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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 46
Top works
- Concepts of ethnicity
- Treasurer's cactus barrel full of Arizona recipes
- Mythical
- Three Thrillers
- Staying the Hand of God
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Film & TV
Acting · Evanston, Illinois, USA
William Louis Petersen is an American actor and producer, best known for playing Dr. Gilbert "Gil" Grissom on the hit CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Richard Chance in the film To Live and Die in L.A., and Will Graham in the film Manhunter. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Petersen attended Idaho State University on a football scholarship, where he first tried acting and immediately joined…
Known for
- Three Short Plays by Tracy Letts — Ted2021
- CSI: Vegas — Gil Grissom2021
- Friedkin Uncut — Self2018
- CSI: Immortality — Gil Grissom2015
- 100 Years of Wrigley Field — Self - Narrator (voice)2014
- Manhattan — Col. Emmett Darrow2014
- Seeking a Friend for the End of the World — Trucker2012
- Blue — Mitch2012
- Detachment — Mr. 'Sarge' Kepler2011
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Grave Danger — Gil Grissom2005
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 23
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 61,676x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,968x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,733x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,036x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,753x
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Key facts
- Born
- William Louis Petersen , ( 1953-02-21 ) February 21, 1953 (age 73) , Evanston, Illinois , U.S.
- Other name
- William L. Petersen
- Education
- Bishop Kelly High School
- Alma mater
- Idaho State University
- Occupations
- Actor producer
- Years active
- 1976–2024
- Known for
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Spouses
- Joanne Brady ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1974 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1981 ) Gina Cirone ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2003 )
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- WilliamPetersen.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- William Petersen
- date of birth
- 1953-02-21
- name in native language
- William Petersen
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
- birth name
- William Louis Petersen
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William Louis Petersen (born February 21, 1953) is an American retired actor. He is best known for his role as Gil Grissom in the CBS drama thriller series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015), for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award; he was further nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards as a producer of the show. He reprised his role as Gil Grissom in the sequel CSI: Vegas, which premiered on October 6, 2021.
He also starred in the films To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Manhunter (1986), Young Guns II (1990), Fear (1996), The Contender (2000), Detachment (2011), and Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012).