William Petersen
Biography
William Louis Petersen is an American actor and producer, best known for playing Dr. Gilbert "Gil" Grissom on the hit CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Richard Chance in the film To Live and Die in L.A., and Will Graham in the film Manhunter. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Petersen attended Idaho State University on a football scholarship, where he first tried acting and immediately joined the drama department, before leaving to work in the Basque country as a Shakespearean actor. Peterson…
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Filmography
Acting (48)
Movies (34)
Three Short Plays by Tracy Letts
2021as Ted
Friedkin Uncut
2018as Self
CSI: Immortality
2015as Gil Grissom
100 Years of Wrigley Field
2014as Narrator
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
2012as Trucker
Detachment
2011as Mr. 'Sarge' Kepler
This Old Cub
2004as Himself
Blue Neon Night: Michael Connelly's Los Angeles
2004as Narrator
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
2003as Self
Haven
2001as Jackson Connolly
Inside 'Manhunter'
2001as Himself
Wrigley Field: Beyond the Ivy
2001as Narrator
The Skulls
2000as Ames Levritt
The Contender
2000as Jack Hathaway
The Staircase
1998as Joad
Gunshy
1998as Jake Bridges
Kiss the Sky
1998as Jess
The Rat Pack
1998as John F. Kennedy
12 Angry Men
1997as Juror 12
Fear
1996as Steve Walker
Mulholland Falls
1996as Jack Flynn
The Beast
1996as Whip Dalton
In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King
1995as Tony C.
Curaçao
1993as Stephen Guerin
Keep the Change
1992as Joe Starling
Passed Away
1992as Frank Scanlan
Hard Promises
1992as Joey
Young Guns II
1990as Patrick Floyd 'Pat' Garrett
Cousins
1989as Tom Hardy
Long Gone
1987as Stud Cantrell
Amazing Grace and Chuck
1987as Russell
Manhunter
1986as Will Graham
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985as Richard Chance
Thief
1981as Katz & Jammer Bartender
Television (14)
CSI: Vegas
2021as Gil Grissom
Manhattan
2014as Col. Emmett Darrow
Blue
2012as Mitch
Without a Trace
2002as Gil Grissom
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000as Gil Grissom
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000as Gil Grissom
The Directors
1999as Self
The Beast
1996as Whip Dalton
Late Show with David Letterman
1993as Self - Guest
Fallen Angels
1993as Georgie
Return to Lonesome Dove
1993as Captain Gideon Walker
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
1990as Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
Sacrée Soirée
1987as Self
The Twilight Zone
1985as (segment "Need to Know")
Crew (7)
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