William Forsythe: movies and TV shows
William Forsythe has 158 credits in the archive: 133 films and 25 TV series, from 1959 to 2026. Highest rated: The Mentalist (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1959 – 2026 · busiest year: 1999 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Roaring Game | Coach | Film | — | 71 |
| 2026 | A Crime Story | Film | — | 71 | |
| 2026 | Straight Shot | Frank Senior | Film | — | 71 |
| 2025 | Just Breathe | Tony | Film | 6.2 | 70 |
| 2024 | 9 Windows | Det. Tim Boyle | Film | 4.9 | 69 |
| 2023 | Open | Capt. Edgar J. Steadman | Film | 5.8 | 68 |
| 2021 | Ida Red | Lawrence Twilley | Film | 5.7 | 66 |
| 2021 | God's Not Dead: We The People | Senator Robert Benson | Film | 6.6 | 66 |
| 2021 | Roe v. Wade | Justice Potter Stewart | Film | 5.6 | 66 |
| 2020 | A Perfect Plan | Grayson | Film | 5.4 | 65 |
| 2020 | I Am Fear | Marco | Film | 4.3 | 65 |
| 2019 | Cold Pursuit | Brock 'Wingman' Coxman | Film | 5.9 | 64 |
| 2019 | Awake | Roger Bower | Film | 5.3 | 64 |
| 2019 | Vault | Buddy Providence | Film | 5.6 | 64 |
| 2019 | Run with the Hunted | Augustus | Film | 4.7 | 64 |
| 2019 | Betrayal: When the Government Took Over the Teamsters Union | narrator | Film | — | 64 |
| 2018 | Magnum P.I. | Harry Brown | TV | 7.6 | 63 |
| 2018 | The Little Mermaid | Film | 5.0 | 63 | |
| 2017 | Check Point | The Sheriff | Film | 6.1 | 62 |
| 2017 | Check Point | Film | 6.1 | 62 | |
| 2017 | The Networker | Charles Mangano | Film | 4.0 | 62 |
| 2016 | The Bronx Bull | Jake LaMotta | Film | 4.3 | 61 |
| 2016 | The Midnight Man | Fairbanks | Film | 5.9 | 61 |
| 2016 | The Hollow | Big John Dawson | Film | 4.8 | 61 |
| 2015 | Marvel's Daredevil | Dutton | TV | 8.2 | 60 |
| 2015 | The Man in the High Castle | J. Edgar Hoover | TV | 7.5 | 60 |
| 2015 | Echoes of War | Randolph McCluskey | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 2015 | Laugh Killer Laugh | Frank Stone | Film | 4.5 | 60 |
| 2015 | Road to Juarez | Doug Hermann | Film | 3.5 | 60 |
| 2014 | Hidden in the Woods | Uncle Costello | Film | 4.6 | 59 |
| 2014 | Tom Holland's Twisted Tales | Mr. Smith (segment "To Hell With You") | Film | 4.4 | 59 |
| 2013 | Tom Holland's Twisted Tales | Mr. Smith | TV | — | 58 |
| 2013 | Infected | Dr. Edward Dennehey | Film | 3.3 | 58 |
| 2013 | The Ghost Club: Spirits Never Die | Stanley | Film | 1.7 | 58 |
| 2012 | The Mob Doctor | Constantine Alexander | TV | 6.9 | 57 |
| 2012 | Loosies | Captain Tom Edwards | Film | 5.7 | 57 |
| 2012 | Celluloid Bloodbath | Self | Film | 4.4 | 57 |
| 2011 | Inkubus | Ret. Detective Gil Diamante | Film | 3.9 | 56 |
| 2011 | Jesse | Vince the Godfather | Film | 1.5 | 56 |
| 2011 | Born to Ride | Jack Steele | Film | 3.5 | 56 |
| 2011 | L.A., I Hate You | Uncle Rip | Film | 2.9 | 56 |
| 2011 | Underground Entertainment: The Movie | Bill | Film | 7.2 | 56 |
| 2011 | Slip and Fall | Jerry | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Harry Brown | TV | 7.7 | 55 |
| 2010 | Justified | Michael | TV | 8.0 | 55 |
| 2010 | Boardwalk Empire | Manny | TV | 8.0 | 55 |
| 2010 | Dear Mr. Gacy | John Wayne Gacy | Film | 5.9 | 55 |
| 2010 | The Rig | Jim Fleming | Film | 3.3 | 55 |
| 2009 | The Nail | Massimo | Film | 5.7 | 54 |
| 2009 | Happy in the Valley | Stewart | Film | 3.6 | 54 |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | Steve Rigsby | TV | 8.4 | 53 |
| 2008 | Stiletto | Alex | Film | 4.7 | 53 |
| 2008 | Final Approach | Silas Jansen | Film | 5.1 | 53 |
| 2008 | Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween | Self | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 2008 | iMurders | Professor Uberoth | Film | 3.4 | 53 |
| 2007 | Halloween | Ronnie White | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 2007 | 88 Minutes | FBI Special Agent Frank Parks | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 2007 | Southern Gothic | Pitt | Film | 3.8 | 52 |
| 2007 | Hack! | Willy | Film | 4.5 | 52 |
| 2007 | We All Scream for Ice Cream | Buster | Film | 5.0 | 52 |
| 2006 | Shark | Harry Russo | TV | 6.7 | 51 |
| 2006 | Freedomland | Boyle | Film | 5.2 | 51 |
| 2006 | Jam | Ted | Film | 4.8 | 51 |
| 2005 | Masters of Horror | TV | 7.1 | 50 | |
| 2005 | The Devil's Rejects | Sheriff John Quincy Wydel | Film | 6.7 | 50 |
| 2005 | The L.A. Riot Spectacular | George Holliday | Film | 3.3 | 50 |
| 2005 | Hammerhead | Tom Reed | Film | 4.3 | 50 |
| 2005 | Larva | Jacob Long | Film | 5.0 | 50 |
| 2004 | Entourage | Eddie Kapowski | TV | 7.4 | 49 |
| 2004 | The Librarians | Simon | Film | 5.3 | 49 |
| 2004 | The Librarians | Film | 5.3 | 49 | |
| 2004 | The Last Letter | Mr. Griffith | Film | 3.0 | 49 |
| 2004 | The Last Letter | Film | 3.0 | 49 | |
| 2003 | Las Vegas | Uncle Luke | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 2003 | Blue Hill Avenue | Det. Torrance | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 2003 | The Technical Writer | Joe | Film | 5.0 | 48 |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami | Captain Chris Sutter | TV | 7.7 | 47 |
| 2002 | John Doe | Digger | TV | 7.3 | 47 |
| 2002 | City by the Sea | Spyder | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 2002 | Hard Cash | Bo Young | Film | 4.6 | 47 |
| 2002 | Coastlines | Fred Vance | Film | 5.2 | 47 |
| 2001 | UC: Undercover | TV | 6.7 | 46 | |
| 2001 | Camouflage | Alton Owens | Film | 4.4 | 46 |
| 2001 | Outlaw | Ted Castle | Film | 5.3 | 46 |
| 2000 | G-Men from Hell | Dean Crept | Film | 4.2 | 45 |
| 2000 | Luck of the Draw | Max Fenton | Film | 4.9 | 45 |
| 2000 | Civility | Andrew LeBretian | Film | 4.0 | 45 |
| 1999 | Blue Streak | Detective Hardcastle | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1999 | Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo | Det. Chuck Fowler | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1999 | Four Days | Milt | Film | 4.8 | 44 |
| 1999 | 18 Shades of Dust | Tommy Cucci | Film | 5.3 | 44 |
| 1999 | The Last Marshal | DeClerc | Film | 3.9 | 44 |
| 1999 | Soundman | Frank Rosenfeld | Film | 4.4 | 44 |
| 1999 | Row Your Boat | Gil Meadows | Film | 3.9 | 44 |
| 1999 | Paradise Lost | Mike Stark | Film | 3.9 | 44 |
| 1998 | Hell's Kitchen | Lou Reilly | Film | 5.1 | 43 |
| 1998 | Firestorm | Randall Shaye | Film | 5.2 | 43 |
| 1998 | Dollar for the Dead | Dooley | Film | 5.7 | 43 |
| 1998 | Ambushed | Mike Organski | Film | 5.1 | 43 |
| 1998 | The Pass | Charles Duprey | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1997 | First Time Felon | Sorley | Film | 6.9 | 42 |
| 1997 | Big City Blues | Hudson | Film | 4.6 | 42 |
| 1996 | The Rock | Special Agent Ernest Paxton | Film | 7.2 | 41 |
| 1996 | The Substitute | Hollan | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1996 | Gotti | Sammy Gravano | Film | 6.6 | 41 |
| 1996 | Palookaville | Sid Dunleavy | Film | 5.9 | 41 |
| 1996 | For Which He Stands | Johnny Rochetti | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1996 | Peacock Blues | Film | 9.0 | 41 | |
| 1995 | Cybill | Bruce | TV | 5.9 | 40 |
| 1995 | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead | Franchise | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1995 | Virtuosity | William Cochran | Film | 5.5 | 40 |
| 1995 | Thriller Zone | Marcus Deerfield (segment "The Final Hour") | Film | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1995 | The Immortals | Tim | Film | 5.6 | 40 |
| 1995 | Beyond Desire | Ray Patterson | Film | 4.7 | 40 |
| 1995 | Beyond Desire | Film | 4.7 | 40 | |
| 1994 | Direct Hit | John Hatch | Film | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1994 | Lives in Hazard | Self | Film | 8.5 | 39 |
| 1993 | The Untouchables | Al Capone | TV | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1993 | A Kiss to Die For | Detective Mike Stoller | Film | 4.6 | 38 |
| 1993 | Relentless 3 | Walter Hilderman | Film | 4.8 | 38 |
| 1992 | American Me | J.D. | Film | 7.4 | 37 |
| 1992 | The Waterdance | Bloss | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1992 | Cruel Doubt | Police Chief John Crone | TV | 4.8 | 37 |
| 1992 | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Beaudeen | Film | 5.1 | 37 |
| 1992 | Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story | Terry Harper | Film | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1991 | Career Opportunities | Custodian | Film | 6.9 | 36 |
| 1991 | Out for Justice | Richie Madano | Film | 6.2 | 36 |
| 1991 | Stone Cold | Ice | Film | 6.2 | 36 |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy | Flattop | Film | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1990 | Blind Faith | Ferlin L'Heureux | TV | 6.4 | 35 |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes | Self | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1990 | Sons | Mike | Film | 5.3 | 35 |
| 1989 | Torrents of Spring | Prince Ippolito Polozov | Film | 5.9 | 34 |
| 1989 | Dead Bang | Arthur Kressler | Film | 6.4 | 34 |
| 1988 | Patty Hearst | Teko | Film | 5.7 | 33 |
| 1988 | Baja Oklahoma | Tommy Earl Browner | Film | 6.6 | 33 |
| 1987 | Raising Arizona | Evelle | Film | 7.1 | 32 |
| 1987 | Extreme Prejudice | Sgt. Buck Atwater | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1987 | Weeds | Burt the Booster | Film | 5.4 | 32 |
| 1985 | The Long Hot Summer | Isaac | TV | 5.5 | 30 |
| 1985 | Savage Dawn | Pigiron | Film | 4.4 | 30 |
| 1985 | The Lightship | Gene | Film | 5.3 | 30 |
| 1985 | Command 5 | Hawk | Film | 5.0 | 30 |
| 1984 | Once Upon a Time in America | Cockeye | Film | 8.4 | 29 |
| 1984 | Cloak & Dagger | Morris | Film | 6.4 | 29 |
| 1983 | The Man Who Wasn't There | Pug Face Crusher | Film | 4.3 | 28 |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker | Wounded Assailant | TV | 6.5 | 27 |
| 1982 | Fame | TV | 6.8 | 27 | |
| 1982 | Tales of the Gold Monkey | TV | 7.5 | 27 | |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | TV | 7.6 | 26 | |
| 1981 | Smokey Bites the Dust | Kenny | Film | 2.8 | 26 |
| 1981 | The Miracle of Kathy Miller | Mark | Film | 8.5 | 26 |
| 1978 | Long Shot | Bille | Film | 9.0 | 23 |
| 1959 | The Young Land | Film | 6.8 | 4 | |
| A Christmas Cop | Captain Carol | Film | — | — | |
| Godshot | Film | — | — | ||
| Rule of Three | Mitch | Film | 7.0 | — | |
| The Witching Hour | Devlin Deeds | Film | — | — |