William Forsythe

William Forsythe (born June 7, 1955) is an American actor, known for playing “tough guy” roles.

He is frequently cast in “tough guy” roles such as criminals or law enforcement officers. He has appeared in many films as crime racket leaders such as Richie Madano in the 1991 Steven Seagal film, Out for Justice. He also portrayed organized crime figure Sammy “The Bull” Gravano in the HBO telefilm Gotti. He will portray serial killer John Wayne Gacy in Dear Mr. Gacy, a film adaptation of The Last Victim, the memoirs of Jason Moss, a college student who corresponded with Gacy his last year on death row. The film is expected to be released in 2010.

He played Al Capone on the TV series The Untouchables. In addition, Forsythe has guest-starred on numerous television shows, including Hill Street Blues, Cybill, Entourage, Shark and Las Vegas. He also appeared as the lead singer of the fictional punk rock band “Pain” in an episode of CHiPS. He also starred in the Masters of Horror episode, We All Scream for Ice Cream. On March 1st, 2010 he guest starred on a Rob Zombie-directed episode of CSI: Miami titled “L.A.”. He played one of the main characters “Digger” in the series John Doe. Wiki