William L. Petersen

William Louis Petersen is a American Acteur born the February 21st 1956 with Evanston, in the Illinois.

Career

After having been graduate of Bishop Kelly High School with (Idaho) Timbers, Petersen studies with the Université of Idaho, in the American equivalent of the branch Sport-studies. Later, after having moved with Chicago, he became member of the Steppenwolf Theater Company. He accomplishes a stay in Spain to improve his talents of actor.

Of return to the United States, he plays on several occasions on scene of small productions before being noticed by Michael Mann which makes it begin with the cinema in 1981 in its film the Recluse (Thief) . Petersen turns then for William Friedkin in memorable the Federal police Los Angeles (1985) to the sides of Willem Dafoe and appears in an episode of the the Fifth Dimension in 1986.

Always in 1986, it finds Michael Mann to incarnate the character of Will Graham in the Sixth Direction ( Manhunter ), inspired of the red novel Dragon .

In the Nineties, William L. Petersen plays in several films of second plan which do not leave an imperishable memory such as Young guns 2 (1990), Hard Promised (1991), Passed away (1992) or Fear (1996). More recently, in 2000, Petersen appears in The Skulls: secret society of Rob Cohen.

It is the passage on television which will bring an international notoriety to him. The actor plays initially in 1993 in Return in Lonesome Dove , the continuation of a mini-series accommodated very well at the end of the Eighties. And especially, as from 2001, it incarnates Gil Grissom, person in charge of the night shift of the scientific unit of the police force of Las Vegas in the Experts (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) , one of the televised series most looked in the world with the beginning of the year 2000.

Private life

William L. Petersen is the father of a child resulting from its first marriage; he married in 2003 his partner of long time, Gina Cirone.

Catalog of films

List nonexhaustive

1981: the Recluse (Thief) of Michael Mann: Katz/Jammer Bartender
1985: Federal police Los Angeles (To Live and Die in L.A.) of William Friedkin: Richard Chance
1987: the Force of silence (Amazing Grace and Chuck) of Mike Newell: Russell
1987 : the Sixth Direction (Manhunter) of Michael Mann: “Will” William Graham
1989: Cousins of Joel Schumacher: Tom Hardy
1991: Hardware Promised of Martin Davidson: Joey
1992 : Passed Away of Charlie Peters: Frank Scanlan
1996 : Fear of James Foley: Steve Walker
1996: Men of the shade (Mulholland Falls) of Lee Tamahori: Jack Flynn, the Mafioso
1998: Gunshy of Jeff Celentano: Jake Bridges
1999: Depth of the sky (KIS the Sky) of Roger Young: Jeff
2000 : The Skulls : secret society (The Skulls) of Rob Cohen: Hearts Levritt
2001: Handling (The Contender) of Rod Lurie: the governor Jack Hathaway
2006: Rocky Balboa of Sylvester Stallone: a promoter

Television

1993 : Retour to Lonesome Dove (Return to Lonesome Dove) of Mike Wraps: Gideon Walker
1996: the Animal (The Beast) of Jeff Bleckner: Whip Dalton
2001 -: the Experts (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) , series, seasons 1 to 7: the investigator “Gil” Gilbert Grissom

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