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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),…
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- 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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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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