![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: November 27, 1956 Biography:An intense, versatile performer, "William Fichtner" emerged as a memorable character actor through his work with some of the most notable filmmakers of the 1990s and beyond. After his military brat childhood, Fichtner studied criminal justice in college before moving to New York City to shift his focus to acting. Fichtner got his first major acting job on the serial As the World Turns in 1988 and played bit parts in "Spike Lee"'s "Malcolm X" (1992) and "Robert Redford"'s "Quiz Show" (1994). "Steven Soderbergh" gave Fichtner his first substantial film role as a small town hood in the neo-noir "The Underneath" (1994). After supporting turns in "Kathryn Bigelow"'s Y2K fantasy "Strange Days" (1995) and "Michael Mann"'s stylish police saga "Heat" (1995), Fichtner earned kudos for his psychotic hit man in actor "Kevin Spacey"'s directorial debut Albino Alligator (1997). As a gentle blind scientist in "Robert... Full Biography
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