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William H. Macy Biography

• Studied veterinary medicine before turning to acting
• Co-founded the St
• Nicholas Theater Company in Chicago in 1974 and the Atlantic Theater Company in New York in 1983
• Voiced the tag line, "Strong enough for a man, but made for a woman" in the Secret deodorant commercial
• Named best actor at the 1997 Independent Spirit Awards for his performance in Fargo
• Became a United Cerebral Palsy ambassador in 2003 after playing a salesman with the condition in the TV movie Door to Door, and was elected to the UCP Board of Trustees in 2004
• Has lent his voice to a number of animated projects, including the CGI features Doogal (2006) and The Tale of Despereaux (2008), as well as the PBS Curious George series
• 2021 Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: nominated
• 2018 Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy: nominated
• 2018 Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: nominated
• 2017 Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: nominated
• 2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: winner
• 2016 Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: nominated
• 2016 Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: winner
• 2015 Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical: nominated
• 2015 Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: nominated
• 2015 Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: nominated
• 2014 Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: nominated
• 2014 Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series: winner
• 2007 Critics' Choice Awards - Best Acting Ensemble: nominated
• 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: nominated
• 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated
• 2005 Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television: nominated
• 2005 Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie: nominated
• 2005 Emmy - Outstanding Made for Television Movie: nominated
• 2004 Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: nominated
• 2004 Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: nominated
• 2004 Emmy - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie: nominated
• 2003 Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated
• 2003 Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television: nominated
• 2003 Emmy - Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special: winner
• 2003 Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie: winner
• 2002 Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: winner
• 2000 Emmy - Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series: nominated
• 2000 Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie: nominated
• 1999 Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated
• 1997 Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated
• 1997 Emmy - Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series: nominated
• 1997 Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead: winner
• 1996 Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
• 1996 Oscar - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: nominated
• 1995 Independent Spirit Awards - Best Male Lead: nominated
• 1992 Independent Spirit Awards - Best Supporting Male: nominated

Relationships

• Georgia Grace Macy -- Daughter
• Sophia Grace Macy -- Daughter
• William Hall Macy Sr. -- Father
• Fred Merrill Jr. -- Half Brother
• Lois Macy -- Mother
• Felicity Huffman -- Wife

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William H. Macy is an American actor.

After graduating from Goddard College in Vermont in 1972, Macy spent time in Los Angeles, before moving to New York City in 1980, where he had roles in over 50 off-Broadway and Broadway plays.

He also had a minor role as a hospital orderly on the sitcom Kate & Allie in the fourth-season episode "General Hospital," and played an assistant district attorney in "Everybody's Favorite Bagman," the first produced episode of Law & Order.

Macy's leading role in the 1996 film Fargo helped boost his career and recognizability. Other film roles include Benny & Joon, Above Suspicion, Mr. Holland's Opus, Ghosts of Mississippi, Air Force One, Boogie Nights, Pleasantville, Gus Van Sant's remake of Psycho, Happy, Texas, Mystery Men, Magnolia, Jurassic Park III, Focus, Panic, Welcome to Collinwood, Seabiscuit, The Cooler , and Sahara.

Macy has won two Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Fargo.

Since 2011, he has played Frank Gallagher, a main character in the Showtime adaptation of the British television series Shameless .

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series - 2021

• William H. Macy, as Frank Gallagher
• SHOWTIME Presents, Warner Bros. Television, John Wells Productions

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series - 2018

• John Wells Productions, Bonanza Productions, Inc., Warner Bros. Television

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series - 2017

• John Wells Productions and Warner Bros. Television

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series - 2016

• Showtime Presents, John Wells Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series - 2015

Outstanding lead actor in a comedy series - 2014, outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or a movie - 2007.

• William H. Macy, as Clyde Umney & Sam Landry
• Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From The Stories Of Stephen King
• "Umney's Last Case"
• Ostar Productions

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie - 2005

• William H. Macy, as Gigot
• The Wool Cap

Outstanding Made For Television Movie - 2005

• William H. Macy, Producer

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie - 2004

• William H. Macy, as John Irwin
• Stealing Sinatra

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie - 2003

• William H. Macy, as Bill Porter
• Door To Door

Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special - 2003

• William H. Macy, Writer

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or A Movie - 2000

• William H. Macy, as Terry Thorpe
• A Slight Case Of Murder

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series - 2000

• William H. Macy, as Sam Donovan
• Sports Night

Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series - 1997

• William H. Macy, as Dr. Morgenstern
• Constant c Productions, Amblin Television in association with Warner Bros. Television

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William H. Macy at the Television Academy Foundation's Giving Suite during the 73rd Emmy Awards

William H. Macy arrives at the 73rd Emmy Awards

William H. Macy arrives at the 73rd Emmy Awards, September 19, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.

Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy on the red carpet at the 70th Emmy Awards.

Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy on the red carpet at the 70th Emmy Awards. 

Emmy Rossum and William H. Macy attend the 24th Television Academy Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California.

Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy arrive at the 2017 Performers Nominee Reception, presented by the Television Academy at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017, in Beverly Hills, California.

William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman on the red carpet at the 2017 Primetime Emmys.

William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman  on the red carpet at the 2017 Primetime Emmys. 

Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, and RuPaul on the red carpet at the 2017 Primetime Emmys.

Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy  on the red carpet at the 2016 Primetime Emmys.

Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy on the red carpet at the 67th Emmy Awards.

73rd Emmy Nominations: Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

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William H. Macy is an American actor and writer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo . He is also a teacher and director in theater, film, and television. His film career has been built mostly on his appearances in small, independent films, though he has appeared in summer action films as well. He has won two Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award, being nominated for nine Emmy Awards and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards in total. He is also a three-time Golden Globe Award nominee.

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• 3 Quentin Tarantino

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William Hall Macy, Jr. is an American actor and writer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo . He is also a teacher and director in theater, film and television. His film career has been built mostly on his appearances in small, independent films, though he has appeared in summer action films as well. Macy has described himself as "sort of a Middle American, WASPy, Lutheran kind of guy... Everyman". He has won two Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award, being nominated for nine Emmy Awards and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards in total. He is also a three-time Golden Globe Award nominee.

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Macy was born in Miami, Florida, and grew up in Georgia and Maryland. His father, William Hall Macy, Sr., was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and an Air Medal for flying a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in World War II; he later ran a construction company in Atlanta and worked for Dun & Bradstreet, before taking over a Cumberland, Maryland-based insurance agency, when Macy was nine years old. His mother, Lois, was a war widow who met Macy's father after her first husband died in 1943; Macy has described her as a "Southern belle".

After graduating in 1968 from Allegany High School in Cumberland, Maryland, Macy studied veterinary medicine at Bethany College in West Virginia. By his own admission a "wretched student," he transferred to Goddard College and became involved in theatre, where he performed in ensemble productions of The Three Penny Opera, A Midsummer Night's Dream and a wide variety of contemporary and improvisational pieces. At Goddard, he first met playwright David Mamet. After graduating in 1971, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, and got a job as a bartender to pay the rent. Within a year, he and David Mamet, among others, founded the successful St. Nicholas Theater Company, where Macy originated roles in a number of Mamet's plays, such as American Buffalo and The Water Engine.

After spending time in Los Angeles, California, Macy moved to New York City in 1980. While living there, he had roles in over fifty Off Broadway and Broadway plays. One of his early on-screen roles was as a turtle named Socrates in the direct-to-video film The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984), under the name W. H. Macy. He has appeared in numerous films that Mamet wrote and/or directed, including House of Games , Things Change , Homicide , Oleanna (reprising the role he originated in the play of the same name), Wag the Dog , State and Main , and Spartan .

Macy may be best known for his lead role in Fargo , for which he was nominated for an Academy Award . The role helped boost his career and recognizability, though at the expense of nearly confining him to a narrow typecast of a worried man down on his luck. Other Macy roles of the 1990s and 2000s included Benny & Joon , Above Suspicion , Mr. Holland's Opus , Ghosts of Mississippi , Air Force One , Boogie Nights , Pleasantville , Gus Van Sant 's remake of Psycho , Happy, Texas , Mystery Men , Magnolia , Jurassic Park III , Focus , Panic , Welcome to Collinwood , Seabiscuit , The Cooler , and Sahara .

Macy has also had a number of roles on television, including a guest appearance on The Unit , as the President of the United States. In 2003, he won two Emmy Awards, one for starring in the lead role, and one as co-writer, of the made-for-TNT film Door to Door. Door to Door is a drama based on the true story of Bill Porter, a door-to-door salesman in Portland, Oregon, born with cerebral palsy. The film is composed of several stories, each taking up a whole period between commercials.

His work on ER and Sports Night has also been recognized with Emmy nominations. His character in ER , David Morgenstern, is responsible for a sage piece of advice that has been handed down throughout the series. In the pilot episode, when Julianna Margulies ' character, nurse Carol Hathaway, is brought to the hospital with a drug overdose, Morgenstern tells Dr. Greene ( Anthony Edwards ) that he needs to "set the tone" to get the unit through the difficulty of treating one of its own. "You set the tone" is repeated several times in the series.

In a November 2003 interview with USA Today, Macy stated that he wanted to star in a big-budget action movie "for the money, for the security of a franchise like that". He serves as director-in-residence at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York, where he teaches a technique called Practical Aesthetics. A book describing the technique, A Practical Handbook for the Actor ( ISBN 0-394-74412-8 ), is dedicated to Macy and Mamet.

In 2007, Macy starred in Wild Hogs , a film about middle-aged men reliving their youthful days by taking to the open road on their Harley-Davidson motorcycles from Cincinnati to the Pacific Coast. Despite being critically panned with a 14% "rotten" rating from Rotten Tomatoes, it was a financial success, grossing over $168 million.[10] In 2009, Macy completed filming on The Maiden Heist , a comedy that co-stars Morgan Freeman and Christopher Walken .

On June 23, 2008, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced Macy and his wife, Felicity Huffman , would each receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the upcoming year. On January 13, 2009, Macy replaced Jeremy Piven in David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow on Broadway. Piven suddenly and unexpectedly dropped out of the play in December 2008 after he experienced health problems related to high mercury levels in his blood; Norbert Leo Butz covered the role from December 23, 2008, until Macy took over the part.

• He is a 15th cousin three times removed of actor Brad Pitt through Sir John Savage and Katherine Stanley, who were also Pitt's maternal 17th great-grandparents.

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William H. Macy Biography (1950-)

Full name, William Hall Macy, Jr.; born March 13, 1950, in Miami, FL; son ofWilliam Hall, Sr. (an insurance broker and construction company owner) and Lois Macy; married Felicity Huffman (an actress), September 6, 1997; children:Sofia Grace, Georgia Grace. Addresses: Agent: Writers & Artists Agency, 8383 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 550, Los Angeles, CA 90211; Paradigm, 360 N.Crescent Dr., North Bldg., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.; Manager: Ken Gross Management, 7919 Sunset Blvd., 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90046.; Publicist: I/DPR, 8409 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069.

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William Hall Macy Jr. (born March 13, 1950 in Miami, Florida) is an American actor, screenwriter, teacher and director in theater, film and television.

He is probably best known for his Academy Award -nominated role in The Coen Brothers ' masterpiece Fargo , although prior to that his career was strong and built on both small independant films and action movie blockbusters. With his Ned Flanders appearance and unassuming voice, Macy is often cast as middle-class ineffectual types although he has played a variety of different roles out of that spectrum. He describes himself, accurately, as "sort of a Middle American, WASPy , Lutheran kind of guy... Everyman ".

Macy has been nominated for nine Emmy Awards and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning two of the former and one of the latter. He is also a three-time Golden Globe Award nominee. Since 2011 he has played the main antagonist in the Showtime television series Shameless .

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• 1980 Somewhere in Time as Critic
• 1983 Without a Trace as Reporter
• 1983 WarGames as NORAD Officer ( uncredited )
• 1985 The Last Dragon as J.J.
• 1987 Radio Days as Radio Actor
• 1987 House of Games as Sgt. Morgan
• 1988 Things Change as Billy Drake
• 1991 Homicide as Tim Sullivan
• 1991 Shadows and Fog as Cop with Spiro
• 1993 Twenty Bucks as Policeman
• 1993 Benny & Joon as Randy Burch
• 1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer as Petey's Father
• 1994 The Client as Dr. Greenway
• 1995 Evolver as the voice of Evolver
• 1995 Murder in the First as D.A. William McNeil
• 1995 Tall Tale as Railroad Magnate (uncredited)
• 1995 Above Suspicion as Prosecuting Atty. Schultz (also writer)
• 1995 Mr. Holland's Opus as Vice Principal Gene Wolters
• 1996 Fargo as Jerry Lundegaard
• 1996 Down Periscope as Commander Carl Knox
• 1996 Ghosts of Mississippi as Charlie Crisco
• 1996 Andersonville as Colonel Chandler
• 1997 Air Force One as Major Norman Caldwell
• 1997 Boogie Nights as Little Bill
• 1997 Wag the Dog as CIA Agent Charles Young
• 1998 Pleasantville as George Parker
• 1998 Psycho as Milton Arbogast
• 1998 A Civil Action as James Gordon
• 1999 Happy, Texas as Sheriff Chappy Dent
• 1999 Mystery Men as The Shoveler
• 1999 Magnolia as Quiz Kid Donnie Smith
• 2000 State and Main as Walt Price
• 2001 Jurassic Park III as Paul Kirby
• 2002 It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie as Glenn
• 2003 The Cooler as Bernie Lootz
• 2003 Seabiscuit as Tick Tock McGlaughlin
• 2004 Cellular as Mooney
• 2004 In Enemy Hands as Chief of Boat Nathan Travers
• 2004 Spartan as Stoddard
• 2005 Sahara as Admiral James Sandecker
• 2005 Edmond as Edmond Burke
• 2005 Thank You for Smoking as Senator Ortolan K. Finistirre
• 2006 Doogal as Brian
• 2006 Bobby as Paul Ebbers
• 2007 Wild Hogs as Dudley Frank
• 2008 The Deal as Charlie Berns
• 2008 The Tale of Despereaux as Lester
• 2009 The Maiden Heist as George
• 2010 Marmaduke as Don Twombly
• 2011 The Lincoln Lawyer as Frank Levin
• 2012 The Sessions as Father Brendan
• 2014 Cake as Leonard
• 2015 Room as Robert "Grandpa" Newsome
• 2017 The Layover (director, making this his directorial debut)
• 1994–2009 ER as Dr. David Morgenstern
• 1998 The Lionhearts as Leo Lionheart
• 1998 Superman: The Animated Series as the Director (1 episode)
• 1999–2000 Sports Night as Sam Donovan
• 1999, 2000 Batman Beyond as Aaron Herbst and Karros
• 2006–2007 Curious George as The Narrator (replaced by Rino Romano from season 2 onward)
• 2011–2021 Shameless as Frank Gallagher
• 2022 The Dropout as Richard Fuisz
• The Chew Toy : In several films, it's a particular joy to watch his characters be sad and pathetic, which they often are, like in Fargo and Boogie Nights . It's such a Running Gag that he plays losers that he plays a professional loser who's such a loser he makes other people lose in The Cooler .
• The Everyman : Often plays such roles, finding the darkness within the unassuming, put-upon Working Joes, notable examples would be roles like in Fargo and Pleasantville , which play on that.
• Happily Married : To Felicity Huffman since 1997.
• In one episode of Batman Beyond he voiced a ruthless mercenary who was able to take on Batman in hand-to-hand combat with none of the pathetic or everyman traits of his usual characters. It’s especially noticeable since he had voiced a character more in line with his usual type in another episode.
• In Superman: The Animated Series he voiced a powerful psychic who ran a center that helped kids with superpowers learn to control their powers.
• In Seabiscuit he played a fast-talking, charismatic radio host.
• His longest running character of Frank Gallagher in the American adaptation of Shameless is a substance-abusing reprobate who can be as eloquent as he is depraved.
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Actor — 148

Drama United States • Henry Bromell

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Sci-Fi, Action, 2 hr 25 min United States • Wes Ball

• Expectation : 99%

Comedy, 1 hr 52 min United States • Peter Farrelly

• Kinorium : 5.9
• Critics: 47%

Comedy, Romance, 1 hr 35 min United States • Michael Jacobs

• Kinorium : 5.6
• Critics: 33%

Biography, Drama, 43 min United States • Michael Showalter...

• Kinorium : 6.9
• Critics: 90%

Short, 2 min United States • Henry Hobson

Comedy, 30 min United States • Jody Margolin Hahn...

• Critics: 93%

Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 30 min United States • William H. Macy

• Kinorium : 5.2
• Critics: 13%

Action, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 28 min France, United States • Jean-François Richet

• Kinorium : 6.1
• Critics: 89%

Drama, 1 hr 34 min United States • Bradley Kaplan

• Kinorium : 5.3

Drama, Thriller, 1 hr 58 min Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom • Lenny Abrahamson

• Kinorium : 7.6

Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 37 min United States • Maggie Kiley

Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 34 min United States • Anna Mastro

• Kinorium : 5.0
• Critics: 54%

Drama, 1 hr 42 min United States • Daniel Barnz

• Kinorium : 6.4
• Critics: 49%

Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 21 min United States • Clara Mamet

Comedy, Drama, Music, 1 hr 45 min United States • William H. Macy

• Kinorium : 7.3
• Critics: 64%

Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 30 min United States • Clark Gregg

• Critics: 52%

Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1 hr 56 min United Kingdom, United States, Canada • David M. Rosenthal

• Kinorium : 5.7

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• Kinorium : 6.5
• Critics: 91%

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• Kinorium : 7.8
• Critics: 84%

Comedy, Drama, 55 min United States • Iain B. MacDonald...

• Kinorium : 8.2
• Critics: 82%

Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 30 min United States • Abe Sylvia

• Critics: 35%

Comedy, Family, Animation, 1 hr 27 min United States • Tom Dey

• Kinorium : 5.4
• Critics: 9%

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• Kinorium : 4.3

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• Kinorium : 6.0

Comedy, Drama, Romance, 1 hr 20 min United States • Brian Hecker

• Kinorium : 4.5
• Critics: 70%

Animation, Adventure, Comedy, 1 hr 33 min United Kingdom, United States, Austria • Sam Fell...

• Critics: 56%

Comedy, Romance, 1 hr 40 min Canada, United States, South Africa • Steven Schachter

• Kinorium : 5.8

Drama, Romance, Thriller, 1 hr 40 min United States • Frank A. Cappello

• Critics: 80%

Action, Adventure, Comedy, 1 hr 40 min United States • Walt Becker

• Critics: 14%

Drama, Thriller, 3 hours France, Poland, United States • David Lynch

• Kinorium : 6.7
• Critics: 72%

Biography, Drama, History, 1 hr 57 min United States • Emilio Estevez

• Kinorium : 7.0

Animation, Adventure, Comedy, 1 hr 24 min United States, Canada • Colin Brady...

• Kinorium : 6.3
• Critics: 41%

Animation, Adventure, Comedy, 30 min United States • Scott Heming...

Animation, Adventure, Comedy, 1 hr 25 min United States • Bob Doucette

Sci-Fi, Horror, Drama, 1 hour United States, Australia • Rob Bowman...

• Kinorium : 6.6
• Critics: 85%

Action, Drama, Thriller, 43 min United States • Steven DePaul...

Animation, Adventure, Comedy, 1 hr 25 min United Kingdom, France, United States • Dave Borthwick...

• Kinorium : 3.7
• Critics: 8%

Drama, Thriller, 1 hr 22 min United States • Stuart Gordon

Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 32 min United States • Jason Reitman

• Critics: 86%

Action, Adventure, Comedy, 2 hr 4 min United States, United Kingdom, France • Breck Eisner

• Critics: 38%

Drama, 1 hr 43 min United States • Steven Schachter

Action, Crime, Thriller, 1 hr 34 min United States, Germany • David R. Ellis

• Kinorium : 7.1

Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2 hr 53 min United States • Mike Robe

Action, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 46 min United States, Germany • David Mamet

• Critics: 65%

Biography, Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 36 min United States • Ron Underwood

Drama, Thriller, War, 1 hr 34 min United States • Tony Giglio

Documentary, History, Sport, 45 min United States • Craig Haffner

Drama, History, Sport, 2 hr 20 min United States • Gary Ross

• Kinorium : 7.4
• Critics: 78%

Drama, Romance, 1 hour United States • Henry Bromell...

Documentary, 1 hr 29 min United States • Fenton Bailey...

Documentary, 1 hr 59 min United States, United Kingdom, Canada • Kenneth Bowser

• Kinorium : 7.9
• Critics: 100%

Drama, Romance, 1 hr 41 min United States • Wayne Kramer

• Critics: 77%

Fantasy, Musical, Adventure, 1 hr 40 min United States, Canada • Kirk R. Thatcher

Comedy, Crime, 1 hr 22 min United States, Germany • Anthony Russo...

• Critics: 55%

Biography, Drama, 1 hr 30 min United States, Canada • Steven Schachter

• Critics: 60%

Drama, Romance, 1 hr 46 min United States • Neal Slavin

Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, 1 hr 32 min United States • Joe Johnston

Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 45 min United States • David Mamet

Comedy, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 28 min United States • Henry Bromell

• Kinorium : 6.2

Drama, 3 hr 9 min United States • Paul Thomas Anderson

• Kinorium : 7.5

Animation, Horror, 1 hr 3 min United States • Shane Williams

Comedy, Crime, Romance, 1 hr 38 min United States • Mark Illsley

• Critics: 81%

Comedy, Crime, Mystery, 1 hr 34 min United States • Steven Schachter

Sci-Fi, Action, Comedy, 2 hr 1 min United States • Kinka Usher

Animation, Sci-Fi, Action, 22 min United States • Butch Lukic...

Biography, Drama, 1 hr 55 min United States • Steven Zaillian

• Kinorium : 6.8

Animation, Adventure, Comedy, 1 hr 6 min United States • Dick Sebast

Horror, Mystery, Thriller, 1 hr 44 min United States • Gus Van Sant

• Kinorium : 5.1

Comedy, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 47 min United States • Saul Rubinek

• Critics: 75%

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, 2 hr 4 min United States • Gary Ross

• Kinorium : 7.7

Comedy, Drama, Sport, 30 min United States • Thomas Schlamme...

Animation, Comedy, Family, 22 min United States • Byron Vaughns

Animation, Adventure, Comedy, 22 min United States • Cathy Malkasian...

Animation, Action, Adventure, 22 min United States, Philippines, Japan • Phil Weinstein...

Comedy, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 32 min United States • Steven Schachter

Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 37 min United States • Barry Levinson

Drama, 2 hr 35 min United States • Paul Thomas Anderson

• Critics: 94%

Action, Drama, Thriller, 2 hr 4 min United States, Germany • Wolfgang Petersen

• Critics: 79%

Comedy, 1 hr 31 min United States • Robert Bella

Animation, Comedy, Drama, 22 min United States • Wesley Archer...

Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2 hr 5 min United States • Steven Shainberg

• Critics: 57%

Drama, History, 2 hr 11 min United States • Rob Reiner

• Critics: 43%

Animation, Sci-Fi, Action, 22 min United States • Curt Geda...

Thriller, 3 hr 16 min United Kingdom, Germany • Peter Smith

Drama, History, War, 2 hr 47 min United States • John Frankenheimer

Comedy, 1 hr 29 min United States • David S. Ward

• Kinorium : 7.2
• Critics: 11%

Thriller, Drama, Comedy, 1 hr 38 min United States, United Kingdom • Joel Coen...

Drama, Music, 2 hr 23 min (in credits: W.H. Macy) United States • Stephen Herek

Drama, Thriller, 1 hr 35 min (in credits: W.H. Macy) United States • Steven Schachter

Fantasy, Adventure, Family, 1 hr 36 min United States • Jeremiah S. Chechik

• Critics: 48%

Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 48 min United States • Peter Yates

• Critics: 29%

Sci-Fi, Horror, Action, 1 hr 31 min (in credits: W.H. Macy) United States • Mark Rosman

Drama, Crime, Mystery, 1 hr 36 min United States • Daniel Sackheim

Drama, Mystery United States • Rob Thompson

Drama, Thriller, 2 hr 2 min (in credits: Bill Macy) United States, France • Marc Rocco

Drama, Thriller, 1 hr 29 min United Kingdom, United States • David Mamet

• Critics: 53%

Mystery, Thriller, 1 hr 35 min United States • Ruben Preuss

Drama, 30 min United States • Laura Dern...

Drama, Romance, 43 min United States • Christopher Chulack...

Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1 hr 59 min United States • Joel Schumacher

Comedy, Drama, 2 hr 2 min United Kingdom, Japan • Bill Forsyth

Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 31 min United States • Keva Rosenfeld

Comedy, 22 min United States • David Lee...

• Critics: 95%

Comedy, Crime, 30 min United States • Dean Parisot...

Biography, Drama, Sport, 1 hr 50 min United States • Steven Zaillian

Comedy, Drama, Romance, 1 hr 38 min United States • Jeremiah S. Chechik

• Critics: 76%

Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1 hr 28 min United States • Bruno Barreto

Biography, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 36 min United States • Martin Davidson

Drama, 1 hr 50 min United States • Steven Schachter

Drama, 1 hr 28 min (in credits: W.H. Macy) United States • Joan Micklin Silver

Action, Drama, 1 hr 36 min United States • Charles Haid

Comedy, Thriller, 1 hr 25 min (in credits: W.H. Macy) United States • Woody Allen

Drama, 1 hour United States • Mark Tinker...

Crime, Mystery, Thriller, 1 hr 42 min United States • David Mamet

• Critics: 88%

Crime, Drama, Mystery, 43 min United States • Constantine Makris...

Animation, Comedy, 22 min United States • Mike B. Anderson...

• Kinorium : 8.4

Comedy, 1 hr 7 min (in credits: W.H. Macy) United States • William H. Macy

Comedy, Drama, 1 hour United States • Mark Tinker...

Comedy, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 41 min (in credits: W.H. Macy) United States • David Mamet

Crime, Drama, History, 4 hr 11 min United States • William Hale

Crime, Thriller, 1 hr 42 min (in credits: W.H. Macy) United States • David Mamet

• Critics: 97%

Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 28 min (in credits: W.H. Macy) United States • Woody Allen

• Critics: 92%

Drama, 43 min United States • Win Phelps...

Comedy, 30 min United States • Greg Antonacci

Crime, Drama, Mystery, 1 hour United States • Winrich Kolbe...

Action, Crime, Drama, 43 min United States • Alan Metzger...

Drama, 43 min United States • David Anspaugh...

Action, Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 49 min (in credits: W.H. Macy) United States • Michael Schultz

• Critics: 61%

Comedy, 1 hr 30 min (in credits: W.H. Macy) United States • Allan A. Goldstein

Drama, 25 min United States • Skip Blumberg...

Fantasy, Adventure, Family, 1 hour (in credits: W.H. Macy) United States • Harvey S. Laidman

Comedy, 30 min United States • Bill Persky...

Comedy United States • Tom Patchett

Sci-Fi, Action, Drama, 1 hr 54 min United States • John Badham

Horror, Drama, Thriller, 1 hr 40 min United States • John Llewellyn Moxey

Drama, Mystery, 2 hours (in credits: W.H. Macy) United States • Stanley R. Jaffe

Comedy, Romance, Sport, 1 hr 51 min (in credits: W.H. Macy) United States • Richard T. Heffron

Drama, Fantasy, Romance, 1 hr 43 min (in credits: W. H. Macy) United States • Jeannot Szwarc

Drama, 1 hr 30 min United States • Boris Sagal

Adventure, Comedy, Drama, 43 min United States • Larry Elikann...

Drama, Romance, 43 min United States • Michael Eilbaum...

Writer — 13

Comedy, Drama, Romance, 1 hr 27 min Canada, United States • Steven Schachter

Comedy, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 40 min United States • Steven Schachter

Comedy, 22 min United States • Bruce Paltrow...

Drama, Romance, 43 min United States • Scott Winant...

Director — 5

Comedy, Romance, 1 hr 28 min United States • William H. Macy

• Critics: 0%

Producer — 5

Adventure, Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 43 min United States • Duncan Tucker

Other — 157

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Bill Macy (1922-2019)

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• 3 nominations

• Walter Findlay
• 1972–1978 • 141 eps

• Dr. Isaac Sobel

• Mr. Rickles

• Whiskey Pete

• Mr. Woodcock's Dad

• Man Sitting Next to Barney on the Subway (uncredited)

• Sharkey Rosenthal

• Richard Gould

• Drive Thru Attendant

• performer: "You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby"
• performer: "Lena from Palesteena", "Girls", "America, I Love You"
• performer: "The Second Time Around"

Personal details

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• William Macy
• 5′ 10½″ (1.79 m)
• May 18 , 1922
• Revere, Massachusetts, USA
• October 17 , 2019
• Los Angeles, California, USA (undisclosed)
• Spouses Samantha Harper May 4, 1975 - October 17, 2019 (his death)
• Other works Stage Play: Oh! Calcutta! Musical revue. Conceived by Kenneth Tynan . Contributions by Samuel Beckett , Jules Feiffer , Dan Greenburg, John Lennon , Jacques Levy [earliest Broadway credit], Leonard Melfi , David Newman, Robert Benton , Sam Shepard , Clovis Trouille , Kenneth Tynan and Sherman Yellen . Music and Lyrics, The Open Window: Robert Dennis, Peter Schickele and Stanley Walden. Musical Director: Norman Bergen. Choreographed by Margo Sappington . Directed by Jacques Levy . Eden Theatre (moved to The Belasco Theatre from 25 Feb 1971- close). 17 Jun 1969- 12 Aug 1972 (1314 performances). Cast: Raina Barrett (as "Performer"), Mark Dempsey (as "Performer"), Robert Dennis (as "The Open Window Performer"), Katie Drew-Wilkinson (as "Performer"), Boni Enten (as "Performer"), Bill Macy (as "Performer"), Alan Rachins (as "Performer"), Leon Russom (as "Performer"), Margo Sappington (as "Performer"), Peter Schickele (as "The Open Window Performer"), Nancy Tribush (as "Performer"), Stanley Walden (as "The Open Window Performer"), George Welbes (as "Performer"). Replacement actors during Eden Theatre run: Mel Auston (as "Performer"), Maureen Byrnes (as "Performer"), Michael Callahan (as "Performer"), B.J. DeSimone (as "Performer"), Ray Edelstein (as "Performer"), Gene GeBauer (as "Performer"), Samantha Harper (as "Performer"), Patricia Hawkins (as "Performer"), Kathrin King (as "Performer"), William Knight (as "Performer"), Mitchell McGuire (as "Performer"), Lynn Oliver (as "Performer"), Eddie Phillips Jr. (as "Performer"), Pamela Pilkenton (as "Performer"), Gary Rethmeier (as "Performer"), Michael Riordan (as "Performer"), Martin Speer (as "Performer"). Replacement actors during Belasco Theatre run: Mel Auston (as "Performer"), Lawrie Driscoll (as "Performer"), Samantha Harper (as "Performer"), Cyndi Howard (as "Performer"), William Knight (as "Performer"), Eddie Phillips (as "Performer"), Pamela Pilkenton (as "Performer"), Gary Rethmeier (as "Performer"). Standbys: Ray Edelstein (as "All Men"), Ellie Smith (as "All Women"). Produced by Hillard Elkins . Produced in association with Michael White, Gordon Crowe and George Platt.

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