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

The Mentalist
2011
Hawaii Five-0
2015
CSI: Miami
2010
Las Vegas
2007
Entourage
2007
Magnum P.I.
2019
Hill Street Blues
1983
T. J. Hooker
1983
Marvel's Daredevil
2016
Justified
2014
Boardwalk Empire
2011
The Man in the High Castle
2018

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
153
Directing
1
Writing
1
Producing
3
2026
The Roaring Game
as Coach
2026
A Crime Story
2026
Straight Shot
as Frank Senior
2025
Just Breathe
as Tony
2024
9 Windows
as Det. Tim Boyle
2023
Open
as Capt. Edgar J. Steadman
2021
God's Not Dead: We The People
as Senator Robert Benson
2021
Roe v. Wade
as Justice Potter Stewart
2021
Ida Red
as Lawrence Twilley
2020
I Am Fear
as Marco
2020
A Perfect Plan
as Grayson
2019
Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union
as narrator
2019
Cold Pursuit
as Brock 'Wingman' Coxman
2019
Run with the Hunted
as Augustus
2019
Vault
as Buddy Providence
2019
Awake
as Roger Bower
2019
Magnum P.I.
as Harry Brown
2018
The Little Mermaid
2018
The Man in the High Castle
as J. Edgar Hoover
2017
Check Point
as The Sheriff
2017
The Networker
as Charles Mangano
2016
The Bronx Bull
as Jake LaMotta
2016
The Midnight Man
as Fairbanks
2016
The Hollow
as Big John Dawson
2016
Marvel's Daredevil
as Dutton
2015
Road to Juarez
as Doug Hermann
2015
Laugh Killer Laugh
as Frank Stone
2015
Echoes of War
as Randolph McCluskey
2015
Hawaii Five-0
as Harry Brown
2014
Hidden in the Woods
as Uncle Costello
2014
Tom Holland's Twisted Tales
as Mr. Smith (segment "To Hell With You")
2014
Justified
as Michael
2013
Infected
as Dr. Edward Dennehey
2013
The Ghost Club: Spirits Never Die
as Stanley
2013
Tom Holland's Twisted Tales
as Mr. Smith
2012
Celluloid Bloodbath
as Self
2012
Loosies
as Captain Tom Edwards
2012
The Mob Doctor
as Constantine Alexander
2011
Born to Ride
as Jack Steele
2011
Inkubus
as Ret. Detective Gil Diamante
2011
L.A., I Hate You
as Uncle Rip
2011
Jesse
as Vince the Godfather
2011
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
as Bill
2011
Slip and Fall
as Jerry
2011
The Mentalist
as Steve Rigsby
2011
Boardwalk Empire
as Manny
2010
The Rig
as Jim Fleming
2010
Dear Mr. Gacy
as John Wayne Gacy
2010
CSI: Miami
as Captain Chris Sutter
2009
The Nail
as Massimo
2009
Happy in the Valley
as Stewart
2008
iMurders
as Professor Uberoth
2008
Stiletto
as Alex
2008
Final Approach
as Silas Jansen
2008
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
as Self
2007
Halloween
as Ronnie White
2007
88 Minutes
as FBI Special Agent Frank Parks
2007
Hack!
as Willy
2007
Southern Gothic
as Pitt
2007
We All Scream for Ice Cream
as Buster
2007
Las Vegas
as Uncle Luke
2007
Masters of Horror
2007
Entourage
as Eddie Kapowski
2006
Freedomland
as Boyle
2006
Jam
as Ted
2006
Shark
as Harry Russo
2005
The Devil's Rejects
as Sheriff John Quincy Wydel
2005
Hammerhead
as Tom Reed
2005
Larva
as Jacob Long
2005
The L.A. Riot Spectacular
as George Holliday
2004
The Last Letter
as Mr. Griffith
2004
The Librarians
as Simon
2003
Blue Hill Avenue
as Det. Torrance
2003
The Technical Writer
as Joe
2002
Hard Cash
as Bo Young
2002
Coastlines
as Fred Vance
2002
City by the Sea
as Spyder
2002
John Doe
as Digger
2001
Camouflage
as Alton Owens
2001
Outlaw
as Ted Castle
2001
UC: Undercover
2000
G-Men from Hell
as Dean Crept
2000
Luck of the Draw
as Max Fenton
2000
Civility
as Andrew LeBretian
1999
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
as Det. Chuck Fowler
1999
Row Your Boat
as Gil Meadows
1999
Four Days
as Milt
1999
Blue Streak
as Detective Hardcastle
1999
The Last Marshal
as DeClerc
1999
Paradise Lost
as Mike Stark
1999
Soundman
as Frank Rosenfeld
1999
18 Shades of Dust
as Tommy Cucci
1998
Firestorm
as Randall Shaye
1998
Hell's Kitchen
as Lou Reilly
1998
Dollar for the Dead
as Dooley
1998
Ambushed
as Mike Organski
1998
The Pass
as Charles Duprey
1998
Cybill
as Bruce
1997
Big City Blues
as Hudson
1997
First Time Felon
as Sorley
1996
The Rock
as Special Agent Ernest Paxton
1996
Gotti
as Sammy Gravano
1996
Palookaville
as Sid Dunleavy
1996
For Which He Stands
as Johnny Rochetti
1996
The Substitute
as Hollan
1996
Peacock Blues
1995
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
as Franchise
1995
Virtuosity
as William Cochran
1995
The Immortals
as Tim
1995
Beyond Desire
as Ray Patterson
1995
Thriller Zone
as Marcus Deerfield (segment "The Final Hour")
1994
Direct Hit
as John Hatch
1994
Lives in Hazard
as Self
1993
Relentless 3
as Walter Hilderman
1993
A Kiss to Die For
as Detective Mike Stoller
1993
The Untouchables
as Al Capone
1992
American Me
as J.D.
1992
The Waterdance
as Bloss
1992
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
as Beaudeen
1992
Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
as Terry Harper
1992
Cruel Doubt
as Police Chief John Crone
1991
Stone Cold
as Ice
1991
Out for Justice
as Richie Madano
1991
Career Opportunities
as Custodian
1990
Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes
as Self
1990
Dick Tracy
as Flattop
1990
Sons
as Mike
1990
Blind Faith
as Ferlin L'Heureux
1989
Dead Bang
as Arthur Kressler
1989
Torrents of Spring
as Prince Ippolito Polozov
1988
Patty Hearst
as Teko
1988
Baja Oklahoma
as Tommy Earl Browner
1987
Raising Arizona
as Evelle
1987
Extreme Prejudice
as Sgt. Buck Atwater
1987
Weeds
as Burt the Booster
1985
Command 5
as Hawk
1985
The Lightship
as Gene
1985
Savage Dawn
as Pigiron
1985
The Long Hot Summer
as Isaac
1984
Once Upon a Time in America
as Cockeye
1984
Cloak & Dagger
as Morris
1983
The Man Who Wasn't There
as Pug Face Crusher
1983
T. J. Hooker
as Wounded Assailant
1983
Fame
1983
Hill Street Blues
1982
Tales of the Gold Monkey
1981
Smokey Bites the Dust
as Kenny
1981
The Miracle of Kathy Miller
as Mark
1978
Long Shot
as Bille
A Christmas Cop
as Captain Carol
The Witching Hour
as Devlin Deeds
Godshot
Rule of Three
as Mitch