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William Fichtner
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William Edward Fichtner is an American actor, character actor, television actor, and film actor. Born on November 27, 1956, at Mitchel Air Force Base, he is a citizen of the United States. He received his education at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and began his professional work period in 1987. Fichtner speaks English as his native language and has a height of 1.83 meters.
His acting career includes roles in works such as *The Neighbor*, which is listed among his top works alongside collaborators Jessica McNamee and Michael Rosenbaum. He has two children. While some data sources associate him with Italy, his primary citizenship and birth location are in the United States.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The Neighbor
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Mitchell Field Air Force Base, East Meadow, Long Island, New York, USA
William Edward Fichtner (born November 27, 1956) is an American actor. Raised in the Buffalo, N.Y. area, he started his career with supporting appearances in Virtuosity (1995), Heat, and Strange Days (both 1995). A prolific character actor in film, Fichtner is recognised for memorable performances in Contact (1997), Armageddon (1998), Go (1999), The Perfect Storm (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001),…
Known for
- The Plastic Men — The Narrator (voice)2026
- Lucky2026
- BEEF: The Official Podcast — Self - Guest2026
- The Gettysburg Address — John G. Nicolay (voice)2025
- Cutman — Emmerit2025
- The Sound — Conner2025
- Talamasca: The Secret Order — Jasper2025
- French Girl — Peter Kinski2024
- 88 — Ron Holt2023
- Hypnotic — Dellrayne2023
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8
- Total plays
- 309
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/William+Fichtner">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 62,917x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 44,815x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,531x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,942x
- Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,681x
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Key facts
- Born
- William Edward Fichtner , ( 1956-11-27 ) November 27, 1956 (age 69) , Mitchel Air Force Base , New York , U.S.
- Education
- Farmingdale State College ( AS ), SUNY Brockport ( BS )
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1987–present
- Spouses
- Betsy Aidem ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1987 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1996 ) Kymberly Kalil, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1998 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Mitchel Air Force Base
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- WilliamFichtnerApr2011.jpg
- Height
- 1.83
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- William Fichtner
- date of birth
- 1956-11-27
- start of work period
- 1987-00-00
- social media followers
- 3728
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- William Edward Fichtner
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
William Edward Fichtner (born November 27, 1956) is an American actor. Raised in the Buffalo, N.Y. area, he started his career with supporting appearances in Virtuosity (1995), Heat and Strange Days (both 1995). 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).
In 2005, Fichtner starred as Sheriff Tom Underlay in Invasion. He later appeared as Alexander Mahone in Prison Break, Carl Hickman in Crossing Lines, and Adam Janikowski in Mom.
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