Choreographer · Dancer

William Forsythe

American actor

Born 1955 · BrooklynUnited States
William Forsythe
Image: Jim Reynolds from Akron, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

William Forsythe is an American choreographer and dancer, born in 1955 in Brooklyn.

Biography

William Forsythe (born June 7, 1955) is an American actor, known for his portrayals of tough-guy, criminal characters.

He appeared in the films Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Raising Arizona (1987), Dick Tracy (1990), American Me (1992), Gotti (1996), The Rock (1996), Blue Streak (1999), Blue Hill Avenue (2001), and The Devil's Rejects (2005). Forsythe was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in the film The Waterdance.

On television, he has played the roles of Al Capone on The Untouchables (1993-94), Manny Horvitz on Boardwalk Empire (2011-12), and J. Edgar Hoover on The Man in the High Castle (2018).

From the Wikipedia article “William Forsythe (actor)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Contemporaries

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