William Macy Highlights

  • 2008: Replaced sick star Jeremy Piven in the New York theatre production of Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow"
  • 2007: Cast in the comedy-adventure "Wild Hogs," as one of four middle-aged friends who decide to rev up their routine suburban lives with a freewheeling motorcycle trip
  • 2006: Played a writer who trades places with his most famous character in the episode "Umney's Last Case," which is part of TNT's Original mini series, "Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From The Stories Of Stephen King"; earned SAG and Emmy nominations for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
  • 2006: Portrayed anti-smoking senator Ortolan Finistirre in the satirical comedy "Thank You for Smoking" by first time director Jason Reitman
  • 2004: Starred as Gigot, a mute who begins a friendship with a recently orphaned nine-year-old girl on TNT's "The Wool Cap"; earned Golden Globe, SAG and Emmy nominations for Best Actor in a Miniseries
  • 2004: Starred in the CBS miniseries opposite his wife Felicity Huffman in Scott Turow's crime thriller "Reversible Errors," also starring Tom Selleck and Monica Potter
  • 2003: Co-starred as a down on his luck gambler in "The Cooler"
  • 2003: Received a a Golden Globe nomination for his role in "Seabiscuit"
  • 2003: Starred in the Showtime movie "Stealing Sinatra," based trial transcripts and various public documents on the 1963 kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr.; received an Emmy nomination for Supporting Actor
  • 2002: Portrayed Bill Porter, a cerebral palsy Fuller Brush salesman in the TNT biopic "Door to Door"; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie
  • 2001: Cast in the "Jurassic Park III"
  • 2001: Played leading role of a man mistaken for being Jewish after he buys a new pair of glasses in the film version of Arthur Miller's novel "Focus"
  • 2000: Acted in London revival of Mamet's "American Buffalo," this time in the lead role of Teach
  • 2000: Portrayed a film director who keeps telling his star (Sarah Jessica Parker) to take off her shirt in Mamet's "State and Main"
  • 1999: Co-wrote (with Schacter) the TNT movie "A Slight Case of Murder"; featured wife Huffman; garnered an Emmy nomination
  • 1999: Had a recurring role as a ratings experts on the ABC comedy "Sports Night"; series starred wife Huffman; earned an Emmy nomination
  • 1999: Had supporting role as former 'quiz kid' Donnie Smith in Paul Thomas Anderson's "Magnolia"
  • 1998: Portrayed the repressed sitcom father in "Pleasantville"
  • 1998: Co-wrote (with Schacter) and starred in the USA Network drama "The Con"
  • 1998: Cast as private investigator Milton Arbogast in Gus Van Sant's remake of Hitchcock's "Psycho"
  • 1997: Directed the NY stage production "The Joy of Being Somewhere Different"
  • 1997: Had supporting roles in "Wag the Dog" (co-scripted by Mamet) and Paul Thomas Anderson's "Boogie Nights"
  • 1996: Breakthrough screen role, playing the duplicitous car salesman Jerry Lundegaard in the Coen brothers' "Fargo"; earned an Academy Award nomination for Supporting Actor
  • 1996: With Martin Davidson and Schachter, co-wrote the CBS TV-movie "Every Woman's Dream"
  • 1996: Had featured role as Confederate Colonel Chandler in the TNT miniseries "Andersonville"
  • 1995: Played the flat-topped vice principal in "Mr. Holland's Opus"
  • 1995: With Schachter, who also directed, and Jerry Lazarus, co-wrote the HBO thriller "Above Suspicion"; also acted
  • 1994: Reprised stage role in film version of "Oleanna"; also directed by Mamet
  • 1994: Directed the Los Angeles production of "Oleanna"
  • 1994: Had a recurring role as chief of staff, Dr. David Morgenstern on NBC's medical drama "ER"; earned an Emmy nomination in 1997
  • 1992: Starred in the New York production of David Mamet's "Oleanna"
  • 1992: Appeared in the TV adaptation of Mamet's "The Water Engine" (TNT); directed by Schachter; shared a scene with then-girlfriend Felicity Huffman
  • 1991: Third film teaming with Mamet, "Homicide"
  • 1991: With Schachter, wrote first of two episodes for the ABC drama "thirtysomething"
  • 1990: Moved to Los Angeles
  • 1988: Directed the Off-Broadway production of "Boy's Life" at Lincoln Center's Mitzi Newhouse Theater
  • 1988: Made Broadway debut playing Howie Newsome in the revival of "Our Town" (credited as W H Macy)
  • 1988: Made TV directing debut with "Lip Service" (HBO); co-produced by Mamet
  • 1988: Played a featured role in Mamet's "Things Changes"
  • 1987: Had a small role as a radio actor in Woody Allen's "Radio Days"
  • 1987: First film with David Mamet, "House of Games"
  • 1985: Performed one season with the Goodman Theatre Company in Chicago; appeared in Mamet's "The Cherry Orchard"
  • 1983: Began teaching at New York University
  • 1983: With Mamet, co-founded the Atlantic Theatre Company in New York City
  • 1982: Had a recurring role on the NBC soap opera "Another World"
  • 1980: Off-Broadway acting debut, "The Man in 605"
  • 1979: Off-Broadway debut as dirctor, Mamet's one-act "Shoeshine"
  • 1979: Feature acting debut, "Foolin' Around" (credited as W H Macy)
  • 1979: Moved to New York City
  • 1978: Credited as W H Macy in his TV miniseries debut, "The Awakening Land" (NBC)
  • 1976: Debut as a playwright, the children's play "The Adventures of Captain Marbles and His Acting Squad"
  • 1975: Cast as Bobby in Mamet's "American Buffalo"; first produced at The Goodman Theater's second stage
  • 1975: Stage directing debut, "The Poet and the Rent" at St. Nicholas Theater
  • 1974: First production at St Nicholas Theater, Mamet's one-act "Squirrels"
  • 1972: With David Mamet and Steven Schacter, moved to Chicago and co-founded the St. Nicholas Theater
  • 1971: Appeared in a Washington, DC staging of "Jesus Christ Superstar"
  • Began acting in high school in Maryland

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