William Fichtner 1956 68
William Fichtner 1956 68
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.
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2025 The Gettysburg Address as John G. Nicolay (voice)
2025 That's Amore!
2025 Cutman
2025 The Plastic Men as The Narrator (voice)
2025 St. Sebastian as Jurgens
2025 The Sound as Conner
2024 French Girl as Peter Kinski
2023 Hypnotic as Dellrayne
2023 88 as Ron Holt
2022 Six as Davis
2021 That Night as Narrator
2021 The Birthday Cake as Uncle Ricardo
2021 The Space Between as Donny Rumson
2020 The Neighbor as Mike
2019 Cold Brook as Ted Markham Writer, Director
2019 Josie & Jack as Raeburn
2019 Finding Steve McQueen as Enzo Rotella
2018 Armed as Richard
2018 Hot Summer Nights as Shep
2018 All the Devil's Men as Brennan
2018 O.G. as Danvers
2018 Traffik as Mr. Waynewright
2018 Krystal as Dr. Farley
2018 12 Strong as Colonel Mulholland
2017 American Wrestler: The Wizard as Coach Plyler
2017 Porsche: Decades of Disruption as Narrator (voice)
2017 Black Holes as Youston (voice)
2016 The War of 1996: A United World News Special as General Adams
2016 Last Day in LA as Narrator (voice)
2016 Independence Day: Resurgence as General Adams
2016 Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence' as Self
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 Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's as Narrator (voice)
2013 Phantom as Alex
2012 Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden as Guidry
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 Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil as Self
2008 The Dark Knight as Bank Manager
2007 Blades of Glory as Darren MacElroy
2006 UV Protection: The Making of 'Ultraviolet' as Self - Actor
2006 First Snow as Ed Jacomoi
2006 The Amateurs as Otis
2006 Ultraviolet as Garth
2005 Nine Lives as Andrew
2005 The Chumscrubber as Mr. Bill Stiffle
2005 Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Dr. Wexler - Marriage Counselor (voice) (uncredited)
2005 The Longest Yard as Captain Knauer
2005 Crash as Flanagan
2002 Equilibrium as Jürgen
2002 Julie Walking Home as Henry
2001 Black Hawk Down as SFC Jeff Sanderson
2001 What's the Worst That Could Happen? as Detective Alex Tardio
2001 Pearl Harbor as Danny's Father
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 Switchback as Chief Jack McGinnis
1997 Contact as Kent
1997 Albino Alligator as Law
1995 Heat as Roger Van Zant
1995 Reckless as Rachel's Father
1995 Strange Days as Dwayne Engelman
1995 Virtuosity as Wallace
1995 The Underneath as Tommy Dundee
1994 Quiz Show as Stage Manager
1992 Malcolm X as Cop at Harlem Station