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William Fichtner

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William Fichtner

Born Nov 27, 1956 · 69 years103 titles 82 movies · 21 TV
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Biography

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.

Also known as

Bill Fichtner · William Edward Fichtner

Born

Nov 27, 1956

Mitchell Field Air Force Base, East Meadow, Long Island, New York, USA

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Roles across career

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

103

Acting credits

1

Directing

1

Writing

1

Other crew

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Career timeline

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1989 1 title(s)

1992 1 title(s)

1993 1 title(s)

1994 1 title(s)

1995 6 title(s)

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2005 9 title(s)

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2018 7 title(s)

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Undated 2 title(s)