William Forsythe (actor)

The name of the pictureThe name of the pictureThe name of the pictureClash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP

This article is about the actor. For the choreographer, see William Forsythe (dancer).








William Forsythe

Forsythe.jpg
Forsythe signing autographs at the 2007 Dingus Convention

Born
(1955-06-07) June 7, 1955 (age 63)

Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

OccupationActor
Years active1978–present

William Forsythe (born June 7, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of various gangsters and tough guys in films such as Raising Arizona, Once Upon a Time in America, Stone Cold, Out For Justice, Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead, Dick Tracy, The Rock, American Me and The Devil's Rejects. He also played recurring characters in the series Boardwalk Empire, Justified, and John Doe.




Contents





  • 1 Career


  • 2 Filmography

    • 2.1 Films


    • 2.2 Television



  • 3 References


  • 4 External links




Career


Forsythe portrayed serial killer John Wayne Gacy in Dear Mr. Gacy, a film adaptation of The Last Victim, the memoirs of Jason Moss, a college student who corresponded with Gacy his last year on death row. The film was released in 2010.[1]


He started out in a couple of minor film roles and guest appearance's in high-rated TV shows including CHiPs (1977), Hill Street Blues (1981) and T. J. Hooker (1982). He appeared in Once Upon a Time in America (1984), co-starred with John Goodman in Raising Arizona (1987) and as a renegade soldier in Extreme Prejudice.


Forsythe also portrayed comic book villain "Flattop" in Dick Tracy (1990), co-starred with Steven Seagal in Out for Justice (1991) and appeared with Brian Bosworth in the biker action film Stone Cold (1991). He portrayed Al Capone in the short-lived '90s revival of the classic '60s crime show, The Untouchables (1993), and also starred in The Waterdance (1992), the film noir Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995), as real-life mobster Sammy Gravano, aka "The Bull", in Gotti (1996) and supporting another ex-NFL player's foray into film acting, when L.A. Raider Howie Long debuted in Firestorm (1998).



Filmography



Films




  • Long Shot (1978) as Bille


  • King of the Mountain (1981) as Big Tom


  • Smokey Bites the Dust (As 'Bill Forsythe', 1981) as Kenny


  • The Man Who Wasn't There (1983) as Pug Face Crusher


  • Once Upon a Time in America (1984) as Philip 'Cockeye' Stein


  • Cloak & Dagger (1984) as Morris


  • The Lightship (1985) as Gene


  • Savage Dawn (1985) as Pigiron


  • Raising Arizona (1987) as Evelle


  • Extreme Prejudice (1987) as Sgt. Buck Atwater


  • Weeds (1987) as Burt the Booster


  • Patty Hearst (1988) as Teko


  • Dead Bang (1989) as Arthur Kressler


  • Torrents of Spring (1989) as Prince Ippolito Polozov


  • Sons (1990) as Mikey


  • Dick Tracy (1990) as Flattop


  • Career Opportunities (1991) as Custodian


  • Out for Justice (1991) as Richie Madano


  • Stone Cold (1991) as Ice


  • The Waterdance (1992) as Bloss


  • American Me (1992) as JD


  • The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992) as William 'Billy' Beaudeen


  • Relentless 3 (1993) as Walter Hilderman


  • Direct Hit (1994) as Hatch


  • Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995) as Franchise


  • Beyond Desire (1995) as Ray Patterson


  • Virtuosity (1995) as William Cochran


  • Palookaville (1995) as Sid Dunleavy


  • The Immortals (1995) as Tim James


  • The Substitute (1996) as Hollan


  • For Which He Stands (1996) as Johnny Rochetti


  • The Rock (1996) as Ernest Paxton


  • Rule of Three (1997) as Mitch


  • Big City Blues (1997) as Hudson


  • Firestorm (1998) as Shaye


  • The Pass (1998) as Charles Duprey


  • Ambushed (1998) as Mike Organski


  • Soundman (1998) as Frank Rosenfeld


  • Hell's Kitchen (1998) as Lou


  • Row Your Boat (1999) as Gil Meadows


  • The Last Marshal (1999) as DeClerc


  • Four Days (1999) as Milt


  • Blue Streak (1999) as Detective Hardcastle


  • Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) as Detective Chuck Fowler


  • 18 Shades of Dust (1999) as Tommy Cucci


  • Paradise Lost (1999) as Mike Stark


  • Civility (2000) as Andrew LeBretian


  • Luck of the Draw (2000) as Max Fenton


  • G-Men from Hell (2000) as Dean Crept


  • Camouflage (2001) as Alton Owens


  • Blue Hill Avenue (2001) as Det. Torrance


  • Outlaw (2001) as Ted Castle


  • Coastlines (2002) as Fred Vance


  • Hard Cash (2002) as Bo Young


  • City by the Sea (2002) as Spyder


  • The Technical Writer (2003) as Joe


  • The Librarians (2003) as Simon


  • The Last Letter (2004) as Mr. Griffith


  • The L.A. Riot Spectacular (2005) as George Holliday


  • The Devil's Rejects (2005) as Sheriff John Wydell


  • Freedomland (2006) as Boyle


  • Jam (2006) as Ted


  • 88 Minutes (2007) as Frank Parks


  • Southern Gothic (2007) as Pitt


  • Hack! (2007) as Willy


  • Halloween (2007) as Ronnie White


  • Stiletto (2008) as Alex


  • iMurders (2008)[2] as Professor Uberoth


  • The Nail: The Story of Joey Nardone (2009) as Massimo


  • Happy in the Valley (2009) as Stewart


  • Dear Mr. Gacy (2010) as John Wayne Gacy


  • The Rig (2010) as Jim Fleming


  • Jesse (2011) as Vince the Godfather


  • L.A., I Hate You (2011) as Uncle Rip


  • Born to Ride (2011) as Jack Steele


  • Slip & Fall (2011) as Jerry


  • Inkubus (2011) as Ret. Detective Gil Diamante


  • Loosies (2011) as Captain Tom Edwards


  • Infected (2011) as Dr. Dennehey


  • The Ghost Club: Spirits Never Die (2013) as Stanley


  • Tom Holland's Twisted Tales (2014) as Mr. Smith (segment "To Hell With You")


  • Hidden in the Woods (2014) as Uncle Costello


  • Echoes of War (2015) as Randolph McCluskey


  • Road to Juarez (2015) as Doug Hermann


  • Laugh Killer Laugh (2015) as Frank Stone


  • The Networker (2015) as Charles Mangano


  • The Midnight Man (2016) as Fairbanks


  • The Bronx Bull (2016) as Jake LaMotta


  • The Hollow (2016) as Big John Dawson


  • Check Point (2017) as The Sheriff


  • The Little Mermaid (2018)


  • Vault (2018) as Buddy Providence


  • Cold Pursuit (2019)


  • Roe v. Wade (2019)



Television




  • The Miracle of Kathy Miller (1981) as Mark


  • CHiPs (1982) as Thrasher


  • Hill Street Blues (1983) as Richie


  • Baja Oklahoma (1988) as Tommy Earl Browner


  • Blind Faith (1990) as Ferlin L'Heureux


  • Cruel Doubt (1992) as Police Chief John Crone


  • Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story (1992) as Terry Harper


  • The Untouchables (1993-1994) as Al Capone


  • Gotti (1996) as Sammy Gravano


  • First Time Felon (1997) as Sorley


  • Dollar for the Dead (1998) as Dooley


  • Dead Man's Gun (1999) as Harlan Riddle


  • John Doe (2002) as Digger


  • Larva (2005) as Jacob Long


  • Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy (2005)


  • Shark (2006-2008) as Harry Russo


  • Final Approach (2007) as Silas Jansen


  • Boardwalk Empire (2011-2013) as Manny Horvitz


  • The Mentalist (2011-2012) as Steve Rigsby


  • Mob Doctor (2012-2013) as Constantine Alexander


  • Twisted Tales (2013) as Mr. Smith


  • Justified (2014) as Michael


  • Hawaii Five-0 (2015-2017) as Harry Brown


  • Marvel's Daredevil (2016) as Dutton


  • The Making of the Mob: Chicago (2016) as Himself


  • Chicago Justice (2017) as David Zachariah


  • Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2017) as Oleg Antakov / Ripper of Riga


  • The Man in the High Castle (2018) as ARBI Director J. Edgar Hoover



References




  1. ^ "Dear Mr. Gacy Teaser, Clip, and Q&A with William Forsythe"..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ iMURDERS (DVD Review)




External links





  • William Forsythe on IMDb






-

Popular posts from this blog

用户:Ww71338ww/绘画

Image
Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP 你好～！欢迎来到萌娘百科！ 如果您是第一次来到这里，点这里加入萌娘百科! 欢迎具有翻译能力的同学～有意者请点→Category:需要翻译的条目← 如果您在萌娘百科上发现某些内容 错误/空缺 ，请 勇于 修正/添加！ 编辑萌娘百科其实很容易！ 觉得萌娘百科有趣的话，请推荐给朋友哦...
Read more

自由群

Image
Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP 由兩個元素a, b 生成的自由群的凱萊圖 在數學中，一個群 Gdisplaystyle G 被稱作 自由群 ，如果存在 Gdisplaystyle G 的子集 Sdisplaystyle S 使得 Gdisplaystyle G 的任何元素都能唯一地表成由 Sdisplaystyle S 中元素及其逆元組成之乘積（在此不論平庸的表法，例如 st−1=su−1ut−1displaystyle st^-1=su^-1ut^-1 之類）；此時也稱 Gdisplaystyle G 為集合 Sdisplaystyle S 上的 自由群 ，其群...
Read more

卑爾根

Image
Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP 卑尔根 Bergen 城市 Kommune av Bergen 旗幟 徽章 卑爾根在霍达兰郡的位置 卑尔根 卑爾根在挪威的位置 坐标： 60°22′N 05°24′E  /  60.367°N 5.400°E  / 60.367; 5.400 坐标： 60°22′N 05°24′E  /  60.367°N 5.400°E  / 60.367; 5.400 國家   挪威 郡 霍达兰郡 建立 1070年之前 政府  • 市長 Marita Moltu （KrF） 面积  • 城市 464.71 平方公里（179.43 平方英里）  • 陸地...
Read more