Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
27 November 1956 (69)
Place of birth
Mitchell Field Air Force Base, East Meadow, Long Island, New York, USA
Also known as
Bill Fichtner · William Edward Fichtner
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.
Bekannt für
7.3
Series
Mom
Adam Janikowski
2013–2021
7.8
Series
BEEF
Troy
2023–
7.9
Film
Heat
Roger Van Zant
1995
7.4
Film
Black Hawk Down
Sanderson
2001
5.9
Film
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Eric Sacks
2014
7.4
Film
Contact
Kent
1997
5.4
Film
Independence Day: Resurgence
General Adams
2016
6.8
Film
Armageddon
Willie Sharp
1998
6.5
Film
The Perfect Storm
David "Sully" Sullivan
2000
6.5
Film
Elysium
John Carlyle
2013
7.1
Series
Invasion
Sheriff Tom Underlay
2005–2006
7.1
Film
Equilibrium
Jürgen
2002
6.2
Film
French Girl
Peter Kinski
2024
6.2
Film
Hypnotic
Dellrayne
2023
6.7
Film
The Longest Yard
Captain Knauer
2005
6.1
Film
The Lone Ranger
Butch Cavendish
2013
6.7
Series
Talamasca: The Secret Order
Jasper
2025
6.4
Film
12 Strong
Colonel Mulholland
2018
6.1
Film
First Snow
Ed Jacomoi
2006
7.0
Film
Go
Burke
1999
5.5
Film
Virtuosity
Wallace
1995
7.3
Series
The Company You Keep
Leo Nicoletti
2023
5.5
Film
Drive Angry
Accountant
2011
0.0
Film
The Gettysburg Address
John G. Nicolay (voice)
2025
5.5
Film
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
Detective Alex Tardio
2001
6.1
Film
Date Night
DA Frank Crenshaw
2010
5.3
Film
The Big Bang
Poley
2011
7.5
Film
Prison Break: The Final Break
Alex Mahone
2009
6.0
Film
Switchback
Chief Jack McGinnis
1997
5.8
Film
Phantom
Alex
2013
7.0
Film
Strange Days
Dwayne Engelman
1995
6.1
Film
Blades of Glory
Darren MacElroy
2007
7.3
Series
MDs
Dr. Bruce Kellerman
2002
5.6
Film
The Outer Threat
Sam
2026
5.2
Film
Ultraviolet
Garth
2006
6.5
Series
Empire Falls
Jimmy Minty
2005
6.6
Film
Hot Summer Nights
Shep
2018
6.5
Film
The Homesman
Vester Belknap
2014
6.1
Film
Traffik
Mr. Waynewright
2018
5.7
Film
All the Devil's Men
Brennan
2018
5.4
Film
Six
Davis
2022
5.9
Film
O.G.
Danvers
2018
6.1
Film
Finding Steve McQueen
Enzo Rotella
2019
7.2
Film
American Wrestler: The Wizard
Coach Plyler
2017
5.1
Film
Krystal
Dr. Farley
2018
4.9
Film
The Neighbor
Mike
2020
5.1
Film
The Birthday Cake
Uncle Ricardo
2021
6.5
Film
Cold Brook
Ted Markham
2019
5.0
Film
The Space Between
Donny Rumson
2021
5.4
Film
The Sound
Conner
2025
4.4
Film
Josie & Jack
Raeburn
2019
4.9
Series
Top Gear America
Self - Presenter
2017
4.3
Film
Armed
Richard
2018
5.6
Film
Black Holes
Youston (voice)
2017
6.7
Film
The Plastic Men
The Narrator (voice)
2026
5.7
Film
88
Ron Holt
2023
6.0
Film
UV Protection: The Making of 'Ultraviolet'
Self - Actor
2006
6.0
Film
Porsche: Decades of Disruption
Narrator (voice)
2017
Acting credits 58 titles
The Plastic Men
as The Narrator (voice)
6.7
2026
The Outer Threat
as Sam
5.6
2026
The Sound
as Conner
5.4
2025
Talamasca: The Secret Order
as Jasper
6.7
2025
The Gettysburg Address
as John G. Nicolay (voice)
0.0
2025
French Girl
as Peter Kinski
6.2
2024
Hypnotic
as Dellrayne
6.2
2023
88
as Ron Holt
5.7
2023
The Company You Keep
as Leo Nicoletti
7.3
2023
BEEF
as Troy
7.8
2023–
Six
as Davis
5.4
2022
The Birthday Cake
as Uncle Ricardo
5.1
2021
The Space Between
as Donny Rumson
5.0
2021
The Neighbor
as Mike
4.9
2020
Cold Brook
as Ted Markham
6.5
2019
Josie & Jack
as Raeburn
4.4
2019
Finding Steve McQueen
as Enzo Rotella
6.1
2019
All the Devil's Men
as Brennan
5.7
2018
Armed
as Richard
4.3
2018
O.G.
as Danvers
5.9
2018
Traffik
as Mr. Waynewright
6.1
2018
Hot Summer Nights
as Shep
6.6
2018
Krystal
as Dr. Farley
5.1
2018
12 Strong
as Colonel Mulholland
6.4
2018
Porsche: Decades of Disruption
as Narrator (voice)
6.0
2017
Top Gear America
as Self - Presenter
4.9
2017
Black Holes
as Youston (voice)
5.6
2017
American Wrestler: The Wizard
as Coach Plyler
7.2
2017
Independence Day: Resurgence
as General Adams
5.4
2016
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Eric Sacks
5.9
2014
The Homesman
as Vester Belknap
6.5
2014
The Lone Ranger
as Butch Cavendish
6.1
2013
Phantom
as Alex
5.8
2013
Elysium
as John Carlyle
6.5
2013
Mom
as Adam Janikowski
7.3
2013–2021
Drive Angry
as Accountant
5.5
2011
The Big Bang
as Poley
5.3
2011
Date Night
as DA Frank Crenshaw
6.1
2010
Prison Break: The Final Break
as Alex Mahone
7.5
2009
Blades of Glory
as Darren MacElroy
6.1
2007
UV Protection: The Making of 'Ultraviolet'
as Self - Actor
6.0
2006
Ultraviolet
as Garth
5.2
2006
First Snow
as Ed Jacomoi
6.1
2006
Invasion
as Sheriff Tom Underlay
7.1
2005–2006
The Longest Yard
as Captain Knauer
6.7
2005
Empire Falls
as Jimmy Minty
6.5
2005
MDs
as Dr. Bruce Kellerman
7.3
2002
Equilibrium
as Jürgen
7.1
2002
Black Hawk Down
as Sanderson
7.4
2001
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
as Detective Alex Tardio
5.5
2001
The Perfect Storm
as David "Sully" Sullivan
6.5
2000
Go
as Burke
7.0
1999
Armageddon
as Willie Sharp
6.8
1998
Switchback
as Chief Jack McGinnis
6.0
1997
Contact
as Kent
7.4
1997
Virtuosity
as Wallace
5.5
1995
Strange Days
as Dwayne Engelman
7.0
1995
Heat
as Roger Van Zant
7.9
1995