William H. Macy
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William Hall Macy, Jr. (born March 13, 1950) 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 his screen persona 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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Blood Father (2016)
As: Kirby Curtis
An ex-con reunites with his estranged wayward 16-year old daughter to protect her from drug dealers who are trying to kill her.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Jean-François Richet
Stars: Mel Gibson | William H. Macy | Michael Parks | Erin Moriarty | Thomas Mann
Room (2015)
As: Robert Newsome
Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Lenny Abrahamson
Stars: William H. Macy | Brie Larson | Sean Bridgers | Joan Allen | Jacob Tremblay
Stealing Cars (2015)
As: Philip Wyatt
A rebellious teenager navigates his way through the juvenile court system.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Bradley Kaplan
Stars: Mike Epps | William H. Macy | John Leguizamo | Emory Cohen | Felicity Huffman
Walter (2015)
As: Dr. Corman
A ticket-taker at the local cinema believes he is the son of God. He has agreed to decide the eternal fate of everyone he comes in to contact with.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Anna Mastro
Stars: William H. Macy | Milo Ventimiglia | Justin Kirk | Virginia Madsen | Andrew J. West
Dial a Prayer (2015)
As: Bill
A troubled young woman working at a prayer call center makes a difference in other people's lives, forcing her to reconcile with her troubled past with the faith she brings out in others.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Maggie Kiley
Stars: William H. Macy | Glenne Headly | Brittany Snow | Stephanie Koenig | Tom Lipinski
Two-Bit Waltz (2014)
As: Carl
Suspension from school, the loss of a friend, a broken heart and lack of inspiration lead to Maude's downfall in this romp through teenage error. Your teenage years are never easy… but for Maude, things couldn't be worse. Within one week, she is suspended from school, stranded by her best friend, dumped by the boy she loved and inherits an enormous amount of money with the passing of her ...
Runtime: 81 min.
Directed by: Clara Mamet
Stars: William H. Macy | Rebecca Pidgeon | Ella Dershowitz | Clara Mamet | Jared Gilman
Rudderless (2014)
A grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band in the hope of finding some catharsis.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: William H. Macy
Stars: Laurence Fishburne | Anton Yelchin | Selena Gomez | Billy Crudup | Felicity Huffman
Cake (2014)
As: Leonard
After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suicide.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Daniel Barnz
Stars: William H. Macy | Adriana Barraza | Anna Kendrick | Jennifer Aniston | Felicity Huffman
Trust Me (2013)
As: Gary
Trust Me follows flailing Hollywood agent Howard, who seemingly strikes gold after signing the next big child star. What results is an unexpected ride through the nasty inner workings of Hollywood, as Howard desperately tries to make it in an industry that has no interest in recognizing his bumbling but ultimately genuine nature.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Clark Gregg
Stars: William H. Macy | Clark Gregg | Allison Janney | Niecy Nash | Felicity Huffman
Citizen Hearst (2013)
As: Narrator
Documentary looking at the history of the Hearst Corporations.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Leslie Iwerks
Stars: William H. Macy
A Single Shot (2013)
As: Pitt
The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater criminals out for his blood.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: David M. Rosenthal
Stars: William H. Macy | Kelly Reilly | Sam Rockwell | Ted Levine | Jeffrey Wright
The Sessions (2012)
As: Father Brendan
Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien (John Hawkes) maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides to investigate the possibility of experiencing sex himself. When his overtures toward a caregiver scare her away, he books an appointment with sex surrogate Cheryl Green ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Ben Lewin
Stars: Helen Hunt | William H. Macy | John Hawkes | Moon Bloodgood | Annika Marks
Portraits in Dramatic Time (2011)
A series of 40 art films created by artist David Michalek.
Directed by: David Michalek | Paul Warner
Stars: William H. Macy | Liev Schreiber | Alison Pill | Lili Taylor | Holly Hunter
Keep Coming Back (2011)
As: Wyatt
A young man living a sheltered life develops a crush on a stripper and joins her Alcoholics Anonymous group just so he can be in the same room with her.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: William H. Macy
Stars: Rosario Dawson | T.I. | Felicity Huffman | Nick Robinson | Grant Gustin
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
As: Frank Levin
A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.
Runtime: 118 min.
Directed by: Brad Furman
Stars: Ryan Phillippe | William H. Macy | Josh Lucas | Matthew McConaughey | Marisa Tomei
Dirty Girl (2010)
As: Ray
When Danielle is banished to special education because of her misbehavior, she joins Clarke on a road trip to discover themselves.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Abe Sylvia
Stars: Milla Jovovich | Dwight Yoakam | Juno Temple | Mary Steenburgen | Jeremy Dozier
Marmaduke (2010)
As: Don Twombly
When Phil and Debbie Winslow relocate from their native Kansas to the sunny climes of Orange County, their big-hearted, havoc-wreaking Great Dane gets a taste of the dog's life, California-style.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Tom Dey
Stars: Judy Greer | Owen Wilson | Emma Stone | George Lopez | Lee Pace
Shorts (2009)
As: Dr. Noseworthy
A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez
Stars: Jimmy Bennett | Kat Dennings | Jake Short | Trevor Gagnon | Devon Gearhart
The Maiden Heist (2009)
As: George
A comedy centered on three museum security guards who devise a plan to steal back the artworks to which they have become attached after they are transferred to another museum.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Peter Hewitt
Stars: Morgan Freeman | William H. Macy | Joseph McKenna | Christopher Walken | Wynn Everett
The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
As: Lester (voice)
Once upon a time... in the far away kingdom of Dor... lived a brave and virtuous mouse with comically oversized ears who dreamt of becoming a knight. Banished from his home for having such lofty ambitions, Despereaux sets off on an amazing adventure with his good-hearted rat friend Roscuro, who leads him, at long last, on a very noble quest to rescue an endangered princess and save an entire kingdom from ...
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Robert Stevenhagen | Sam Fell
Stars: Kevin Kline | Tracey Ullman | Matthew Broderick | Dustin Hoffman | Emma Watson
The Deal (2008)
As: Charlie Berns
Charlie Berns (William H. Macy) is a veteran Hollywood movie producer who has given up on his career and life. That is until his idealistic screenwriter nephew (Jason Ritter) comes bearing the script of a lifetime and Charlie decides to give his career one final shot. The only thing standing in his way is Diedre Hearn (Meg Ryan), a sharp-witted studio executive brought in to keep Charlie in line.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Steven Schachter
Stars: William H. Macy | Elliott Gould | Jason Ritter | Meg Ryan | LL Cool J
Bart Got a Room (2008)
As: Ernie Stein
Everyone is searching for love in director Brian Hecker's semi-autobiographical story. Danny Stein, a high school senior at the bottom of the social food chain, needs a prom date. As a cause of anxiety for Danny, Bart Beeber, the nerdiest guy in school, has already found a date -- and booked a hotel room. At the same time, Danny's divorced parents are both looking for relationships again.
Runtime: 80 min.
Directed by: Brian Hecker
Stars: William H. Macy | Cheryl Hines | Alia Shawkat | Ashley Benson | Steven Kaplan
He Was a Quiet Man (2007)
As: Gene Shelby
A troubled loner, Bob Maconel, imagines blowing up the tower in Los Angeles where he works. He takes a revolver to his office intent on killing colleagues, and then himself. At home, he holds conversations with his fish, who encourage him to do it. His supervisor picks on him. As he's screwing his courage to the sticking place, he drops a bullet; while on the floor looking for it, another colleague ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Frank A. Cappello
Stars: William H. Macy | Christian Slater | Elisha Cuthbert | John Gulager | Sascha Knopf
Wild Hogs (2007)
As: Dudley Frank
Restless and ready for adventure, four suburban bikers leave the safety of their subdivision and head out on the open road. But complications ensue when they cross paths with an intimidating band of New Mexico bikers known as the Del Fuegos.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Walt Becker
Stars: William H. Macy | Ray Liotta | Tim Allen | John Travolta | Martin Lawrence
Everyone's Hero (2006)
As: Lefty Maginnis (voice)
A boy begins a grand journey to return Babe Ruth's baseball bat before the deciding game of the 1932 World Series comes to a close.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Christopher Reeve | Colin Brady | Dan St. Pierre
Stars: William H. Macy | Brian Dennehy | Rob Reiner | Jake T. Austin | Ritchie Allen
Inland Empire (2006)
As: Announcer
An actress's perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.
Runtime: 180 min.
Directed by: David Lynch
Stars: Justin Theroux | Karolina Gruszka | Krzysztof Majchrzak | Jeremy Irons | Laura Dern
Bobby (2006)
As: Paul Ebbers
In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, hotel manager, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
Runtime: 117 min.
Directed by: Emilio Estevez
Stars: Helen Hunt | Mary Elizabeth Winstead | Anthony Hopkins | Ashton Kutcher | Heather Graham
Doogal (2006)
As: Brian (voice)
This is the story of Doogal, an adorable candy-loving mutt who goes on a mission to save the world.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Dave Borthwick | Jean Duval | Frank Passingham
Stars: William H. Macy | Whoopi Goldberg | Jimmy Fallon | Jon Stewart | Daniel Tay
Thank You for Smoking (2005)
As: Senator Ortolan Finistirre
Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Jason Reitman
Stars: Aaron Eckhart | Sam Elliott | Maria Bello | Adam Brody | Cameron Bright
Edmond (2005)
As: Edmond
Seemingly mild-mannered businessman Edmond Burke visits a fortuneteller and hears a remark that spurs him to leave his wife abruptly and seek what is missing from his life. Encounters with strangers and unsavory people weaken the barriers encompassing his long-suppressed rage, until Edmond explodes in violence.
Runtime: 82 min.
Directed by: Stuart Gordon
Stars: Bokeem Woodbine | William H. Macy | Joe Mantegna | Denise Richards | Mena Suvari
Sahara (2005)
As: Admiral Jim Sandecker
Scouring the ocean depths for treasure-laden shipwrecks is business as usual for a thrill-seeking underwater adventurer and his wisecracking buddy. But when these two cross paths with a beautiful doctor, they find themselves on the ultimate treasure hunt.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Breck Eisner
Stars: Lennie James | William H. Macy | Penélope Cruz | Steve Zahn | Matthew McConaughey
The Wool Cap (2004)
As: Gigot
This film, originally made for tv, stars William H. Macy as a mute superintendent of a apartment building that is falling apart who becomes the unwilling guardian to a young girl with a bit of an attitude. The film is an updated and Americanized version of the 1962 feature film Gigot starring Jackie Gleason, who also wrote the original story.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Steven Schachter
Stars: William H. Macy | Ned Beatty | Don Rickles | Keke Palmer | Cherise Boothe
Cellular (2004)
As: Sgt. Bob Mooney
A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. She claims to have been kidnapped – and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: David R. Ellis
Stars: Jason Statham | William H. Macy | Chris Evans | Jessica Biel | Kim Basinger
Reversible Errors (2004)
As: Arthur Raven
A corporate lawyer's interest in a decade-old murder case is piqued by a new confession that could clear the convicted killer, who sits on death row.
Runtime: 173 min.
Directed by: Mike Robe
Stars: William H. Macy | James Rebhorn | Monica Potter | Tom Selleck | Felicity Huffman
Spartan (2004)
As: Stoddard
U.S. government agent Scott is assigned to rescue the daughter of a high-ranking government official. As willing as he is to bend the rules to get things done, though, Scott is shocked to find that others are willing to go even further to protect a political career.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: David Mamet
Stars: Val Kilmer | William H. Macy | Ed O'Neill | Derek Luke | Tia Texada
In Enemy Hands (2004)
As: Nathan Travers
At the height of Hitler's infamous U-boat war, the crew of the U.S.S. Swordfish were heading home after months at sea. They never made it. Now prisoners of war aboard U-boat 429, a small group of American survivors will find their loyalties put to the ultimate test when they're forced to join their German captors to fight for their very lives.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Tony Giglio
Stars: William H. Macy | Lauren Holly | Thomas Kretschmann | Til Schweiger | Scott Caan
Seabiscuit (2003)
As: Tick Tock McGlaughlin
True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.
Runtime: 140 min.
Directed by: Gary Ross
Stars: Chris Cooper | Jeff Bridges | Elizabeth Banks | Tobey Maguire | David McCullough
Minnesota Nice (2003)
As: Himself
A collection of cast interviews and behind-the-scenes clips from the Cohen brother's Academy Award-winning film Fargo.
Runtime: 28 min.
Directed by: Jeffrey Schwarz
Stars: William H. Macy | Steve Buscemi | Frances McDormand | Ethan Coen | Joel Coen
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls (2003)
As: Narrator
A look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Kenneth Bowser
Stars: William H. Macy | Peter Bogdanovich | Dennis Hopper | Margot Kidder | Paul Schrader
Stealing Sinatra (2003)
As: John Irwin
In need of a grubstake, a young man convinces a couple of friends to help him kidnap Frank Sinatra Jr. It's a true story
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Ron Underwood
Stars: William H. Macy | Thomas Ian Nicholas | David Arquette | Deanna Milligan | Matthew Bennett
The Cooler (2003)
As: Bernie Lootz
(William H. Macy) works at a Las Vegas casino, where he uses his innate ability to bring about misfortune in those around him to jinx gamblers into losing. His imposing boss, Shelly Kaplow (Alec Baldwin), is happy with the arrangement. But Bernie finds unexpected happiness when he begins dating attractive waitress Natalie Belisario (Maria Bello).
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Wayne Kramer
Stars: William H. Macy | Maria Bello | Alec Baldwin | Paul Sorvino | Shawn Hatosy
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
As: Glenn
The owner of a bank (Miss Bitterman) wants to own the Muppet Theatre so she can build a nightclub over it. After she tricks Pepe into giving her the only copy of the contract between her father and the Muppets, she changes it so the Muppets have very little time to pay a debt they owe. Meanwhile, the Muppets are trying to put on a Christmas show. After the Muppets are confronted by Bitterman, they make a ...
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Kirk R. Thatcher
Stars: William H. Macy | Matthew Lillard | Whoopi Goldberg | Joan Cusack | David Arquette
Door to Door (2002)
As: Bill Porter
Sometimes the true heroes in our lives are those people who inspire us not with their superhuman accomplishments but simply by their refusal to give up in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds and the dignity in which they go about their lives. Bill Porter is one of those heroes. Born with cerebral palsy, he was told for many years that he was unemployable. But with the unwavering support ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Steven Schachter
Stars: Helen Mirren | William H. Macy | Kathy Baker | Joel Brooks | Kyra Sedgwick
Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
As: Riley
Five hapless inner-city low-lifes attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but end up being plagued by bad luck.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Anthony Russo | Joe Russo
Stars: William H. Macy | Sam Rockwell | Michael Jeter | Isaiah Washington | Luis Guzmán
Focus (2001)
As: Lawrence 'Larry' Newman
In the waning months of World War II, a man and his wife are mistakenly identified as Jews by their anti-Semitic Brooklyn neighbors. Suddenly the victims of religious and racial persecution, they find themselves aligned with a local Jewish immigrant in a struggle for dignity and survival.
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Neal Slavin
Stars: Meat Loaf | William H. Macy | David Paymer | Kay Hawtrey | Laura Dern
Jurassic Park III (2001)
As: Paul Kirby
In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and Amanda Kirby on an aerial tour of the infamous Isla Sorna. It isn't long before all hell breaks loose and the stranded wayfarers must fight for survival as a host of new -- and even more deadly -- dinosaurs try to make snacks of them.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Joe Johnston
Stars: William H. Macy | Alessandro Nivola | Sam Neill | Téa Leoni | Trevor Morgan
Panic (2000)
As: Alex
Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful part of his life. He seeks the help of a therapist and meets a woman in the waiting room that he connects with.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Henry Bromell
Stars: William H. Macy | Donald Sutherland | Tracey Ullman | John Ritter | Neve Campbell
State and Main (2000)
As: Walt Price
A Hollywood Film unit invades a small Vermont town leading to wholesale abandonment of values and virtue. A smart, warm and funny movie - and not just for movie buffs. Tagline: When a film crew came to Waterford, Vermont - They Shot First And Asked Questions Later.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: David Mamet
Stars: William H. Macy | Sarah Jessica Parker | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Alec Baldwin | Julia Stiles
That Moment: Magnolia Diary (2000)
As: Himself
A very in-depth documentary that follows the very over-worked director Paul Thomas Anderson through a gruelling 80+ days of shooting for the film Magnolia (1999), containing behind-the-scenes footage and interviews.
Runtime: 73 min.
Directed by: Mark Rance
Stars: William H. Macy | Julianne Moore | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Paul Thomas Anderson | Fiona Apple
Magnolia (1999)
As: Donnie Smith
An epic mosaic of many interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Runtime: 188 min.
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Stars: Philip Baker Hall | William H. Macy | Tom Cruise | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Jeremy Blackman
Happy, Texas (1999)
As: Sheriff Chappy Dent
Two escaped convicts roll into the village of Happy, Texas, where they're mistaken for a gay couple who work as beauty pageant consultants. They go along with it to duck the police, but the local sheriff has a secret of his own.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Mark Illsley
Stars: William H. Macy | Ron Perlman | Steve Zahn | Jeremy Northam | Ally Walker
The Night of the Headless Horseman (1999)
As: Ichabod Crane
The teacher Ichabod Crane arrives at Sleepy Hollow town and immediately falls in love with Katrina Van Tassel. Ichabold is intelligent, but weak and coward, and he finds a competitor, the strong Brom Bones that has been wooing Katrina for a long time. Soon begins a competition between the two men for Katrina, but Ichabold's greatest problem is the Headless Horseman that haunts him.
Runtime: 63 min.
Directed by: Shane Williams
Stars: Clancy Brown | William H. Macy | Mark Hamill | Luke Perry | Tia Carrere
A Slight Case of Murder (1999)
As: Terry Thorpe
In the midst of a spat, film critic Terry Thorpe (William H. Macy) accidentally kills his lover. Though Thorpe covers his tracks, he raises the suspicions of a private investigator (James Cromwell), who then tries to blackmail him. Thorpe also falls under the watchful eye of Detective Fred Stapelli (Adam Arkin), a cop who is intent on becoming a screenwriter. Before long, Thorpe's girlfriend, Kit (Felicity ...
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Steven Schachter
Stars: William H. Macy | James Cromwell | Adam Arkin | Felicity Huffman | Julia Campbell
Mystery Men (1999)
As: The Shoveler
When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superheroes -- Mr. Furious, the Shoveler and the Blue Raja -- assemble a new super team to save him.
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Kinka Usher
Stars: Claire Forlani | Hank Azaria | William H. Macy | Ben Stiller | Geoffrey Rush
A Civil Action (1998)
As: James Gordon
Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to "get rid of" a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything - including his career and his clients' goals, in order to continue the case against all odds.
Runtime: 115 min.
Directed by: Steven Zaillian
Stars: William H. Macy | Robert Duvall | Tony Shalhoub | John Travolta | Zeljko Ivanek
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1998)
As: Justin (voice)
Timmy meets a girl mouse and they set off to find the Great Owl.
Runtime: 66 min.
Directed by: Dick Sebast
Stars: Eric Idle | Hynden Walch | Andrea Martin | Harvey Korman | Ralph Macchio
Jerry and Tom (1998)
As: Karl
Tom and Jerry are two hit men, they work by day at a third-rate second-hand car dealership. Tom is a veteran and Jerry is a novice in their business, and their attitude toward their profession differs a lot. It shows when Tom is required to kill his old friend Karl.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Saul Rubinek
Stars: Ted Danson | Sam Rockwell | Joe Mantegna | Maury Chaykin | Charles Durning
Psycho (1998)
As: Milton Arbogast
Criminal on the run, Marion Crane takes refuge at the motel operated by Norman Bates - a troubled man whose victims encounter a grisly fate at the hands of his "mother." Marion soon becomes the next victim and her disappearance prompts inquiries from her sister and a private investigator. They both soon discover the morbid bond linking Norman to his mysterious "mother" at the Bates Motel.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Gus Van Sant
Stars: Viggo Mortensen | William H. Macy | Julianne Moore | Anne Heche | Vince Vaughn
Hit Me (1998)
As: Policeman
Sonny lives with his retarded older brother, and works as a bellhop at a second-rate hotel. This changes when Monique a beautiful, suicidal nut-case checks in.
Runtime: 125 min.
Directed by: Steven Shainberg
Stars: Elias Koteas | Laure Marsac | Bruce Ramsay | Kevin J. O'Connor | Jay Leggett
Pleasantville (1998)
As: George Parker
Geeky teenager David and his popular twin sister, Jennifer, get sucked into the black-and-white world of a 1950s TV sitcom called "Pleasantville," and find a world where everything is peachy keen all the time. But when Jennifer's modern attitude disrupts Pleasantville's peaceful but boring routine, she literally brings color into its life.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Gary Ross
Stars: William H. Macy | Jeff Daniels | Tobey Maguire | Reese Witherspoon | Joan Allen
The Con (1998)
As: Bobby
A lonely gas station attendent in Mississippi falls in love with a con woman who wants to get her hands on an inheritance he doesn't know about.
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Steven Schachter
Stars: William H. Macy | Rebecca De Mornay | Angela Paton | Mike Nussbaum | Frances Sternhagen
Wag the Dog (1997)
As: CIA Agent Charles Young
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Stars: Robert De Niro | James Belushi | Anne Heche | Woody Harrelson | Dustin Hoffman
Boogie Nights (1997)
As: "Little" Bill Thompson
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody ...
Runtime: 155 min.
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Stars: John C. Reilly | Mark Wahlberg | Julianne Moore | Don Cheadle | Burt Reynolds
Air Force One (1997)
As: Major Caldwell
Russian terrorists conspire to hijack the aircraft with the president and his family on board. The commander in chief finds himself facing an impossible predicament: give in to the terrorists and sacrifice his family, or risk everything to uphold his principles - and the integrity of the nation.
Runtime: 124 min.
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Stars: Gary Oldman | William H. Macy | Harrison Ford | Wendy Crewson | Glenn Close
Colin Fitz (1997)
As: Mr. O'Day
Two security guards, Paul and Grady, are hired to guard the grave of dead rock legend, Colin Fitz. Through the course of one bizarre night, these two opposites learn a lot about life, death, and the magic of Colin Fitz.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Robert Bella
Stars: John C. McGinley | William H. Macy | Matt McGrath | Toni Pearen
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
As: Charlie Crisco
Ghosts of Mississippi is a drama covering the final trial of the assassin, Bryon De La Beckwith, of the 60s civil rights leader Medgar Evers. It begins with the murder and the events surrounding the two initial trials which both ended in a hung jury. The movie then covers District Attorney, Bobby DeLaughters transformation and alliance with Myrlie Evers, wife of Medgar Evers, of the, as he becomes more ...
Runtime: 130 min.
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Stars: Whoopi Goldberg | Craig T. Nelson | James Woods | Virginia Madsen | Alec Baldwin
Fargo (1996)
As: Jerry Lundegaard
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Joel Coen
Stars: Harve Presnell | William H. Macy | Peter Stormare | Steve Buscemi | Frances McDormand
Andersonville (1996)
As: Col. Chandler
This lengthy docudrama records the harrowing conditions at the Confederacy's most notorious prisoner-of-war camp. The drama unfolds through the eyes of a company of Union soldiers captured at the Battle of Cold Harbor, VA, in June 1864, and shipped to the camp in southern Georgia. A private, Josiah Day, and his sergeant try to hold their company together in the face of squalid living conditions, ...
Runtime: 167 min.
Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Stars: Carmen Argenziano | Frederic Forrest | Frederick Coffin | Jarrod Emick | Ted Marcoux
Down Periscope (1996)
As: Captain Knox
Bumbling Navy lieutenant Tom Dodge has been given one last chance to clean up his record. But Admiral Graham, his nemesis, assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a submarine that can barely keep afloat. To add insult to injury, the Stingray is to be the enemy flagship in the upcoming war games … and to make matters even worse, Dodge's crew is a band of idiots even more incompetent that he is!
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: David S. Ward
Stars: Harry Dean Stanton | Rob Schneider | Lauren Holly | Bruce Dern | Kelsey Grammer
Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
As: Vice Principal Gene Wolters
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.
Runtime: 143 min.
Directed by: Stephen Herek
Stars: William H. Macy | Richard Dreyfuss | Jay Thomas | Glenne Headly | Olympia Dukakis
Tall Tale (1995)
As: Railroad Magnate
A young boy draws on the inspiration of legendary western characters to find the strength to fight an evil land baron in the old west who wants to steal his family's farm and destroy their idyllic community. When Daniel Hackett sees his father Jonas gravely wounded by the villainous Stiles, his first urge is for his family to flee the danger, and give up their life on a farm which Daniel has come ...
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Stars: Oliver Platt | Nick Stahl | Scott Glenn | Roger Aaron Brown | Patrick Swayze
Roommates (1995)
As: Doctor
An elderly, yet young-at-heart man, moves in with his grandson, and both their lives turn upside-down.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Peter Yates
Stars: Ellen Burstyn | Julianne Moore | Peter Falk | Ernie Sabella | D. B. Sweeney
In the Shadow of Evil (1995)
As: Dr. Frank Teague
Jack Brenner is a hot-shot cop on the trail of a serial killer known as The Roper. Just as he's getting close to catching the killer, he is injured and develops amnesia. Dr. Molly Nostrand works to help Brenner recover his memories and the two become romantically involved. Meanwhile, The Roper is still out there somewhere and the police are depending on Jack Brenner to bring him in.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Daniel Sackheim
Stars: William H. Macy | Treat Williams | Timothy Busfield | Joe Morton | Margaret Colin
Murder in the First (1995)
As: Bill McNeill
Inspired by a true story. A petty criminal sent to Alcatraz in the 1930s is caught attempting to make an escape. As punishment he is put in solitary confinement. The maximum stay is supposed to be 19 days, but Henri spends years alone, cold and in complete darkness, only to emerge a madman and soon to be a murderer. The story follows a rookie lawyer attempting to prove that Alcatraz was to blame.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Marc Rocco
Stars: Gary Oldman | William H. Macy | Kevin Bacon | Christian Slater | Embeth Davidtz
Above Suspicion (1995)
As: Pros. Atty. Schultz
Dempsey Cain is an honored cop, a loving husband and father, and mentor to his handsome younger brother. Then a drug dealer's bullet paralyzes him for life and Dempsey's world is shattered. Suddenly, his wife and brother seem to care less about him than for each other, and a million-dollar insurance.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Steven Schachter
Stars: William H. Macy | Kim Cattrall | Joe Mantegna | Christopher Reeve | Edward Kerr
Evolver (1994)
As: Evolver (voice) (as W.H. Macy)
Meet Evolver, the ultimate toy for the Cyberpunk generation, a virtual-reality game brought to fierce, three-dimensional life. With each battle, Evolver lives up to his name. He becomes faster, smarter and deadlier. Meet Kyle Baxter (Ethan Randall) the teenage video game whiz who wins the first ever Evolver robot. Suddenly, some fatal accidents begin to happen. With help from Jamie Saunders ...
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Mark Rosman
Stars: William H. Macy | Ethan Embry | Chance Quinn | Cassidy Rae | Nassira Nicola
Oleanna (1994)
As: John
A two character movie, involving a college professor, John, who is confronted by a female student, Carol, who is failing his course. The two spend a long time talking to each other, during which time John says a few things that can be taken the wrong way. After the night the two spent talking, John is slapped with a sexual harassment accusation by Carol.
Runtime: 89 min.
Directed by: David Mamet
Stars: William H. Macy | Debra Eisenstadt
Dead on Sight (1994)
A psychic woman has visions of the Clock Killer's past and future murders.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Ruben Preuss
Stars: William H. Macy | Jennifer Beals | Kurtwood Smith | Ed Beechner | Eleanor Comegys
The Client (1994)
As: Dr. Greenway
A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Joel Schumacher
Stars: Susan Sarandon | Mary-Louise Parker | Tommy Lee Jones | Anthony LaPaglia | Brad Renfro
Being Human (1994)
As: Boris
One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.
Runtime: 122 min.
Directed by: Bill Forsyth
Stars: Theresa Russell | Robin Williams | Robert Carlyle | Maudie Johnson | Max Johnson
Twenty Bucks (1993)
As: Property Clerk
A story about the life of a twenty dollar bill as it weaves in and out of the various lives of several people.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Keva Rosenfeld
Stars: William H. Macy | Steve Buscemi | Elisabeth Shue | Christopher Lloyd | Linda Hunt
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
As: Tunafish Father
A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Steven Zaillian
Stars: Laurence Fishburne | Ben Kingsley | Joe Mantegna | Joan Allen | Max Pomeranc
Benny & Joon (1993)
As: Randy Burch
A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Stars: Oliver Platt | Aidan Quinn | Julianne Moore | Johnny Depp | Mary Stuart Masterson
The Heart of Justice (1993)
As: Booth
David Leader investigates a seemingly senseless murder, and in the course of it is drawn into the labyrinth of a sinisterly unique wealthy family...
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Bruno Barreto
Stars: William H. Macy | Jennifer Connelly | Dennis Hopper | Dermot Mulroney | Eric Stoltz
A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story (1992)
As: Sean Hammel
A married man meets a beautiful woman and they begin an affair.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Martin Davidson
Stars: Chris Sarandon | Robert Picardo | Tom Mason | Virginia Madsen | Ned Eisenberg
The Water Engine (1992)
As: Charles Lang
In the 1930s, Charles Lang invents an engine that runs using water for fuel. But when he tries to get it patented, he is first offered a ridiculously low amount. When he refuses, he is suddenly several people are pressuring him to sell. The big oil companies don't want the competition. Now he has to try and keep them from getting his idea, and somehow get it published.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Steven Schachter
Stars: William H. Macy | Charles Durning | John Mahoney | Joanna Miles | Patti LuPone
A Private Matter (1992)
As: Psychiatrist
The true story of Romper Room host "Miss Sherri" Finkbine, who, after the devastating effects of thalidomide were discovered in the early 1960s, sparked a firestorm of controversy with her determination to obtain an abortion.
Directed by: Joan Micklin Silver
Stars: Aidan Quinn | Leon Russom | Sissy Spacek | Estelle Parsons | Sheila McCarthy
In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion (1992)
As: Ray Daniels
Adam Swapp and his brother Jonathan are suspects in the bombing of Mormon Center in Utah. The brothers and their families hold-up on their farm with provisions and enough ammunition to withstand the governments siege. They are devout in their beliefs and purposes and are determined to stand up for their rights.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Charles Haid
Stars: William H. Macy | Ed Begley Jr. | Norbert Weisser | Paul Le Mat | Dennis Franz
Shadows and Fog (1991)
As: Cop
With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Woody Allen
Stars: John Cusack | Kathy Bates | Woody Allen | Mia Farrow | Jodie Foster
Barton Fink (1991)
As: Navy Sailor (Uncredited)
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Runtime: 116 min.
Directed by: Joel Coen
Stars: John Turturro | Michael Lerner | John Goodman | Tony Shalhoub | Judy Davis
Homicide (1991)
As: Tim Sullivan
Bobby Gold is a career cop who is reassigned from a hunt for a cop killer to the investigation of the murder of an old Jewish woman in Baltimore, and in the process finds himself exploring his own sense of identity.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: David Mamet
Stars: William H. Macy | Ving Rhames | Rebecca Pidgeon | Joe Mantegna | J.J. Johnston
Things Change (1988)
As: Billy Drake
Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mistaken for a Mafia boss, and the two are suddenly catapulted to the highest levels of mobster status. Only friendship will see them through this dangerous adventure alive!
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: David Mamet
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Don Ameche | J.J. Johnston | Robert Prosky | Ricky Jay
Lip Service (1988)
As: Farmer
A young news reporter schemes to take over the job of a veteran news anchor whose ratings he's been hired to promote.
Runtime: 67 min.
Directed by: William H. Macy
Stars: Clark Gregg | Griffin Dunne | Paul Dooley | Felicity Huffman | Jonathan Katz
House of Games (1987)
As: Sgt. John Moran
A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: David Mamet
Stars: Joe Mantegna | Lindsay Crouse | Mike Nussbaum | Ricky Jay | J.T. Walsh
Radio Days (1987)
As: Radio Voice (voice)
The Narrator (Woody Allen) tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Woody Allen
Stars: Danny Aiello | Mia Farrow | Jeff Daniels | Robert Joy | Seth Green
The Last Dragon (1985)
As: J.J,
A young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way he must fight an evil martial arts expert and rescue a beautiful singer from an obsessed music promoter.
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Michael Schultz
Stars: Faith Prince | Taimak | Christopher Murney | Vanity | Julius Carry
The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984)
As: Wiseman
Paul feels life should be an adventure, and sets out on one to prove that Trolls really exist.
Runtime: 60 min.
Directed by: Harvey S. Laidman
Stars: Richard B. Shull | David Crawford | Matt Dill | Winnie Flynn | Arthur Greenwald
WarGames (1983)
As: NORAD Officer (uncredited)
High School student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions! Together with his girlfriend (Ally Sheedy) and a wizardly computer genius (John Wood), David must race against time to ...
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: John Badham
Stars: Barry Corbin | Ally Sheedy | Dabney Coleman | Matthew Broderick | John Wood
Without a Trace (1983)
As: Reporter (as W.H. Macy)
Based on the case of young New Yorker Etan Patz, who disappeared in the early 1980s, this film casts Kate Nelligan as the distraught mother who lashes out at the police (in the person of a relentless detective played by Judd Hirsch), who make her and her husband suspects, even as she hounds them to find her child and drives away her husband (David Dukes) and friends (including Stockard Channing) with her ...
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Stanley R. Jaffe
Stars: Stockard Channing | Kate Nelligan | David Dukes | Jacqueline Brookes | Judd Hirsch
Foolin' Around (1980)
As: Bronski
A working-class boy falls for a girl from a wealthy family, and must compete for her with a rich boy who also wants her.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Richard T. Heffron
Stars: Cloris Leachman | John Calvin | Gary Busey | Annette O'Toole | Eddie Albert
Somewhere in Time (1980)
As: Critic (as W.H. Macy)
Young writer, Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to, "Come back to me." Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, he manages – by self-hypnosis – to travel back in time where he meets her. They fall in love, a matching that ...
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Jeannot Szwarc
Stars: Christopher Plummer | Bill Erwin | Christopher Reeve | Teresa Wright | Jane Seymour