William Fichtner

Birthday: 1956-11-27
Birthplace: Mitchell Field Air Force Base, East Meadow, Long Island, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
Cutman
That's Amore!
St. Sebastian Jurgens
The Sound Conner
The Embers and the Stars
2025-11-19 The Gettysburg Address John G. Nicolay (voice)
2024-03-15 French Girl Peter Kinski
2023-05-11 Hypnotic Dellrayne
2023-02-17 88 Ron Holt
2022-03-04 Six Davis
2021-06-18 The Birthday Cake Uncle Ricardo
2021-04-23 The Space Between Donny Rumson
2019-11-08 Cold Brook Ted Markham
2019-10-24 Josie & Jack Raeburn
2019-03-15 Finding Steve McQueen Enzo Rotella
2018-09-14 Armed Richard
2018-07-26 Hot Summer Nights Shep
2018-05-12 All the Devil's Men Brennan
2018-04-20 Traffik Mr. Waynewright
2018-04-20 O.G. Danvers
2018-04-13 Krystal Dr. Farley
2018-01-18 12 Strong Colonel Mulholland
2017-05-16 American Wrestler: The Wizard Coach Plyler
2017-04-23 The Neighbor Mike
2017-01-19 Black Holes Youston (voice)
2016-10-18 The War of 1996: A United World News Special General Adams
2016-06-22 Independence Day: Resurgence General Adams
2014-08-07 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eric Sacks
2014-05-18 The Homesman Vester Belknap
2014-01-01 Hell on Earth Satan
2013-08-07 Elysium John Carlyle
2013-07-03 The Lone Ranger Butch Cavendish
2013-01-03 Phantom Alex
2012-11-04 Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden Guidry
2012-09-05 Wrong Master Chang
2011-02-24 Drive Angry Accountant
2011-02-03 The Big Bang Poley
2010-04-08 Date Night DA Frank Crenshaw
2009-09-10 Prison Break: The Final Break Alex Mahone
2008-07-16 The Dark Knight Bank Manager
2007-03-30 Blades of Glory Darren MacElroy
2006-05-05 First Snow Ed Jacomoi
2006-04-28 The Amateurs Otis
2006-03-03 Ultraviolet Garth
2005-09-02 Nine Lives Andrew
2005-06-08 The Chumscrubber Mr. Bill Stiffle
2005-06-07 Mr. & Mrs. Smith Dr. Wexler - Marriage Counselor (voice) (uncredited)
2005-05-27 The Longest Yard Captain Knauer
2005-05-06 Crash Flanagan
2002-12-06 Equilibrium Jürgen
2002-09-04 Julie Walking Home Henry
2001-12-28 Black Hawk Down SFC Jeff Sanderson
2001-05-31 What's the Worst That Could Happen? Detective Alex Tardio
2001-05-21 Pearl Harbor Danny's Father
2000-06-29 The Perfect Storm David "Sully" Sullivan
2000-03-03 Drowning Mona Phil Dearly
2000-01-07 Passion of Mind Aaron Reilly
1999-04-09 Go Burke
1999-01-01 The Settlement Jerry
1998-07-01 Armageddon Colonel Willie Sharp
1997-10-31 Switchback Chief Jack McGinnis
1997-07-11 Contact Kent
1997-01-17 Albino Alligator Law
1995-12-15 Heat Roger Van Zant
1995-11-17 Reckless Rachel's Father
1995-10-13 Strange Days Dwayne Engelman
1995-08-04 Virtuosity Wallace
1995-04-28 The Underneath Tommy Dundee
1994-08-25 Quiz Show Stage Manager
1992-11-18 Malcolm X Cop at Harlem Station