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William Fichtner

William Fichtner

Birthday: 1956-11-27 | Place of Birth: Mitchell Field Air Force Base, East Meadow, Long Island, New York, USA

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
The Sound

as    Conner

2025
Talamasca: The Secret Order

as    Jasper

2025
The Gettysburg Address

as    John G. Nicolay (voice)

2025
The Plastic Men

as    The Narrator (voice)

2024
French Girl

as    Peter Kinski

2023
Hypnotic

as    Dellrayne

2023
The Company You Keep

as    Leo Nicoletti

2023
88

as    Ron Holt

2022
Six

as    Davis

2021
That Night

as    Narrator

2021
The Birthday Cake

as    Uncle Ricardo

2020
Cybermario

as    Cybermario

2020
The Neighbor

as    Mike

2019
Finding Steve McQueen

as    Enzo Rotella

2019
Josie & Jack

as    Raeburn

2019
Cold Brook

as    Ted Markham

2018
All the Devil's Men

as    Brennan

2018
O.G.

as    Danvers

2018
Krystal

as    Dr. Farley

2018
Traffik

as    Mr. Waynewright

2018
Armed

as    Richard

2018
Hot Summer Nights

as    Shep

2017
American Wrestler: The Wizard

as    Coach Plyler

2017
Porsche: Decades of Disruption

as    Narrator (voice)

2017
Top Gear America

as    Self - Presenter

2017
Black Holes

as    Youston (voice)

2016
Independence Day: Resurgence

as    General Adams

2016
Last Day in LA

as    Narrator (voice)