Early life

Fichtner was born on Mitchel Air Force Base on Long Island, and was raised in Cheektowaga, New York, a suburb of Buffalo. He is the son of Patricia A. (née Steitz) and William E. Fichtner. He has German ancestry.

Fichtner graduated from Maryvale High School (Cheektowaga) in 1974. After graduating from Farmingdale State College in 1976 with an associate degree in criminal justice, he attended SUNY Brockport and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice in 1978. Fichtner then studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. Fichtner credits his Farmingdale State College admissions counselor, Don Harvey, with his decision to study acting. Harvey, who became a lifelong friend, took Fichtner to his first Broadway show. On May 18, 2008, Fichtner was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by Farmingdale State College.

Career

Fichtner began his acting career as Josh Snyder in As the World Turns in 1987. Fichtner's film credits include Contact, Heat, Armageddon, Go, Equilibrium, Black Hawk Down, The Perfect Storm, The Longest Yard, Crash, Ultraviolet, and The Dark Knight. Mainly a character actor, one of Fichtner's few leading roles is in Passion of Mind, also starring Demi Moore and Stellan Skarsgård. For his role in Crash, he won a Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance Award and a "Best Acting Ensemble" Award from Broadcast Film Critics Choice.

Credited as Bill Fichtner, he voiced the character Ken Rosenberg in the video games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Between 2005 and 2006, Fichtner also starred in the science-fiction TV series Invasion as Sheriff Tom Underlay. After Invasion was cancelled, Fichtner played FBI Agent Alexander Mahone in the second through fourth seasons (2006-2009) of Prison Break. Later that year, he presented an award at the National Hockey League award show. He also appears in The West Wing episode, "The Supremes" as Christopher Mulready, a conservative judge nominated to the Supreme Court. Fichtner also had a role as the Gotham National Bank manager in the feature film The Dark Knight, and as Jurgen in Equilibrium.

In June 2009, Fichtner signed on to guest star on Entourage playing TV producer Phil Yagoda, who is trying to remake his hit 1990s teen series. He also voices Master Sergeant Sandman in the 2011 video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Fichtner plays Eric Sacks in 2014's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and will in its sequel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.

Personal life

As of June 2014, Fichtner lives in Prague, Czech Republic, where he filmed the television series Crossing Lines.

Fichtner is a Buffalo Bills fan, appearing in a commercial for the team before the 2014 season. More recently, Fichtner narrated the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary titled "Four Falls of Buffalo", chronicling the Buffalo Bills' four consecutive Super Bowl appearances from 1990-93.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Quiz Show	Stage Manager
1995	Virtuosity	Wallace
	Reckless	Rachel's Father
	Strange Days	Dwayne Engelman
	Heat	Roger Van Zant
	High Lonesome: A Father For Charlie	Sheriff	Television film
	Underneath	Tommy Dundee
1996	Albino Alligator	Law
1997	Contact	Kent
	Switchback	Chief Jack McGinnis
1998	Armageddon	Colonel William Sharp
1999	Go	Burke
	The Settlement	Jerry
2000	The Perfect Storm	David "Sully" Sullivan
	Drowning Mona	Phil Dearly
	Passion of Mind	Aaron
	Endsville	Prince Victor
2001	Pearl Harbor	Danny's Father
	Black Hawk Down	SFC Jeff Sanderson	Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
	What's the Worst That Could Happen?	Detective Alex Tardio
2002	Julie Walking Home	Henry
	Equilibrium	Jürgen
2004	Crash	Flanagan	Hollywood Film Festival Ensemble of the Year Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated — Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast
2005	Nine Lives	Andrew	Nominated — Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast
	The Chumscrubber	Dr. Bill Stifle
	The Moguls	Otis
	The Longest Yard	Captain Knauer
	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Dr. Wexler (voice)	Uncredited
2006	Ultraviolet	Garth
2007	Blades of Glory	Darren MacElroy
	First Snow	Ed
2008	The Dark Knight	Bank Manager
2010	Forehead Tittaes	Boss	Short skit
	Date Night	D.A. Frank Crenshaw
2011	The Big Bang	Detective Poley
	Drive Angry	The Accountant	Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actor
2012	Wrong	Master Chang
	Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden	Mr. Guidry	Television film
2013	Phantom	Alex Kozlov
	The Lone Ranger	Butch Cavendish
	Elysium	John Carlyle
2014	The Homesman	Vester Belknap
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Eric Sacks
2016	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows		Post-production
	Independence Day: Resurgence	General Adams
	The Gettysburg Address	John G. Nicolay (voice)	Documentary

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987-94	As the World Turns	Josh Snyder	Unknown episodes
1989	A Man Called Hawk	Boros	2 episodes
	Baywatch	Howard Ganza	Episode: Rookie School
1994-95	Grace Under Fire	Ryan	8 episodes
2002	MDs	Bruce Kellerman	10 episodes
2004	The West Wing	Christopher Mulready	Episode: "The Supremes"
2005	Empire Falls	Jimmy Minty	2 episodes
	American Dad!	Harland (voice)	Episode: "Homeland Insecurity"
2005-06	Invasion	Sheriff Tom Underlay	22 episodes Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television
2006-09	Prison Break	Alexander Mahone	59 episodes
2009-11	Entourage	Phil Yagoda	8 episodes
2010	Night and Day	Dan Hollister	Pilot
2013-14	Crossing Lines	Carl Hickman	22 episodes
2015	Empire	Jamieson Hinthrop	2 episodes
2016	Mom	Adam	Season 3 recurring role

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City	Ken Rosenberg	Credited as Bill Fichtner
2004	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	Ken Rosenberg	Credited as Bill Fichtner
2008	Turok	Logan
2011	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Master Sergeant Sandman
2012	Infex	The Administrator
2013	Disney Infinity	Butch Cavendish
2014	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	The Shredder	3DS version

[ Source: Wikipedia ]