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William H. Macy

William H. Macy (born March 13, 1950) is an American actor and writer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo. He is also a teacher and director in theater, film and television. His film career has been built mostly on his appearances in small, independent films, though he has appeared in summer action films as well. Macy has described his screen persona as "sort of a Middle American, WASPy, Lutheran kind of guy... Everyman". He has won two Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award, being nominated for nine Emmy Awards and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards in total. He is also a three-time Golden Globe Award nominee.

Known For: Acting

Born: Miami, Florida, USA, 1950-03-13

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1980	Foolin' Around	Bronski	60
2	1983	WarGames	NORAD Officer (uncredited)	71
3	1984	The Boy Who Loved Trolls	Socrates	10
4	1985	The Last Dragon	J.J.	64
5	1992	In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion	Ray Daniels	30
6	1994	Dead on Sight	Steven Meeker	39
7	1998	Macy On Mamet		0
8	1998	The Con	Bobby	53
9	2001	Focus	Lawrence 'Larry' Newman	64
10	2001	The Making Of Jurassic Park III	Self	0
11	2003	Minnesota Nice	Self	68
12	2007	Curious George: Rocket Ride and Other Adventures		100
13	2008	The Tale of Despereaux	Lester (voice)	61
14	2011	Portraits in Dramatic Time		80
15	2012	The Sessions	Father Brendan	69
16	2013	Citizen Hearst	Narrator	0
17	2013	Trust Me	Gary	58
18	2013	A Single Shot	Pitt	57
19	2014	Cake	Leonard	63
20	2014	Rudderless	Trill	72
21	2014	Two-Bit Waltz	Carl	55
22	2015	Walter	Dr. Corman	53
23	2015	Dial a Prayer	Bill	50
24	2015	Room	Robert	80
25	2016	Stealing Cars	Philip Wyatt	62
26	2016	Blood Father	Kirby Curtis	62
27	2018	Krystal	Wyatt	51
28	2023	Maybe I Do	Sam	55
29	2024	Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes	Trevathan	71
30	2025	Soul on Fire		0
31		The Deputy	Chief Krueger	0
32		Exit Right	John Randall	0
33	1980	Somewhere in Time	Critic	75
34	1983	Without a Trace	Reporter	54
35	1983	The Cradle Will Fall	Ben Duffy	40
36	1984	The Dining Room	Various	0
37	1987	Radio Days	Radio Voice (voice)	71
38	1987	House of Games	Sgt. John Moran	68
39	1988	Lip Service	Farmer	30
40	1988	Things Change	Billy Drake	61
41	1991	Homicide	Tim Sullivan	63
42	1991	Barton Fink	Navy Sailor (uncredited)	75
43	1991	Shadows and Fog	Cop	67
44	1992	A Private Matter	Psychiatrist	48
45	1992	The Water Engine	Charles Lang	53
46	1992	A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story	Sean Hammel	43
47	1992	The Heart of Justice	Booth	55
48	1993	Benny & Joon	Randy Burch	70
49	1993	Searching for Bobby Fischer	Tunafish Father	71
50	1993	Twenty Bucks	Property Clerk	58
51	1994	Being Human	Boris	51
52	1994	The Client	Dr. Greenway	67
53	1994	Oleanna	John	61
54	1995	Murder in the First	Bill McNeill	72
55	1995	In the Shadow of Evil	Dr. Frank Teague	43
56	1995	Evolver	Evolver (voice)	53
57	1995	Roommates	Doctor (uncredited)	59
58	1995	Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure	Railroad Magnate	62
59	1995	Above Suspicion	Pros. Atty. Schultz	63
60	1995	Mr. Holland's Opus	Vice Principal Gene Wolters	70
61	1996	Down Periscope	Captain Knox	63
62	1996	Andersonville	Col. Chandler	66
63	1996	Fargo	Jerry Lundegaard	79
64	1996	The Writing on the Wall	Petrocelli	24
65	1996	Hit Me	Policeman	56
66	1996	Ghosts of Mississippi	Charlie Crisco	66
67	1997	Colin Fitz	Mr. O'Day	50
68	1997	Air Force One	Major Caldwell	65
69	1997	Boogie Nights	Little Bill	76
70	1997	Wag the Dog	CIA Agent Charles Young	69
71	1998	Pleasantville	George Parker	73
72	1998	Psycho	Milton Arbogast	51
73	1998	Jerry and Tom	Karl	61
74	1998	The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue	Justin (voice)	46
75	1998	A Civil Action	James Gordon	65
76	1999	Batman Beyond: Tech Wars / Disappearing Inque	Aaron Herbst	78
77	1999	Mystery Men	Shoveler / Eddie	58
78	1999	A Slight Case of Murder	Terry Thorpe	65
79	1999	The Night of the Headless Horseman	Ichabod Crane	50
80	1999	Happy, Texas	Sheriff Chappy Dent	57
81	1999	Magnolia	Quiz Kid Donnie Smith	77
82	2000	That Moment: Magnolia Diary	Self	76
83	2000	Psycho Path	Self - Actor / Milton Arbogast	67
84	2000	State and Main	Walt Price	63
85	2000	Panic	Alex	62
86	2001	Jurassic Park III	Paul Kirby	62
87	2002	Door to Door	Bill Porter	76
88	2002	Welcome to Collinwood	Riley	61
89	2002	It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie	Glenn	60
90	2003	Stealing Sinatra	John Irwin	54
91	2003	Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood	Self - Narrator (voice)	71
92	2003	Seabiscuit	Tick Tock McGlaughlin	71
93	2003	The True Story of Seabiscuit	Narrator (voice)	0
94	2003	The Cooler	Bernie Lootz	67
95	2004	In Enemy Hands	Nathan Travers	58
96	2004	Spartan	Stoddard	62
97	2004	Reversible Errors	Arthur Raven	61
98	2004	Cellular	Sgt. Bob Mooney	64
99	2004	The Wool Cap	Gigot	62
100	2005	Sahara	Admiral Jim Sandecker	59
101	2005	Edmond	Edmond	59
102	2005	Thank You for Smoking	Senator Ortolan Finistirre	72
103	2006	Doogal	Brian (voice)	49
104	2006	Choose Your Own Adventure - The Abominable Snowman	Rudyard North (voice)	50
105	2006	Everyone's Hero	Lefty Maginnis (voice)	60
106	2006	Bobby	Paul Ebbers	64
107	2006	Unfiltered Comedy: The Making of 'Thank You For Smoking'	Self	60
108	2006	Inland Empire	Announcer	70
109	2007	Wild Hogs	Dudley Frank	60
110	2007	Lynch 2	Self	0
111	2007	He Was a Quiet Man	Gene Shelby	64
112	2008	Bart Got a Room	Ernie Stein	57
113	2008	The Deal	Charlie Berns	54
114	2009	The Maiden Heist	George McLendon	56
115	2009	Heath Ledger: A Tribute	Self	100
116	2009	Shorts	Dr. Noseworthy	58
117	2010	Marmaduke	Don Twombly	52
118	2010	Dirty Girl	Ray	60
119	2011	Return to Jurassic Park	Self	66
120	2011	The Lincoln Lawyer	Frank Levin	72
121	2012	Curious George: Saves the Day	The Narrator (voice)	100
122	2018	Lady Luck: The Making of The Cooler	Self	0
123	2019	Beyond the Headlines: The College Admissions Scandal with Gretchen Carlson	Self	0
124	2024	Ricky Stanicky	Summerhayes	65
125	2025	The Running Man		0
126		Frontier Crucible		0
127	2025	Train Dreams		0
128		Brian		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
2	1978	The Awakening Land	Will Beagle	72
3	1984	Kate & Allie		59
4	1985	Alive from Off Center	unknown	0
5	1985	The Equalizer	Dr. Spaulding	72
6	1985	Spenser: For Hire		67
7	1986	L.A. Law	Bernard Ruskin	71
8	1988	The Murder of Mary Phagan	Randy	58
9	1989	The Simpsons	William H. Macy (voice)	80
10	1990	Law & Order	Assistant U.S. Attorney John McCormack	74
11	1990	Law & Order	Jack Powell	74
12	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	Self	54
13	1993	Bakersfield P.D.	Russell Karp	80
14	1993	Frasier	Ralph (voice)	77
15	1994	Inside the Actors Studio	Self	75
16	1994	ER	David Morgenstern	78
17	1995	MADtv	Self	69
18	1996	Andersonville	Col. Chandler	0
19	1996	Superman: The Animated Series	Director (voice)	76
20	1997	King of the Hill	Dr. Rubin (voice)	74
21	1997	The View	Self	45
22	1998	The Wild Thornberrys	Skoot (voice)	69
23	1998	The Lionhearts	Leo (voice)	20
24	1998	Sports Night		73
25	1999	Batman Beyond	Aaron Herbst (voice)	81
26	1999	Batman Beyond	Karros (voice)	81
27	2001	Good Day Live	Self	30
28	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!		55
29	2003	Out of Order	Steven	53
30	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	57
31	2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Self	68
32	2006	The Unit	President of the United States	73
33	2006	Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King	Clyde Umney / Sam Landry / George Demmick	69
34	2006	Curious George	Narrator (voice)	71
35	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
36	2010	Conan	Self	71
37	2011	Shameless	Frank Gallagher	82
38	2012	Finding Your Roots	Self	62
39	2014	Off Camera with Sam Jones	Self	40
40	2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter	Self	57
41	2020	Shameless Hall of Shame	Frank Gallagher	85
42	2022	The Dropout	Richard Fuisz	73
43	2023	Accused	Raymond	74