movie · as narrator

2019
Cold Pursuit poster

Cold Pursuit

Movie · as Brock 'Wingman' Coxman

2019
Run with the Hunted poster

Run with the Hunted

Movie · as Augustus

2019
Vault poster

Vault

Movie · as Buddy Providence

2019
Awake poster

Awake

Movie · as Roger Bower

2018
The Little Mermaid poster

The Little Mermaid

Movie

2018
Magnum P.I. poster

Magnum P.I.

TV · as Harry Brown · 2 eps

2017
Check Point poster

Check Point

Movie · as The Sheriff

2017
The Networker poster

The Networker

Movie · as Charles Mangano

2016
The Bronx Bull poster

The Bronx Bull

Movie · as Jake LaMotta

2016
The Midnight Man poster

The Midnight Man

Movie · as Fairbanks

2016
The Hollow poster

The Hollow

Movie · as Big John Dawson

2015
Road to Juarez poster

Road to Juarez

Movie · as Doug Hermann

2015
Laugh Killer Laugh poster

Laugh Killer Laugh

Movie · as Frank Stone

2015
Echoes of War poster

Echoes of War

Movie · as Randolph McCluskey

2015
Marvel's Daredevil poster

Marvel's Daredevil

TV · as Dutton · 1 ep

2015
The Man in the High Castle poster

The Man in the High Castle

TV · as J. Edgar Hoover · 7 eps

2014
Hidden in the Woods poster

Hidden in the Woods

Movie · as Uncle Costello

2014
Tom Holland's Twisted Tales poster

Tom Holland's Twisted Tales

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

2013
Infected poster

Infected

Movie · as Dr. Edward Dennehey

2013
The Ghost Club: Spirits Never Die poster

The Ghost Club: Spirits Never Die

Movie · as Stanley

2013
Tom Holland's Twisted Tales poster

Tom Holland's Twisted Tales

TV · as Mr. Smith · 1 ep

2012
Celluloid Bloodbath poster

Celluloid Bloodbath

Movie · as Self

2012
Loosies poster

Loosies

Movie · as Captain Tom Edwards

2012
The Mob Doctor poster

The Mob Doctor

TV · as Constantine Alexander · 13 eps

2011
Born to Ride poster

Born to Ride

Movie · as Jack Steele

2011
Inkubus poster

Inkubus

Movie · as Ret. Detective Gil Diamante

2011
L.A., I Hate You poster

L.A., I Hate You

Movie · as Uncle Rip

2011
Jesse poster

Jesse

Movie · as Vince the Godfather

2011
Underground Entertainment: The Movie poster

Underground Entertainment: The Movie

Movie · as Bill

2011
Slip and Fall poster

Slip and Fall

Movie · as Jerry

2010
The Rig poster

The Rig

Movie · as Jim Fleming

2010
Dear Mr. Gacy poster

Dear Mr. Gacy

Movie · as John Wayne Gacy

2010
Hawaii Five-0 poster

Hawaii Five-0

TV · as Harry Brown · 2 eps

2010
Justified poster

Justified

TV · as Michael · 1 ep

2010
Boardwalk Empire poster

Boardwalk Empire

TV · as Manny · 1 ep

2009
The Nail poster

The Nail

Movie · as Massimo

2009
Happy in the Valley poster

Happy in the Valley

Movie · as Stewart

2008
iMurders poster

iMurders

Movie · as Professor Uberoth

2008
Stiletto poster

Stiletto

Movie · as Alex

2008
Final Approach poster

Final Approach

Movie · as Silas Jansen

2008
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween poster

Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween

Movie · as Self

2008
The Mentalist poster

The Mentalist

TV · as Steve Rigsby · 2 eps

2007
Halloween poster

Halloween

Movie · as Ronnie White

2007
88 Minutes poster

88 Minutes

Movie · as FBI Special Agent Frank Parks

2007
Hack! poster

Hack!

Movie · as Willy

2007
Southern Gothic poster

Southern Gothic

Movie · as Pitt

2007
We All Scream for Ice Cream poster

We All Scream for Ice Cream

Movie · as Buster

2006
Freedomland poster

Freedomland

Movie · as Boyle

2006
Jam poster

Jam

Movie · as Ted

2006
Shark poster

Shark

TV · as Harry Russo · 1 ep

2005
The Devil's Rejects poster

The Devil's Rejects

Movie · as Sheriff John Quincy Wydel

2005
Hammerhead poster

Hammerhead

Movie · as Tom Reed

2005
Larva poster

Larva

Movie · as Jacob Long

2005
The L.A. Riot Spectacular poster

The L.A. Riot Spectacular

Movie · as George Holliday

2005
Masters of Horror poster

Masters of Horror

TV · 1 ep

2004
The Last Letter poster

The Last Letter

Movie · as Mr. Griffith

2004
The Librarians poster

The Librarians

Movie · as Simon

2004
Entourage poster

Entourage

TV · as Eddie Kapowski · 2 eps

2003
Blue Hill Avenue poster

Blue Hill Avenue

Movie · as Det. Torrance

2003
The Technical Writer poster

The Technical Writer

Movie · as Joe

2003
Las Vegas poster

Las Vegas

TV · as Uncle Luke · 2 eps

2002
Hard Cash poster

Hard Cash

Movie · as Bo Young

2002
Coastlines poster

Coastlines

Movie · as Fred Vance

2002
City by the Sea poster

City by the Sea

Movie · as Spyder

2002
John Doe poster

John Doe

TV · as Digger · 21 eps

2002
CSI: Miami poster

CSI: Miami

TV · as Captain Chris Sutter · 1 ep

2001
Camouflage poster

Camouflage

Movie · as Alton Owens

2001
Outlaw poster

Outlaw

Movie · as Ted Castle

2001
UC: Undercover poster

UC: Undercover

TV · 13 eps

2000
G-Men from Hell poster

G-Men from Hell

Movie · as Dean Crept

2000
Luck of the Draw poster

Luck of the Draw

Movie · as Max Fenton

2000
Civility poster

Civility

Movie · as Andrew LeBretian

1999
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo poster

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

Movie · as Det. Chuck Fowler

1999
Row Your Boat poster

Row Your Boat

Movie · as Gil Meadows

1999
Four Days poster

Four Days

Movie · as Milt

1999
Blue Streak poster

Blue Streak

Movie · as Detective Hardcastle

1999
The Last Marshal poster

The Last Marshal

Movie · as DeClerc

1999
Paradise Lost poster

Paradise Lost

Movie · as Mike Stark

1999
Soundman poster

Soundman

Movie · as Frank Rosenfeld

1999
18 Shades of Dust poster

18 Shades of Dust

Movie · as Tommy Cucci

1998
Firestorm poster

Firestorm

Movie · as Randall Shaye

1998
Hell's Kitchen poster

Hell's Kitchen

Movie · as Lou Reilly

1998
Dollar for the Dead poster

Dollar for the Dead

Movie · as Dooley

1998
Ambushed poster

Ambushed

Movie · as Mike Organski

1998
The Pass poster

The Pass

Movie · as Charles Duprey

1997
Big City Blues poster

Big City Blues

Movie · as Hudson

1997
First Time Felon poster

First Time Felon

Movie · as Sorley

1996
The Rock poster

The Rock

Movie · as Special Agent Ernest Paxton

1996
Gotti poster

Gotti

Movie · as Sammy Gravano

1996
Palookaville poster

Palookaville

Movie · as Sid Dunleavy

1996
For Which He Stands poster

For Which He Stands

Movie · as Johnny Rochetti

1996
The Substitute poster

The Substitute

Movie · as Hollan

1996
Peacock Blues poster

Peacock Blues

Movie

1995
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead poster

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

Movie · as Franchise

1995
Virtuosity poster

Virtuosity

Movie · as William Cochran

1995
The Immortals poster

The Immortals

Movie · as Tim

1995
Beyond Desire poster

Beyond Desire

Movie · as Ray Patterson

1995
Thriller Zone poster

Thriller Zone

Movie · as Marcus Deerfield (segment "The Final Hour")

1995
Cybill poster

Cybill

TV · as Bruce · 1 ep

1994
Direct Hit poster

Direct Hit

Movie · as John Hatch

1994
Lives in Hazard poster

Lives in Hazard

Movie · as Self

1993
Relentless 3 poster

Relentless 3

Movie · as Walter Hilderman

1993
A Kiss to Die For poster

A Kiss to Die For

Movie · as Detective Mike Stoller

1993
The Untouchables poster

The Untouchables

TV · as Al Capone · 42 eps

1992
American Me poster

American Me

Movie · as J.D.

1992
The Waterdance poster

The Waterdance

Movie · as Bloss

1992
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag poster

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

Movie · as Beaudeen

1992
Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story poster

Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story

Movie · as Terry Harper

1992
Cruel Doubt poster

Cruel Doubt

TV · as Police Chief John Crone · 2 eps

1991
Stone Cold poster

Stone Cold

Movie · as Ice

1991
Out for Justice poster

Out for Justice

Movie · as Richie Madano

1991
Career Opportunities poster

Career Opportunities

Movie · as Custodian

1990
Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes poster

Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes

Movie · as Self

1990
Dick Tracy poster

Dick Tracy

Movie · as Flattop

1990
Sons poster

Sons

Movie · as Mike

1990
Blind Faith poster

Blind Faith

TV · as Ferlin L'Heureux · 2 eps

1989
Dead Bang poster

Dead Bang

Movie · as Arthur Kressler

1989
Torrents of Spring poster

Torrents of Spring

Movie · as Prince Ippolito Polozov

1988
Patty Hearst poster

Patty Hearst

Movie · as Teko

1988
Baja Oklahoma poster

Baja Oklahoma

Movie · as Tommy Earl Browner

1987
Raising Arizona poster

Raising Arizona

Movie · as Evelle

1987
Extreme Prejudice poster

Extreme Prejudice

Movie · as Sgt. Buck Atwater

1987
Weeds poster

Weeds

Movie · as Burt the Booster

1985
Command 5 poster

Command 5

Movie · as Hawk

1985
The Lightship poster

The Lightship

Movie · as Gene

1985
Savage Dawn poster

Savage Dawn

Movie · as Pigiron

1985
The Long Hot Summer poster

The Long Hot Summer

TV · as Isaac · 2 eps

1984
Once Upon a Time in America poster

Once Upon a Time in America

Movie · as Cockeye

1984
Cloak & Dagger poster

Cloak & Dagger

Movie · as Morris

1983
The Man Who Wasn't There poster

The Man Who Wasn't There

Movie · as Pug Face Crusher

1982
T. J. Hooker poster

T. J. Hooker

TV · as Wounded Assailant · 1 ep

1982
Fame poster

Fame

TV · 1 ep

1982
Tales of the Gold Monkey poster

Tales of the Gold Monkey

TV · 2 eps

1981
Smokey Bites the Dust poster

Smokey Bites the Dust

Movie · as Kenny

1981
The Miracle of Kathy Miller poster

The Miracle of Kathy Miller

Movie · as Mark

1981
Hill Street Blues poster

Hill Street Blues

TV · 2 eps

1978
Long Shot poster

Long Shot

Movie · as Bille