William FichtnerFilmography

Born:: November 27, 1956
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: An intense, versatile performer, William Fichtner emerged as a memorable character actor through his work with some of the most notable filmmakers of the 1990s and beyond. After his military brat childhood, Fichtner studied criminal justice in college before moving to New York City to shift his...Read More

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The Dark Knight

Actors: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman

Synopsis: Christopher Nolan steps back into the director's chair for this sequel to Batman Begins, which finds the titular superhero coming face to face with his greatest nemesis -- the dreaded Joker. Christian Bale returns to the role of Batman, Maggie Gyllenhaal takes over the role of Rachel Dawes (played Read More

7/18/08
Blades of Glory

Actors: Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, Jenna Fischer, Craig T. Nelson

Synopsis: Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, and Will Arnett headline this high-concept comedy concerning two male figure-skating rivals aching to compete despite having been banned from the sport. Their medals stripped after getting into a highly publicized fight at the World Championships, star figure skaters Chazz Read More

3/30/07
First Snow

Actors: Guy Pearce, Piper Perabo, William Fichtner, J.K. Simmons, Shea Whigham

Synopsis: A man desperately tries to keep a strange prediction from coming true in this independent psychological thriller. Jimmy Starks (Guy Pearce) is a traveling salesmen who is in New Mexico on business when he crosses paths with a psychic. The psychic offers to read Jimmy's fortune, and quickly informs Read More

3/23/07
Prison Break: Season 03

Actors: Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, William Fichtner, Amaury Nolasco, Wade Williams

Synopsis: The third season finds Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller) back in prison with disgraced FBI Agent Alexander Mahone (William Fichtner), ex-prison guard Brad Bellick (Wade Williams) and villainous Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell (Robert Knepper). But Panamanian prison Sona is no Fox River -- the inmates Read More

2007
The Amateurs

Actors: Jeff Bridges, Ted Danson, William Fichtner, Patrick Fugit, Lauren Graham

Synopsis: A man down on his luck hatches a different kind of get-rich-quick scheme in this independent comedy. Andy Sargentee (Jeff Bridges) is a middle-aged divorcé who is down in the dumps after the departure of his wife, Thelma (Jeanne Tripplehorn), and son, Billy (Alex D. Linz). The fact that Thelma's Read More

9/15/06
Ultraviolet

Actors: Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright, Nick Chinlund, Sebastien Andrieu, William Fichtner

Synopsis: In the late 21st a disease called Hemophagia has genetically modified nearly an entire race of people, leaving them with such enhanced speed, intelligence, and strength that they resemble vampires in nearly every way. Fear begins to breed within the power elite as the disease continues to spread Read More

3/3/06
Prison Break: Season 02

Actors: Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, William Fichtner, Amaury Nolasco, Wade Williams

Synopsis: The second season kicks off with the eight inmates-turned-fugitives facing their first morning outside the walls of the Fox River State Penitentiary. Led by Michael Scofield (Wentworth Miller), the mastermind behind the breakout, the escapees endeavor to stay ahead of the manhunt spearheaded by Read More

2006
Nine Lives

Actors: Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Elpidia Carrillo, Glenn Close, Stephen Dillane

Synopsis: Filmmaker Rodrigo García takes an unusual look into the lives of nine different women in this episodic drama. Each of the film's nine sequences has been staged as a single shot, using the Steadicam system to allow the camera to follow the action fluidly and without cuts. In these short episodes Read More

10/14/05
The Chumscrubber

Actors: Jamie Bell, Camilla Belle, Justin Chatwin, Glenn Close, Rory Culkin, Carrie-Anne Moss

Synopsis: The death of a troubled teen throws a suburban neighborhood into chaos in this darkly satirical comedy. Dean (Jamie Bell) is a disaffected teenager living in a California suburb that's beautiful on the surface but populated by families who live emotionally vacant lives, with the parents often too Read More

8/5/05
The Longest Yard

Actors: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds, Nelly, James Cromwell

Synopsis: One of the toughest and best-remembered sports movies of the 1970s gets a humorous makeover in this comedy. Paul "Wrecking" Crewe (Adam Sandler) was once a famous professional football player, but after several years out of the limelight and an alcohol problem have taken their toll, Crewe is Read More

5/27/05
Crash

Actors: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Shaun Toub, Brendan Fraser

Synopsis: Issues of race and gender cause a group of strangers in Los Angeles to physically and emotionally collide in this drama from director and screenwriter Paul Haggis. Graham (Don Cheadle) is a police detective whose brother is a street criminal, and it hurts him to know his mother cares more about Read More

5/6/05
Invasion Iowa [TV Series]

Actors: William Fichtner, William Shatner, Eddie Cibrian, Garz Chan, Lisa Sheridan, Ernie Grunwald, Kari Matchett, Desi Lydic, Tyler Labine, Michael J. O'Hara

Synopsis: As anyone with even a nodding acquaintance with Star Trek can tell you, the (future) birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk is Riverside, Iowa. But how many of those people could tell that there really is a Riverside, Iowa, population 928? It is this cozy little farming community that serves as the Read More

2005
Empire Falls

Actors: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nesbitt Blaisdell, Michael Brockman, Dennis Farina, William Fichtner, Matt Blumm, Miles Chandler, Kortney Adams, David Altshuler, Doree A. Austin, Bradley J. Van Dussen, Troy Faucher, Bryant R. Garrett, Stephen E. Hodgdon, James K. Small, Birdie Katz, Wilma Keem, Tina Konstantoulaki, June Marie Krumholz, Gail R. Pelotte, Scott Riccio, David Montgomery, Dan Pleva, Delia Robertson, Timothy J. Ryan, Linda Saulter, Adam L. Sirois, Tony Takacs, Kaile R. Jr. Warren, Claire Winters, Emily Wachtel, Robin Wright Penn, Adam Le Fevre, Carey Lowell, Stephen Mendillo, Larry Pine, Matthew Dixon, Harold Withee, Ed Harris, Danielle Panabaker, Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman, Helen Hunt, Aidan Quinn

Synopsis: This two-part HBO miniseries is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Richard Russo. Having long since sacrificed youthful ideals and values to remain in his New England hometown for the sake of his family, middle-aged Miles Roby (Ed Harris) finds his "secure" little world disintegrating Read More

2005
Equilibrium

Actors: Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs, Angus MacFadyen, Sean Bean

Synopsis: A man who dares to feel finds his life in danger in this cautionary science fiction drama. In the future, after a Third World War has decimated much of the Earth's population, a new nation known as Libria rises up under the unquestioned leadership of Dupont (Angus MacFadyen). Believing human Read More

12/6/02
MDs [TV Series]

Actors: William Fichtner, John Hannah, Leslie Stefanson, Jacqueline McKenzie, Aunjanue Ellis, Jane Lynch

Synopsis: The ad copy for the ABC medical drama MDs promised "doctors who'll bend any rule and take on the system." The series looked and sounded a lot like M*A*S*H, the difference being that it took place in peacetime, and in contemporary San Francisco. William Fichter and John Hannah essayed the Hawkeye Read More

2002
Black Hawk Down

Actors: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Jason Isaacs, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana, William Fichtner, Ewen Bremner, Sam Shepard

Synopsis: A quickly forgotten chapter in United States military history is relived in this harrowing war drama from director Ridley Scott, based on a series of Philadelphia Inquirer articles and subsequent book by reporter Mark Bowden. On October 3rd, 1993, an elite team of more than 100 Delta Force Read More

12/28/01
What's the Worst That Could Happen?

Actors: Martin Lawrence, Danny DeVito, John Leguizamo, Glenne Headly, Carmen Ejogo

Synopsis: The novel of the same name by crime author Donald E. Westlake becomes this MGM comedy starring Martin Lawrence as Kevin Caffery, a thief who breaks into the supposedly unoccupied beachfront mansion of billionaire Max Fairbanks (Danny De Vito). Max unexpectedly catches the burglar red-handed and Read More

6/1/01
Pearl Harbor

Actors: Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Tom Sizemore

Synopsis: At the time of its release, this lavish period war drama from hyperkinetic director Michael Bay became the most expensive motion picture ever green-lighted by a studio. Ben Affleck stars as Rafe McCawley, a military pilot stationed under Jimmy Doolittle (Alec Baldwin) in New Jersey, along with his Read More

5/25/01
The Healer

Actors: Miranda Otto, William Fichtner, Lothaire Bluteau, Ryan Smith, Bianca Crudo

Synopsis: Faith, family, and devotion are all explored in Polish director Agnieszka Holland's intense family drama. Julie (Miranda Otto) and her twin children, Nick (Ryan Smith) and Nicole (Bianca Crudo), cut short a ski outing due to Nick suddenly taking ill. As they arrive back at home, Julie catches her Read More

2001
The Perfect Storm

Actors: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, John C. Reilly, Diane Lane, William Fichtner, John Hawkes

Synopsis: In October 1991, a dying tropical hurricane from Bermuda collided with a cold front from the Great Lakes, resulting in a "perfect storm" of previously unknown destructive impact that resulted in 100-foot waves; tragically, the crew of a fishing boat was lost in the midst of the fearsome storm. Read More

6/30/00
Passion of Mind

Actors: Demi Moore, Stellan Skarsgård, William Fichtner, Sinéad Cusack, Peter Riegert

Synopsis: Demi Moore stars in this unusual psychological drama about two women caught between reality and imagination. Marie (Moore) is an American widow trying to raise two children under difficult circumstances in a small town in France. Marty (also played by Moore) is a successful businesswoman in New Read More

5/26/00
Drowning Mona

Actors: Danny DeVito, Bette Midler, Neve Campbell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Affleck, Will Ferrell

Synopsis: Rage, jealousy, murder, and Eastern European automotive engineering combine in this offbeat black comedy. Verplanck, NY, is a small town north of Manhattan that has the dubious distinction of being the Yugo capital of America; the ill-fated import compact was first test-marketed in Verplanck, and Read More

3/3/00
Go

Actors: Sarah Polley, Desmond Askew, Katie Holmes, Jay Mohr, Scott Wolf, William Fichtner, Breckin Meyer, Taye Diggs, Timothy Olyphant

Synopsis: Director/cinematographer Doug Liman's third feature links together three edgy stories, all beginning in the same Los Angeles supermarket with an interconnected group of characters. Ronna (Sarah Polley) is a down-on-her-luck checkout girl who is sweet talked into taking an extra shift from her Read More

4/9/99
The Settlement

Actors: John C. Reilly, William Fichtner, Kelly McGillis, David Rasche, Dan Castellaneta

Synopsis: In The Settlement, Pat (John C. Reilly) and Jerry (William Fichtner) work on the fringes of the insurance industry in what are called "viatical settlements," which allow terminal patients the option of cashing in their life insurance policies before death for a reduced payment. In the 1980s, with Read More

1999
Armageddon

Actors: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton

Synopsis: Michael Bay (The Rock) directed this science fiction action thriller in the When Worlds Collide tradition. After astronomy students discover a comet-asteroid collision, an asteroid fragment "the size of the Super Dome" threatens. It's destroyed by a secret USA defense in space, but a large chunk Read More

7/1/98
Contact

Actors: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt

Synopsis: The search for life outside our solar system becomes a personal and spiritual quest for a young researcher. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) is a scientist who lost her faith in God after her parents died when she was a child. However, Ellie has learned to develop a different sort of faith in the Read More

1997
Switchback

Actors: Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey, Ted Levine

Synopsis: Scripter Jeb Stuart (Die Hard) made his directorial debut with this thriller about an FBI agent in pursuit of a serial killer. Politically ambitious Amarillo police chief Jack McGinnis (William Fichtner) uses a local murder to gain votes in his campaign, a setback for Sheriff Buck Olmstead (R. Lee Ermey Read More

1997
Albino Alligator

Actors: Matt Dillon, Faye Dunaway, Gary Sinise, William Fichtner, Joe Mantegna, Viggo Mortensen

Synopsis: Actor Kevin Spacey made his directorial debut with this thriller. Dova (Matt Dillon), Milo (Gary Sinise), and Law (William Fichtner) are three small-time crooks on the run after a botched robbery of a New Orleans warehouse led to a car chase, causing the death of two cops. Needing a place to hide Read More

1996
Virtuosity

Actors: Denzel Washington, Kelly Lynch, Russell Crowe, Stephen Spinella, William Forsythe

Synopsis: In a futuristic, high-tech world run by huge corporations, Parker Barnes (Denzel Washington) is an L.A. policeman serving time for killing the psychotic who murdered his wife and child. Lindenmeyer (Stephen Spinella), a Dr. Frankenstein of the computer era, has created a monster, Sid 6.7 (Russell Crowe Read More

1995
The Underneath

Actors: Peter Gallagher, Alison Elliott, William Fichtner, Adam Trese, Joe Don Baker

Synopsis: A remake of the classic Robert Siodmak film noir Criss Cross, Steven Soderbergh's The Underneath follows much the same plot and narrative arc of the original, but expands the possibilities of its thriller structure to also explore the complexities and insecurities at the heart of modern Read More

1995
Strange Days

Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Michael Wincott

Synopsis: Set in Los Angeles two days before the end of 1999, Strange Days introduces us to Lenny Nero (Ralph Fiennes), an ex-cop turned sleazy hustler who hawks the newest underground thrill on the black market: a "squid," a headpiece that allows one to transmit digital recordings of other people's Read More

1995
Reckless

Actors: Mia Farrow, Scott Glenn, Mary-Louise Parker, Tony Goldwyn, Eileen Brennan

Synopsis: Reckless is a dark, dream-like comedy-fantasy adapted by Craig Lucas from his play that takes place in a strange, hallucinogenic otherworld. Mia Farrow stars as annoying, air-headed housewife Rachel, who discovers on Christmas Eve that her husband Tom (Tony Goldwyn) has arranged for a hit man to Read More

1995
Heat

Actors: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora

Synopsis: A successful career criminal considers getting out of the business after one last score, while an obsessive cop desperately tries to put him behind bars in this intelligent thriller written and directed by Michael Mann. Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) is a thief who specializes in big, risky jobs Read More

1995
Quiz Show

Actors: John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Ralph Fiennes, Paul Scofield, David Paymer

Synopsis: It's 1958, and the producers of the quiz show 21 have a problem. Their current champ, Herbert Stempel (John Turturro), has a phenomenal memory and a broad range of knowledge. He's also a pudgy loudmouth with a grating personality, so Herbert is encouraged to "take a dive" and allow Charles Read More

1994
Malcolm X

Actors: Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Angela Bassett, Al Freeman, Jr., Delroy Lindo, Albert Hall

Synopsis: Writer-director Spike Lee's epic portrayal of the life and times of the slain civil rights leader Malcolm X begins with the cross-cut imagery of the police beating of black motorist Rodney King juxtaposed with an American flag burning into the shape of the letter X. When the film's narrative Read More

11/18/92