William Fichtner
Biography
William Edward Fichtner (born November 27, 1956) is an American actor. He has appeared in a number of notable film and TV series. His best known movie roles are as Dellrayne in Hypnotic, Colonel Mulholland in 12 Strong, Mike in The Neighbor, General Adams in Independence Day: Resurgence, Eric Sacks in the live action remake of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014), John Carlyle in Elysium, Butch Cavendish in The Lone Ranger, Guidry in Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden, DA Frank Crenshaw in Date Night, Darren MacElroy in Blades of Glory, Captain Knauer in the 2005 remake of The Longest Yard, SFC Jeff Sanderson in Black Hawk Down, David "Sully" Sullivan in The Perfect Storm, Colonel Willie Sharp in Armageddon, Kent in Contact, Roger Van Zant in Heat, and William Wallace in Virtuosity. He was also the voice of the marriage counselor Dr. Wexler in Mr. & Mrs. Smith. His best known TV roles are as Leo Nicoletti on ABC's The Company You Keep, Adam Janikowski on CBS's sitcom Mom, Carl Hickman on NBC's drama Crossing Lines, Alexander Mahone on FOX's drama Prison Break, Sheriff Tom Underlay in the ABC cult series Invasion, and Dr. Bruce Kellerman on ABC's medical drama MDs.
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Movies (41)
The Gettysburg Address
as John G. Nicolay (voice)
2025
The Plastic Men
as The Narrator (voice)
2025
The Sound
as Conner
2025
French Girl
as Peter Kinski
2024
Hypnotic
as Dellrayne
2023
88
as Ron Holt
2023
Six
as Davis
2022
That Night
as Narrator
2021
The Birthday Cake
as Uncle Ricardo
2021
The Space Between
as Donny Rumson
2021
The Neighbor
as Mike
2020
Cold Brook
as Ted Markham
2019
Josie & Jack
as Raeburn
2019
Finding Steve McQueen
as Enzo Rotella
2019
Armed
as Richard
2018
Hot Summer Nights
as Shep
2018
All the Devil's Men
as Brennan
2018
Traffik
as Mr. Waynewright
2018
O.G.
as Danvers
2018
Krystal
as Dr. Farley
2018
12 Strong
as Colonel Mulholland
2018
American Wrestler: The Wizard
as Coach Plyler
2017
Porsche: Decades of Disruption
as Narrator (voice)
2017
Black Holes
as Youston (voice)
2017
The War of 1996: A United World News Special
as General Adams
2016
Last Day in LA
as Narrator (voice)
2016
Independence Day: Resurgence
as General Adams
2016
Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'
as Self
2016
Four Falls of Buffalo
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Eric Sacks
2014
The Homesman
as Vester Belknap
2014
Hell on Earth
as Satan
2014
Elysium
as John Carlyle
2013
The Lone Ranger
as Butch Cavendish
2013
Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's
as Narrator (voice)
2013
Phantom
as Alex
2013
Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden
as Guidry
2012
Wrong
as Master Chang
2012
Drive Angry
as Accountant
2011
The Big Bang
as Poley
2011
Date Night
as DA Frank Crenshaw
2010
