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This is another idea from another forum that I liked, so I thought, "Why not us?" So here's one of mine:
William Fichtner
William Fichtner had a few minor roles in previous films, but was given his first chance at some real screen time in Steven Soderbergh's film The Underneath. In that role, he was able to show his versatility by switching between quiet contemplation and all out rage. A few more small roles came along until Albino Alligator was released in 96. Again given a role of a freaked out violent individual, he proves that he can play powerful men in extreme circumstances. The next year, he landed the role as the blind sympathetic friend to Jodie Foster in Contact. This role is what helped him escape the possible typecasting that he almost fell into. Armageddon helped make him recognizable to a larger audience, but it was his role as the worthless and diabolical husband in Drowning Mona that helped prove, once again, that he was one of the best character actors working in Hollywood. The roles just kept getting better and better after that, beginning with Passion of the Mind playing the romantic lead opposite Demi Moore. Fichtner is an excellent character actor that deserves more recognition that he gets. I hope that someday he will get a break like Chris Cooper did with Adaptation. He's one of my personal favorites.
Notable roles:
As the World Turns - Josh Snyder/Rod Landry (1987-1993)
Underneath - Tommy Dundee (1995)
Virtuosity - Wallace (1995)
Strange Days -Dwayne Engelman (1995)
Heat -Roger Van Zant (1995)
Albino Alligator - Law (1996)
Contact - Kent Clark (1997)
Switchback -Chief Jack McGinnis (1997)
Armageddon -Colonel William Sharp (1998)
Go - Burke (1999)
The Settlement - Jerry (1999)
Drowning Mona - Phil Dearly (2000)
Passion of Mind - Aaron Reilly (2000)
The Perfect Storm - Sully (2000)
Pearl Harbor - Danny's Father (2001)
Black Hawk Down - SFC. Jeff Sanderson (2001)
Equilibrium - Jurgen(2002)
Filming: Mr. and Mrs. Smith with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
William Fichtner
William Fichtner had a few minor roles in previous films, but was given his first chance at some real screen time in Steven Soderbergh's film The Underneath. In that role, he was able to show his versatility by switching between quiet contemplation and all out rage. A few more small roles came along until Albino Alligator was released in 96. Again given a role of a freaked out violent individual, he proves that he can play powerful men in extreme circumstances. The next year, he landed the role as the blind sympathetic friend to Jodie Foster in Contact. This role is what helped him escape the possible typecasting that he almost fell into. Armageddon helped make him recognizable to a larger audience, but it was his role as the worthless and diabolical husband in Drowning Mona that helped prove, once again, that he was one of the best character actors working in Hollywood. The roles just kept getting better and better after that, beginning with Passion of the Mind playing the romantic lead opposite Demi Moore. Fichtner is an excellent character actor that deserves more recognition that he gets. I hope that someday he will get a break like Chris Cooper did with Adaptation. He's one of my personal favorites.
Notable roles:
As the World Turns - Josh Snyder/Rod Landry (1987-1993)
Underneath - Tommy Dundee (1995)
Virtuosity - Wallace (1995)
Strange Days -Dwayne Engelman (1995)
Heat -Roger Van Zant (1995)
Albino Alligator - Law (1996)
Contact - Kent Clark (1997)
Switchback -Chief Jack McGinnis (1997)
Armageddon -Colonel William Sharp (1998)
Go - Burke (1999)
The Settlement - Jerry (1999)
Drowning Mona - Phil Dearly (2000)
Passion of Mind - Aaron Reilly (2000)
The Perfect Storm - Sully (2000)
Pearl Harbor - Danny's Father (2001)
Black Hawk Down - SFC. Jeff Sanderson (2001)
Equilibrium - Jurgen(2002)
Filming: Mr. and Mrs. Smith with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
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"Today, war is too important to be left to politicians. They have neither the time, the training, nor the inclination for strategic thought. I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids."
