William Forsythe

On television, he has played the roles of Al Capone on The Untouchables (1993-94), Manny Horvitz on Boardwalk Empire (2011-12), and J. Edgar Hoover on The Man in the High Castle (2018).

• Name — William Forsythe • Born — 7 June 1955 • Birthplace — New York City, New York, U.S. • Education — Beverly Hills Playhouse • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1978–present • Children — 3

Forsythe was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, and grew up in its Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood. He is of partial Italian descent. He began acting on stage as a teenager, before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a film career, studying at the Beverly Hills Playhouse.

Forsythe started out in minor film roles and guest appearances in TV shows including CHiPs (1977), Hill Street Blues (1981) and T. J. Hooker (1982). He appeared in Once Upon a Time in America (1984), co-starred with John Goodman in Raising Arizona (1987) and as a renegade soldier in Extreme Prejudice. Forsythe also portrayed comic book villain "Flattop" in Dick Tracy (1990), co-starred with Steven Seagal in Out for Justice (1991) and appeared with former National Football League player Brian Bosworth in the biker action film Stone Cold (1991). He portrayed Al Capone in the short-lived '90s revival of the '60s TV crime show The Untouchables (1993), and also starred in The Waterdance (1992) and the film noir Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995). Forsythe portrayed real-life mobster "Sammy The Bull" Gravano in Gotti (1996) and supported another ex-NFL player's foray into film acting when L.A. Raider Howie Long debuted in Firestorm (1998). Forsythe portrayed serial killer John Wayne Gacy in Dear Mr. Gacy, a 2010 film adaptation of The Last Victim, the memoirs of Jason Moss, a college student who corresponded with Gacy during his last year on death row.

Forsythe has three children, including actress Rebecca Forsythe. In 2024, he married Teresa Stevens.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1981 — The Miracle of Kathy Miller — Mark — TV movie • 1982 — CHiPs — Thrasher — Episode: "Battle of the Bands" • Tales of the Gold Monkey — Kurt — Episode: "Tales of the Gold Monkey: Part 1 & 2" • 1983 — Hill Street Blues — Richard Brady — Episode: "Moon Over Uranus: Part 1 & 2" • T.J. Hooker — Wounded Assailant — Episode: "A Child Is Missing" • Fame — Snake — Episode: "Break Dance" • 1985 — The Long Hot Summer — Isaac — Episode: "Part 1 & 2" • Command 5 — Hawk — TV movie • 1988 — Baja Oklahoma — Tommy Earl Browner — TV movie • 1990 — Blind Faith — Ferlin L'Heureux — Episode: "Part 1 & 2" • 1992 — Cruel Doubt — Police Chief John Crone — Episode: "Part 1 & 2" • Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story — Terry Harper — TV movie • 1993 — A Kiss to Die For — Detective Mike Stoller — TV movie • 1993–94 — The Untouchables — Al Capone — Main Cast • 1996 — Gotti — Sammy Gravano — TV movie • 1997 — First Time Felon — Sorley — TV movie • 1998 — Cybill — Bruce — Episode: "Dream Date" • Dollar for the Dead — Dooley — TV movie • 1999 — Dead Man's Gun — Harlan Riddle — Episode: "A Just Reward" • 2001 — Mysterious Ways — Luther Skoals — Episode: "Condemned" • 2001–02 — UC: Undercover — Sonny Walker — Main Cast • 2002–03 — John Doe — Digger — Main Cast • 2005 — Wild Card — Stuart Dresden — Episode: "Zoe's Phony Matrimony" • Larva — Jacob Long — TV movie • Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy — Tom Reed — TV movie • 2006 — Prone to Violence — Narration — TV movie • 2007 — Masters of Horror — Buster — Episode: "We All Scream for Ice Cream" • Final Approach — Silas Jansen — TV movie • Las Vegas — Uncle Luke — Recurring Cast: Season 5 • 2007–09 — Entourage — Eddie Kapowski — Guest Cast: Season 4 & 6 • 2010 — CSI: Miami — Captain Chris Sutter — Episode: "L.A." • 2011–12 — Boardwalk Empire — Munya "Manny" Horvitz — Recurring Cast: Season 2-3 • The Mentalist — Steve Rigsby — Guest Cast: Season 3 & 5 • 2012–13 — Mob Doctor — Constantine Alexander — Main Cast • 2013 — Twisted Tales — Mr. Smith — Episode: "To Hell with You" • 2014 — Justified — Michael — Episode: "Whistle Past the Graveyard" • 2015–17 — Hawaii Five-0 — Harry Brown — Guest Cast: Season 5 & 7 • 2016 — Marvel's Daredevil — Dutton — Episode: "Seven Minutes in Heaven" • The Making of the Mob: Chicago — Himself — Recurring Guest • 2017 — Chicago Justice — David Zachariah — Episode: "Double Helix" • Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders — Oleg Antakov — Episode: "The Ripper of Riga" • 2018 — The Man in the High Castle — J. Edgar Hoover — Recurring Cast: Season 3-4 • 2019 — Magnum P.I. — Harry Brown — Crossover Cast: Season 2 • 2020 — Primitive — Caro Kann — Episode: "Blind Sighted" • 2021 — Gravesend — Santini Traffato — 2 episodes

William Forsythe is recorded as actor, choreographer, dancer, scenographer and lighting designer.