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
Complete Filmography

9 Windows
2024
as Det. Tim Boyle
After a tragic accident kills her parents, Liza, unable to walk, spends her days terrorizing vloggers. When she witnesses a murder online, the police ...

Open
2023
as Capt. Edgar J. Steadman
A woman in a troubled marriage falls for a former teen heartthrob who's fallen from industry favor, while having nagging (and empowering) hallucinatio...

Ida Red
2021
as Lawrence Twilley
Ida Red may not survive her 20-year prison sentence for armed robbery. She turns to her son, Wyatt, for one last job and a chance to regain her freedo...

God's Not Dead: We The People
2021
as Senator Robert Benson
Reverend Dave has to defend himself and a group of Christian homeschooling families after an inspection by local government officials.

Roe v. Wade
2021
as Justice Potter Stewart
Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Dr. Mildred Jefferson square off in a national battle in this untold conspiracy that led to the most famous and controversia...

A Perfect Plan
2020
as Grayson
Four notorious thieves wake up in a fortified warehouse and are forced by a cunning master thief to plan and commit an extraordinary diamond heist.

I Am Fear
2020
as Marco
Held captive by terrorists, celebrity reporter, Sara Brown, sits in a cell awaiting her filmed beheading. Sara's captors wish to show the world the tr...

Run with the Hunted
2019
as Augustus
Oscar, a young boy, commits a noble murder and is forced to runaway from his rural hometown, leaving behind his best friend, Loux. He escapes to the n...

Awake
2019
as Roger Bower
A man wakes in a hospital bed with no recollection of who he is, and learns that he's wanted by the police for a committing a series of murders.

Vault
2019
as Buddy Providence
A group of small time criminals in 1975 attempt to pull off the biggest heist in American history; stealing over $30 million from the Mafia in the sma...

Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union
2019
as narrator
In a highly controversial move, the Justice Department used the RICO statute to take over the entire International Brotherhood of Teamsters, denying f...

Cold Pursuit
2019
as Brock 'Wingman' Coxman
The quiet family life of Nels Coxman, a snowplow driver, is upended after his son's murder. Nels begins a vengeful hunt for Viking, the drug lord he h...

The Little Mermaid
2018
A young reporter and his niece discover a beautiful and enchanting creature they believe to be the real little mermaid.

The Networker
2017
as Charles Mangano
To save his family's printing firm, a lifelong slacker dives into the surreal world of business networking events and the oddballs who attend them.

Check Point
2017
as The Sheriff
In Port City, North Carolina, a vagrant discovers plans for an invasion. His attempts to warn law enforcement are ignored but when the Sheriff notices...

Check Point
2017
Producer
In Port City, North Carolina, a vagrant discovers plans for an invasion. His attempts to warn law enforcement are ignored but when the Sheriff notices...

The Hollow
2016
as Big John Dawson
When a U.S. congressman's daughter passing through a small town in Mississippi dies in a mysterious triple homicide, a team of F.B.I. agents descends ...

The Bronx Bull
2016
as Jake LaMotta
A combination "before the rage" and "after the rage" of world middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta's tumultuous life and times.

The Midnight Man
2016
as Fairbanks
When Grady, an assassin with a genetic disorder that renders him unable to feel pain, is sent on a high-stakes assignment, his world is turned upside-...

Echoes of War
2015
as Randolph McCluskey
A Civil War veteran returns home to the quiet countryside, only to find himself embroiled in a conflict between his family and the brutish cattle ranc...

Laugh Killer Laugh
2015
as Frank Stone
A jewel thief named Frank Stone is a very deeply disturbed, anti social, milquetoast who finds no joy or humor in anything - until he awakens from a d...

Road to Juarez
2015
as Doug Hermann
An American ex-con with Mexican underworld ties ensnares a pair of young misfits into a dangerous heist in Mexico. Inspired by true events.

Hidden in the Woods
2014
as Uncle Costello
The story of two sisters who have been raised in isolation, subjected to the torment of their abusive, drug dealing father. When they finally decide t...

Tom Holland's Twisted Tales
2014
as Mr. Smith (segment "To Hell With You")
Horror legend Tom Holland dares you to join him for nine nerve-shredding, totally Twisted Tales. Serving up a mind-bending assortment of the macabre, ...

The Ghost Club: Spirits Never Die
2013
as Stanley
The Ghost Club, an ancient organization of ghost explorers that included Charles Dickens and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle continue there brand in a prime ti...

Infected
2013
as Dr. Edward Dennehey
A blood virus infects a small group of hunters turning a father & son trip into a fight for survival.

Celluloid Bloodbath
2012
as Self
DEFINITION: 'Celluloid' - Motion picture film, cinema film. 'Bloodbath' - Savage, indiscriminate killing, a massacre. CELLULOID BLOODBATH: MORE PREVUE...

Loosies
2012
as Captain Tom Edwards
A young pickpocket in the New York subways, living a fast, free, lifestyle is confronted by a woman whom he had a one night affair with, she informs h...

Inkubus
2011
as Ret. Detective Gil Diamante
Inkubus tells the story of a skeleton crew working the final shift at a soon to be demolished police station. The night takes a gruesome turn when the...

Born to Ride
2011
as Jack Steele
The stars of Starship Troopers are back in action! Mike (Casper Van Dien) decides to hit the road on his refurbished classic motorcycle along with bes...

Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011
as Bill
On the 20th anniversary of their edgy little 90's cable show Underground Entertainment, the authors, along with many SF, horror and B celebrities in c...

L.A., I Hate You
2011
as Uncle Rip
The lives of an action star wannabe, a frustrated family man, and a guilt-ridden boyfriend, intertwine in three tales of sex, violence, redemption, mu...

Jesse
2011
as Vince the Godfather
Nassau County, New York Police detective Jesse turns vigilante as she investigates her brother's murder and enters into a world of crime, corruption, ...

Slip and Fall
2011
as Jerry
What happens when a law student breaks the law to pay for law school? Graduation is only a "slip" away...

The Rig
2010
as Jim Fleming
In the midst of a tropical storm, the crew of an offshore oil rig must survive the rampage of a creature after invading its undersea habitat.

Dear Mr. Gacy
2010
as John Wayne Gacy
A chronicle of the interaction between college student Jason Moss and the object of his obsession, serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

The Nail
2009
as Massimo
Tony Luke, Jr. stars as Joey Nardone, an out-of-shape boxer, who after 8 years in prison for an unfortunate accident leaves prison and gets a shot at ...

Happy in the Valley
2009
as Stewart
Once a rock star photographer, Stewart Fox's years of drug and alcohol abuse have relegated him to shooting erotic photos of model/actress wannabes ou...

Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
2008
as Self
A rare-to-find 4 hour documentary behind the scenes during the making of Rob Zombie's Halloween (2007).

iMurders
2008
as Professor Uberoth
A mysterious love triangle leads to a tragic shooting. Months later, eight members of a MySpace-esque chat room are being gruesomely murdered in the p...

Final Approach
2008
as Silas Jansen
FBI hostage rescue team leader Jack Bender has been sacked for not being a team player, and months later he finds himself in the ultimate hostage nigh...

Stiletto
2008
as Alex
The seemingly random killings of an assassin puzzle her former lover, a wealthy Greek crime boss whose organization is jeopardized by his love for her...

Halloween
2007
as Ronnie White
The early years of young Michael Myers and the events leading up to his fateful Halloween night murder rampage in the quiet town of Haddonfield, Illin...

Hack!
2007
as Willy
Seven college students are picked to travel to a private island owned by the reclusive Vincent King and his film-obsessed wife Mary Shelley to study i...

Southern Gothic
2007
as Pitt
Hazel Fortune works in a strip club in the small Southern town of Redemption. Haunted by the death of his only daughter, Fortune has become a self-des...

88 Minutes
2007
as FBI Special Agent Frank Parks
Famed forensic psychiatrist Dr. Jack Gramm enjoys a reputation as one of the most sought-after profilers around. His expert testimony has resulted in ...

We All Scream for Ice Cream
2007
as Buster
Years ago, they pulled a disastrous childhood prank on the neighborhood ice cream delivery man that got him killed, but now as they've become adults w...

Jam
2006
as Ted
A traffic accident on a rural mountain road becomes a life changing experience for fifteen diverse travelers.

Freedomland
2006
as Boyle
A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.

The Devil's Rejects
2005
as Sheriff John Quincy Wydel
The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape the vengeful Sheriff Wydell, who is not afraid of being as ruthless as his target.

Hammerhead
2005
as Tom Reed
When he began fusing human and shark DNA, his colleagues laughed at him. Now his creation is taking his revenge, and they aren't laughing anymore.

The L.A. Riot Spectacular
2005
as George Holliday
The controversial satire The LA Riot Spectacular plays for mordent laughs the events that consumed L.A. in 1992, after the police officers on trial fo...

Larva
2005
as Jacob Long
In Host, Missouri, the newcomer Dr. of Veterinary Science Eli Rudkus is called by the farmer Jacob Long to exam one of his cows. The veterinarian find...

The Last Letter
2004
as Mr. Griffith
As they file into the deliberation room, 11 jurors are ready to convict the defendant of 14 counts of murder, but one holdout forces the others to ree...

The Last Letter
2004
Executive Producer
As they file into the deliberation room, 11 jurors are ready to convict the defendant of 14 counts of murder, but one holdout forces the others to ree...

The Librarians
2003
as Simon
An exotic dancer enters a world of kidnapping and ransom when she tries to track down her missing sister. Soon, she's on the trail of a cruel gang tha...

The Librarians
2003
Screenplay
An exotic dancer enters a world of kidnapping and ransom when she tries to track down her missing sister. Soon, she's on the trail of a cruel gang tha...

Blue Hill Avenue
2003
as Det. Torrance
A child of a middle class home with solid moral values is lured into a world of crime and corruption.

The Technical Writer
2003
as Joe
Slim and her husband Joe live in a posh Manhattan apartment building. One of their neighbors is Jessop, a hermit whom Slim can't wait to integrate int...

City by the Sea
2002
as Spyder
Vincent LaMarca is a dedicated and well-respected New York City police detective who has gone to great lengths to distance himself from his past, but ...

Hard Cash
2002
as Bo Young
Released from prison, an infamous thief and his new crew pull of a brilliant robbery but then become embroiled with a corrupt FBI agent when they disc...

Coastlines
2002
as Fred Vance
An ex-con returns to his Florida hometown after three years and becomes involved with the wife of his best friend, the local sheriff.

Camouflage
2001
as Alton Owens
Marty Mackenzie is an unsuccessful stage actor who takes an interest in private investigating. He takes a job working with Jack Potter, a crusty priva...

Outlaw
2001
as Ted Castle
Conner is a hit man. A mob boss gets whacked. His son hires Conner to find out who did it. If he refuses or takes longer he's dead.

G-Men from Hell
2000
as Dean Crept
Two G-Men, returning from hell, must perform good deeds to save themselves from a doomed fate.

Civility
2000
as Andrew LeBretian
Cade Russo must reluctantly return home to Civility, Arizona to attend his father's funeral, and more importantly to him, the reading of the will. Cad...

Luck of the Draw
2000
as Max Fenton
Jack Sweeny is a young man just trying to get a job. Turned down at another bank due to his criminal record he meets a girl, Rebecca, but also witness...

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
1999
as Det. Chuck Fowler
Deuce Bigalow is a less than attractive, down on his luck aquarium cleaner. One day he wrecks the house of a gigolo and needs quick money to repair it...

The Last Marshal
1999
as DeClerc
Marshall McClary, one of the most violent, racist, foul- mouthed Marshalls in Texas, is in the middle of resolving a hostage situation (by shooting ev...

Blue Streak
1999
as Detective Hardcastle
Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid ...

Four Days
1999
as Milt
A teenaged boy becomes tangled up in a botched bank robbery attempt mastermined by his father and his father's friend.

18 Shades of Dust
1999
as Tommy Cucci
Two gangsters threaten the owner of an upscale restaurant after his son can't pay a gambling debt.

Paradise Lost
1999
as Mike Stark
A scientist in the rain forest squares off against a land developer while trying to solve some unexplained deaths.

Row Your Boat
1999
as Gil Meadows
Jon Bon Jovi plays Jamey Meadows, a man newly released from prison who has found himself homeless on the crazy streets of New York City. Slowly, he mu...

Soundman
1999
as Frank Rosenfeld
A sound mixer on a low-budget sci-fi western movie falls in love with an untalented violinist and promises to get her scoring gigs for films.

Dollar for the Dead
1998
as Dooley
In this tribute to the old time spaghetti westerns with a liberal dose of modern Hong Kong film-making thrown in, Emilio Estevez assumes Clint Eastwoo...

Hell's Kitchen
1998
as Lou Reilly
Newly released from jail, an ex-gang member asks a former contender to teach him to box.

Ambushed
1998
as Mike Organski
Jim Natter, the leader of a violent Kuk Klux Klan lodge, is shot dead. His teenage son Eric Natter is found nearby, and taken into police custody for ...

The Pass
1998
as Charles Duprey
A businessman with a compulsive gambling problem which has led to his wife leaving him, travels to Reno, Nevada for some gambling therapy which takes ...

Firestorm
1998
as Randall Shaye
Firefighter Jesse Graves has to save ornithologist Jennifer and other people caught in a forest fire, which was set up by the lawyer of convicted kill...

Big City Blues
1997
as Hudson
Two hit men, a call girl, and a gay couple become entangled in a web of violence. In the course of one night, they just narrowly miss each other.

First Time Felon
1997
as Sorley
Inspired by the true story of Greg Yance. In the film, Yance (Epps) is a hood who goes to jail for possession of drugs. He is given a choice: 5 years ...

Gotti
1996
as Sammy Gravano
John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the mo...

The Rock
1996
as Special Agent Ernest Paxton
When vengeful General Francis X. Hummel seizes control of Alcatraz Island and threatens to launch missiles loaded with deadly chemical weapons into Sa...

For Which He Stands
1996
as Johnny Rochetti
To save his family he'll risk losing everything. Fame, fortune, his life... even his soul.

The Substitute
1996
as Hollan
When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend g...

Peacock Blues
1996
A young woman agrees to enter a tattoo contest with an artist known as the Michelangelo of the tattoo world.

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995
as Franchise
Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.

The Immortals
1995
as Tim
An elaborate heist unites 8 strangers in a simultaneous assault on targets all over the city- and explodes in a hailstorm of gunfire and high-speed ch...

Palookaville
1995
as Sid Dunleavy
Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despit...

Virtuosity
1995
as William Cochran
The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous virtual reality entity...

Beyond Desire
1995
as Ray Patterson
Rita is a sexy call girl in a red Corvette convertible who just met Ray. Ray is an ex-con just released after serving 14 years for a killing he claims...

Beyond Desire
1995
Executive Producer
Rita is a sexy call girl in a red Corvette convertible who just met Ray. Ray is an ex-con just released after serving 14 years for a killing he claims...

Thriller Zone
1995
as Marcus Deerfield (segment "The Final Hour")
There are three unrelated, unconnected segments in this horror anthology. In the first segment, "The Last Hand," a man is shot, while another man has ...

Direct Hit
1994
as John Hatch
After informing his CIA handlers that his next hit will be his last, John Hatch discovers that his target isn't a criminal at all. Refusing to take th...

Lives in Hazard
1994
as Self
Lives in Hazard is a tough, uncompromising look at kids in gangs and the men they become in prison. Filmed in the barrios of east LA and in the prison...

A Kiss to Die For
1993
as Detective Mike Stoller
William, a Harvard psychology professor is having trouble dealing with life after the death of his wife when he meets a beautiful woman named Ali. As ...

Relentless 3
1993
as Walter Hilderman
Sam Dietz, the relentless police detective, returns to Los Angeles from a self-imposed exile to help the police solve another series of brutal killing...

Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story
1992
as Terry Harper
A homemaker is driven by jealousy to conspire against the mother of her daughter's rival.

The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
1992
as Beaudeen
A Southern librarian puts excitement in her life with a found murder weapon and a false confession.

The Waterdance
1992
as Bloss
Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and finds himself in a rehab center with Raymond, an exaggerating ladies man, and Bloss, a racist bik...

American Me
1992
as J.D.
During his 18 years in Folsom Prison, street-gang leader Santana rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, Santana ...

Stone Cold
1991
as Ice
Joe Huff is a tough, loner cop with a flair for infiltrating dangerous biker gangs. The FBI blackmail Huff into an undercover operation that entails i...

Out for Justice
1991
as Richie Madano
Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his partner was someone's big mistake......

Career Opportunities
1991
as Custodian
Josie, the daughter of the town's wealthiest businessman, faces problems at home and wishes to leave town but is disoriented. Her decision is finalize...

Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes
1990
as Self
The making of the film Dick Tracy (1990).

Dick Tracy
1990
as Flattop
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Ca...

Sons
1990
as Mike
A trio of stepbrothers accompany their paralysed father on a jaunt to Normandy where the old boy saw combat and romantic action during the war.

Torrents of Spring
1989
as Prince Ippolito Polozov
In 1840, a young Russian aristocrat, Dimitri Sanin, is returning home after a long tour of Europe. In Germany, he falls in love with a beautiful pastr...

Dead Bang
1989
as Arthur Kressler
Los Angeles homicide detective Jerry Beck searches for the murderer who killed a police officer on Christmas Eve. The investigation takes Beck inside ...

Patty Hearst
1988
as Teko
The true story of a rich girl who was abducted by American revolutionaries in the 1970's. Her time spent with her captors made her question herself an...

Baja Oklahoma
1988
as Tommy Earl Browner
Juanita Hutchins works at Texas bar, but she aspires to be a country songwriter. When she's not looking after her impulsive daughter, Candy, or vouchi...

Weeds
1987
as Burt the Booster
A San Quentin inmate, sentenced to life without parole, writes a play that catches the interest of a reporter.

Extreme Prejudice
1987
as Sgt. Buck Atwater
A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries...

Raising Arizona
1987
as Evelle
When a childless couple--an ex-con and an ex-cop--decide to help themselves to one of another family's quintuplets, their lives become more complicate...

Savage Dawn
1985
as Pigiron
A vicious biker gang takes over a small town in Arizona. A Vietnam War vet passing through town and a few locals with nothing to lose go to war with t...

The Lightship
1985
as Gene
A trio of robbers, two brothers and their twisted genius leader, invade a lightship, but don't reckon on the crew fighting back.

Command 5
1985
as Hawk
A team of special military forces has to save a small town which has been taken hostage by an organization called the Brotherhood.

Cloak & Dagger
1984
as Morris
Davey Osborne is an average 11-year-old boy with an overactive imagination. He spends his days playing video games and pretending to be a spy with his...

Once Upon a Time in America
1984
as Philip 'Cockeye' Stein
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the gh...

The Man Who Wasn't There
1983
as Pug Face Crusher
When he accidentally takes possession of a top-secret invisibility potion while en route to his wedding, government bureaucrat Sam Cooper finds himsel...

The Miracle of Kathy Miller
1981
as Mark
With the support of her parents, an Arizona adolescent overcomes severe injuries to run in a 10K race.

Smokey Bites the Dust
1981
as Kenny
Follows the rivalry between a small-town Southern sheriff and a small-town delinquent who steals cars and then destroys them with the sheriff’s daught...

Long Shot
1978
as Bille
Against the backdrop of the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, two low-budget filmmakers attempt to talk up some finance as they hunt for cash, cast and ‘...

The Young Land
1959
Assistant Director
An American gunslinger kills a Mexican man in California immediately after the Mexican-American war. The killer is arrested and put on trial for murde...

Just Breathe
N/A
as Tony
Nick Bianco sets out to reunite with the love of his life after serving a year in jail for assault, only to discover that she has a new admirer named ...

A Christmas Cop
N/A
as Captain Carol
It's Christmas Eve in big city Chicago, and vigilante cop Nils Scroogesen is in no mood to celebrate -- and you can take that to the bank.
The Roaring Game
N/A
High school janitor Rickey loses everything when his girlfriend, Kelly, is selected to play hockey for Team USA and compete in the World Games. To win...