William H. Macy Filmography

Born:: March 13, 1950 in Miami, FL
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: William H. Macy came to acting by way of Bethany and Goddard Colleges. At the latter school, Macy studied under playwright David Mamet, with whom he would be frequently associated throughout his career. After college, Macy was a member of Mamet's theater troupe, the St. Nicholas Company. The actor...Read More

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Actors: Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann, James Spader

Synopsis: A suburban boy gets everything he wishes for after being bonked in the head with a rainbow-tinted rock in this family comedy from writer/director Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids). Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann, and James Spader topline the cast, which also includes Jimmy Bennett, Kat Read More

1/1/09
The Tale of Despereaux

Actors: Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Watson, Tracey Ullman

Synopsis: A diminutive mouse strives to make a mammoth change in his troubled kingdom in this adaptation of author Kate DiCamillo's Newbery Medal-winning children's book. A long time ago, in the distant kingdom of Dor, a horrible accident broke the heart of the king, left a beautiful princess crestfallen Read More

12/19/08
The Deal

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: William H. Macy, Meg Ryan

Synopsis: His career in an uncontrollable downward spiral, a hapless Hollywood producer cons a major studio into financing a $100 million action film following the adventures of 19th century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, only to find his swindle taking a sudden turn for the worse when his star Read More

2008
Hurricane Mary

Actors: Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Cooper, William H. Macy, Laura San Giacomo

Synopsis: A devoted Irish-American mother (Patricia Clarkson) wages a tenacious battle to get her two disabled twin daughters (Dakota and Elle Fanning) into the public school system in director Arvin Brown's heartfelt docudrama. William H. Macy, Chris Cooper, and Laura San Giacomo co-star in a film produced Read More

1/1/08
Keep Coming Back

Crew: Director

Actors: Salma Hayek, Steve Buscemi, Mos Def, William H. Macy

Synopsis: A sheltered teenager with a weak heart discovers that there is more to life than he ever imagined when he becomes smitten with an alcoholic, world-weary ex-stripper. Salma Hayek stars as the exotic dancer who becomes charmed by the infatuated teen's naiveté, with Mos Def, Steve Buscemi, and Read More

1/1/08
The Lonely Maiden

Actors: Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken, William H. Macy

Synopsis: Three security guards (Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken, and William H. Macy) scheme to steal their favorite pieces of artwork that their museum is about to relinquish to another gallery in this Peter Hewitt-helmed crime-comedy. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Read More

1/1/08
Bart Got a Room

Actors: William H. Macy, Cheryl Hines, Steven J. Kaplan, Alia Shawkat, Brandon Hardesty

Synopsis: With prom right around the corner, a young man not only has to worry about finding a date, but is forced to wrestle with the crumbling marriage of his parents (William H. Macy and Cheryl Hines) in this Plum Pictures comedy from writer/director Brian Hecker (Family Attraction). ~ Jeremy Wheeler Read More

1/1/08
Bee Movie

Actors: Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Matthew Broderick, Patrick Warburton, John Goodman

Synopsis: Barry B. Benson (voice of Jerry Seinfeld) is your average honeybee. Despite having recently received his diploma from bee college and being virtually guaranteed a bright future in honey, Barry feels he has the skills to pursue a number of different career paths and resents the fact that his Read More

11/2/07
Wild Hogs

Actors: Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macy, Ray Liotta

Synopsis: A mismatched group of bored suburbanites longing to escape the stress of their daily lives and embrace the freedom of the open road finds that it takes more than polished chrome and leather jackets to truly experience the biker lifestyle in this revved-up road comedy starring John Travolta, Tim Allen Read More

3/2/07
Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life

Actors: Darius Weems, Andrew Carson, Daniel Epting, John Hadden, John Harmon

Synopsis: The heart-rending documentary Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life opens with the assertion that 15-year-old Darius Weems, a wheelchair-bound, African American young man stricken with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, has never left Georgian soil. To rectify this (and give Darius an experience he Read More

2007
Inland Empire

Actors: Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Harry Dean Stanton, Justin Theroux, Terryn Westbrook

Synopsis: Cinema of the surreal icon David Lynch follows up the success of his critically acclaimed 2001 feature Mulholland Drive with this dark mystery, shot on a handheld Sony PD150 digital video recorder. It is the tale of an actress whose personality becomes increasingly fragmented as she delves ever Read More

12/6/06
Bobby

Actors: Harry Belafonte, Joy Bryant, Nick Cannon, Sharon Stone, Emilio Estevez, Laurence Fishburne

Synopsis: Twenty-two people become unwitting participants in a tragic and defining moment of the 1960's in this period drama from actor and director Emilio Estevez. It's early June in 1968, and the California presidential primary elections are occupying the minds of many in the Golden State, with Robert F. Read More

11/17/06
Everyone's Hero

Actors: Rob Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Jake T. Austin, William H. Macy, Mandy Patinkin

Synopsis: A young baseball fan sets out on a cross-country quest to recover Babe Ruth's stolen bat and restore his father's good name in a computer animated family adventure that shows you're never too young to be a hero. Yankee Irving (voice of Jake T. Austin) may not be the best base-runner in his Read More

9/15/06
Edmond

Actors: William H. Macy, Joe Mantegna, Julia Stiles, Rebecca Pidgeon, Bai Ling

Synopsis: David Mamet wrote the screenplay for this adaptation of his play about a man who suddenly stumbles into a new and dangerous life. Edmond Burke (William H. Macy) is on his way home from work one evening when he impulsively stops to have his fortune read by a woman who informs him, "You are not Read More

7/14/06
Thank You for Smoking

Actors: Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott

Synopsis: The directorial debut from Jason Reitman, the media satire Thank You for Smoking stars Aaron Eckhart as Nick, a man who has turned spinning news and information into a successful career for the tobacco lobby. He plots strategies with his colleagues (Maria Bello and David Koechner) on how to make Read More

3/17/06
He Was a Quiet Man

Actors: Christian Slater, Elisha Cuthbert, William H. Macy

Synopsis: A man at the end of his emotional rope finally explodes, but not in a way anyone would have expected in this offbeat independent drama. Bob Maconel (Christian Slater) is a middle-aged nebbish working in an office building where few people know who he is and fewer still care. Bob has developed a Read More

2006
Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman

Crew: Executive Producer

Synopsis: For movie lovers who like to be put right in the middle of all the onscreen action, actors William H. Macy, Frankie Muniz, and Lacey Chabert team up to bring one of the most popular book series ever to the screen with an interactive release that allows viewers to explore the legend of the Read More

2006
Curious George [Animated TV Series]

Synopsis: Inspired by the series of popular children's books created by H.A. Rey and Margret Rey in 1941, the daily, half-hour Curious George was the second animated TV version of the venerable property. Narrated by actor William H. Macy, the two short cartoon segments per half-hour episode found Read More

2006
Transamerica

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers, Fionnula Flanagan, Elizabeth Peña, Graham Greene

Synopsis: The first film by Duncan Tucker, Transamerica stars Felicity Huffman as a pre-operative transsexual named Bree (whose given name was Stanley). One week before going under the knife, Bree learns that she fathered a boy who is now 17 and is in trouble with the law. Bree would like to ignore this Read More

12/2/05
Sahara

Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penélope Cruz, Lambert Wilson, Glynn E. Turman

Synopsis: Matthew McConaughey stars as explorer and adventurer Dirk Pitt in this adaptation of the best-selling novel by Clive Cussler. Pitt thinks he may have found both a fortune and the answer to a long-standing mystery when he discovers a rare coin in the waters of a river in West Africa. During the Read More

4/8/05
Doogal

Actors: Jon Stewart, Tom Baker, Robbie Williams, Daniel Tay, Jimmy Fallon, Bill Nighy, William H. Macy, Jim Broadbent, Whoopi Goldberg, Joanna Lumley

Synopsis: A plucky little girl and her dog join their magical pals to save the world in the computer-animated comedy-adventure for the whole family. The Enchanted Village is a happy place ruled by the good-natured wizard Zebedee where young Florence and her dog, Doogal, come to play with their friends Read More

2/11/05
Cellular

Actors: Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, Eric Christian Olsen, Matt McColm, Noah Emmerich, William H. Macy

Synopsis: A thin thread of electronic data may be the only thing that can save a women and her family in this thriller. Jessica Martin (Kim Basinger) is a biology teacher who is kidnapped by Ethan (Jason Statham), a vicious criminal who has threatened to murder her husband and son if he doesn't get what he Read More

9/10/04
Spartan

Actors: Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy, Ed O'Neill, Kristen Bell

Synopsis: David Mamet writes and directs the political thriller Spartan. Respected Secret Service agent Robert Scott (Val Kilmer) is assigned to the kidnapping case of Laura Newton (Kristen Bell), the missing daughter of a high-ranking political figure. Scott is teamed up with rookie Curtis (Derek Luke). Read More

3/12/04
The Wool Cap

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: William H. Macy, Keke Palmer, Don Rickles, Ned Beatty, Catherine O'Hara

Synopsis: Created for the TNT television network, The Wool Cap is a remake of the 1962 film Gigot, which was written by and starred the legendary Jackie Gleason. This time around, it's Academy Award-nominee and Emmy winner William H. Macy (Fargo) handling the lead role, as well as teleplay and producer Read More

2004
Reversible Errors

Actors: William H. Macy, Tom Selleck, Monica Potter, Felicity Huffman, James Rebhorn

Synopsis: Based on the best-selling novel by author Scott Turow, this four-hour miniseries tells the tale of a lawyer determined to find the evidence that will deliver the potentially innocent convicted murderer from a grim walk down the silent halls of death row. The date of execution is drawing ever Read More

2004
The Cooler

Actors: William H. Macy, Maria Bello, Alec Baldwin, Shawn Hatosy, Ron Livingston

Synopsis: Writer/director Wayne Kramer offers a glimpse into the aging Las Vegas casino world with the romantic drama The Cooler. Bernie Lootz (William H. Macy) is extremely unlucky at gambling, and he owes the Shangri-La casino over 100,000 dollars. He is so unlucky that he is hired as a "cooler," someone Read More

11/26/03
Seabiscuit

Actors: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, Gary Stevens

Synopsis: For his sophomore effort, director Gary Ross re-teams with Tobey Maguire and William H. Macy, stars of his directorial debut Pleasantville, for this depression-era sports drama about the legendary racehorse, Seabiscuit. Unlike 1949's fictionalized The Story of Seabiscuit starring Shirley Temple Read More

7/25/03
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls

Actors: Dede Allen, Peter Bart, Andrew Cohen, Tony Bill, Karen Black

Synopsis: Based upon Peter Biskind's book of the same name, this BBC-produced documentary traces the rise of a generation of Hollywood filmmakers who briefly changed the face of movies with a more personal approach that pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable onscreen. Influenced by such European Read More

2003
In Enemy Hands

Actors: William H. Macy, Til Schweiger, Scott Caan, Thomas Kretschmann, Lauren Holly

Synopsis: As Hitler's grip of fear continues to tighten during World War II, the capture of the U.S.S. Swordfish by a German U-boat leads to a brutal struggle for survival between axis and allies deep beneath the ocean surface. Following the capture of the U.S.S. Swordfish, the German crew soon begins to Read More

2003
Dark Roots: The Unauthorized Anna Nicole

Actors: William H. Macy, Anna Nicole Smith

Synopsis: More tabloid filmmaking from the team responsible for The Eyes of Tammy Faye, this 75-minute cable documentary profiles America's favorite model turned-gold digger-turned-TV "star" Anna Nicole Smith. Launching her career as a centerfold model, the Texas-born Smith quickly rises to superstardom as Read More

2003
Out of Order [TV Series]

Actors: Eric Stoltz, Felicity Huffman, Kim Dickens, Justine Bateman, William H. Macy

Synopsis: This limited-run cable series starred Eric Stoltz as screenwriter Mark Colms and Felicity Huffman as his wife and writing partner, Lorna. While working on an inconsequential movie project, Mark began entertaining notions of cheating on his spouse for the first time in their 16-year marriage and Read More

2003
True Whispers: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers

2003
Welcome to Collinwood

Actors: Luis Guzman, Michael Jeter, Patricia Clarkson, Andrew Davoli, Isaiah Washington

Synopsis: A group of likable losers try to pull of what by their standards seems like a major heist in this offbeat crime comedy, loosely based on the classic Italian caper comedy I Soliti Ignoti. A group of sad sacks living in a rundown neighborhood in Cleveland all have one thing in common -- they need Read More

10/4/02
Door to Door

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Door to Door is the inspirational true story of a man who refused to let severe physical debilitation get in the way of his life's goal. William H. Macy (who also co-wrote the script) stars as Bill Porter, a Portland, OR, native born with cerebral palsy. Despite his spastic walk and oddly shaped Read More

2002
Stealing Sinatra

Synopsis: Based on actual events, this crime comedy from Adventures of Pluto Nash director Ron Underwood details the farcical kidnapping of legendary singer Frank Sinatra's eldest son (played by Thomas Ian Nicholas). Desperate to gather the money needed to get their fledgling business off the ground, three Read More

2002
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

Actors: Steve Whitmire, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz

Synopsis: What would life amongst the Muppets have been without their unofficial leader Kermit the Frog? That's the question posed by this made-for-TV confection, which not only spoofs the Yuletide classic It's a Wonderful Life, but also takes satirical aim at such pop cultural phenomena as Moulin Rouge and Fear Factor Read More

2002
Focus

Actors: William H. Macy, Laura Dern, David Paymer, Meat Loaf, Kay Hewtrey

Synopsis: Focus is based on a little-known novel by playwright Arthur Miller, written when he was a very young man, just after WWII. Produced by media mogul Michael Bloomberg, and directed by Neal Slavin, the film takes place in New York, during the war. William H. Macy of Fargo plays Lawrence Newman, a Read More

10/19/01
Jurassic Park III

Actors: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, Trevor Morgan

Synopsis: Director Joe Johnston takes over the creative reins from Steven Spielberg for this third installment in the thriller franchise. Sam Neill returns as Dr. Alan Grant, a scientist who's tricked by wealthy couple Paul and Amanda Kirby (William H. Macy and Tea Leoni) into a fly-over of Isla Sorna. The Read More

7/18/01
State and Main

Actors: Alec Baldwin, Charles Durning, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Patti LuPone, William H. Macy, Rebecca Pidgeon

Synopsis: Echoing the themes of Living in Oblivion and Irma Vep, David Mamet's seventh feature centers on the havoc wrought on the inhabitants of a small town by a troubled film production. After its leading man's propensity for teenage girls gets them banished from their New Hampshire location, a film crew Read More

12/22/00
Sports Night: The Sweet Smell of Air

Synopsis: The Sports Night crew is ecstatic over landing an interview with basketball legend Michael Jordan until the strict terms of the interview laid out by the Jordan camp are revealed. The hoops superstar's intentions are to only discuss his new line of cologne and no sports questions are to be Read More

2000
Panic

Actors: William H. Macy, John Ritter, Neve Campbell, Donald Sutherland, Tracey Ullman

Synopsis: A middle-aged man finds love in the last place he was looking -- his psychiatrist's waiting room -- in this dark comedy drama. Alex (William H. Macy) is a man in his mid-forties who is having something of a midlife crisis; he's unhappy with his life; his marriage to Martha (Tracey Ullman) is going Read More

2000
Sports Night: And the Crowd Goes Wild

Synopsis: Newly broken up, Jeremy (Joshua Malina) and Natalie (Sabrina Lloyd) attempt to go about their work with mixed success. The two continue to bicker as Jeremy tries to get his belongings out of Natalie's apartment -- leaving both of them with misplaced anger and resentment. Elsewhere, Casey (Peter Krause Read More

2000
Sports Night: Dana Get Your Gun

Synopsis: Dan (Josh Charles) learns of an upcoming Tom Waits concert and desperately pleads with Casey (Peter Krause) to switch nights off with him. Casey reluctantly agrees if Dan can talk Natalie (Sabrina Lloyd) into going clothes shopping with him. Natalie, in turn, will go shopping with Casey if Dan can Read More

2000
Magnolia

Actors: Jason Robards, Jr., Julianne Moore, Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy

Synopsis: Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson followed his critical and commercial breakthrough Boogie Nights with this wildly ambitious story of lives intertwining on a single day in California's San Fernando Valley. Earl Partridge (Jason Robards), a successful producer of television game shows, left his Read More

12/17/99
Happy, Texas

Actors: Jeremy Northam, Steve Zahn, William H. Macy, Ally Walker, Illeana Douglas

Synopsis: Happy, Texas is a fish-out-of-water comedy about two con men who escape from prison, then pose as gay lovers to hide out in a small Texas town. Mistaken for consultants to the Little Miss Fresh Squeezed Beauty Pageant, Harry (Jeremy Northam) and Wayne (Steve Zahn) go along with the ruse so they Read More

10/1/99
Mystery Men

Actors: Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, William H. Macy, Paul Reubens, Janeane Garofalo, Kel Mitchell, Wes Studi, Greg Kinnear, Geoffrey Rush

Synopsis: Can seven not-so-superheroes save a city of the future? Based on the comic book series created by Bob Burden, Mystery Men is set in the teeming metropolis of Champion City, where noble superhero Captain Amazing (Greg Kinnear) keeps the peace and sees that justice is done. When Captain Amazing Read More

8/6/99
Sports Night: Louise Revisited

Synopsis: A popularity poll has been posted on the Sports Night website asking viewers who they think is more cool, Casey (Peter Krause) or Dan (Josh Charles). After checking in on the current figures, Dan accuses Casey of somehow cheating and lying about not caring about the vote's outcome. Denying the Read More

1999
Frasier: Good Samaritan

Synopsis: Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) is determined to prove that he is as good a Good Samaritan as anyone. Unfortunately, all of his best efforts have a habit of backfiring or heaping embarrassment upon our well-meaning hero. This is galling enough -- but Frasier must also consider the effect that his Read More

1999
Sports Night: When Something Wicked This Way Comes

Synopsis: The Sports Night crew is abuzz after hearing a rumor that the network hired a ratings consultant to help boost the show from being a consistently lackluster third-place finisher. As Dana (Felicity Huffman) does her best to refute the rumors, Isaac (Robert Guillaume) informs her that not only is Read More

1999
Sports Night: Cliff Gardner

Synopsis: Sam Donovan (William H. Macy) -- the ratings consultant Isaac (Robert Guillaume) hired to help the show -- has everyone feeling on edge. After Dana (Felicity Huffman) and Sam both agree that the last couple of shows have been stilted, Sam suggests Dana do something provocative such as sexily Read More

1999
A Slight Case of Murder

Actors: William H. Macy, Adam Arkin

Synopsis: Based on a novel by Donald E. Westlake, this seriocomic tale of murder and manipulation stars William H. Macy as nerdish but powerful movie critic Terry Thorpe. During an argument with his lover, Terry accidentally kills the woman, forcing him to go great lengths to cover up his crime. Read More

1999
A Civil Action

Actors: Kathy Bates, John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Tony Shalhoub, William H. Macy, Zeljko Ivanek

Synopsis: Directed by Schindler's List screenwriter Steve Zaillian, this courtroom drama is based on a true story and non-fiction book by Jonathan Harr. The case revolves around an incident in 1979 in East Woburn, MA, where two drinking wells supplying water to the town were found to be contaminated with Read More

12/25/98
Psycho

Actors: Vince Vaughn, Anne Heche, Julianne Moore, Viggo Mortensen, William H. Macy

Synopsis: Independent film director Gus Van Sant attempts a first in American film history: a shot-by-shot remake of the classic 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho. With a few minor, modern-day changes (including filming it in color), his version is essentially the same film with a different cast and the Read More

12/4/98
Pleasantville

Actors: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J.T. Walsh

Synopsis: Gary Ross, Oscar nominated for his Dave and Big screenplays, made his directorial debut with this comedy. The cheerful '50s TV sitcom "Pleasantville" is revived in the '90s for a loyal cable audience. One devoted fan is shy suburban teen David Wagner (Tobey Maguire), who has an almost obsessive Read More

10/23/98
Hit Me

Actors: Elias Koteas, Laure Marsac, Jay Leggett

Synopsis: Hit Me is a film adaptation of Jim Thompson's crime novel, A Swell-Looking Babe. Sonny (Elias Koteas) lives with his retarded older brother, Leroy (Jay Leggett), and works very hard as a bellhop at a second-rate hotel. This changes when Monique (Laure Marsac) a beautiful, suicidal nut-case checks Read More

10/9/98
ER: A Bloody Mess

Synopsis: Jeanie (Gloria Reuben) concludes that Scott Anspaugh (Trevor Morgan) will need a bone-marrow transplant. A distracted Benton (Eriq La Salle) injures a pedestrian with his car. Morganstern (William H. Macy) returns to the ER after recovering from his heart attack. Carol (Julianna Margulies) learns Read More

1998
ER: Gut Reaction

Synopsis: Carter (Noah Wyle) is in for a surprise when he asks Del Amico (Maria Bello) out. Jeanie (Gloria Reuben) tries to help Scott Anspaugh (Trevor Morgan) decide whether or not to undergo experimental cancer treatment. Benton (Eriq La Salle) exceeds his authority by finishing an operation for an Read More

1998
The Secret of NIMH II: Timmy to the Rescue

Actors: Harvey Korman, Peter MacNicol, Ralph Macchio, William H. Macy, Arthur Malet, Andrea Martin, Meshach Taylor, Dom DeLuise, Eric Idle, Andrew Ducote

Synopsis: In this direct-to-video sequel to Don Bluth's 1982 animated adventure The Secret of NIMH, Timmy (voice of Ralph Macchio) is the son of two courageous mice who helped save the day for the animals of Thorn Valley. While the wise Nicodemus has predicted that Timmy will some day be a great hero -- and Read More

1998