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William Fichtner
William Fichtner
Birthday: 1956-11-27
Place of Birth: Mitchell Field Air Force Base, East Meadow, Long Island, New York, USA
Biography: William Edward Fichtner (born November 27, 1956) is an American actor. He has appeared in a number of notable film and TV series. His best known movie roles are as Dellrayne in Hypnotic, Colonel Mulholland in 12 Strong, Mike in The Neighbor, General Adams in Independence Day: Resurgence, Eric Sacks in the live action remake of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014), John Carlyle in Elysium, Butch Cavendish in The Lone Ranger, Guidry in Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden, DA Frank Crenshaw in Date Night, Darren MacElroy in Blades of Glory, Captain Knauer in the 2005 remake of The Longest Yard, SFC Jeff Sanderson in Black Hawk Down, David "Sully" Sullivan in The Perfect Storm, Colonel Willie Sharp in Armageddon, Kent in Contact, Roger Van Zant in Heat, and William Wallace in Virtuosity. He was also the voice of the marriage counselor Dr. Wexler in Mr. & Mrs. Smith. His best known TV roles are as Leo Nicoletti on ABC's The Company You Keep, Adam Janikowski on CBS's sitcom Mom, Carl Hickman on NBC's drama Crossing Lines, Alexander Mahone on FOX's drama Prison Break, Sheriff Tom Underlay in the ABC cult series Invasion, and Dr. Bruce Kellerman on ABC's medical drama MDs.
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Malcolm X
7.5
Malcolm X, 1992
Drama
Historical
Quiz Show
7.3
Quiz Show, 1994
Historical
Drama
Mystery
Heat
7.9
Heat, 1995
Action
Detective
Drama
Strange Days
7.0
Strange Days, 1995
Detective
Drama
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Virtuosity
5.5
Virtuosity, 1995
Action
Detective
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Contact
7.4
Contact, 1997
Drama
Sci-Fi
Mystery
Switchback
6.0
Switchback, 1997
Thriller
Mystery
Armageddon
6.8
Armageddon, 1998
Action
Thriller
Sci-Fi
Adventure
Go
6.9
Go, 1999
Detective
Comedy
Thriller
The Perfect Storm
6.5
The Perfect Storm, 2000
Action
Adventure
Drama
Thriller
Pearl Harbor
6.9
Pearl Harbor, 2001
War
Historical
Romance
Drama
Action
Black Hawk Down
7.4
Black Hawk Down, 2001
Action
War
Historical
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
5.4
What's the Worst That Could Happen?, 2001
Action
Comedy
Detective
Equilibrium
7.0
Equilibrium, 2002
Action
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
6.7
Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 2005
Action
Comedy
Drama
Thriller
Crash
7.2
Crash, 2005
Drama
The Longest Yard
6.6
The Longest Yard, 2005
Drama
Comedy
Detective
Ultraviolet
5.2
Ultraviolet, 2006
Sci-Fi
Action
Thriller
Blades of Glory
6.1
Blades of Glory, 2007
Comedy
The Dark Knight
8.5
The Dark Knight, 2008
Drama
Action
Detective
Thriller
Prison Break: The Final Break
7.5
Prison Break: The Final Break, 2009
Action
Drama
Thriller
Date Night
6.1
Date Night, 2010
Comedy
Action
Adventure
Drive Angry
5.5
Drive Angry, 2011
Fantasy
Thriller
Action
Detective
Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden
5.9
Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden, 2012
Thriller
Action
Detective
Drama
Wrong
6.3
Wrong, 2012
Comedy
Mystery
The Lone Ranger
6.1
The Lone Ranger, 2013
Action
Adventure
Western
Elysium
6.5
Elysium, 2013
Sci-Fi
Action
Drama
Thriller
Phantom
5.8
Phantom, 2013
Thriller
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5.9
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, 2014
Sci-Fi
Action
Adventure
Comedy
The Homesman
6.6
The Homesman, 2014
Western
Drama
Independence Day: Resurgence
5.3
Independence Day: Resurgence, 2016
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
12 Strong
6.3
12 Strong, 2018
War
Drama
Action
Historical
Hot Summer Nights
6.7
Hot Summer Nights, 2018
Drama
Comedy
Detective
Traffik
6.2
Traffik, 2018
Horror
Thriller
Hypnotic
6.3
Hypnotic, 2023
Mystery
Thriller
Action
Sci-Fi