William H. Macy

Edit this Page

William H. Macy is an American actor and writer who has starred in numerous films, often portraying an "average" person, an Everyman. He was nominated for his role in Fargo and has received multiple Emmy and SAG award nominations. He once appeared on the cover of Fine Woodworking.

  • +50MM profit
  • +100MM profit
  • +200MM profit
  • lost money
  • 10MM budget or less
  • award nomination
  • award win
Actor Credits (98) All | TV | Movies | Instant Watch
2013 A Single Shot Pitt
2013 Conan (2)
2012 The Sessions Father Brendan
2012 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (1)
2011 Dirty Girl Ray
2011 Shameless (12) Frank Gallagher
2011 The Lincoln Lawyer Frank Levin
2010 Marmaduke Don Twombly
2009 The Maiden Heist George McLendon
2009 Bart Got a Room Ernie Stein
2009 ER (2) Dr. David Morgenstern
2009 Shorts Dr. Noseworthy
2008 The Tale of Despereaux Lester
2008 The Deal Charlie Berns
2007 He Was a Quiet Man Gene Shelby
2007 Wild Hogs Dudley Frank
2007 Inland Empire Announcer
2007 The Unit (1) President of the United States
2006 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (3) Himself
2006 Bobby Paul
2006 Everyone's Hero Lefty Maginnis
2006 Edmond Edmond Burke
2006 Thank You for Smoking Senator Ortolan Finistirre
2006 Doogal Brian
2005 MADtv (1)
2005 Sahara Admiral Jim Sandecker
2005 In Enemy Hands U.S.S. Swordfish: Chief of Boat Nathan Travers
2004 Inside the Actors Studio (1)
2004 Cellular Sgt. Bob Mooney
2004 Reversible Errors Arthur Raven
2004 Spartan Stoddard
2003 The Cooler Bernie Lootz
2003 Sunday Morning Shootout (1) Himself
2003 Seabiscuit Tick Tock McGlaughlin
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1)
2003 Out of Order Steven
2003 Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood Narrator
2003 Stealing Sinatra John Irwin
2002 Welcome to Collinwood Riley
2002 Focus Lawrence 'Larry' Newman
2001 Jurassic Park III Paul Kirby
2001 Panic Alex
2001 Dennis Miller Live (1)
2000 State and Main Walt Price
2000 Batman Beyond (2)
2000 Sports Night (6)
1999 Magnolia Donnie Smith
1999 The Martin Short Show (1) Himself
1999 Happy, Texas Sheriff Chappy Dent
1999 The Wild Thornberrys (1)
1999 Mystery Men The Shoveler
1999 Frasier (1)
1999 The Directors (2) Himself
1998 A Civil Action James Gordon
1998 Psycho Milton Arbogast
1998 Hercules (1)
1998 Pleasantville George Parker
1998 King of the Hill (1)
1998 Superman: The Animated Series (1)
1998 Jerry and Tom Karl
1997 Boogie Nights Little Bill
1997 Late Show with David Letterman (1) Himself
1997 Air Force One Major Caldwell
1997 Wag the Dog
1997 Colin Fitz Lives!
1996 Ghosts of Mississippi Charlie Crisco
1996 Fargo Jerome 'Jerry' Lundegaard
1996 Down Periscope Cmdr. Carl Knox
1996 Mr. Holland's Opus Vice Principal Wolters
1996 Andersonville Col. Chandler
1995 Above Suspicion Pros. Atty. Schultz
1995 Tall Tale Railroad Magnate
1995 Roommates Doctor
1995 Murder in the First D.A. William McNeil
1995 Evolver Evolver
1994 Oleanna John
1994 HBO First Look (1)
1994 The Client Dr. Greenway
1994 Being Human Boris
1993 L.A. Law (1)
1993 Twenty Bucks Property Clerk
1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer Tunafish Father
1993 Benny & Joon Randy Burch
1992 Shadows and Fog Cop with Spiro
1991 Charlie Rose (2) Himself
1991 Homicide Tim Sullivan
1988 Things Change Billy Drake
1988 Spenser: For Hire (3)
1987 House of Games Sgt. Moran
1987 The Equalizer (1)
1987 Radio Days Radio actor
1986 Kate & Allie (1)
1985 The Last Dragon J.J.
1983 The Cradle Will Fall Ben Duffy
1983 Without a Trace Reporter
1980 Foolin' Around Bronski
1980 Somewhere in Time Critic
n/a Curious George (2) Narrator
Producer Credits (2) All | TV | Movies | Instant Watch
2009 The Maiden Heist Producer
2005 Transamerica executive producer
Writer Credits (3) All | TV | Movies | Instant Watch
2008 The Deal
1995 Above Suspicion
1987 thirtysomething (1)
General Information Edit
Credited Name William H. Macy
Gender Male
Birthday March 13, 1950
Death
Primary Role Actor
Hometown Miami, Florida
Country United States
Website
Email Address
Alias(es)
Top Rated Lists
My Portraits a list of 818 items by djames216
Favorite Persons in the Biz a list of 135 items by Xaviersx
Actors to Reckon With a list of 65 items by TheLawnWrangler
Works Often With
PROTIP! Click numbers to highlight links!
8
times
Joe Mantegna Joe Mantegna
7
times
Ricky Jay Ricky Jay
7
times
Lionel Mark Smith
7
times
Felicity Huffman Felicity Huffman
6
times
Clark Gregg Clark Gregg
6
times
Jack Wallace
5
times
Rance Howard Rance Howard
5
times
J.J. Johnston
5
times
Vincent Guastaferro
9
times
David Mamet David Mamet
3
times
Gary Ross Gary Ross
3
times
Steven Schachter Steven Schachter
2
times
Woody Allen Woody Allen
2
times
Paul Thomas Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson
2
times
Daniel Soiseth
2
times
Michael LeSieur
2
times
David Weiss
2
times
Rob Kutner Rob Kutner
3
times
David Glasser
3
times
Edward R. Pressman
3
times
Gary Ross Gary Ross
3
times
Robin Bissell Robin Bissell
3
times
John Wells
3
times
Michael Hausman
3
times
Brian Grazer Brian Grazer
3
times
Michael De Luca
3
times
Allison Thomas
  • Box Office
    Career $2.5B
    Average $35.2MM
  • show in today's dollars »
  • activity & ranking
    18 Netflix actions for William H. Macy
  • By Decade
    2010
    2000
    1990
    1980
  • By Rating
    5/5
    4/4
    3/3
    2/2
    1/1
    0/0
  • By Box Office Gross
    200MM+
    150MM+
    100MM++
    50MM++
    25MM++
    0MM++
  • edit Links Around the Web
  • In today's dollars
    Career $2.5B
    Average $35.2MM
Top Editors
Mandatory Network

Submissions can take several hours to be approved.

Save ChangesCancel