William Forsythe

Known for: Acting

Born: 1955-06-07 (age 71)

From: 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).

Filmography (153)

MOVIE
A Crime Story
2026
MOVIE
Straight Shot
2026
as Frank Senior
MOVIE
The Roaring Game
2026
as Coach
MOVIE★ 6.2
Just Breathe
2025
as Tony
MOVIE★ 4.9
9 Windows
2024
as Det. Tim Boyle
MOVIE★ 5.8
Open
2023
as Capt. Edgar J. Steadman
MOVIE★ 5.7
Ida Red
2021
as Lawrence Twilley
MOVIE★ 6.6
God's Not Dead: We The People
2021
as Senator Robert Benson
MOVIE★ 5.6
Roe v. Wade
2021
as Justice Potter Stewart
MOVIE★ 5.4
A Perfect Plan
2020
as Grayson
MOVIE★ 4.3
I Am Fear
2020
as Marco
MOVIE★ 4.6
Run with the Hunted
2019
as Augustus
MOVIE★ 5.4
Awake
2019
as Roger Bower
MOVIE★ 5.6
Vault
2019
as Buddy Providence
MOVIE
Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union
2019
as narrator
MOVIE★ 5.9
Cold Pursuit
2019
as Brock 'Wingman' Coxman
TV★ 7.6
Magnum P.I.
2018
as Harry Brown
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Little Mermaid
2018
MOVIE★ 4.0
The Networker
2017
as Charles Mangano
MOVIE★ 6.1
Check Point
2017
as The Sheriff
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Hollow
2016
as Big John Dawson
MOVIE★ 4.3
The Bronx Bull
2016
as Jake LaMotta
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Midnight Man
2016
as Fairbanks
MOVIE★ 6.0
Echoes of War
2015
as Randolph McCluskey
MOVIE★ 4.4
Laugh Killer Laugh
2015
as Frank Stone
MOVIE★ 3.5
Road to Juarez
2015
as Doug Hermann
TV★ 8.2
Marvel's Daredevil
2015
as Dutton
TV★ 7.5
The Man in the High Castle
2015
as J. Edgar Hoover
MOVIE★ 4.6
Hidden in the Woods
2014
as Uncle Costello
MOVIE★ 4.4
Tom Holland's Twisted Tales
2014
as Mr. Smith (segment "To Hell With You")
TV
Tom Holland's Twisted Tales
2013
as Mr. Smith
MOVIE★ 1.7
The Ghost Club: Spirits Never Die
2013
as Stanley
MOVIE★ 3.3
Infected
2013
as Dr. Edward Dennehey
MOVIE★ 4.4
Celluloid Bloodbath
2012
as Self
TV★ 6.9
The Mob Doctor
2012
as Constantine Alexander
MOVIE★ 5.7
Loosies
2012
as Captain Tom Edwards
MOVIE★ 3.9
Inkubus
2011
as Ret. Detective Gil Diamante
MOVIE★ 3.6
Born to Ride
2011
as Jack Steele
MOVIE★ 7.2
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011
as Bill
MOVIE★ 2.9
L.A., I Hate You
2011
as Uncle Rip
MOVIE★ 1.5
Jesse
2011
as Vince the Godfather
MOVIE★ 7.0
Slip and Fall
2011
as Jerry
MOVIE★ 3.3
The Rig
2010
as Jim Fleming
TV★ 7.7
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Harry Brown
TV★ 8.0
Boardwalk Empire
2010
as Manny
MOVIE★ 5.9
Dear Mr. Gacy
2010
as John Wayne Gacy
TV★ 8.0
Justified
2010
as Michael
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Nail
2009
as Massimo
MOVIE★ 3.6
Happy in the Valley
2009
as Stewart
MOVIE★ 7.0
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
2008
as Self
TV★ 8.4
The Mentalist
2008
as Steve Rigsby
MOVIE★ 3.4
iMurders
2008
as Professor Uberoth
MOVIE★ 5.1
Final Approach
2008
as Silas Jansen
MOVIE★ 4.7
Stiletto
2008
as Alex
MOVIE★ 6.2
Halloween
2007
as Ronnie White
MOVIE★ 4.5
Hack!
2007
as Willy
MOVIE★ 3.8
Southern Gothic
2007
as Pitt
MOVIE★ 5.8
88 Minutes
2007
as FBI Special Agent Frank Parks
MOVIE★ 5.0
We All Scream for Ice Cream
2007
as Buster
TV★ 6.7
Shark
2006
as Harry Russo
MOVIE★ 4.8
Jam
2006
as Ted
MOVIE★ 5.2
Freedomland
2006
as Boyle
TV★ 7.1
Masters of Horror
2005
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Devil's Rejects
2005
as Sheriff John Quincy Wydel
MOVIE★ 4.3
Hammerhead
2005
as Tom Reed
MOVIE★ 3.3
The L.A. Riot Spectacular
2005
as George Holliday
MOVIE★ 5.0
Larva
2005
as Jacob Long
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Librarians
2004
as Simon
TV★ 7.4
Entourage
2004
as Eddie Kapowski
MOVIE★ 3.0
The Last Letter
2004
as Mr. Griffith
TV★ 7.0
Las Vegas
2003
as Uncle Luke
MOVIE★ 6.8
Blue Hill Avenue
2003
as Det. Torrance
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Technical Writer
2003
as Joe
TV★ 7.7
CSI: Miami
2002
as Captain Chris Sutter
TV★ 7.3
John Doe
2002
as Digger
MOVIE★ 5.8
City by the Sea
2002
as Spyder
MOVIE★ 4.6
Hard Cash
2002
as Bo Young
MOVIE★ 5.2
Coastlines
2002
as Fred Vance
TV★ 6.7
UC: Undercover
2001
MOVIE★ 4.4
Camouflage
2001
as Alton Owens
MOVIE★ 5.3
Outlaw
2001
as Ted Castle
MOVIE★ 4.2
G-Men from Hell
2000
as Dean Crept
MOVIE★ 4.0
Civility
2000
as Andrew LeBretian
MOVIE★ 4.9
Luck of the Draw
2000
as Max Fenton
MOVIE★ 6.0
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
1999
as Det. Chuck Fowler
MOVIE★ 3.9
The Last Marshal
1999
as DeClerc
MOVIE★ 6.5
Blue Streak
1999
as Detective Hardcastle
MOVIE★ 4.8
Four Days
1999
as Milt
MOVIE★ 5.3
18 Shades of Dust
1999
as Tommy Cucci
MOVIE★ 3.9
Paradise Lost
1999
as Mike Stark
MOVIE★ 3.9
Row Your Boat
1999
as Gil Meadows
MOVIE★ 4.4
Soundman
1999
as Frank Rosenfeld
MOVIE★ 5.7
Dollar for the Dead
1998
as Dooley
MOVIE★ 5.1
Hell's Kitchen
1998
as Lou Reilly
MOVIE★ 5.1
Ambushed
1998
as Mike Organski
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Pass
1998
as Charles Duprey
MOVIE★ 5.2
Firestorm
1998
as Randall Shaye
MOVIE★ 4.6
Big City Blues
1997
as Hudson
MOVIE★ 6.8
First Time Felon
1997
as Sorley
MOVIE★ 5.9
Palookaville
1996
as Sid Dunleavy
MOVIE★ 6.5
Gotti
1996
as Sammy Gravano
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Rock
1996
as Special Agent Ernest Paxton
MOVIE★ 6.5
For Which He Stands
1996
as Johnny Rochetti
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Substitute
1996
as Hollan
MOVIE★ 9.0
Peacock Blues
1996
MOVIE★ 6.5
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995
as Franchise
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Immortals
1995
as Tim
MOVIE★ 5.5
Virtuosity
1995
as William Cochran
MOVIE★ 4.7
Beyond Desire
1995
as Ray Patterson
TV★ 5.9
Cybill
1995
as Bruce
MOVIE★ 6.3
Thriller Zone
1995
as Marcus Deerfield (segment "The Final Hour")
MOVIE★ 5.7
Direct Hit
1994
as John Hatch
MOVIE★ 8.5
Lives in Hazard
1994
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.6
A Kiss to Die For
1993
as Detective Mike Stoller
MOVIE★ 4.8
Relentless 3
1993
as Walter Hilderman
TV★ 7.5
The Untouchables
1993
as Al Capone
MOVIE★ 6.7
Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
1992
as Terry Harper
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992
as Beaudeen
TV★ 4.8
Cruel Doubt
1992
as Police Chief John Crone
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Waterdance
1992
as Bloss
MOVIE★ 7.4
American Me
1992
as J.D.
MOVIE★ 6.2
Stone Cold
1991
as Ice
MOVIE★ 6.2
Out for Justice
1991
as Richie Madano
MOVIE★ 6.9
Career Opportunities
1991
as Custodian
MOVIE★ 6.2
Dick Tracy
1990
as Flattop
MOVIE★ 7.0
Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes
1990
as Self
TV★ 6.4
Blind Faith
1990
as Ferlin L'Heureux
MOVIE★ 5.3
Sons
1990
as Mike
MOVIE★ 5.9
Torrents of Spring
1989
as Prince Ippolito Polozov
MOVIE★ 6.4
Dead Bang
1989
as Arthur Kressler
MOVIE★ 5.7
Patty Hearst
1988
as Teko
MOVIE★ 6.5
Baja Oklahoma
1988
as Tommy Earl Browner
MOVIE★ 5.4
Weeds
1987
as Burt the Booster
MOVIE★ 6.3
Extreme Prejudice
1987
as Sgt. Buck Atwater
MOVIE★ 7.1
Raising Arizona
1987
as Evelle
MOVIE★ 4.4
Savage Dawn
1985
as Pigiron
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Lightship
1985
as Gene
TV★ 5.5
The Long Hot Summer
1985
as Isaac
MOVIE★ 5.0
Command 5
1985
as Hawk
MOVIE★ 6.4
Cloak & Dagger
1984
as Morris
MOVIE★ 8.4
Once Upon a Time in America
1984
as Cockeye
MOVIE★ 4.3
The Man Who Wasn't There
1983
as Pug Face Crusher
TV★ 7.5
Tales of the Gold Monkey
1982
TV★ 6.5
T. J. Hooker
1982
as Wounded Assailant
TV★ 6.8
Fame
1982
MOVIE★ 8.5
The Miracle of Kathy Miller
1981
as Mark
MOVIE★ 2.8
Smokey Bites the Dust
1981
as Kenny
TV★ 7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
MOVIE★ 9.0
Long Shot
1978
as Bille
MOVIE
Godshot
—
MOVIE
A Christmas Cop
—
as Captain Carol
MOVIE★ 7.0
Rule of Three
—
as Mitch
MOVIE
The Witching Hour
—
as Devlin Deeds