William Forsythe (actor)

This article is about the actor. For the choreographer, see William Forsythe (dancer).

William Forsythe
William Forsythe, 2007
Born	June 7, 1955 (1955-06-07) Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1978–present

William (Bill) Forsythe (born June 7, 1955) is an American actor.

Early life

William Forsythe grew up in the neighborhoods of Flatbush (living on both Nostrand and Snyder Avenues) and East Flatbush a.k.a. Old Mill Basin (on E. 56th Street between Avenues N and O) in Brooklyn. While in Flatbush he attended nearby Holy Cross School located on Church Avenue between Veronica Place and Woods Place, graduating 8th grade in 1969. He continued on to Nazareth High School, now known as Nazareth Regional High School in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn at 475 East 57th. He transferred to South Shore High School for his senior year and graduated in 1973.

Film career

He is frequently cast in "tough guy" roles such as criminals or law enforcement officers. He has appeared in many films such as the deformed mobster Flattop in Dick Tracy starring Warren Beatty, and as crime racket leaders such as Richie Madano in the 1991 Steven Seagal film, Out for Justice. He also portrayed organized crime figure Sammy "The Bull" Gravano in the HBO telefilm Gotti. He portrayed serial killer John Wayne Gacy in Dear Mr. Gacy, a film adaptation of The Last Victim, the memoirs of Jason Moss, a college student who corresponded with Gacy his last year on death row. The film was released in 2010.Also appeared in Raising Arizona

Television career

He played Al Capone on the TV series The Untouchables. In addition, Forsythe has guest-starred on numerous television shows, including Tales of the Gold Monkey, Hill Street Blues, Cybill, Entourage, Shark and Las Vegas. He also appeared as the lead singer of the fictional punk rock band "Pain" in an episode of "CHiPs". He also starred in the Masters of Horror episode, We All Scream for Ice Cream. On March 1, 2010 he guest starred on a Rob Zombie-directed episode of CSI: Miami titled "L.A.". He played one of the main characters "Digger" in the series John Doe. He plays Manny Horvitz, a Philadelphia mobster in the second season of Boardwalk Empire.

Filmography

King of the Mountain (1981) The Man Who Wasn't There (1983) Cloak & Dagger (1984) Once Upon a Time in America (1984) The Lightship (1985) Savage Dawn (1985) Raising Arizona (1987) Extreme Prejudice (1987) Weeds (1987) Patty Hearst (1988) Dead Bang (1989) Torrents of Spring (1989) Dick Tracy (1990) Career Opportunities (1991) Out for Justice (1991) Stone Cold (1991) The Waterdance (1992) American Me (1992) The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992) Relentless 3 (1993) Direct Hit (1994) Virtuosity (1995) Palookaville (1995) Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)

The Immortals (1995) The Substitute (1996) The Rock (1996) Firestorm (1998) Big City Blues (1999) Blue Streak (1999) Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) Row Your Boat (1999) Camouflage (2001) Blue Hill Avenue (2001) Coastlines (2002) Hard Cash (2002) City by the Sea (2002) The Librarians (2003) Strikeforce (2004) The L.A. Riot Spectacular (2005) The Devil's Rejects (2005) Freedomland (2006) Jam (2006) Halloween (2007) 88 Minutes (2007) Stiletto (2008) iMurders (2008) Dear Mr. Gacy (2010)

His made for television film credits include:

• The Miracle of Kathy Miller (1981)
• Baja Oklahoma (1988)
• Blind Faith (1990)
• Cruel Doubt (1992)
• Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story (1992)
• Gotti (1996)
• First Time Felon (1997)
• Dollar for the Dead (1998)
• Larva (2005)
• Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy (2005)
• Final Approach (2007)
• Boardwalk Empire (2011)
• Infected (2011)

External links

• William Forsythe at the Internet Movie Database