William Fichtner
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1956-11-27 (68 years old)
Place of Birth
Mitchell Field Air Force Base, East Meadow, Long Island, New York, USA
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.
Acting
The Sound
as Conner
The Plastic Men
as Narrator
St. Sebastian
as Jurgens
(2025)
The Gettysburg Address
as John G. Nicolay (voice)
(2024)
French Girl
as Peter Kinski
(2023)
Hypnotic
as Dellrayne
(2023)
88
as Ron Holt
(2022)
Six
as Davis
(2021)
The Birthday Cake
as Uncle Ricardo
(2021)
The Space Between
as Donny Rumson
(2021)
That Night
as Narrator
(2020)
The Neighbor
as Mike
(2019)
Finding Steve McQueen
as Enzo Rotella
(2019)
Cold Brook
as Ted Markham
(2019)
Josie & Jack
as Raeburn
(2018)
12 Strong
as Colonel Mulholland
(2018)
Hot Summer Nights
as Shep
(2018)
Traffik
as Mr. Waynewright
(2018)
All the Devil's Men
as Brennan
(2018)
O.G.
as Danvers
(2018)
Armed
as Richard
(2018)
Krystal
as Dr. Farley
(2017)
American Wrestler: The Wizard
as Coach Plyler
(2017)
Black Holes
as Youston (voice)
(2017)
Porsche: Decades of Disruption
as Narrator (voice)
(2016)
Independence Day: Resurgence
as General Adams
(2016)
(2016)
The War of 1996: A United World News Special
as General Adams
(2016)
Last Day in LA
as Narrator (voice)
(2015)
Four Falls of Buffalo
as Narrator (voice)
(2014)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Eric Sacks
(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)
Phantom
as Alex
(2013)
Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's
as Narrator (voice)
(2012)
(2012)
Wrong
as Master Chang
(2011)
Drive Angry
as Accountant
(2011)
The Big Bang
as Poley
(2010)
Date Night
as DA Frank Crenshaw
(2009)
Prison Break: The Final Break
as Alex Mahone
(2009)
(2008)
The Dark Knight
as Bank Manager
(2007)
Blades of Glory
as Darren MacElroy
(2006)
Ultraviolet
as Garth
(2006)
First Snow
as Ed Jacomoi
(2006)
The Amateurs
as Otis
(2006)
UV Protection: The Making of 'Ultraviolet'
as Self - Actor
(2005)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Dr. Wexler - Marriage Counselor (voice) (uncredited)
(2005)
The Longest Yard
as Captain Knauer
(2005)
Crash
as Flanagan
(2005)
Nine Lives
as Andrew
(2005)
The Chumscrubber
as Mr. Bill Stiffle
(2002)
Equilibrium
as Jürgen
(2002)
Julie Walking Home
as Henry
(2001)
Black Hawk Down
as SFC Jeff Sanderson
(2001)
Pearl Harbor
as Danny's Father
(2001)
What's the Worst That Could Happen?
as Detective Alex Tardio
(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)
The Settlement
as Jerry
(1998)
Armageddon
as Colonel Willie Sharp
(1997)
Contact
as Kent
(1997)
Switchback
as Chief Jack McGinnis
(1997)
Albino Alligator
as Law
(1995)
Heat
as Roger Van Zant
(1995)
Strange Days
as Dwayne Engelman
(1995)
Virtuosity
as Wallace
(1995)
The Underneath
as Tommy Dundee
(1995)
Reckless
as Rachel's Father
(1994)
Quiz Show
as Stage Manager
(1992)
Malcolm X
as Cop at Harlem Station
Crew
(2019)
Cold Brook
Writer, Director