William Forsythe's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) John Doe Digger The Mob Doctor Constantine… The Untouchables Al Capone UC: Undercover Sonny Walker

Main Movie Roles 2010 - The Rig 2008 - iMurders 2007 - 88 Minutes 2007 - Halloween 2007 - Hack! 2006 - Freedomland 2005 - The L.A. Riot Spectacular 2005 - The Devil's Rejects 2004 - The Last Letter 2002 - City By The Sea 2002 - Run for the Money 2001 - Blue Hill Avenue 1999 - Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo 1999 - Blue Streak 1998 - Hell's Kitchen 1996 - The Rock 1996 - The Substitute 1995 - The Immortals 1995 - Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead 1995 - Virtuosity 1992 - American Me 1991 - Stone Cold 1991 - Out For Justice 1991 - Career Opportunities 1990 - Dick Tracy 1989 - Dead Bang 1987 - Raising Arizona 1987 - Extreme Prejudice 1984 - Once Upon a Time in America 1984 - Cloak & Dagger 1983 - The Man Who Wasn't There

BIOGRAPHY:

William (Bill) Forsythe (born June 7, 1955) is an American actor.
Early life William Forsythe grew up in the neighborhoods of Flatbush and Old Mill Basin in Brooklyn. While in Flatbush he attended nearby Holy Cross School located on Church Avenue, graduating 8th grade in 1969. He continued on to Nazareth High School, now known as Nazareth Regional High School and transferred to South Shore High School for his senior year graduating in 1973.
Film career He is frequently cast in "tough guy" roles such as criminals or law enforcement officers. He has appeared in many films such as the deformed mobster Flattop in Dick Tracy starring Warren Beatty, and as crime racket leaders such as Richie Madano in the 1991 Steven Seagal film, Out for Justice. He also portrayed organized crime figure Sammy "The Bull" Gravano in the HBO telefilm Gotti. He portrayed serial killer John Wayne Gacy in Dear Mr. Gacy, a film adaptation of The Last Victim, the memoirs of Jason Moss, a college student who corresponded with Gacy his last year on death row. The film was released in 2010.[1]He also appeared in Raising Arizona
Television career He played Al Capone on the TV series The Untouchables. In addition, Forsythe has guest-starred on numerous television shows, including Tales of the Gold Monkey, Hill Street Blues, Cybill, Entourage, Shark and Las Vegas. He also appeared as the lead singer of the fictional punk rock band "Pain" in an episode of "CHiPs". He also starred in the Masters of Horror episode, We All Scream for Ice Cream. On March 1, 2010 he guest starred on a Rob Zombie-directed episode of CSI: Miami titled "L.A.". He played one of the main characters "Digger" in the series John Doe. He plays Manny Horvitz, a Philadelphia mobster in the second season of Boardwalk Empire.


TRIVIA:

• Made his professional stage debut at age 16 in NYC.
• Father of Rebecca Forsythe (b. September 1990)
• Studied acting at The Beverly Hills Playhouse.
• Began acting at age 10 and made his first acting appearance in the title role of "Julius Ceasar" in a school production at the same age.
• Was in the alternate ending for _Scary Movie 3 (2003)_ (qv) as Cindy's psychiatrist, but was left on the cutting room floor. (The scene is featured on the DVD.)
• Has co-starred with two former NFL players in their first starring roles. 'Brian Bosworth (I)' (qv) in _Stone Cold (1991)_ (qv) and 'Howie Long' (qv) in _Firestorm (1998)_ (qv).
• By age 17, he was appeared in over 40 plays in various dinner theaters, touring companies, stock and repertory before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a film career.