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William Fichtner

Born 1956 · American actor

William Edward Fichtner is an American actor. Raised in the Buffalo, New York, area, he started his career with supporting appearances in Virtuosity (1995), Heat and Strange Days. A prolific character actor in film, Fichtner is recognized for memorable performances in Contact (1997), Armageddon (1998), Go (1999), The Perfect Storm (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), Crash (2004), and The Longest Yard (2005).

William Fichtner, in order

  1. 1992 Malcolm X: acted · directed by Spike Lee · critics 89%, audiences 91% · streaming on Starz
  2. 1994 Quiz Show: acted · directed by Robert Redford · critics 97%, audiences 87% · streaming on Hoopla
  3. 1995 Heat: acted · directed by Michael Mann · critics 84%, audiences 94% · streaming on Netflix, Prime Video
  4. 1995 Strange Days: acted · directed by Kathryn Bigelow · critics 70%, audiences 73% · streaming on Prime Video, Hulu
  5. 1995 The Underneath: acted · directed by Steven Soderbergh · critics 63%, audiences 40%
  6. 1995 Virtuosity: acted · directed by Brett Leonard · critics 29%, audiences 32% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, MGM+
  7. 1996 Albino Alligator: acted · directed by Kevin Spacey
  8. 1997 Contact: acted · directed by Robert Zemeckis · critics 71%, audiences 79% · streaming on Prime Video
  9. 1997 Switchback: acted · directed by Jeb Stuart
  10. 1998 Armageddon: acted · directed by Michael Bay · critics 42%, audiences 73%
  11. 1999 Go: acted · directed by Doug Liman · critics 90%, audiences 78%
  12. 2000 Drowning Mona: acted · directed by Nick Gomez
  13. 2000 Passion of Mind: acted · directed by Alain Berliner
  14. 2000 The Perfect Storm: acted · directed by Wolfgang Petersen · critics 47%, audiences 64%
  15. 2001 Black Hawk Down: acted · directed by Ridley Scott · critics 77%, audiences 88% · streaming on fuboTV, Philo, MGM+
  16. 2001 Pearl Harbor: acted · directed by Michael Bay · critics 23%, audiences 66% · streaming on Netflix
  17. 2001 What's the Worst That Could Happen?: acted · directed by Sam Weisman
  18. 2002 Equilibrium: acted · directed by Kurt Wimmer · critics 40%, audiences 81% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
  19. 2002 Julie Walking Home: acted · directed by Agnieszka Holland
  20. 2002 MDs (TV series): acted
  21. 2004 Crash: acted · directed by Paul Haggis · critics 74%, audiences 88% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
  22. 2004 The West Wing (TV series): acted · directed by Alex Graves and Christopher Misiano · critics 81%, audiences 95% · streaming on Netflix, HBO Max
  23. 2005 Invasion (TV series): acted
  24. 2005 Mr. & Mrs. Smith: acted · directed by Doug Liman · critics 60%, audiences 58% · streaming on Prime Video, YouTube (free)
  25. 2005 Nine Lives: acted · directed by Rodrigo García Márquez · streaming on Tubi
  26. 2005 Prison Break (TV series): acted · directed by Paul Scheuring
  27. 2005 The Amateurs: acted · directed by Michael Traeger
  28. 2005 The Chumscrubber: acted · directed by Arie Posin · critics 38%, audiences 75% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
  29. 2005 The Longest Yard: acted · directed by Peter Segal
  30. 2006 First Snow: acted · directed by Mark Fergus
  31. 2006 Ultraviolet: acted · directed by Kurt Wimmer
  32. 2007 Blades of Glory: acted · directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck
  33. 2008 The Dark Knight: acted · directed by Christopher Nolan · critics 94%, audiences 94% · streaming on HBO Max
  34. 2009 Prison Break: The Final Break (TV movie): acted · directed by Brad Turner and Kevin Hooks
  35. 2010 Date Night: acted · directed by Shawn Levy · critics 67%, audiences 55% · streaming on Starz
  36. 2010 The Big Bang: acted · directed by Tony Krantz
  37. 2010 The Weathered Underground: acted · directed by David N. Donihue
  38. 2011 Drive Angry: acted · directed by Patrick Lussier · critics 46%, audiences 37% · streaming on Roku Channel, Fawesome
  39. 2012 Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden (TV movie): acted · directed by John Stockwell
  40. 2012 Wrong: acted · directed by Quentin Dupieux
  41. 2013 Crossing Lines (TV series): acted · directed by Andy Wilson and Daniel Percival
  42. 2013 Elysium: acted · directed by Neill Blomkamp · critics 64%, audiences 58% · streaming on Netflix
  43. 2013 Mom (TV series): acted
  44. 2013 Phantom: acted · directed by Todd Robinson
  45. 2013 The Lone Ranger: acted · directed by Gore Verbinski · critics 31%, audiences 51%
  46. 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: acted · directed by Jonathan Liebesman
  47. 2014 The Homesman: acted · directed by Tommy Lee Jones · critics 81%, audiences 53% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
  48. 2016 American Wrestler: The Wizard: acted · directed by Alex Ranarivelo
  49. 2016 Independence Day: Resurgence: acted · directed by Roland Emmerich · critics 29%, audiences 30%
  50. 2017 Hot Summer Nights: acted · directed by Elijah Bynum
  51. 2018 12 Strong: acted · directed by Nicolai Fuglsig
  52. 2018 All the Devil's Men: acted
  53. 2018 Armed: acted · directed by Mario Van Peebles
  54. 2018 Traffik: acted · directed by Deon Taylor
  55. 2023 Hypnotic: acted · directed by Robert Rodriguez
  56. 2024 French Girl: acted · directed by James A. Woods and Nicolas Wright
  57. 2025 Talamasca: The Secret Order (TV series): acted
  58. 2026 Lucky (TV series): acted
  59. Cold Brook: directed
  60. The Birthday Cake: acted