William H. Macy
Birthplace: Miami
Born: 1950-03-13
Occupations recorded in source
actor; character actor; film actor; film director; film producer; screenwriter; stage actor; teacher; television actor; theatre director; writer
Biography from Wikipedia
William Hall Macy Jr. (born March 13, 1950) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is a two-time Emmy Award and four-time Screen Actors Guild Award winner, and has been nominated for an Academy Award, a Drama Critics' Circle Award, and five Golden Globe Awards.
Macy rose to prominence for his collaborations with playwright David Mamet, before building a film career on appearances in small, independent films, earning two Independent Spirit Award nominations. His breakthrough film role was Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo (1996), which brought him critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Macy's subsequent mainstream film roles include Boogie Nights (1997), Air Force One (1997), Magnolia (1999), Mystery Men (1999), Jurassic Park III (2001), Bobby (2006), Thank You for Smoking (2005), Room (2015), Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024), and The Running Man (2025). He starred as Dr. David Morgenstern on the television series ER (1994–98, 2009). From 2011 to 2021, he starred as Frank Gallagher on Shameless.
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- Frontier Crucible (2025)
- Soul on Fire (2025) — Jack Buck
- Train Dreams (2025) — Arn Peeples
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) — Trevathan
- Ricky Stanicky (2024) — Summerhayes
- Maybe I Do (2023) — Sam
- Krystal (2017) — Wyatt
- Blood Father (2016) — Kirby Curtis
- Dial a Prayer (2015) — Bill
- Room (2015) — Robert
- Walter (2015) — Dr. Donald Corman
- Cake (2014) — Leonard
- A Single Shot (2013) — Pitt
- The Sessions (2012) — Father Brendan
- The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) — Frank Levin
- Dirty Girl (2010) — Ray
- Marmaduke (2010) — Don Twombly
- Shorts (2009) — Dr. Noseworthy
- The Maiden Heist (2009) — George McLendon
- Bart Got a Room (2008) — Ernie
- The Deal (2008) — Charlie Berns
- Darius Goes West (2007)
- He Was a Quiet Man (2007) — Gene Shelby
- Wild Hogs (2007) — Dudley Frank
- Bobby (2006) — Paul Ebbers
- Everyone's Hero (2006) — Lefty Maginnis
- Inland Empire (2006) — Announcer
- Edmond (2005) — Edmond Burke
- Sahara (2005) — Admiral Jim Sandecker
- Thank You for Smoking (2005) — Senator Ortolan Finistirre
- Cellular (2004) — Sgt. Bob Mooney
- In Enemy Hands (2004) — Nathan Travers
- Reversible Errors (2004) — Arthur Raven
- Spartan (2004) — Stoddard
- The Wool Cap (2004) — Gigot
- Seabiscuit (2003) — Tick Tock McGlaughlin
- Stealing Sinatra (2003)
- The Cooler (2003) — Bernie Lootz
Directing
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Felicity Huffman · 6 films
- David Mamet · 5 films
- Joe Mantegna · 4 films
- Julianne Moore · 4 films
- Steven Schachter · 4 films
- Alec Baldwin · 3 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.