William H. Macy 1950 75

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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Popularity

135

Credits

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Rating

41.2M

Budget

120M

Revenue

Acting

Primarily

135 Credits

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Fargo 1996
Jerry Lundegaard
Magnolia 1999
Quiz Kid Donnie Smith
Air Force One 1997
Major Caldwell
Shameless 2011 - 2021
Frank Gallagher
Wild Hogs 2007
Dudley Frank
Thank You for Smoking 2005
Senator Ortolan Finistirre
Cellular 2004
Sgt. Bob Mooney
WarGames 1983
NORAD Officer (uncredited)
Pleasantville 1998
George Parker
Barton Fink 1991
Navy Sailor (uncredited)
Blood Father 2016
Kirby Curtis

Credit 135

2025 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

Genres

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