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	Somewhere in Time	Critic	75
2	1980	Foolin' Around	Bronski	62
3	1983	Without a Trace	Reporter	56
4	1983	The Cradle Will Fall	Ben Duffy	50
5	1983	WarGames	NORAD Officer (uncredited)	71
6	1984	The Dining Room	Various	0
7	1984	The Boy Who Loved Trolls	Socrates	0
8	1985	The Last Dragon	J.J.	64
9	1987	Radio Days	Radio Voice (voice)	70
10	1987	House of Games	Sgt. John Moran	68
11	1988	Lip Service	Farmer	50
12	1988	Things Change	Billy Drake	62
13	1991	Homicide	Tim Sullivan	62
14	1991	Barton Fink	Navy Sailor (uncredited)	75
15	1991	Shadows and Fog	Cop	67
16	1992	In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion	Ray Daniels	40
17	1992	A Private Matter	Psychiatrist	48
18	1992	The Water Engine	Charles Lang	43
19	1992	A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story	Sean Hammel	40
20	1992	The Heart of Justice	Booth	56
21	1993	Benny & Joon	Randy Burch	70
22	1993	Searching for Bobby Fischer	Tunafish Father	71
23	1993	Twenty Bucks	Property Clerk	58
24	1994	Being Human	Boris	50
25	1994	The Client	Dr. Greenway	67
26	1994	Dead on Sight	Steven Meeker	51
27	1994	Oleanna	John	62
28	1995	Murder in the First	Bill McNeill	72
29	1995	In the Shadow of Evil	Dr. Frank Teague	60
30	1995	Evolver	Evolver (voice)	52
31	1995	Roommates	Doctor (uncredited)	62
32	1995	Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure	Railroad Magnate	63
33	1995	Above Suspicion	Pros. Atty. Schultz	63
34	1995	Mr. Holland's Opus	Vice Principal Gene Wolters	70
35	1996	Down Periscope	Captain Knox	63
36	1996	Andersonville	Col. Chandler	66
37	1996	Fargo	Jerry Lundegaard	79
38	1996	The Writing on the Wall	Petrocelli	28
39	1996	Hit Me	Policeman	57
40	1996	Ghosts of Mississippi	Charlie Crisco	66
41	1997	Colin Fitz	Mr. O'Day	50
42	1997	Air Force One	Major Caldwell	65
43	1997	Boogie Nights	Little Bill	76
44	1997	Wag the Dog	CIA Agent Charles Young	70
45	1998	Macy On Mamet		0
46	1998	The Con	Bobby	57
47	1998	Pleasantville	George Parker	73
48	1998	Psycho	Milton Arbogast	51
49	1998	Jerry and Tom	Karl	61
50	1998	The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue	Justin (voice)	47
51	1998	A Civil Action	James Gordon	65
52	1999	Batman Beyond: Tech Wars / Disappearing Inque	Aaron Herbst	78
53	1999	Mystery Men	Shoveler	58
54	1999	A Slight Case of Murder	Terry Thorpe	64
55	1999	The Night of the Headless Horseman	Ichabod Crane	58
56	1999	Happy, Texas	Sheriff Chappy Dent	57
57	1999	Magnolia	Quiz Kid Donnie Smith	77
58	2000	That Moment: Magnolia Diary	Self	76
59	2000	Psycho Path	Self - Actor / Milton Arbogast	67
60	2000	State and Main	Walt Price	63
61	2000	Panic	Alex	62
62	2001	Jurassic Park III	Paul Kirby	61
63	2001	Focus	Lawrence 'Larry' Newman	63
64	2001	The Making Of 'Jurassic Park III'	Self	0
65	2002	Door to Door	Bill Porter	76
66	2002	Welcome to Collinwood	Riley	61
67	2003	Stealing Sinatra	John Irwin	54
68	2003	Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood	Self - Narrator (voice)	71
69	2003	Minnesota Nice	Self	68
70	2003	Seabiscuit	Tick Tock McGlaughlin	71
71	2003	The Cooler	Bernie Lootz	67
72	2003	It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie	Glenn	60
73	2004	In Enemy Hands	Nathan Travers	58
74	2004	Spartan	Stoddard	62
75	2004	Reversible Errors	Arthur Raven	61
76	2004	Cellular	Sgt. Bob Mooney	64
77	2004	The Wool Cap	Gigot	68
78	2005	Sahara	Admiral Jim Sandecker	59
79	2005	Edmond	Edmond	59
80	2005	Thank You for Smoking	Senator Ortolan Finistirre	72
81	2006	Doogal	Brian (voice)	50
82	2006	Choose Your Own Adventure - The Abominable Snowman	Rudyard North (voice)	50
83	2006	Everyone's Hero	Lefty Maginnis (voice)	59
84	2006	Bobby	Paul Ebbers	64
85	2006	Unfiltered Comedy: The Making of 'Thank You For Smoking'	Self	60
86	2006	Inland Empire	Announcer	70
87	2007	Wild Hogs	Dudley Frank	60
88	2007	Curious George: Rocket Ride and Other Adventures		100
89	2007	Lynch 2	Self	0
90	2007	He Was a Quiet Man	Gene Shelby	64
91	2008	Bart Got a Room	Ernie Stein	57
92	2008	The Deal	Charlie Berns	54
93	2008	The Tale of Despereaux	Lester (voice)	61
94	2009	The Maiden Heist	George McLendon	56
95	2009	Heath Ledger: A Tribute	Self	100
96	2009	Shorts	Dr. Noseworthy	58
97	2010	Marmaduke	Don Twombly	52
98	2010	Dirty Girl	Ray	61
99	2011	Return to Jurassic Park	Self	66
100	2011	The Lincoln Lawyer	Frank Levin	72
101	2011	Portraits in Dramatic Time		80
102	2012	Curious George: Saves the Day	The Narrator (voice)	100
103	2012	The Sessions	Father Brendan	69
104	2013	Citizen Hearst	Narrator	0
105	2013	Trust Me	Gary	58
106	2013	A Single Shot	Pitt	57
107	2014	Cake	Leonard	63
108	2014	Rudderless	Trill	72
109	2014	Two-Bit Waltz	Carl	57
110	2015	Walter	Dr. Corman	54
111	2015	Dial a Prayer	Bill	52
112	2015	Room	Robert	80
113	2016	Stealing Cars	Philip Wyatt	63
114	2016	Blood Father	Kirby Curtis	62
115	2018	Lady Luck: The Making of The Cooler	Self	0
116	2019	Beyond the Headlines: The College Admissions Scandal with Gretchen Carlson	Self	0
117	2023	Maybe I Do	Sam	55
118		On Fire		0
119	2024	Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes	Trevathan	71
120		The Deputy	Chief Krueger	0
121		Exit Right	John Randall	0
122	2018	Krystal	Wyatt	53
123	2024	Ricky Stanicky	Summerhayes	65
124	2025	The Running Man		0
125		Frontier Crucible		0
126	2025	Train Dreams		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	The Oscars	Self	70
2	1978	The Awakening Land	Will Beagle	72
3	1984	Kate & Allie		58
4	1985	The Equalizer	Dr. Spaulding	71
5	1985	Spenser: For Hire		67
6	1986	L.A. Law	Bernard Ruskin	71
7	1988	The Murder of Mary Phagan	Randy	58
8	1989	The Simpsons	William H. Macy (voice)	80
9	1990	Law & Order	Assistant U.S. Attorney John McCormack	74
10	1990	Law & Order	Jack Powell	74
11	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		54
12	1993	Bakersfield P.D.	Russell Karp	80
13	1993	Frasier	Ralph (voice)	77
14	1994	Inside the Actors Studio	Self	74
15	1994	ER	David Morgenstern	78
16	1995	MADtv	Self	69
17	1996	Andersonville	Col. Chandler	0
18	1996	Superman: The Animated Series	Director (voice)	76
19	1997	King of the Hill	Dr. Rubin (voice)	73
20	1997	The View	Self	45
21	1998	The Wild Thornberrys	Skoot (voice)	68
22	1998	The Lionhearts	Leo (voice)	20
23	1998	Sports Night		73
24	1999	Batman Beyond	Aaron Herbst (voice)	81
25	1999	Batman Beyond	Karros (voice)	81
26	2001	Good Day Live	Self	30
27	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!		55
28	2003	Out of Order	Steven	53
29	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	57
30	2005	The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson	Self	68
31	2006	The Unit	President of the United States	73
32	2006	Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King	Clyde Umney / Sam Landry / George Demmick	69
33	2006	Curious George	Narrator	71
34	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	49
35	2010	Conan	Self	70
36	2011	Shameless	Frank Gallagher	82
37	2012	Finding Your Roots	Self	62
38	2014	Off Camera with Sam Jones	Self	40
39	2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter	Self	57
40	2020	Shameless Hall of Shame	Frank Gallagher	83
41	2022	The Dropout	Richard Fuisz	73
42	2023	Accused	Raymond	75