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name: "William Xifaras"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-xifaras"
roles: []
born: "26 January 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T08:08:38.696732+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# William Xifaras

Actor. Born 26 January 1964 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 26 January 1964, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3899420/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1360002

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Sound of Metal*](https://film.one/film/sound-of-metal.md) (81)

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## Biography

William Xifaras is an American actor. He is credited as Michael's Father in *Sound of Metal* (2019).

His other film roles include Tough Guy #1 in *The Heat* (2013), Laborer in *The Equalizer* (2014), Boston Neighbor in *Ted 2* (2015), Bus Driver in *Infinitely Polar Bear* (2014), Mechanic in *Wheelman* (2017), Menny in *Love, Weddings & Other Disasters* (2020) and Kiko in *Absolution* (2024). Television credits include Father O'Leary in the miniseries *Defending Jacob* (2020) and Carl in *Kevin Can F**k Himself* (2021–2022). He was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

*Sources: imdb.com, thefilmaholic.com, oak1.the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sound of Metal* (2020), Fi1m 81, as Michael's Father — [page](https://film.one/film/sound-of-metal.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Absolution* (2024), as Kiko
- *The Compatriots* (2024), Actor
- *Kevin Can F**K Himself* (2021), series, as Carl
- *Love, Weddings & Other Disasters* (2020), as Menny
- *Sound of Metal* (2020), as Michael's Father — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/sound-of-metal.md)
- *Defending Jacob* (2020), series, as Father O'Leary
- *Wheelman* (2017), as Mechanic
- *Ted 2* (2015), as Boston Neighbor
- *The Equalizer* (2014), as Laborer
- *Infinitely Polar Bear* (2014), as Bus Driver
- *The Heat* (2013), as Tough Guy #1

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