William Mapother

William Reibert Mapother, Jr. (; born April 17, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Ethan Rom on the television series Lost.
Early life
Mapother was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He is the son of Louisa (nee Riehm) and William Reibert Mapother, Sr. He is of English, Irish, and mostly German ancestry.
He is a first cousin of actor Tom Cruise, whose real name is Thomas Cruise Mapother IV. Mapother has appeared in five movies starring Cruise. He had tiny roles in Minority Report and Vanilla Sky, and supporting roles in Mission: Impossible II, Born on the Fourth of July and Magnolia. Mapother has two sisters, Katherine and Amy. His father was a lawyer and judge in Louisville, between 1967 and 1970. His father died on June 22, 2006.
Mapother graduated from the University of Notre Dame. He majored in English. Then, he taught high school in East Los Angeles for three years before becoming an actor.
Career
Mapother has become widely known as a character actor. He sometimes plays scary or otherwise dark characters. He played an important role in Todd Field's In the Bedroom. Mapother is more widely known as Ethan Rom in the TV show Lost. The character was killed early in the first season. Since then, however, he has appeared in seven episodes mainly through flashbacks, once due to time travel and another in an alternate timeline. In total, he appeared in eleven episodes of Lost.
Mapother has also had major roles in several independent movies, such as The Lather Effect, Moola, Hurt and Another Earth. Mapother starred in The Burrowers as a Native American fighter who joins a posse to help find missing white settlers, only to discover that the hunters have become the hunted.
In September 2007, he was elected to a three-year term on the National Board of Directors for the Screen Actors Guild.
Television and movie roles
American Horror Story (TV, 1 episode, 2012) .... Misogynist Driver
Justified (TV, 2 episodes, 2012) .... Delroy Baker
The Mentalist (TV, 2 episodes, 2011-2013) .... Richard Haibach
Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster (2011) .... Detective Rhys
Warrior (2011) .... David Milligan
Another Earth (2011) .... John Burroughs
A Warrior's Heart (2010)
Hurt (2008) .... Darryl Coltrane
Prison Break (TV, 2 episodes, 2009) .... FBI Agent Chris Franco
Lost (TV, 11 episodes, 2004-2010) .... Ethan Rom
Criminal Minds (TV, 1 episode, 2008) .... Ian Corbin
The Burrowers (Film, 2008) .... Will Parcher
Lost: Missing Pieces (TV, 1 episode, 2008) .... Ethan Rom
Skip Tracer (TV, 2008) .... Henry Hargrove Jr.
WordGirl (TV animation, 2007) ... Guy Rich (voice)
Viva Laughlin (TV, 1 episode, 2007) .... Sweet Lenny Collins
K-Ville (TV, 1 episode, 2007) .... Gordon Wix
Moving McAllister (2007) .... Bob
Moola (2007) .... Steve
Robot Chicken (TV, 2 episodes, 2006) .... Alien Bully / Leprechaun #2
World Trade Center (2006) .... Jason Thomas
The Lather Effect (2006) .... Jack
Ask The Dust (2006) .... Bill
Crossing Jordan (TV, 1 episode, 2005) .... Henry Bishop
Threshold (TV, 2 episodes, 2005) .... Gunneson
Chloe (2005) .... Doctor
The Zodiac (2005) .... Dale Coverling
Lords of Dogtown (2005) .... Donnie
The Inside (TV, 1 episode, 2005) .... Ronald Ewing
The Grudge (2004) .... Matthew Williams
NCIS (TV, 1 episode, 2004) .... Kyle Grayson
CSI: Miami (TV, 1 episode, 2004) .... Pete Keller
Suspect Zero (2004) .... Bill Grieves
Line of Fire (TV, 2 episodes, 2004) .... Larry
The Kiss (2003) .... Peter
Touched by an Angel (TV, 2 episodes, 2003) .... Eddie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV, 1 episode, 2003) .... Luke Edmunds
The Pennsylvania Miners' Story (TV, 2002) .... John 'Flathead' Phillippi
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV, 1 episode, 2002) .... Douglas Sampson
Self Storage (2002) .... Graham
Minority Report (2002) .... Hotel Clerk
Swordfish (2001) .... Gabriel's Crew
In the Bedroom (2001) .... Richard Strout
Almost Famous (Scenes Deleted, 2000) .... Bartender
Mission: Impossible II (2000) .... Wallis
Magnolia (1999) .... WDKK Show Director's Assistant
The Unknown Cyclist (1998) .... By-Stander
Trickle (1998) .... Josh Riddell
Without Limits (1998) .... Bob Peters
Born on the Fourth of July (1989) .... Platoon Member - Vietnam
References
1965 births
Living people
American television actors
Actors from Louisville, Kentucky
American movie actors