William Fichtner
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.
101 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 101
American Dad!
2005
Prison Break
2005
The West Wing
1999
Mom
2013
The Dark Knight
2008
Entourage
2004
Baywatch
1989
Empire
2015
Veep
2012
Shooter
2016
Black Hawk Down
2001
BEEF
2023
Heat
1995
Crossing Lines
2013
Grace Under Fire
1993
Invasion
2005
Pearl Harbor
2001
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014
Talamasca: The Secret Order
2025
Armageddon
1998
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
Contact
1997
The Longest Yard
2005
Independence Day: Resurgence
2016
Elysium
2013
12 Strong
2018
Crash
2005
Drive Angry
2011
The Company You Keep
2023
MDs
2002
The Perfect Storm
2000
The Lone Ranger
2013
Equilibrium
2002
Hypnotic
2023
Malcolm X
1992
Prison Break: The Final Break
2009
Date Night
2010
Lucky
2026
The Plastic Men
2026
Blades of Glory
2007
Go
1999
Strange Days
1995
Joe vs Carole
2022
Virtuosity
1995
Ultraviolet
2006
Empire Falls
2005
Quiz Show
1994
The Homesman
2014
Hot Summer Nights
2018
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
2001
Switchback
1997
American Wrestler: The Wizard
2017
First Snow
2006
Traffik
2018
French Girl
2024
Nine Lives
2005
Phantom
2013
Six
2022
Drowning Mona
2000
The Birthday Cake
2021
All the Devil's Men
2018
Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden
2012
Albino Alligator
1997
The Gettysburg Address
2025
The Amateurs
2006
O.G.
2018
Reckless
1995
The Neighbor
2020
The Space Between
2021
The Underneath
1995
Top Gear America
2017
Krystal
2018
UV Protection: The Making of 'Ultraviolet'
2006
The Chumscrubber
2005
Wrong
2012
Finding Steve McQueen
2019
Armed
2018
BEEF: The Official Podcast
2026
Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'
2016
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
2009
The Big Bang
2011
Passion of Mind
2000
Porsche: Decades of Disruption
2017
Bosch: Start of Watch
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The War of 1996: A United World News Special
2016
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
2004
The Sound
2025
Cold Brook
2019
Hell on Earth
2014
That's Amore!
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Cutman
2025
Four Falls of Buffalo
2015
Josie & Jack
2019
The Outer Threat
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88
2023
The Settlement
1999
Julie Walking Home
2002
Black Holes
2017
That Night
2021
Last Day in LA
2016
Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's
2013