Dynamically entertaining heavyset US actor with piercing eyes, William Forsythe has a superb talent for playing some truly unlikeable and downright nasty characters that dominate the films in which he appears! If you're cast as the "hero" against Forsythe's "villain", then you have your work cut out for you, as Forsthye's raw energy and menace on screen is second to none. He started out in a couple of minor film roles and guest appearance's in high-rated TV shows including _"CHiPs" .
Studied acting at The Beverly Hills Playhouse.
Was in the alternate ending for Scary Movie 3 as Cindys psychiatrist, but was left on the cutting room floor. (The scene is featured on the DVD.)
Began acting at age 10 and made his first acting appearance in the title role of "Julius Ceasar" in a school production at the same age.
Made his professional stage debut at age 16 in NYC.
Has co-starred with two former NFL players in their first starring roles. Brian Bosworth in Stone Cold and Howie Long in Firestorm .
He has three daughters, Rebecca, born in 1990, Angelica, born in 1992 and another daughter named Chloe, born in 1993.
By age 17, he was appeared in over 40 plays in various dinner theaters, touring companies, stock and repertory before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a film career.
His personal favorite of all his roles is Burt the Booster in Weeds .
He once confessed to disguising himself as a gas company worker and even a singing telegram performer in a gorilla suit to gain entry into casting sessions.
His interest in performing did not fully develop until a teacher forced him to play Caesar in a school production of Shakespeares "Julius Caesar.".
He is of Italian (from his maternal grandfather), Scottish, English, Irish, and German descent.
When I grew into a teenager, I became obsessed with Marlon Brando,Montgomery Cliff, and James Dean. In my late teens, I had already,started acting in theater. I walked into a movie theater by accident,and saw the movie Mean Streets. I was so moved by it and I had no idea,who Robert De Niro or Martin Scorsese were. I left the theater then,went back and I got a job as an usher. I worked at the theater until,the movie closed, and then I quit. Suddenly I was off in that world,the world of those guys, the guys who are real with very raw work.
(2010) Al Capone was an amazing example of research. I always loved the,story of Al Capone and the Chicago beer wars. I began to do all of this,research and actually began to meet all of these people who knew Al,personally and people who lived very close to Al. By the time it was,over with that I had met over a hundred people that knew Al and,everybody liked him. Every single person said that he was a,straight-shooter, and a likable guy but he obviously had a problem with,betrayal, judging by the baseball bat moment, especially history. He,was just a phenomenal character to get into and research. I really had,the time of my life playing Capone. If you can imagine, I was living in,Chicago for two years, playing Al Capone, so it was like Al was reborn.
(2010, on role preparation) It really depends what it is, if I do,somebody that actually lived I do a complete research, I try to meet,and find every person that ever existed that ever knew (the real,person) if I can, for other parts you have to create it from scratch,you have to find something like that, something really solid you can,get into, and you actually build a character from inside until you find,something strong and ready to go, then you add the words.
Everywhere else I went I was treated like the president, but not here.
(2013, on John Doe) That was the highest-paid bartender in history. I,think the first five or six episodes, I was in maybe one or two scenes.
