William Fichtner - wikipedia William Fichtner William Fichtner Fichtner at the 2011 USA Film Festival William Edward Fichtner Jr. ( 1956 - 11 - 27 ) November 27, 1956 ( age 60 ) Mitchel Air Force Base, New York, U.S. Other names Bill Fichtner Alma mater Farmingdale State College, A.A. 1976 SUNY Brockport, B.A. 1978 Occupation Actor Years active 1987 -- present Spouse ( s ) Betsy Aidem ( ? -- 1996 ) Kymberly Kalil ( 1998 -- present ) Children William Edward Fichtner Jr. ( born November 27, 1956 ) is an American actor. He has appeared in a number of notable films and TV series. He is known for his roles as Sheriff Tom Underlay in the television series Invasion, Alexander Mahone on Prison Break, and numerous film roles, including : Quiz Show, Heat, blind astronomer Kent in Contact, Armageddon, The Perfect Storm, Crash, Blades of Glory, Black Hawk Down, Nine Lives, The Longest Yard, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Dark Knight, Date Night, The Lone Ranger, Phantom, Elysium, Independence Day : Resurgence, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 4.3 Video games 5 References 6 External links Early life Fichtner was born on Mitchel Air Force Base on Long Island, and was raised in Cheektowaga, New York, a suburb of Buffalo. He is the son of Patricia A. ( née Steitz ) and William E. Fichtner. He has German ancestry. Fichtner graduated from Maryvale High School ( Cheektowaga ) in 1974. After graduating from Farmingdale State College in 1976 with an associate degree in criminal justice, he attended SUNY Brockport and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice in 1978. Fichtner then studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. Fichtner credits his Farmingdale State College admissions counselor, Don Harvey, with his decision to study acting. Harvey, who became a lifelong friend, took Fichtner to his first Broadway show. On May 18, 2008, Fichtner was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by Farmingdale State College. Career Fichtner began his acting career as Josh Snyder in As the World Turns in 1987. Fichtner 's film credits include Contact, Heat, Armageddon, Go, Equilibrium, Black Hawk Down, The Perfect Storm, The Longest Yard, Crash, Ultraviolet and The Dark Knight. Mainly a character actor, one of Fichtner 's few leading roles is in Passion of Mind, also starring Demi Moore and Stellan Skarsgård. For his role in Crash, he won a Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance Award and a `` Best Acting Ensemble '' Award from Broadcast Film Critics Choice. Fichtner, 2003 Credited as Bill Fichtner, he voiced the character Ken Rosenberg in the video games Grand Theft Auto : Vice City and Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas. Between 2005 and 2006, Fichtner also starred in the science - fiction TV series Invasion as Sheriff Tom Underlay. After Invasion was canceled, Fichtner played FBI Agent Alexander Mahone in the second through fourth seasons ( 2006 -- 2009 ) of Prison Break. In 2009, he co-presented the Vezina Trophy ( for goal tending ) at the National Hockey League awards show. He also appears in The West Wing episode, `` The Supremes '' as Christopher Mulready, a conservative judge nominated to the Supreme Court. Fichtner also had a role as the Gotham National Bank manager in the feature film The Dark Knight, and as Jurgen in Equilibrium. In June 2009, Fichtner signed on to guest star on Entourage playing TV producer Phil Yagoda, who is trying to remake his hit 1990s teen series. He also voices Master Sergeant Sandman in the 2011 video game Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 3. Fichtner played Eric Sacks in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ( 2014 ). Personal life As of June 2016, Fichtner has returned to living back in Buffalo, NY Fichtner is a fan of the National Football League ( NFL ) 's Buffalo Bills, appearing in a commercial for the team before the 2014 season. More recently, Fichtner narrated the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary titled Four Falls of Buffalo, chronicling the Buffalo Bills ' four consecutive Super Bowl appearances from 1990 -- 93. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Quiz Show Stage Manager 1995 Virtuosity Wallace Reckless Rachel 's Father Strange Days Dwayne Engelman Heat Roger Van Zant Underneath Tommy Dundee Albino Alligator Law Contact Kent Switchback Chief Jack McGinnis 1998 Armageddon Colonel William Sharp 1999 Go Burke The Settlement Jerry 2000 The Perfect Storm David `` Sully '' Sullivan Drowning Mona Phil Dearly Passion of Mind Aaron Endsville Prince Victor 2001 Pearl Harbor Danny 's Father Black Hawk Down SFC Jeff Sanderson Nominated -- Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast What 's the Worst That Could Happen ? Detective Alex Tardio 2002 Julie Walking Home Henry Equilibrium Jürgen Crash Flanagan Hollywood Film Festival Ensemble of the Year Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated -- Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast 2005 Nine Lives Andrew Nominated -- Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast The Chumscrubber Dr. Bill Stifle The Moguls Otis The Longest Yard Captain Knauer Mr. & Mrs. Smith Dr. Wexler ( voice ) Uncredited 2006 Ultraviolet Garth 2007 Blades of Glory Darren MacElroy First Snow Ed 2008 The Dark Knight Bank Manager Forehead Tittaes Boss Short skit Date Night D.A. Frank Crenshaw 2011 The Big Bang Detective Poley Drive Angry The Accountant Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actor 2012 Wrong Master Chang Seal Team Six : The Raid on Osama Bin Laden Mr. Guidry 2013 Phantom Alex Kozlov The Lone Ranger Butch Cavendish Elysium John Carlyle 2014 The Homesman Vester Belknap Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Eric Sacks 2016 Independence Day : Resurgence General Joshua T. Adams American Wrestler : The Wizard Coach Plyler 2017 Finding Steve McQueen Enzo Rotella Krystal Dr. Farley The Gettysburg Address John G. Nicolay ( voice ) Documentary 2018 12 Strong Colonel Mulholland TBA Cold Brook Directorial debut and co-writer Television Year Title Role Notes 1987 -- 1994 As the World Turns Josh Snyder Unknown episodes A Man Called Hawk Boros 2 episodes Baywatch Howard Ganza Episode : `` Rookie School '' 1994 -- 1995 Grace Under Fire Ryan 8 episodes 1995 High Lonesome : A Father for Charlie Sheriff Television film 2002 MDs Bruce Kellerman 10 episodes The West Wing Christopher Mulready Episode : `` The Supremes '' 2005 Empire Falls Jimmy Minty 2 episodes American Dad ! Harland ( voice ) Episode : `` Homeland Insecurity '' 2005 -- 2006 Invasion Sheriff Tom Underlay 22 episodes Nominated -- Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television 2006 -- 2009 Prison Break Alexander Mahone 59 episodes 2009 -- 2011 Entourage Phil Yagoda 8 episodes Night and Day Dan Hollister Pilot 2012 Seal Team Six : The Raid on Osama Bin Laden Mr. Guidry Television film 2013 -- 2014 Crossing Lines Carl Hickman 22 episodes 2015 -- 2016 Empire Jameson Henthrop 4 episodes 2016 -- present Mom Adam Recurring Season 3 ; Regular Season 4 Shooter O'Brien Season 1 2017 -- Top Gear America Host Video games Year Title Role Notes 2002 Grand Theft Auto : Vice City Ken Rosenberg Credited as Bill Fichtner Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas 2008 Turok Logan 2011 Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 3 Master Sergeant Sandman 2012 Infex The Administrator 2013 Disney Infinity Butch Cavendish 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Shredder In the 3DS version only References Jump up ^ `` William Fichtner Biography ( 1956 - ) ''. FilmReference.com. Retrieved June 18, 2013. Jump up ^ Silverman, Stephen M. ( January 17, 2002 ). `` ' Black Hawk Down ' Comes Up in D.C. ''. People. Retrieved April 3, 2012. Jump up ^ David Niles. `` Worcester Telegram & Gazette Archives ''. Nl.newsbank.com. Retrieved April 3, 2012. Jump up ^ The Post-Journal ( December 29, 2009 ). `` Patricia A. Fichtner - post-journal.com News, Sports, Jobs, Community Information - Jamestown ''. Post-Journal. Retrieved April 3, 2012. Jump up ^ `` FAQs and Q&A with William Fichtner ''. WilliamFichtner.org ( official site ). Archived from the original on June 18, 2007. Retrieved April 3, 2012. Jump up ^ `` About William Fichtner ''. Farmingdale State College. 2006. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Jump up ^ Clean ' Break ' for Fichtner Reuters. June 19, 2006. Retrieved June 19, 2006. Jump up ^ `` Hockey, Hollywood stars align for ' 09 Awards in Vegas ''. Jump up ^ `` NHL Awards Winners ''. nhl.com. NHL. Retrieved August 22, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Entourage Admits Caan, Fichtner, Letscher ''. TVGuide.com. Retrieved June 8, 2009. Jump up ^ Gaudiosi, John ( April 11, 2011 ). `` Actor William Fichtner is Modern Warfare 3 's Sandman ''. IGN. Retrieved April 11, 2011. Jump up ^ ' Crossing Lines ' : William Fichtner Reveals ' Sons Of Anarchy ' Star Joining Show Jump up ^ ' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ' Adds William Fichtner Jump up ^ Fichtner, William ( September 4, 2014 ). VIDEO : What It Means to Be a Bills Fan. Buffalo Bills. Retrieved January 9, 2016. Jump up ^ Warren, Matt. `` Buffalo Bills ' 30 for 30 ' documentary, ' Four Falls of Buffalo, ' premieres ''. buffalorumblings.com. Buffalo Rumblings. Retrieved 23 August 2017. Jump up ^ Endsville on IMDb Jump up ^ `` Forehead Tittaes w / Marion Cotillard ''. Funny Or Die. March 9, 2010. Jump up ^ Fleming Jr., Mike. `` William Fichtner To Make Directing Debut On ' Cold Brook ' ''. Deadline. Retrieved June 8, 2017. Jump up ^ `` A Father for Charlie ( 1995 ) ''. FamousFix. Jump up ^ Kaufman, Alexander C. ( October 4, 2012 ). `` National Geographic Channel to Show Osama bin Laden Thriller ' Seal Team Six ' ''. TheWrap. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to William Fichtner. William Fichtner on IMDb William Fichtner at the official Contact movie website `` Random Roles : William Fichtner '' at The A.V. Club ( via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine ) Awards for William Fichtner Critics ' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble ( 2001 -- 2009 ) Gosford Park ( 2001 ) : Eileen Atkins, Bob Balaban, Alan Bates, Charles Dance, Stephen Fry, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant, Tom Hollander, Derek Jacobi, Kelly Macdonald, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Northam, Clive Owen, Ryan Phillippe, Maggie Smith, Geraldine Somerville, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sophie Thompson, Emily Watson, James Wilby Chicago ( 2002 ) : Christine Baranski, Ekaterina Shchelkanova, Taye Diggs, Denise Faye, Colm Feore, Richard Gere, Deidre Goodwin, Queen Latifah, Lucy Liu, Susan Misner, Mýa, John C. Reilly, Dominic West, Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta - Jones The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King ( 2003 ) : Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Bernard Hill, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, John Noble, Miranda Otto, John Rhys - Davies, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, Karl Urban, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, Elijah Wood Sideways ( 2004 ) : Thomas Haden Church, Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh Crash ( 2005 ) : Christopher `` Ludacris '' Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate Little Miss Sunshine ( 2006 ) : Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Greg Kinnear Hairspray ( 2007 ) : Nikki Blonsky, Amanda Bynes, Paul Dooley, Zac Efron, Allison Janney, Elijah Kelley, Queen Latifah, James Marsden, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brittany Snow, Jerry Stiller, John Travolta, Christopher Walken Milk ( 2008 ) : Josh Brolin, Joseph Cross, James Franco, Victor Garber, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna, Denis O'Hare, Sean Penn, Alison Pill Inglourious Basterds ( 2009 ) : Daniel Brühl, August Diehl, Julie Dreyfus, Michael Fassbender, Sylvester Groth, Jacky Ido, Diane Kruger, Mélanie Laurent, Denis Ménochet, Mike Myers, Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Til Schweiger, Rod Taylor, Christoph Waltz, Martin Wuttke ( 2010 -- present ) The Fighter ( 2010 ) : Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Jack McGee, Mark Wahlberg The Help ( 2011 ) : Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Chris Lowell, Ahna O'Reilly, Sissy Spacek, Octavia Spencer, Mary Steenburgen, Emma Stone, Cicely Tyson, Mike Vogel Silver Linings Playbook ( 2012 ) : Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Anupam Kher, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Tucker, Jacki Weaver American Hustle ( 2013 ) : Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Louis C.K., Bradley Cooper, Jack Huston, Jennifer Lawrence, Alessandro Nivola, Michael Peña, Jeremy Renner, Elisabeth Röhm, Shea Whigham Birdman or ( The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance ) ( 2014 ) : Zach Galifianakis, Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts Spotlight ( 2015 ) : Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci Moonlight ( 2016 ) : Mahershala Ali, Patrick Decile, Alex R. Hibbert, Naomie Harris, André Holland, Jharrel Jerome, Janelle Monáe, Jaden Piner, Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders Satellite Award for Best Cast -- Motion Picture Sideways Thomas Haden Church Paul Giamatti Virginia Madsen Sandra Oh 2005 Crash Chris Bridges Sandra Bullock Don Cheadle Matt Dillon Jennifer Esposito William Fichtner Brendan Fraser Terrence Howard Thandie Newton Ryan Phillippe Larenz Tate 2006 The Departed Anthony Anderson Alec Baldwin Matt Damon Leonardo DiCaprio Vera Farmiga Jack Nicholson Martin Sheen Mark Wahlberg Ray Winstone 2007 Before the Devil Knows You 're Dead Albert Finney Rosemary Harris Ethan Hawke Philip Seymour Hoffman Brían F. O'Byrne Amy Ryan Michael Shannon Marisa Tomei 2009 Nine Marion Cotillard Penélope Cruz Daniel Day - Lewis Judi Dench Fergie Kate Hudson Nicole Kidman Sophia Loren 2011 The Help Anna Camp Jessica Chastain Viola Davis Nelsan Ellis Aunjanue Ellis Bryce Dallas Howard Dana Ivey Allison Janney Leslie Jordan Brian Kerwin Chris Lowell Ahna O'Reilly David Oyelowo Sissy Spacek Octavia Spencer Mary Steenburgen Emma Stone Cicely Tyson Mike Vogel 2012 Les Miserábles Samantha Barks Sacha Baron Cohen Helena Bonham Carter Russell Crowe Anne Hathaway Hugh Jackman Eddie Redmayne Amanda Seyfried Aaron Tveit 2013 Nebraska Bruce Dern Missy Doty Will Forte Rance Howard Stacy Keach Angela McEwan Bob Odenkirk Devin Ratray Melinda Simonsen June Squibb Roger Stuckwisch Mary Louise Wilson 2014 Into the Woods Christine Baranski Tammy Blanchard Emily Blunt James Corden Lilla Crawford Frances de la Tour Johnny Depp Daniel Huttlestone Anna Kendrick Billy Magnussen MacKenzie Mauzy Chris Pine Lucy Punch Meryl Streep Tracey Ullman 2015 Spotlight Brian d'Arcy James Michael Keaton Rachel McAdams Mark Ruffalo Liev Schreiber John Slattery Stanley Tucci 2016 Hidden Figures Mahershala Ali Kevin Costner Kirsten Dunst Taraji P. Henson Aldis Hodge Janelle Monáe Jim Parsons Glen Powell Kimberly Quinn Octavia Spencer Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture ( 2001 -- 2010 ) 2001 Gosford Park Eileen Atkins, Bob Balaban, Alan Bates, Charles Dance, Stephen Fry, Michael Gambon, Richard E. Grant, Tom Hollander, Derek Jacobi, Kelly Macdonald, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Northam, Clive Owen, Ryan Phillippe, Maggie Smith, Geraldine Somerville, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sophie Thompson, Emily Watson, James Wilby 2002 Chicago Christine Baranski, Ekaterina Shchelkanova, Taye Diggs, Denise Faye, Colm Feore, Richard Gere, Deidre Goodwin, Queen Latifah, Lucy Liu, Susan Misner, Mýa, John C. Reilly, Dominic West, Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta - Jones 2003 The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Bernard Hill, Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, John Noble, Miranda Otto, John Rhys - Davies, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, Karl Urban, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, Elijah Wood Sideways Thomas Haden Church, Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh 2005 Crash Christopher `` Ludacris '' Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe, Larenz Tate 2006 Little Miss Sunshine Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Greg Kinnear 2007 No Country for Old Men Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Garret Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Kelly Macdonald 2008 Slumdog Millionaire Rubina Ali, Tanay Chheda, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, Madhur Mittal, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto 2009 Inglourious Basterds Daniel Brühl, August Diehl, Julie Dreyfus, Michael Fassbender, Sylvester Groth, Jacky Ido, Diane Kruger, Mélanie Laurent, Denis Ménochet, Mike Myers, Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Til Schweiger, Rod Taylor, Christoph Waltz, Martin Wuttke The King 's Speech Anthony Andrews, Helena Bonham Carter, Jennifer Ehle, Colin Firth, Michael Gambon, Derek Jacobi, Guy Pearce, Geoffrey Rush, Timothy Spall Complete list ( 1995 -- 2000 ) ( 2001 -- 2010 ) ( 2011 -- 2020 ) VIAF : 85648564 LCCN : n97057249 ISNI : 0000 0000 8161 1372 GND : 142303291 SUDOC : 086232290 BNF : cb14177206n ( data ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Fichtner&oldid=806246228 '' Categories : 1956 births 20th - century American male actors 21st - century American male actors American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni American male film actors American male soap opera actors American male television actors American male video game actors American male voice actors American people of German descent Living people Male actors from New York ( state ) Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners People from Cheektowaga, New York State University of New York at Brockport alumni Hidden categories : Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu Български Català Čeština Dansk Deutsch Eesti Ελληνικά Español فارسی Français 한국어 Հայերեն Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית ქართული Magyar მარგალური Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Polski Português Română Русский Simple English Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska Türkçe Українська Tiếng Việt 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 20 October 2017, at 18 : 27. 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Answer: William Edward Fichtner Jr.