William Fichtner

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1956-11-27 (67 years old)

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

Also Known As Bill Fichtner, William Edward Fichtner, Γουίλιαμ Έντουαρτ "Μπιλ" Φίχτνερ, Μπιλ Φίχτνερ, 윌리암 피츠너, Вільям Фіктнер

William Fichtner

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.

Known For

Actor

St. Sebastian

as Jurgens

The Sound

as Conner

The Plastic Men

as Narrator

2025
The Gettysburg Address

as John G. Nicolay (voice)

2024
French Girl

as Peter Kinski

2023
Hypnotic

as Dellrayne

2023
88

as Ron Holt

2023
The Company You Keep

as Leo Nicoletti

2022
Six

as Davis

2022
Joe vs Carole

as Rick Kirkham

2021
The Birthday Cake

as Uncle Ricardo

2021
The Space Between

as Donny Rumson

2020
Cybermario

as Cybermario

2019
Cold Brook

as Ted Markham

2019
Josie & Jack

as Raeburn

2019
Finding Steve McQueen

as Enzo Rotella

2018
Armed

as Richard

2018
2018
2018
Traffik

as Mr. Waynewright

2018
O.G.

as Danvers

2018
Krystal

as Dr. Farley

2018
12 Strong

as Colonel Mulholland

2017
2017
The Neighbor

as Mike

2017
Porsche: Decades of Disruption

as Narrator (voice)

2017
Black Holes

as Youston (voice)

2017
Top Gear America

as Self - Presenter

2016
Last Day in LA

as Narrator (voice)

2016
2016
Shooter

as O'Brien

2015
Four Falls of Buffalo

as Narrator (voice)

2014
The Homesman

as Vester Belknap

2014
Hell on Earth

as Satan

2013
Elysium

as John Carlyle

2013
The Lone Ranger

as Butch Cavendish

2013
Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's

as Narrator (voice)

2013
Phantom

as Alex

2013
Mom

as Adam Janikowski

2013
Crossing Lines

as Carl Hickman

2012
Wrong

as Master Chang

2012
Veep

as Felix Wade

2011
Drive Angry

as Accountant

2011
The Big Bang

as Poley

2010
Date Night

as DA Frank Crenshaw

2008
The Dark Knight

as Bank Manager

2007
Blades of Glory

as Darren MacElroy

2006
First Snow

as Ed Jacomoi

2006
The Amateurs

as Otis

2006
Ultraviolet

as Garth

2005
Nine Lives

as Andrew

2005
The Chumscrubber

as Mr. Bill Stiffle

2005
Mr. & Mrs. Smith

as Dr. Wexler - Marriage Counselor (voice) (uncredited)

2005
The Longest Yard

as Captain Knauer

2005
Crash

as Flanagan

2005
Invasion

as Sheriff Tom Underlay

2005
Prison Break

as Alexander Mahone

2005
Empire Falls

as Jimmy Minty

2005
American Dad!

as Harland (voice)

2004
Entourage

as Phil Yagoda

2002
Equilibrium

as Jürgen

2002
2002
MDs

as Dr. Bruce Kellerman

2001
Black Hawk Down

as SFC Jeff Sanderson

2001
What's the Worst That Could Happen?

as Detective Alex Tardio

2001
Pearl Harbor

as Danny's Father

2000
The Perfect Storm

as David "Sully" Sullivan

2000
Drowning Mona

as Phil Dearly

2000
Passion of Mind

as Aaron Reilly

1999
Go

as Burke

1999
1999
The West Wing

as Christopher Mulready

1998
Armageddon

as Colonel Willie Sharp

1997
Switchback

as Chief Jack McGinnis

1997
Contact

as Kent

1997
1995
Heat

as Roger Van Zant

1995
Reckless

as Rachel's Father

1995
Strange Days

as Dwayne Engelman

1995
Virtuosity

as Wallace

1995
The Underneath

as Tommy Dundee

1994
Quiz Show

as Stage Manager

1992
Malcolm X

as Cop at Harlem Station

1989
Baywatch

as Howard Ganza

Writer

2019
Cold Brook

as Writer

Director

2019
Cold Brook

as Director