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William Fichtner
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William Fichtner is an American actor born on November 27, 1956, at Mitchel Air Force Base, also known as Mitchell Field Air Force Base in East Meadow, Long Island, New York. His birth name is William Edward Fichtner. He is a character actor who works in both film and television, with a career that began in 1987.
Fichtner was educated at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He speaks and writes in English. He has two children.
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Film & TV
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
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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
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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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