William Forsythe

William Forsythe as Sgt. Buck Atwater puts down his Smith & Wesson Model 39 in Extreme Prejudice.

William Forsythe as Ice in Stone Cold.

William Forsythe as Flattop with a Tommy Gun in Dick Tracy.

William Forsythe as Det. Hardcastle in Blue Streak.

William Forsythe (born 7 June 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of tough-guy, criminal characters, and has starred in films such as Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Raising Arizona (1987), Dick Tracy (1990), and Gotti (1996); as real-life mobster "Sammy The Bull" Gravano. He played a renegade soldier in the Neo-western action thriller Extreme Prejudice (1987), and Sheriff John Quincey Wydell in the black comedy horror The Devil's Rejects (2005).

William co-starred with Steven Seagal in Out for Justice (1991). In 1995's action thriller Beyond Desire, he starred as the ex-con Ray "Elvis" Patterson beside Kari Wührer. In The Rock (1996), Forsythe portrayed FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Ernest Paxton, dealing with protagonist John Patrick Mason (Sean Connery).

William Forsythe portrayed serial killer John Wayne Gacy in Dear Mr. Gacy, a film adaptation of the book The Last Victim, the memoirs of Jason Moss, a college student who corresponded with Gacy his last year on death row.

He has also played recurring characters in television series such as Boardwalk Empire (2010) and The Man in the High Castle (2015).

William Forsythe can be seen using the following weapons in the following films:

Film

Gun	Character	Title	Note	Date
Colt Detective Special	Philip "Cockeye" Stein	Once Upon A Time In America		1984
Star Model B	Philip "Cockeye" Stein	Once Upon A Time In America		1984
Smith & Wesson 39	Sgt. Buck Atwater	Extreme Prejudice		1987
M16 w/ M203 grenade launcher	Sgt. Buck Atwater	Extreme Prejudice		1987
Browning M1919A4	Sgt. Buck Atwater	Extreme Prejudice	Double handed mounted	1987
Smith & Wesson Model 10	Evelle Snoats	Raising Arizona		1987
Ithaca 37	Evelle Snoats	Raising Arizona		1987
Smith & Wesson Model 13	FBI Special Agent Arthur Kressler	Dead Bang		1989
Uzi	FBI Special Agent Arthur Kressler	Dead Bang		1989
Thompson Submachine Gun	Flattop Jones	Dick Tracy		1990
M1911	Flattop Jones	Dick Tracy		1990
Calico M950A	Ice	Stone Cold		1991
Colt Python	Richie Madano	Out for Justice	snubnose	1991
Smith & Wesson Model 66	William 'Billy' Beaudeen	The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag		1992
Glock 17	Hatch	Direct Hit		1994
Glock 19	Hatch	Direct Hit		1994
Beretta 92FS	Hatch	Direct Hit		1994
Heckler & Koch SP89	Hatch	Direct Hit		1994
Steyr SPP	Hatch	Direct Hit		1994
SIG-Sauer P226	Hollan	The Substitute		1996
Star Model B	Sammy "The Bull" Gravano	Gotti		1996
unknown snub-nose revolver	Sammy "The Bull" Gravano	Gotti		1996
Smith & Wesson 4506	Det. Hardcastle	Blue Streak		1999
Smith & Wesson Model 686	Spyder	City by the Sea		2002
M1911A1	Spyder	City by the Sea		2002
Colt Lawman MK III	Sheriff John Quincey Wydell	The Devil's Rejects		2005
Remington 1100	Sheriff John Quincey Wydell	The Devil's Rejects		2005
Glock 17	Frank Parks	88 Minutes		2008