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William H. Macy

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William H. Macy

Born Mar 13, 1950 · 76 years190 titles 142 movies · 48 TV
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Biography

William H. Macy (born March 13, 1950) is an American actor and writer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo. He is also a teacher and director in theater, film and television. His film career has been built mostly on his appearances in small, independent films, though he has appeared in summer action films as well. Macy gained widespread popularity for portraying Frank Gallagher in Showtime's comedy-drama series Shameless (2011–2021). Macy has described his screen persona as "sort of a Middle American, WASPy, Lutheran kind of guy... Everyman". He has won two Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award, being nominated for nine Emmy Awards and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards in total. He is also a three-time Golden Globe Award nominee.

Also known as

William Hall Macy Jr. · W.H. Macy · Bill Macy

Born

Mar 13, 1950

Miami, Florida, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

182

Acting credits

5

Directing

13

Writing

7

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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1953 1 title(s)

1968 1 title(s)

1978 1 title(s)

1980 2 title(s)

1983 3 title(s)

1984 3 title(s)

1985 4 title(s)

1986 1 title(s)

1987 3 title(s)

1988 3 title(s)

1989 1 title(s)

1990 1 title(s)

1991 3 title(s)

1992 7 title(s)

1993 5 title(s)

1994 7 title(s)

1995 8 title(s)

1996 10 title(s)

1997 6 title(s)

1998 9 title(s)

1999 9 title(s)

2000 4 title(s)

2001 4 title(s)

2002 4 title(s)

2003 11 title(s)

2004 6 title(s)

2005 4 title(s)

2006 10 title(s)

2007 4 title(s)

2008 3 title(s)

2009 4 title(s)

2010 4 title(s)

2011 4 title(s)

2012 3 title(s)

2013 3 title(s)

2014 4 title(s)

2015 4 title(s)

2016 2 title(s)

2017 1 title(s)

2018 2 title(s)

2019 1 title(s)

2020 1 title(s)

2021 1 title(s)

2022 1 title(s)

2023 2 title(s)

2024 2 title(s)

2025 4 title(s)

2026 3 title(s)

Undated 6 title(s)