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William Edward Fichtner[1] (born November 27, 1956) is an American actor.[2] He is known for his television roles as Sheriff Tom Underlay on Invasion, Alexander Mahone on Prison Break, Carl Hickman on Crossing Lines, and Adam Janikowski on Mom. His film appearances include Heat, Contact, Armageddon, The Perfect Storm, Go, Crash, Black Hawk Down, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

William Fichtner
Fichtner in 2018
Born	(1956-11-27) November 27, 1956 (age 65) Long Island, New York, U.S.
Other names	Bill Fichtner
Education	Farmingdale State College (AS) The College at Brockport, State University of New York (BS)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–present
Spouses	Betsy Aidem ​ ​ (m. 1987; div. 1996)​ Kymberly Kalil ​ ​ (m. 1998)​
Children	2

Early life

Fichtner was born on Mitchel Air Force Base[3] on Long Island and raised in Cheektowaga, New York, a suburb of Buffalo. He is the son of Patricia A. (née Steitz) and William Frederick Fichtner.[4][5][1] He has German ancestry.[6]

He graduated from Maryvale High School in 1974. After graduating from Farmingdale State College in 1976 with an associate degree in criminal justice, he attended the College at Brockport, State University of New York and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice in 1978. He then studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.

On May 18, 2008, Fichtner received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Farmingdale State College.[7] In his acceptance address, he credited Farmingdale admissions counselor Don Harvey with his decision to study acting. Harvey, who became a lifelong friend, took Fichtner to his first Broadway show.

Career

Fichtner began his acting career as Josh Snyder in As the World Turns in 1987. He has since appeared in the films Contact, Heat, Armageddon, Go, Equilibrium, Black Hawk Down, The Perfect Storm, The Longest Yard, Crash, Ultraviolet, Drive Angry and The Dark Knight. Mainly a character actor, one of his few leading roles is in Passion of Mind, also starring Demi Moore and Stellan Skarsgård. His role in Crash won him a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture award and a Best Acting Ensemble award from Broadcast Film Critics Choice. He appeared in the CBS sitcom Mom from 2013 to 2021.

Credited as Bill Fichtner, he voiced Ken Rosenberg in the video games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Between 2005 and 2006, he also starred in the sci-fi TV series Invasion as Sheriff Tom Underlay. After Invasion was canceled, he played ruthless FBI Agent Alexander Mahone in three seasons of Prison Break (2006–2009).[8] In 2009, he co-presented the Vezina Trophy (for goal tending) at the National Hockey League awards show.[9][10] He later guest starred as judge Christopher Mulready in The West Wing episode "The Supremes." He also had a role as the Gotham National Bank manager in the feature film The Dark Knight and as Jurgen in Equilibrium.

In June 2009, Fichtner had a recurring role as TV producer Phil Yagoda on Entourage.[11] He also voiced Master Sergeant Sandman in the 2011 video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. He also played Eric Sacks in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014).[12]

Personal life

Fichtner is a fan of the NFL team the Buffalo Bills, and appeared in a commercial for them before the 2014 season.[13] He narrated the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary Four Falls of Buffalo, chronicling their four consecutive Super Bowl appearances from 1990–93.[14]

He is a close friend of his Black Hawk Down co-stars Kim Coates and Eric Bana.[15]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Quiz Show	Stage Manager
1995	Virtuosity	Wallace
	Reckless	Rachel's Father
	Strange Days	Officer Dwayne Engelman
	Heat	Roger Van Zant
	The Underneath	Tommy Dundee
1996	Albino Alligator	Law
1997	Contact	Kent
	Switchback	Chief Jack McGinnis
1998	Armageddon	Colonel Willie Sharp
1999	Go	Burke Halverson
	The Settlement	Jerry
2000	The Perfect Storm	David 'Sully' Sullivan
	Drowning Mona	Phil Dearly
	Passion of Mind	Aaron
	Endsville[16]	Prince Victor
2001	Pearl Harbor	Mr. Walker
	Black Hawk Down	SFC Jeff Sanderson	Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
	What's the Worst That Could Happen?	Detective Alex Tardio
2002	Julie Walking Home	Henry
	Equilibrium	Jurgen
2004	Crash	Flanagan	Hollywood Film Festival Ensemble of the Year Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated—Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast
2005	Nine Lives	Andrew	Nominated—Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Cast
	The Chumscrubber	Dr. Bill Stifle
	The Amateurs	Otis
	The Longest Yard	Captain Knauer
	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Dr. Wexler	Voice; Uncredited
2006	Ultraviolet	Garth
2007	Blades of Glory	Darren MacElroy
	First Snow	Ed
2008	The Dark Knight	Bank Manager
2010	Forehead Tittaes[17]	Boss	Funny or Die sketch
	Date Night	District Attorney Frank Crenshaw
2011	The Big Bang	Detective Poley
	Drive Angry	The Accountant	Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actor
2012	Wrong	Master Chang
2013	Phantom	Alex Kozlov
	The Lone Ranger	Butch Cavendish
	Elysium	John Carlyle
2014	The Homesman	Vester Belknap
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Eric Sacks
2016	Independence Day: Resurgence	General Joshua T. Adams
	American Wrestler: The Wizard	Coach Plyler
2017	Hot Summer Nights	Shep
	The Neighbor	Mike
	Krystal	Dr. Farley
2018	12 Strong	Colonel John Mulholland
	Traffik	Mr. Waynewright
	O.G.	Danvers
	Armed	Richard
	Cold Brook	Ted Markham	Also director and co-writer[18]
	All the Devil's Men	Brennan
2019	Josie & Jack	Raeburn
	Finding Steve McQueen	Enzo Rotella
2021	The Space Between	Donny Rumson
	The Birthday Cake	Uncle Ricardo
TBA	The Gettysburg Address	John G. Nicolay	Voice; Post-production
	Hypnotic	TBA	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987–1994	As the World Turns	Josh Snyder	79 episodes
1989	A Man Called Hawk	Boros	2 episodes
	Baywatch	Howard Ganza	Episode: "Rookie School"
1994–1995	Grace Under Fire	Ryan Sparks	8 episodes
1995	A Father for Charlie	Sheriff	Television film
2002	MDs	Bruce Kellerman	10 episodes
2004	The West Wing	Christopher Mulready	Episode: "The Supremes"
2005	Empire Falls	Jimmy Minty	2 episodes
	American Dad!	Harland	Voice; Episode: "Homeland Insecurity"
2005–2006	Invasion	Sheriff Tom Underlay	22 episodes Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television
2006–2009	Prison Break	Alexander Mahone	59 episodes
2009–2011	Entourage	Phil Yagoda	8 episodes
2010	Night and Day	Dan Hollister	Pilot
2012	Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden[19]	Mr. Guidry	Television film
2013–2014	Crossing Lines	Carl Hickman	22 episodes
2015–2016	Empire	Jameson Henthrop	4 episodes
2016–21	Mom	Adam Janikowski	Recurring (season 3), Main cast (seasons 4–8); 84 episodes Nominated—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
2016	Shooter	Rathford O'Brien	Episode: "Killing Zone"
2017	Porsche: Decades of Disruption	Narrator	Voice; Documentary
	Top Gear America	Himself	Host; 8 episodes
2019	Veep	Felix Wade	Episode: "Discovery Weekend"
2020	Corporate	Brett	Episode: "Fuck You Money"
2022	Joe vs. Carole	Rick Kirkham	Limited series[20]
2023	The Company You Keep	Leo	Main role

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	Ken Rosenberg	Credited as Bill Fichtner
2004	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
2008	Turok	Logan
2011	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Master Sergeant Sandman	[21]
2012	Infex	The Administrator
2013	Disney Infinity	Butch Cavendish
2014	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	The Shredder	Nintendo 3DS version
2021	Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition	Ken Rosenberg	Remaster of Vice City & San Andreas only

References

External links

• William Fichtner at IMDb
• "Random Roles: William Fichtner" at The A.V. Club

На других языках

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[de] William Fichtner

William Edward „Bill“ Fichtner, Jr. (* 27. November 1956 in Hempstead, New York) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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- [en] William Fichtner

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[es] William Fichtner

William Edward Fichtner (East Meadow, Nueva York; 27 de noviembre de 1956) es un actor estadounidense. Ha trabajado en numerosas películas y series de televisión. Es conocido por sus papeles como Butch Cavendish en El llanero solitario, el Contable en Drive Angry, David "Sully" Sullivan en La tormenta perfecta, Alexander Mahone en Prison Break, William Sharp en Armageddon y Adam Janikowski en Mom. También interpretó a Ken Rosenberg en los videojuegos Grand Theft Auto: Vice City y Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, entre otros.

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[ru] Фихтнер, Уильям

Уи́льям Фи́хтнер (англ. William Fichtner; род. 27 ноября 1956) — американский актёр, наиболее известный по ролям шерифа Тома Андерлея в сериале «Нашествие», агента Александра Махоуна в сериале «Побег», Кента в фильме «Контакт» и Юргена в фильме «Эквилибриум», а также по озвучке Кена Розенберга в серии игр Grand Theft Auto и Сэндмена в игре Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

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