William H. Macy (born March 13, 1950) is an American actor and writer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo. He is also a teacher and director in theater, film and television. His film career has been built mostly on his appearances in small, independent films, though he has appeared in summer action films as well. Macy has described his screen persona as "sort of a Middle American, WASPy, Lutheran kind of guy... Everyman". He has won two Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award, being nominated for nine Emmy Awards and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards in total. He is also a three-time Golden Globe Award nominee.
From Miami, Florida, USA
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Popularity135
Credits6.5
Rating41.2M
Budget120M
RevenueActing
Primarily2025 The Running Man
2025 Train Dreams
2025 Soul on Fire
2025 Exit Right as John Randall Executive Producer
2025 Brian
2025 Ashes to Dust Thanks
2025 The Deputy as Chief Krueger Executive Producer
2025 Frontier Crucible
2025 Temperance Writer, Producer
2024 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes as Trevathan
2024 Ricky Stanicky as Summerhayes
2023 Maybe I Do as Sam
2019 Beyond the Headlines: The College Admissions Scandal with Gretchen Carlson as Self
2018 Lady Luck: The Making of The Cooler as Self
2018 Krystal as Wyatt Director
2017 The Layover Director
2016 Blood Father as Kirby Curtis
2016 Stealing Cars as Philip Wyatt
2015 Room as Robert
2015 Dial a Prayer as Bill
2015 Walter as Dr. Corman
2014 Two-Bit Waltz as Carl
2014 Rudderless as Trill Director, Writer
2014 Cake as Leonard
2013 A Single Shot as Pitt
2013 Trust Me as Gary
2013 Citizen Hearst as Narrator
2012 The Sessions as Father Brendan
2012 Curious George: Saves the Day as The Narrator (voice)
2011 Portraits in Dramatic Time
2011 The Lincoln Lawyer as Frank Levin
2011 Return to Jurassic Park as Self
2011 Shameless as Frank Gallagher
2010 Dirty Girl as Ray
2010 Marmaduke as Don Twombly
2009 Shorts as Dr. Noseworthy
2009 Heath Ledger: A Tribute as Self
2009 The Maiden Heist as George McLendon
2008 The Tale of Despereaux as Lester (voice)
2008 The Deal as Charlie Berns Screenplay
2008 Bart Got a Room as Ernie Stein
2007 He Was a Quiet Man as Gene Shelby
2007 Lynch 2 as Self
2007 Curious George: Rocket Ride and Other Adventures
2007 Wild Hogs as Dudley Frank
2006 Inland Empire as Announcer
2006 Unfiltered Comedy: The Making of 'Thank You For Smoking' as Self
2006 Bobby as Paul Ebbers
2006 Everyone's Hero as Lefty Maginnis (voice)
2006 Choose Your Own Adventure - The Abominable Snowman as Rudyard North (voice)
2006 Doogal as Brian (voice)
2005 Thank You for Smoking as Senator Ortolan Finistirre
2005 Edmond as Edmond
2005 Sahara as Admiral Jim Sandecker
2005 Transamerica Executive Producer
2004 The Wool Cap as Gigot Teleplay, Producer
2004 Cellular as Sgt. Bob Mooney
2004 Reversible Errors as Arthur Raven
2004 Spartan as Stoddard
2004 In Enemy Hands as Nathan Travers
2003 The Cooler as Bernie Lootz
2003 The True Story of Seabiscuit as Narrator (voice)
2003 Seabiscuit as Tick Tock McGlaughlin
2003 Minnesota Nice as Self
2003 Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood as Self - Narrator (voice)
2003 Stealing Sinatra as John Irwin
2002 It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie as Glenn
2002 Welcome to Collinwood as Riley
2002 Just a Walk in the Park Teleplay
2002 Door to Door as Bill Porter Writer
2001 The Making Of 'Jurassic Park III' as Self
2001 Focus as Lawrence 'Larry' Newman
2001 Jurassic Park III as Paul Kirby
2000 Panic as Alex
2000 State and Main as Walt Price
2000 Psycho Path as Self - Actor / Milton Arbogast
2000 That Moment: Magnolia Diary as Self
1999 Magnolia as Quiz Kid Donnie Smith
1999 Happy, Texas as Sheriff Chappy Dent
1999 The Night of the Headless Horseman as Ichabod Crane
1999 A Slight Case of Murder as Terry Thorpe Teleplay, Writer
1999 Mystery Men as Shoveler / Eddie
1999 Batman Beyond: Tech Wars / Disappearing Inque as Aaron Herbst
1998 A Civil Action as James Gordon
1998 The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue as Justin (voice)
1998 Jerry and Tom as Karl
1998 Psycho as Milton Arbogast
1998 Pleasantville as George Parker
1998 The Con as Bobby Writer
1998 Macy On Mamet
1997 Wag the Dog as CIA Agent Charles Young
1997 Boogie Nights as Little Bill
1997 Air Force One as Major Caldwell
1997 Colin Fitz as Mr. O'Day
1996 Ghosts of Mississippi as Charlie Crisco
1996 Every Woman's Dream Teleplay
1996 Hit Me as Policeman
1996 The Writing on the Wall as Petrocelli
1996 Fargo as Jerry Lundegaard
1996 Andersonville as Col. Chandler
1996 Down Periscope as Captain Knox
1995 Mr. Holland's Opus as Vice Principal Gene Wolters
1995 Above Suspicion as Pros. Atty. Schultz Writer
1995 Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure as Railroad Magnate
1995 Roommates as Doctor (uncredited)
1995 Evolver as Evolver (voice)
1995 In the Shadow of Evil as Dr. Frank Teague
1995 Murder in the First as Bill McNeill
1994 Oleanna as John
1994 Dead on Sight as Steven Meeker
1994 The Client as Dr. Greenway
1994 Being Human as Boris
1993 Twenty Bucks as Property Clerk
1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer as Tunafish Father
1993 Benny & Joon as Randy Burch
1992 The Heart of Justice as Booth
1992 A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story as Sean Hammel
1992 The Water Engine as Charles Lang
1992 A Private Matter as Psychiatrist
1992 In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion as Ray Daniels
1991 Shadows and Fog as Cop
1991 Barton Fink as Navy Sailor (uncredited)
1991 Homicide as Tim Sullivan
1988 Things Change as Billy Drake
1988 Lip Service as Farmer Director
1987 House of Games as Sgt. John Moran
1987 Radio Days as Radio Voice (voice)
1985 The Last Dragon as J.J.
1984 The Boy Who Loved Trolls as Socrates
1984 The Dining Room as Various
1983 WarGames as NORAD Officer (uncredited)
1983 The Cradle Will Fall as Ben Duffy
1983 Without a Trace as Reporter
1980 Foolin' Around as Bronski
1980 Somewhere in Time as Critic
7.26 Documentary 7
6.85 Music 3
6.62 Animation 9
6.54 History 4
6.29 Drama 74
6.21 Science Fiction 6
6.20 Fantasy 7
6.20 Western 1
6.19 Crime 23
6.18 War 2
6.17 Action 12
6.12 Adventure 12
6.07 Thriller 26
6.03 Romance 10
5.92 Comedy 50
5.91 Mystery 12
5.88 Family 13
5.29 Horror 5
5.05 TV Movie 18