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Biography

A stocky, moon-faced, gap-toothed character player who moves easily from comedies to drama, character actor William "Bill" Forsythe has been busy since he began…more

Born

6/7/1955, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Birth Name

William Forsythe

Gender

Male

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Role
- John Doe
  Digger
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Rising
    4/25/03
  - S 1: Ep 20 Remote Control
    4/18/03
  - S 1: Ep 19 Shock to the System
    4/4/03
  - S 1: Ep 18 Save As...John Doe
    3/28/03
  - S 1: Ep 16 Illegal Alien
    3/14/03
  - + 11 More Credits
- UC: Undercover
  Jack "Sonny" Walker
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Sins of Sonny Walker
    3/23/02
  - S 1: Ep 12 Manhunt
    3/23/02
  - S 1: Ep 11 Teddy C
    1/13/02
  - S 1: Ep 10 Hunting Armando
    1/6/02
  - S 1: Ep 9 Zero Option
    12/9/01
  - + 8 More Credits
- The Untouchables (1993)
  Al Capone
  - S 2: Ep 24 Death and Taxes (2)
    5/22/94
  - S 2: Ep 23 Death and Taxes (1)
    5/15/94
  - S 2: Ep 22 Bury My Heart at Starved Rock
    5/8/94
  - S 2: Ep 21 Apocalypse in Chicago
    5/1/94
  - S 2: Ep 20 Omerta
    4/24/94
  - + 37 More Credits
Guest Star (12)

Role
- Boardwalk Empire
  Manny Horvitz
  - S 2: Ep 10 Georgia Peaches
    11/27/11
  - S 2: Ep 9 Battle of the Century
    11/20/11
  - S 2: Ep 8 Two Boats and a Lifeguard
    11/13/11
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Age of Reason
    10/30/11
  - S 2: Ep 4 What Does the Bee Do?
    10/16/11
- The Mentalist
  Steven Robert Rigsby
  - S 3: Ep 21 Like A Redheaded Stepchild
    5/5/11
- Las Vegas
  Uncle Luke
  - S 5: Ep 10 The High Price of Gas
    11/30/07
  - S 5: Ep 9 My Uncle's a Gas
    11/16/07
- Masters Of Horror
  Buster
  - S 2: Ep 10 We All Scream for Ice Cream
    1/12/07
- Shark
  Harry Russo
  - S 1: Ep 4 Russo
    10/12/06
- Wild Card
  TBA
  - S 2: Ep 18 Zoe's Phony Matrimony
    7/16/05
- Mysterious Ways
  Luther
  - S 2: Ep 4 Condemned
    8/3/01
- Dead Man's Gun
  Harlan Riddle
  - S 2: Ep 22 A Just Reward
    3/26/99
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 17 October 4, 1993
    10/4/93
- The Highwayman
  Mounted Cop
  - S 1: Ep 5 Send in the Clones
    4/8/88
- Fame
  Snake
  - S 3: Ep 8 Break Dance
    12/10/83
- CHiPs
  Trasher
  - S 5: Ep 16 Battle of the Bands
    1/31/82

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- Besides playing Al Capone, William also played another real life mobster, Sammy "the Bull" Gravano, in the 1996 TV movie Gotti.
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- William played notorious Chicago gangster Al Capone in the 1993-94 revival series of The Untouchables.
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- William has an extensive and noted career in theatre, on and off Broadway.
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