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William H. Macy

Birth name: William Hall Macy Jr.

Birth date: 19.03.1950

William Hall Macy, Jr. (born March 13, 1950) is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated American actor. He is also a teacher and director in theatre, film and television. Macy has described his screen persona as "sort of a Middle American, WASPy, Lutheran kind of guy... Everyman". Macy was born in Miami, Florida, and grew up in Georgia and Maryland. His father, William Hall Macy, Sr., was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and an Air Medal for flying a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in World War II; he later ran a construction company in Atlanta and worked for Dun & Bradstreet before taking over a Cumberland, Maryland-based insurance agency when Macy was nine years old. His mother, Lois, was a war widow who met Macy's father after her first husband died in 1943; Macy has described her as a "Southern belle". Macy has a half-brother, Fred Merrill, from his mother's first marriage. After graduating from Allegany High School in Cumberland, Maryland, Macy entered Bethany College of West Virginia to study veterinary medicine. By his own admission, a "wretched student," he transferred to Goddard College and became involved in theatre. It was at Goddard that he met the playwright David Mamet, who was only a couple of years older than Macy. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, after graduating in 1971 and got a job as a bartender to pay the rent. Within a year he and Mamet, among others, founded the successful St. Nicholas Theater Company, where Macy originated roles in a number of Mamet's plays, such as American Buffalo and The Water Engine. After spending some time in Los Angeles, California, he moved to New York in 1980. While living there he had roles in over fifty off-Broadway and Broadway plays. His first on-screen role was as a turtle named Socrates in the direct to video film, The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984), under the name W. H. Macy. He has appeared in films that Mamet wrote and/or directed, such as House of Games, Things Change, Homicide, Oleanna (playing a role he reprised after originating the role in the play of the same name, and more recently, Wag the Dog, State and Main, and Spartan. Macy may be best known for his lead role in Fargo, in a role for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and helped shift his career into overdrive. His film work also includes Benny & Joon, Above Suspicion, Mr. Holland's Opus, Ghosts of Mississippi, Air Force One, Boogie Nights, Pleasantville, Gus Van Sant's remake of Psycho, Happy, Texas, Mystery Men, Magnolia, Jurassic Park III, Focus, Panic, Welcome to Collinwood, Seabiscuit, The Cooler, and Sahara. Macy has also had a number of roles on television, the most recent being a guest appearance on The Unit as the President of the United States. In 2003, he won two Emmy Awards, one for starring in the lead role and one as co-writer of the made-for-TNT film Door to Door. Door to Door is a drama based on the true story of Bill Porter, a door-to-door salesman in Portland, Oregon, born with cerebral palsy. The film is composed of several stories, each taking up a whole period between commercials. His work on ER and Sports Night has also been recognized with Emmy nominations. His character in ER, David Morgenstern, is responsible for a sage piece of advice that has been handed down throughout the series. In the pilot episode, when Juliana Margulies' character, nurse Carol Hathaway, is brought to the hospital with a drug overdose, Morgenstern tells Dr. Greene (Anthony Edwards) that he needs to "set the tone" to get the unit through the difficulty of treating one of its own. "You set the tone" is repeated several times in the series, once jokingly by Doug Ross (George Clooney) to Greene and at two other key moments. When Greene, dying from a brain tumor, leaves the ER for the last time, he tells Dr. Carter (Noah Wyle), "You set the tone, Carter." It was a moment that represented the passing of the torch. And a few seasons later, in Carter's farewell episode, he passes a drunk and nauseous Dr. Morris (Scott Grimes), a notoriously bumbling character on the show, and tells him, "You set the tone, Morris." to which an ailing Morris replies, "What?" Carter, realizing that Morris is, to say the least, not cut out of the mold of Morgenstern and Greene, smiles and tells him, "Never mind." His character on Sports Night is in sharp contrast to the "everyman" he usually plays. Sam Donovan, a ratings expert, is a very cool professional and quite intimidating. For viewers used to the milder roles this offers a new take on Macy and adds a facet to his acting. In a November 2003 interview with USA Today, Macy stated that he wants to star in a big-budget action movie "for the money, for the security of a franchise like that". He serves as director-in-residence at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York, where he teaches a technique called Practical Aesthetics. A book describing the technique, A Practical Handbook for the Actor (ISBN 0-394-74412-8), is dedicated to Macy and Mamet. Macy's most recent movie is entitled Wild Hogs, a film about middle-aged men reliving their youthful days by taking to the open road on their Harley-Davidson motorcycles from Cincinnati to the Pacific Coast. Oddly enough, Macy's character was typecast as a geeky sort of ne'er-do-well who did not quite seem to have it all together. Macy has just signed on to play the role of David "Boom Boom" Curran, a character loosely based on Donald Trump, in the film Yes Man set to release in 2009. Since 1997, Macy has been married to Academy Award nominated actress Felicity Huffman. The couple have two daughters, Sofia Grace (born August 1, 2000) and Georgia Grace (born March 14, 2002). They live in Los Angeles, California, and have had a cabin in Vermont since the 1980s. Macy is a Lutheran. He is known for his liberal leanings; he and Huffman appeared at a rally for John Kerry in 2004. Macy also plays the ukulele and is an avid woodturner, even appearing on the cover of the specialist magazine Fine Woodworking. He is a national ambassador for the United Cerebral Palsy Association.

Filmography

# Come Back to Sorrento (2009) # House of Re-Animator (2010) .... The President of the United States # Wild Hogs movie buy and download page 2: Bachelor Ride (2011) .... Dudley Frank # Keep Coming Back (2010) # Marmaduke (2010) .... Don Twombly # Shorts (2009) .... Dr. Noseworthy ... aka Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock (USA: long title) # The Maiden Heist movie buy and download page (2009) .... George ... aka The Maiden Heist movie buy and download page (USA: alternative title) # "ER" .... Dr. David Morgenstern (31 episodes, 1994-2009) - A Long, Strange Trip (2009) TV episode .... Dr. David Morgenstern - Shades of Gray (1998) TV episode .... Dr. David Morgenstern - Gut Reaction (1998) TV episode .... Dr. David Morgenstern - A Bloody Mess (1998) TV episode .... Dr. David Morgenstern - Something New (1997) TV episode .... Dr. David Morgenstern (26 more) # The Tale of Despereaux movie buy and download page (2008) (voice) .... Lester # Bart Got a Room movie buy and download page (2008) .... Ernie Stein # The Deal (2008/I) .... Charlie Berns ... aka Entente et mésentente (Canada: French title) ... aka Start Shooting (Europe) # Family Man (2008) (TV) .... Todd Becker # He Was a Quiet Man movie buy and download page (2007) .... Gene Shelby # Wild Hogs movie buy and download page (2007) .... Dudley Frank ... aka Blackberry (Philippines: English title: review title) # "The Unit" .... President of the United States (1 episode, 2007) - The Broom Cupboard (2007) TV episode .... President of the United States # Everyone's Hero (2006) (voice) .... Lefty Maginnis # "Curious George" .... Narrator (2 episodes, 2006) - Buoy Wonder/Roller Monkey (2006) TV episode .... Narrator - Curious George's Home for Pigeons: Out of Order (2006) TV episode .... Narrator # Inland Empire (2006) .... Announcer # Bobby movie buy and download page (2006) .... Paul # Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman (2006) (V) (voice) .... Rudyard North # "Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King" .... Clyde Umney / ... (1 episode, 2006) - Umney's Last Case (2006) TV episode .... Clyde Umney/Sam Landry/George Demmick # Doogal (2006) (voice) .... Brian # Thank You for Smoking movie buy and download page (2005) .... Senator Ortolan Finistirre # Edmond (2005) .... Edmond # Sahara movie buy and download page (2005) .... Admiral Jim Sandecker ... aka Sahara movie buy and download page (Spain) ... aka Sahara movie buy and download page - Abenteuer in der Wüste (Germany) # The Wool Cap (2004) (TV) .... Gigot # Cellular (2004) .... Sgt. Bob Mooney ... aka Final Call - Wenn er auflegt, muss sie sterben (Germany: DVD title) # Reversible Errors (2004) (TV) .... Arthur Raven ... aka Scott Turow's Reversible Errors (USA: complete title) # In Enemy Hands (2004) .... U.S.S. Swordfish: Chief of Boat Nathan Travers ... aka U-Boat (Europe: English title: DVD box title) # Spartan (2004) .... Stoddard # Seabiscuit (2003) .... Tick Tock McGlaughlin # "Out of Order" (2003) TV mini-series .... Steven # Stealing Sinatra (2003) .... John Irwin # The Cooler (2003) .... Bernie Lootz # It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) (TV) .... Glenn # Door to Door (2002) (TV) .... Bill Porter # Welcome to Collinwood (2002) .... Riley ... aka Safecrackers oder Diebe haben's schwer (Germany) # Focus (2001/I) .... Lawrence 'Larry' Newman # Jurassic Park III movie buy and download page (2001) .... Paul Kirby ... aka JP3 (USA: promotional abbreviation) # "Batman Beyond" .... Aaron Herbst / ... (2 episodes, 1999-2000) ... aka Batman of the Future (Europe: English title) (UK) - Big Time (2000) TV episode (voice) .... Kerros - Disappearing Inque (1999) TV episode (voice) .... Aaron Herbst # State and Main (2000) .... Walt Price ... aka Séquences et conséquences (France) # "Sports Night" .... Sam Donovan (6 episodes, 1999-2000) - And the Crowd Goes Wild (2000) TV episode .... Sam Donovan - Dana Get Your Gun (2000) TV episode .... Sam Donovan - The Sweet Smell of Air (2000) TV episode .... Sam Donovan - Louise Revisited (1999) TV episode .... Sam Donovan - Cliff Gardner (1999) TV episode .... Sam Donovan (1 more) # Panic (2000) .... Alex # Magnolia movie buy and download page (1999) .... Donnie Smith ... aka Mag·no'li·a (USA: promotional title) ... aka mag-no'li-a (USA: promotional title) # The Night of the Headless Horseman (1999) (TV) (voice) .... Ichabod Crane # "The Wild Thornberrys" .... Skoot (1 episode, 1999) - On the Right Track (1999) TV episode .... Skoot # A Slight Case of Murder (1999) (TV) .... Terry Thorpe ... aka A Travesty # Mystery Men (1999) .... The Shoveller # "Frasier" .... Ralph (1 episode, 1999) - Good Samaritan (1999) TV episode (voice) .... Ralph # Happy, Texas (1999) .... Sheriff Chappy Dent # A Civil Action (1998) .... James Gordon # The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue (1998) (V) (voice) .... Justin # Psycho movie buy and download page (1998) .... Milton Arbogast # "Hercules" .... Jorgen Svenson / ... (1 episode, 1998) ... aka Disney's Hercules (USA: complete title) - Hercules and the Twilight of the Gods (1998) TV episode (voice) .... Jorgen Svenson/Sven Jorgenson # "King of the Hill" .... Dr. Rubin (1 episode, 1998) - Pregnant Paws (1998) TV episode (voice) .... Dr. Rubin # "Superman" .... Director (1 episode, 1998) ... aka Superman: The Animated Series (USA: informal alternative title) - Where There's Smoke... (1998) TV episode (voice) .... Director # Pleasantville (1998) .... George Parker # The Con (1998) (TV) .... Bobby movie buy and download page Sommerdinger # Jerry and Tom (1998) .... Karl # "The Lionhearts" (1998) TV series .... Leo Lionheart (unknown episodes) # Wag the Dog movie buy and download page (1997) .... CIA Agent Charles Young # Boogie Nights movie buy and download page (1997) .... Little Bill # Air Force One (1997) .... Major Caldwell ... aka AFO ... aka Air Force One (Germany) # Colin Fitz (1997) .... Mr. O'Day ... aka Colin Fitz Lives! (USA: new title) # Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) .... Charlie Crisco ... aka Ghosts from the Past (UK) # Hit Me (1996) .... Policeman # The Writing on the Wall (1996) (TV) .... Petrocelli ... aka Operation Schmetterling (Germany) # Fargo movie buy and download page (1996) .... Jerome 'Jerry' Lundegaard # Andersonville (1996) (TV) .... Col. Chandler # Down Periscope (1996) .... Cmdr. Carl Knox (Orlando) # Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) (as W.H. Macy) .... Vice Principal Wolters # "Mystery Dance" .... Bob Wilson (1 episode, 1995) - Episode #1.1 (1995) TV episode .... Bob Wilson # Above Suspicion (1995) .... Pros. Atty. Schultz ... aka The Rhinehart Theory # Evolver (1995) (voice) (as W.H. Macy) .... Evolver # Tall Tale (1995) (uncredited) .... Railroad Magnate ... aka Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventures of Pecos Bill # Roommates (1995) (uncredited) .... Doctor # In the Shadow of Evil (1995) (TV) .... Dr. Frank Teague # Murder in the First (1995) .... D.A. William McNeil ... aka Meurtre à Alcatraz (France) # Oleanna (1994) .... John # Texan (1994) (TV) .... Doctor # Dead on Sight (1994) .... Steven Meeker # The Client (1994) .... Dr. Greenway # "L.A. Law" .... Bernard Ruskin (1 episode, 1993) - Rhyme and Punishment (1993) TV episode .... Bernard Ruskin # "Bakersfield P.D." .... Russell Karp (1 episode, 1993) - Cable Does Not Pay (1993) TV episode .... Russell Karp # Searching for Bobby movie buy and download page Fischer (1993) .... Tunafish Father ... aka Innocent Moves # Benny & Joon (1993) .... Randy Burch # Being Human (1993) .... Boris # Twenty Bucks (1993) .... Property Clerk # The Heart of Justice (1992) (TV) .... Booth # A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story (1992) (TV) .... Sean Hammel ... aka The Lovers of Deceit: The Carolyn Warmus Story (USA: alternative title) # The Water Engine (1992) (TV) .... Charles Lang # A Private Matter (1992) (TV) (as W.H. Macy) .... Psychiatrist ... aka Miss Sherri (USA: alternative title) # "Civil Wars" (1 episode, 1992) - Denise and De Nuptials (1992) TV episode # "Law & Order" .... Assistant U.S. Attorney John McCormack / ... (2 episodes, 1990-1992) ... aka Law & Order Prime (USA: informal title) - Sisters of Mercy (1992) TV episode .... Jack Powell - Everybody's Favorite Bagman (1990) TV episode (as W. H. Macy) .... Assistant U.S. Attorney John McCormack # In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion (1992) (TV) .... Ray Daniels ... aka Children of Fury # Shadows and Fog (1991) (as W. H. Macy) .... Cop with Spiro # Homicide (1991) .... Tim Sullivan # "ABC Afterschool Specials" .... Store Clerk (1 episode, 1990) - All That Glitters (1990) TV episode .... Store Clerk # Things Change (1988) (as W. H. Macy) .... Billy Drake # "Spenser: For Hire" .... Efrem Connors / ... (3 episodes, 1985-1988) - Play It Again, Sammy (1988) TV episode (as W.H. Macy) .... Efrem Connors - If You Knew Sammy (1987) TV episode (as W.H. Macy) .... Efrem Connors - The Choice (1985) TV episode (as W.H. Macy) .... D.A. # The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988) (TV) (as W.H. Macy) .... Randy # Lip Service (1988) (TV) (as W.H. Macy) .... Farmer # House of Games (1987) (as W.H. Macy) .... Sgt. Moran # "The Equalizer" .... Dr. Spalding (1 episode, 1987) - Hand and Glove (1987) TV episode .... Dr. Spalding # Radio Days (1987) (as W.H. Macy) .... Radio actor # "Alive from Off Center" (1 episode, 1987) - As Seen on TV (1987) TV episode (as W.H. Macy) # "Kate & Allie" .... Carl (1 episode, 1986) - General Hospital (1986) TV episode (as W.H. Macy) .... Carl # "Hometown" .... Loring Dixwell (1 episode, 1985) - Mary's Yen (1985) TV episode (as W.H. Macy) .... Loring Dixwell # The Last Dragon (1985) (as W.H. Macy) .... J.J. ... aka Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon # Joanna (1985) (TV) .... Napoleon Flipper # The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984) (TV) (as W.H. Macy) .... Socrates # The Dining Room (1984) (TV) (as W.H. Macy) .... Arthur/Charlie/Architect/Billy/Nick/Fred/Tony/Standish # The Cradle Will Fall (1983) (TV) (as W.H. Macy) .... Ben Duffy ... aka Mary Higgins Clark's The Cradle Will Fall (USA: complete title) # Without a Trace (1983) (as W.H. Macy) .... Reporter # "Another World" (1964) TV series .... Frank Fisk (unknown episodes, 1982) ... aka Another World: Bay City # Foolin' Around (1980) (as W.H. Macy) .... Bronski # Somewhere in Time (1980) (as W.H. Macy) .... Critic # "The Awakening Land" (1978) TV mini-series (as W.H. Macy) .... Will Beagle