William Fichtner
Known for: Acting
Born: November 27, 1956
Place of birth: Mitchell Field Air Force Base, East Meadow, Long Island, New York, USA
William Edward Fichtner (born November 27, 1956) is an American actor. Raised in the Buffalo, N.Y. area, he started his career with supporting appearances in Virtuosity (1995), Heat, and Strange Days (both 1995). A prolific character actor in film, Fichtner is recognised for memorable performances in Contact (1997), Armageddon (1998), Go (1999), The Perfect Storm (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), Crash (2004), and The Longest Yard (2005). In 2005, Fichtner starred as Sheriff Tom Underlay in Invasion. He later appeared as Alexander Mahone in Prison Break, Carl Hickman in Crossing Lines, and Adam Janikowski in Mom. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Fichtner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
81 movies · 22 TV shows, newest first
5.8
The Outer Threat
2026
7.3
Lucky
2026
6.7
The Plastic Men
2026
NR
BEEF: The Official Podcast
2026
NR
The Gettysburg Address
2025
6.8
Talamasca: The Secret Order
2025
NR
Cutman
2025
5.3
The Sound
2025
6.2
French Girl
2024
6.2
Hypnotic
2023
7.8
BEEF
2023
7.3
The Company You Keep
2023
5.7
88
20235.4
Six
2022
4.1
Joe vs Carole
2022
NR
That Night
2021
5.1
The Birthday Cake
2021
5.0
The Space Between
2021
4.9
The Neighbor
2020
6.5
Cold Brook
2019
4.5
Josie & Jack
2019
6.1
Finding Steve McQueen
2019
4.3
Armed
2018
6.6
Hot Summer Nights
2018
5.7
All the Devil's Men
2018
6.1
Traffik
2018
5.9
O.G.
2018
5.1
Krystal
2018
6.4
12 Strong
2018
4.9
Top Gear America
2017
7.2
American Wrestler: The Wizard
2017
5.6
Black Holes
2017
7.2
Shooter
2016
NR
The War of 1996: A United World News Special
2016
NR
Last Day in LA
2016
5.4
Independence Day: Resurgence
2016
7.0
Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'
2016
7.7
Four Falls of Buffalo
2015
7.1
Empire
2015
5.9
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014
6.5
The Homesman
2014NR
Hell on Earth
2014
7.3
Mom
2013
6.7
Crossing Lines
2013
6.5
Elysium
2013
6.1
The Lone Ranger
2013
6.1
Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's
2013
5.8
Phantom
2013
5.9
Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden
2012
6.2
Wrong
2012
7.5
Veep
2012
5.5
Drive Angry
2011
5.3
The Big Bang
2011
6.1
Date Night
2010
7.5
Prison Break: The Final Break
2009
4.8
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
2009
8.5
The Dark Knight
2008
6.1
Blades of Glory
2007
6.0
UV Protection: The Making of 'Ultraviolet'
2006
6.1
First Snow
2006
5.6
The Amateurs
2006
5.2
Ultraviolet
2006
7.1
Invasion
2005
6.1
Nine Lives
2005
8.1
Prison Break
2005
6.5
The Chumscrubber
2005
6.7
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
6.6
Empire Falls
2005
6.7
The Longest Yard
2005
7.2
Crash
2005
7.0
American Dad!
2005
6.5
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
2004
7.4
Entourage
2004
7.1
Equilibrium
2002
7.3
MDs
2002
5.6
Julie Walking Home
2002
NR
What’s the Worst That Could Happen: Scene Stealers
2002
7.4
Black Hawk Down
2001
5.5
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
2001
6.9
Pearl Harbor
200110.0
Endsville
2000
6.5
The Perfect Storm
2000
5.5
Drowning Mona
2000
5.8
Passion of Mind
2000
8.3
The West Wing
1999
7.0
Go
1999
6.0
The Settlement
1999
6.8
Armageddon
1998
6.0
Switchback
1997
7.4
Contact
1997
5.7
Albino Alligator
1997
7.9
Heat
1995
6.6
Reckless
1995
7.0
Strange Days
1995
5.5
Virtuosity
1995
5.7
The Underneath
1995
6.8
A Father for Charlie
1995
7.2
Quiz Show
1994
5.6
Grace Under Fire
1993
7.6
Malcolm X
1992
6.0
Baywatch
1989NR
That's Amore!
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Bosch: Start of Watch
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