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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 27, 1956
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
- ويليام فيكنر
- ویلیام فیکنر
William Fichtner
4.1 Popularity
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
0.0
John G. Nicolay (voice)
The Gettysburg Address
2025
6.8
Jasper
Talamasca: The Secret Order
2025
10.0
The Narrator (voice)
The Plastic Men
2025
5.5
Conner
The Sound
2025
6.2
Peter Kinski
French Girl
2024
6.2
Dellrayne
Hypnotic
2023
7.2
Leo Nicoletti
The Company You Keep
2023
5.7
Ron Holt
88
2023
🎬
5.4
Davis
Six
2022
3.9
Rick Kirkham
Joe vs Carole
2022
Credits
The Gettysburg Address
as John G. Nicolay (voice)
2025
0.0
Talamasca: The Secret Order
as Jasper
2025
6.8
The Plastic Men
as The Narrator (voice)
2025
10.0
The Sound
as Conner
2025
5.5
French Girl
as Peter Kinski
2024
6.2
Hypnotic
as Dellrayne
2023
6.2
The Company You Keep
as Leo Nicoletti
2023
7.2
88
as Ron Holt
2023
5.7
🎬
Six
as Davis
2022
5.4
Joe vs Carole
as Rick Kirkham
2022
3.9
That Night
as Narrator
2021
0.0
The Birthday Cake
as Uncle Ricardo
2021
5.1
The Space Between
as Donny Rumson
2021
5.0
The Neighbor
as Mike
2020
4.9
Cold Brook
as Ted Markham
2019
6.3
Josie & Jack
as Raeburn
2019
4.2
Finding Steve McQueen
as Enzo Rotella
2019
6.0
Armed
as Richard
2018
4.3
Hot Summer Nights
as Shep
2018
6.6
All the Devil's Men
as Brennan
2018
5.7
Traffik
as Mr. Waynewright
2018
6.1
O.G.
as Danvers
2018
5.9
Krystal
as Dr. Farley
2018
5.1
12 Strong
as Colonel Mulholland
2018
6.3
Top Gear America
as Self - Presenter
2017
4.6
American Wrestler: The Wizard
as Coach Plyler
2017
7.3
Porsche: Decades of Disruption
as Narrator (voice)
2017
6.0
Black Holes
as Youston (voice)
2017
5.6
Shooter
as O'Brien
2016
7.2
The War of 1996: A United World News Special
as General Adams
2016
0.0
Last Day in LA
as Narrator (voice)
2016
0.0
Independence Day: Resurgence
as General Adams
2016
5.3
Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'
as Self
2016
7.0
Four Falls of Buffalo
as Narrator (voice)
2015
7.7
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Eric Sacks
2014
5.9
The Homesman
as Vester Belknap
2014
6.5
🎬
Hell on Earth
as Satan
2014
0.0
Mom
as Adam Janikowski
2013
7.3
Crossing Lines
as Carl Hickman
2013
6.7
Elysium
as John Carlyle
2013
6.5
The Lone Ranger
as Butch Cavendish
2013
6.1
Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's
as Narrator (voice)
2013
6.1
Phantom
as Alex
2013
5.9
Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden
as Guidry
2012
5.9
Wrong
as Master Chang
2012
6.3
Veep
as Felix Wade
2012
7.5
Drive Angry
as Accountant
2011
5.5
The Big Bang
as Poley
2011
5.3
Date Night
as DA Frank Crenshaw
2010
6.1
Prison Break: The Final Break
as Alex Mahone
2009
7.5
🎬
Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil
as Self
2009
5.3
The Dark Knight
as Bank Manager
2008
8.5
Blades of Glory
as Darren MacElroy
2007
6.1
UV Protection: The Making of 'Ultraviolet'
as Self - Actor
2006
6.0
First Snow
as Ed Jacomoi
2006
6.1
The Amateurs
as Otis
2006
5.6
Ultraviolet
as Garth
2006
5.2
Invasion
as Sheriff Tom Underlay
2005
7.1
Nine Lives
as Andrew
2005
6.0
Prison Break
as Alexander Mahone
2005
8.1
The Chumscrubber
as Mr. Bill Stiffle
2005
6.5
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Dr. Wexler - Marriage Counselor (voice) (uncredited)
2005
6.7
Empire Falls
as Jimmy Minty
2005
6.5
The Longest Yard
as Captain Knauer
2005
6.7
Crash
as Flanagan
2005
7.2
American Dad!
as Harland (voice)
2005
7.0
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
as Rosenberg (voice)
2004
9.7
Entourage
as Phil Yagoda
2004
7.4
Equilibrium
as Jürgen
2002
7.0
MDs
as Dr. Bruce Kellerman
2002
7.5
Julie Walking Home
as Henry
2002
5.4
Black Hawk Down
as SFC Jeff Sanderson
2001
7.4
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
as Detective Alex Tardio
2001
5.5
Pearl Harbor
as Danny's Father
2001
6.9
The Perfect Storm
as David "Sully" Sullivan
2000
6.5
Drowning Mona
as Phil Dearly
2000
5.4
Passion of Mind
as Aaron Reilly
2000
5.7
The West Wing
as Christopher Mulready
1999
8.2
Go
as Burke
1999
7.0
The Settlement
as Jerry
1999
5.0
Armageddon
as Colonel Willie Sharp
1998
6.8
Switchback
as Chief Jack McGinnis
1997
6.0
Contact
as Kent
1997
7.4
Albino Alligator
as Law
1997
5.7
Heat
as Roger Van Zant
1995
7.9
Reckless
as Rachel's Father
1995
6.4
Strange Days
as Dwayne Engelman
1995
7.0
Virtuosity
as Wallace
1995
5.5
The Underneath
as Tommy Dundee
1995
5.7
Quiz Show
as Stage Manager
1994
7.3
Malcolm X
as Cop at Harlem Station
1992
7.5
Baywatch
as Howard Ganza
1989
6.0
🎬
That's Amore!
N/A
0.0
🎬
Cutman
as Emmerit
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Outer Threat
N/A
0.0