William Fichtner

Actor. Born 27 November 1956 in Mitchell Field Air Force Base, East Meadow, Long Island, New York, USA.

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27 November 1956, Mitchell Field Air Force Base, East Meadow, Long Island, New York, USA

Biography

William Fichtner is an American actor. Born on 27 November 1956, he began his career with supporting roles in several 1995 films, including Tommy Dundee in The Underneath.

Fichtner is a prolific character actor whose film credits include Heat (1995), Contact (1997), Armageddon (1998), Black Hawk Down (2001), Crash (2004) and The Dark Knight (2008). On television he has played Sheriff Tom Underlay in Invasion (2005), Alexander Mahone in Prison Break and Adam Janikowski in Mom.

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Filmography

Beyond what we have reviewed, William Fichtner is known for The Dark Knight (2008), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Elysium (2013), Armageddon (1998), Heat (1995), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014), Pearl Harbor (2001) and Independence Day: Resurgence (2016).

The Underneath

1995 · as Tommy Dundee