William Fichtner

18 titles·Since 1995

November 27, 1956 · Mitchell Field Air Force Base, East Meadow, Long Island, New York, USA

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.

Frequently works with

Ewan McGregor

2 titles together

Filmography (18)

The Outer Threat

2026

Hypnotic

2023 · Dellrayne

The Birthday Cake

2021 · Uncle Ricardo

The Neighbor

2020 · Mike

Finding Steve McQueen

2019 · Enzo Rotella

All the Devil's Men

2018 · Brennan

O.G.

2018 · Danvers

American Wrestler: The Wizard

2017 · Coach Plyler

The Lone Ranger

2013 · Butch Cavendish

Phantom

2013 · Alex

Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden

2012 · Guidry

Drive Angry

2011 · Accountant

The Big Bang

2011 · Poley

Invasion

2005 · Sheriff Tom Underlay

Black Hawk Down

2001 · SFC Jeff Sanderson

The Perfect Storm

2000 · David "Sully" Sullivan

Albino Alligator

1997 · Law

The Underneath

1995 · Tommy Dundee

November 27, 1956 · Mitchell Field Air Force Base, East Meadow, Long Island, New York, USA

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.