William Forsythe

ActorProducerWriterDirecting Jun 7 (age 70) Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, USA 1959–2026 (67 year career)

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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

Film

Once Upon a Time in America

Philip 'Cockeye' Stein

Film

The Rock

Special Agent Ernest Paxton

Film

Raising Arizona

Evelle

Film

The Devil's Rejects

Sheriff John Quincy Wydel

Film

Halloween

Ronnie White

Film

Blue Streak

Detective Hardcastle

Film

Cold Pursuit

Brock 'Wingman' Coxman

Film

Career Opportunities

Custodian

Filmography

Acting (153)

Movies (128)

Straight Shot

2026

as Frank Senior

The Roaring Game

2026

as Coach

Just Breathe

as Tony

9 Windows

as Det. Tim Boyle

Open

as Capt. Edgar J. Steadman

5.8

Roe v. Wade

2021

as Justice Potter Stewart

5.6

God's Not Dead: We The People

2021

as Senator Robert Benson

Ida Red

as Lawrence Twilley

A Perfect Plan

as Grayson

I Am Fear

as Marco

Cold Pursuit

as Brock 'Wingman' Coxman

Awake

as Roger Bower

Vault

as Buddy Providence

Run with the Hunted

as Augustus

Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union

2019

as narrator

The Little Mermaid

Check Point

as The Sheriff

The Networker

as Charles Mangano

The Hollow

as Big John Dawson

The Midnight Man

as Fairbanks

The Bronx Bull

as Jake LaMotta

Laugh Killer Laugh

as Frank Stone

Echoes of War

as Randolph McCluskey

Road to Juarez

as Doug Hermann

Hidden in the Woods

as Uncle Costello

Tom Holland's Twisted Tales

2014

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

4.4

The Ghost Club: Spirits Never Die

2013

as Stanley

1.7

Infected

2013

as Dr. Edward Dennehey

3.3

Loosies

2012

as Captain Tom Edwards

Celluloid Bloodbath

as Self

L.A., I Hate You

as Uncle Rip

Slip and Fall

as Jerry

Born to Ride

as Jack Steele

Jesse

as Vince the Godfather

1.5

Inkubus

2011

as Ret. Detective Gil Diamante

3.9

Underground Entertainment: The Movie

as Bill

The Rig

as Jim Fleming

Dear Mr. Gacy

as John Wayne Gacy

Happy in the Valley

as Stewart

The Nail

as Massimo

Stiletto

as Alex

Final Approach

as Silas Jansen

Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween

as Self

iMurders

as Professor Uberoth

Halloween

as Ronnie White

88 Minutes

as FBI Special Agent Frank Parks

5.8

Hack!

2007

as Willy

4.4

We All Scream for Ice Cream

as Buster

Southern Gothic

as Pitt

Jam

as Ted

Freedomland

as Boyle

The Devil's Rejects

as Sheriff John Quincy Wydel

Hammerhead

as Tom Reed

Larva

as Jacob Long

The L.A. Riot Spectacular

as George Holliday

The Librarians

as Simon

The Last Letter

as Mr. Griffith

The Technical Writer

as Joe

Blue Hill Avenue

as Det. Torrance

City by the Sea

as Spyder

Coastlines

as Fred Vance

Hard Cash

as Bo Young

Camouflage

as Alton Owens

Outlaw

as Ted Castle

Luck of the Draw

as Max Fenton

Civility

as Andrew LeBretian

G-Men from Hell

as Dean Crept

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

1999

as Det. Chuck Fowler

6.0

Blue Streak

1999

as Detective Hardcastle

The Last Marshal

as DeClerc

Soundman

as Frank Rosenfeld

Row Your Boat

as Gil Meadows

Four Days

as Milt

18 Shades of Dust

as Tommy Cucci

Paradise Lost

as Mike Stark

Ambushed

as Mike Organski

Hell's Kitchen

as Lou Reilly

Dollar for the Dead

as Dooley

The Pass

as Charles Duprey

Firestorm

as Randall Shaye

First Time Felon

as Sorley

Big City Blues

as Hudson

The Rock

as Special Agent Ernest Paxton

The Substitute

as Hollan

Gotti

as Sammy Gravano

Peacock Blues

For Which He Stands

as Johnny Rochetti

Virtuosity

as William Cochran

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

1995

as Franchise

6.4

Thriller Zone

1995

as Marcus Deerfield (segment "The Final Hour")

Palookaville

as Sid Dunleavy

The Immortals

as Tim

Beyond Desire

as Ray Patterson

Lives in Hazard

as Self

Direct Hit

as John Hatch

Relentless 3

as Walter Hilderman

A Kiss to Die For

as Detective Mike Stoller

American Me

as J.D.

The Waterdance

as Bloss

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag

1992

as Beaudeen

5.1

Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story

as Terry Harper

Out for Justice

as Richie Madano

Career Opportunities

as Custodian

Stone Cold

as Ice

Dick Tracy

as Flattop

Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes

1990

as Self

Sons

1990

as Mike

5.0

Torrents of Spring

1989

as Prince Ippolito Polozov

Dead Bang

as Arthur Kressler

Patty Hearst

as Teko

Baja Oklahoma

as Tommy Earl Browner

Raising Arizona

as Evelle

Extreme Prejudice

as Sgt. Buck Atwater

Weeds

as Burt the Booster

Savage Dawn

as Pigiron

Command 5

as Hawk

The Lightship

as Gene

Once Upon a Time in America

1984

as Philip 'Cockeye' Stein

8.4

Cloak & Dagger

1984

as Morris

6.3

The Man Who Wasn't There

1983

as Pug Face Crusher

4.1

The Miracle of Kathy Miller

1981

as Mark

8.3

Smokey Bites the Dust

1981

as Kenny

2.2

Long Shot

1978

as Bille

A Christmas Cop

as Captain Carol

Godshot

A Motel

The Witching Hour

as Devlin Deeds

Rule of Three

as Mitch

Television (25)

Magnum P.I.

as Harry Brown

Marvel's Daredevil

as Dutton

The Man in the High Castle

2015

as J. Edgar Hoover

7.5

Tom Holland's Twisted Tales

2013

as Mr. Smith

The Mob Doctor

2012

as Constantine Alexander

Hawaii Five-0

as Harry Brown

Boardwalk Empire

as Manny

Justified

as Michael

The Mentalist

as Steve Rigsby

Shark

as Harry Russo

Masters of Horror

Entourage

as Eddie Kapowski

Las Vegas

as Uncle Luke

CSI: Miami

as Captain Chris Sutter

John Doe

as Digger

UC: Undercover

Cybill

as Bruce

The Untouchables

as Al Capone

Cruel Doubt

as Police Chief John Crone

Blind Faith

as Ferlin L'Heureux

The Long Hot Summer

as Isaac

Fame

T. J. Hooker

as Wounded Assailant

Tales of the Gold Monkey

Hill Street Blues

Crew (5)

Movies (5)

Check Point

Producer

The Librarians

Screenplay

The Last Letter

Executive Producer

Beyond Desire

Executive Producer

The Young Land

Assistant Director