Acting

William Forsythe

Born 1955-06-07 · 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).

Credits

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A Crime Story
2026
Straight Shot
as Frank Senior
2026
The Roaring Game
as Coach
2026
Just Breathe
as Tony
2025
9 Windows
as Det. Tim Boyle
2024
Open
as Capt. Edgar J. Steadman
2023
Ida Red
as Lawrence Twilley
2021
God's Not Dead: We The People
as Senator Robert Benson
2021
Roe v. Wade
as Justice Potter Stewart
2021
A Perfect Plan
as Grayson
2020
I Am Fear
as Marco
2020
Run with the Hunted
as Augustus
2019
Awake
as Roger Bower
2019
Vault
as Buddy Providence
2019
Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union
as narrator
2019
Cold Pursuit
as Brock 'Wingman' Coxman
2019
Magnum P.I.
as Harry Brown
2018
The Little Mermaid
2018
The Networker
as Charles Mangano
2017
Check Point
as The Sheriff
2017
Check Point
Producer
2017
The Hollow
as Big John Dawson
2016
The Bronx Bull
as Jake LaMotta
2016
The Midnight Man
as Fairbanks
2016
Echoes of War
as Randolph McCluskey
2015
Laugh Killer Laugh
as Frank Stone
2015
Road to Juarez
as Doug Hermann
2015
Marvel's Daredevil
as Dutton
2015
The Man in the High Castle
as J. Edgar Hoover
2015
Hidden in the Woods
as Uncle Costello
2014
Tom Holland's Twisted Tales
as Mr. Smith (segment "To Hell With You")
2014
Tom Holland's Twisted Tales
as Mr. Smith
2013
The Ghost Club: Spirits Never Die
as Stanley
2013
Infected
as Dr. Edward Dennehey
2013
Celluloid Bloodbath
as Self
2012
The Mob Doctor
as Constantine Alexander
2012
Loosies
as Captain Tom Edwards
2012
Inkubus
as Ret. Detective Gil Diamante
2011
Born to Ride
as Jack Steele
2011
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
as Bill
2011
L.A., I Hate You
as Uncle Rip
2011
Jesse
as Vince the Godfather
2011
Slip and Fall
as Jerry
2011
The Rig
as Jim Fleming
2010
Hawaii Five-0
as Harry Brown
2010
Boardwalk Empire
as Manny
2010
Dear Mr. Gacy
as John Wayne Gacy
2010
Justified
as Michael
2010
The Nail
as Massimo
2009
Happy in the Valley
as Stewart
2009
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
as Self
2008
The Mentalist
as Steve Rigsby
2008
iMurders
as Professor Uberoth
2008
Final Approach
as Silas Jansen
2008
Stiletto
as Alex
2008
Halloween
as Ronnie White
2007
Hack!
as Willy
2007
Southern Gothic
as Pitt
2007
88 Minutes
as FBI Special Agent Frank Parks
2007
We All Scream for Ice Cream
as Buster
2007
Shark
as Harry Russo
2006
Jam
as Ted
2006
Freedomland
as Boyle
2006
Masters of Horror
2005
The Devil's Rejects
as Sheriff John Quincy Wydel
2005
Hammerhead
as Tom Reed
2005
The L.A. Riot Spectacular
as George Holliday
2005
Larva
as Jacob Long
2005
The Librarians
as Simon
2004
The Librarians
Screenplay
2004
Entourage
as Eddie Kapowski
2004
The Last Letter
as Mr. Griffith
2004
The Last Letter
Executive Producer
2004
Las Vegas
as Uncle Luke
2003
Blue Hill Avenue
as Det. Torrance
2003
The Technical Writer
as Joe
2003
CSI: Miami
as Captain Chris Sutter
2002
John Doe
as Digger
2002
City by the Sea
as Spyder
2002
Hard Cash
as Bo Young
2002