Fichtner is great in everything, but his 5 minutes in "the West Wing"? A whole masterclass right there. I understand no one remembers that but I will never EVER not be impressed by that performance.
Yeah I remember him playing a very conservative, but extremely intelligent jurist who has a great back and forth the president some fun verbal sparring with Glenn Close. It’s a really stand-out performance in one of the great West Wing episodes.
I’ve often thought Bill Fichtner was a guy you could sit down and have a coffee or a drink with and forget he was an actor. This interview did nothing to dispel that notion. Down to earth, personable, Everyman. Loved him in Perfect Storm, Heat & Contact. I hope he continues to get roles in films.
agree! i see him and still hate him from Heat.....cause he WAS that guy. Thats great acting. i really enjoyed this cause now i know he just a good guy and great actor
@@emiliospowerballer1441 100% his best role, he mesmerises the audience as Alexander Mahon and helps brings season 2 to life. His character arc is also incredible, not just the writing but his acting, to go from hated company assassin (similarly to Paul) to a beloved part of the team. By the end of the show he was my favourite character haha
Yes hes been in so many movies. I first started to recognize him when I saw Armageddon in theaters as a kid. Ppl forget hes in the beginning of The Dark Knight too.
He wasnt in harry potter, lord of the rings, the matrix movies. also wasnt in the departed, the lion king, avengers. i could keep listing movies he isnt in. this comment section is inaccurate.
Same as Xander Berkeley. 99% of people wouldn't know his name but he just turns up in great movies, a lot of them. He was also Waingro in LA Takedown, the movie that Heat was a remake of.
He was also in Equilibrium William Ficthner is one of those actors, you know his face but you can never remember his name, and you always know he is fantastic.
Oh yay, someone else who saw that movie! I got to see it in theaters, but literally missed like the first 20 odd minutes. Didn't care, still loved that first viewing.
Just like John C. McGinley, he's that guy from that thing. They need to make a movie together so no one will know their names, but everyone will recognize them.
Used to rent that movie all the time from the local movie rental place. Had a friend that loved X and all that jazz, told him about it and he stole it. Haven't watched it since. Probably the late 90's. He ended up taking too many drugs an going mad. I think he went Schizophrenia on us too. Ended up in crazy homes and hospitals. Kinda like Syd Barrett. Don't do drugs, kids. At least not much of the hard drugs.
I was trying to remember the first film I saw him in. It was Go! That movie is such a hoot! 'Gimme your wallet....now get outta here, you're baaad luck!'
i swear this guy is always in some of my favorite movies but hes never had a big role. i love him as alexander mahone in prison break, this guy is a great actor.
He’s pretty much the only reason I finished watching that show. It started great and just kept getting sillier and sillier, William Fichtner really was great though
I remember him from Crossing Lines with Donald Sutherland (great show) and Prison Break; he still looks good in 2021.Watched him in The Neighbor last year. He is talented, no question about that.
Buffalo wanted my dad to play for them when he graduated college in the early 60's but my mother forbid it, that was back when those guys didn't make millions of dollars and after 7 or 8 years in pro football they were done, busted up and not worth a darn for anything else.
Heat is one of the best of all time. I stay at the hotel in LA where this was filmed. I have walked the bank shootout a few times while there. Wonderful! I wish Michael Mann had more of these in him!
I'm watching Prison Break right now, him & Robert Knepper are absolutely brilliant & carry the show on their (very) capable shoulders. Wicked acting skills & sheer f*cking talent, both of them. Cheers !
Heat is a great movie and is also a good movie for movie nerds like myself for the goofs and continuity errors it contains, which does not at all take away from how awesome the movie is. Best of both worlds!
This guy had a great friendship with Ray Liotta back in 2002, he's a really cool guy who's good at everything related to performance, he does the voice of Ken Rosenberg and Sandman, he's a really cool guy
William Fichtner Show 1. Harland - American Dad 2005 Movies 2. General Adams -; Independence Day 2 Resurgence 2016 3. Bank Manager - The Dark Knight 2008 4. Sanderson - Black Hawk Down 2001 Games 5. Sandman - Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 2011 6. Ken Rosenberg - Grand Theft Auto Vice City, San Andreas 2002 - 2004
Fichtner likes classic muscle cars and he bought a Plymouth Road Runner when he was filming "Armageddon." Bruce Willis found out and as a prank, he poured a quart of motor oil underneath the engine when it was parked so Fichtner would think the engine block was cracked.
This guy is like a brilliant ingredient. Put him in any film and it instantly improves it.
He’s got that IT factor
Agreed!
Armageddon is a good example
The accountant (character), Perfect Storm, Pearl Harbor to name a few. I saw Go in the theater and I think he was in that too.
Heat, Black Hawk Down, Perfect Storm, Armageddon can go on and on
One of the most underrated actors out there. Great presence. Big time Bills fan. Gotta love that too.
The fact they actually recorded that scene as a real phone conversation, rather than just separate shots edited together, is absolutely amazing.
Unlike the coffee scene.
Fichtner is great in everything, but his 5 minutes in "the West Wing"? A whole masterclass right there. I understand no one remembers that but I will never EVER not be impressed by that performance.
I remember...big WW fan and first time I saw this guy ...impressive
With Glenn Close
"The Supremes" excellent episode
Yeah I remember him playing a very conservative, but extremely intelligent jurist who has a great back and forth the president some fun verbal sparring with Glenn Close. It’s a really stand-out performance in one of the great West Wing episodes.
I’ve often thought Bill Fichtner was a guy you could sit down and have a coffee or a drink with and forget he was an actor. This interview did nothing to dispel that notion. Down to earth, personable, Everyman. Loved him in Perfect Storm, Heat & Contact. I hope he continues to get roles in films.
He was great in Black Hawk Down. That's where I first saw him
@@99bimmer You’re right... forgot about that one.
Man, in Contact he was epic.
Easily one of my favorite actors, always sells the role no matter what; evil, good, every shade between.
He's also a really nice guy.
He’s great in dark knight
He is awesome 👍😎
agree! i see him and still hate him from Heat.....cause he WAS that guy. Thats great acting. i really enjoyed this cause now i know he just a good guy and great actor
Bran muffins for everyone....
Actors like him never get old.
William Fichtner is an American Treasure
Well said!
So true. He can shoplift anything anytime he wants.
This guy has hardly aged over the years. He looks the same from Heat to Dark Knight to now.
i loved his performance in prison break, i think thats his best part ever
Maybe it's cos he is blue-eyed?
He must live right, because you're right.
@@emiliospowerballer1441 100% his best role, he mesmerises the audience as Alexander Mahon and helps brings season 2 to life. His character arc is also incredible, not just the writing but his acting, to go from hated company assassin (similarly to Paul) to a beloved part of the team. By the end of the show he was my favourite character haha
What roll did he have in HEAT?
I SERIOUSLY DO NOT REMEMBER HIM IN THAT MOVIE
William is such a great actor, he was great in Silence of the Lambs even though he wasn’t even in it
😂😂🤣
Sharp. Very sharp
Thanks for the new material ! Good to be a hack ...
It’s crazy how many movies and tv shows he’s been in. Great actor
Fichtner, James Cromwell, Ed Harris, such underrated actors
62 years old when this was recorded. William looks great, must really take care of himself.
He can afford cosmetics the rest of us can not...just sayin
Totally underrated actor.
William is living the dream. The amount of blockbusters this guy has been in, is amazing. And 99% of America doesn't know his name.
I like him in Black Hawk Down.
99% of America can't even pronounce his name!!
Yes hes been in so many movies. I first started to recognize him when I saw Armageddon in theaters as a kid. Ppl forget hes in the beginning of The Dark Knight too.
I know damn well what his name is! It's Billiam....Buck...Willie Flickmacker!
Prison break
Fichtner is a great actor. He was awesome on Entourage.
Loved him in Black Hawk Down, The Perfect Storm and The West Wing.
@@joemckim1183 'Go' and 'Pearl Harbor'. OK, even 'Drowning Mona".
Phil Yagoda
I saw William Fichtner on a flight from LA to NY. He looks exactly the same in person as he does on film. I was the only one who recognized.
I feel like this dude has somehow been in every movie I’ve ever seen.
Lolo he has..;)
@@BX0207 He was in Armageddon and Contact.
His IMDB page is ridiculous. He has been in everything.
He wasnt in harry potter, lord of the rings, the matrix movies. also wasnt in the departed, the lion king, avengers. i could keep listing movies he isnt in. this comment section is inaccurate.
Same as Xander Berkeley. 99% of people wouldn't know his name but he just turns up in great movies, a lot of them. He was also Waingro in LA Takedown, the movie that Heat was a remake of.
He was also in Equilibrium William Ficthner is one of those actors, you know his face but you can never remember his name, and you always know he is fantastic.
Oh yay, someone else who saw that movie! I got to see it in theaters, but literally missed like the first 20 odd minutes. Didn't care, still loved that first viewing.
Just like John C. McGinley, he's that guy from that thing. They need to make a movie together so no one will know their names, but everyone will recognize them.
Ha! Clever
One of the best character actors in the business. I see his name in the credits I'm watching it.
This guy is great in everything! 😁
Loved him in Blackhawk down!!!
Was thinking the _same_ thing. I believe it's William Fichtner's greatest role for the understated nature of it.
I'm here to add my voice to the chorus of those praising this actor, William Fichtner, for his journeyman work in bringing so many characters to life.
Easily one of my favorite character actors and funny AF as well.
Great in Armageddon.
I only know him from just a handful of films but I damn like him. He is fun!
Great underrated actor
He's great in "Go".
“Can we make a deal? Let’s make a deal.” “Who are you, Monty Hall?” 😂
Used to rent that movie all the time from the local movie rental place. Had a friend that loved X and all that jazz, told him about it and he stole it. Haven't watched it since. Probably the late 90's. He ended up taking too many drugs an going mad. I think he went Schizophrenia on us too. Ended up in crazy homes and hospitals. Kinda like Syd Barrett.
Don't do drugs, kids. At least not much of the hard drugs.
I was trying to remember the first film I saw him in. It was Go! That movie is such a hoot! 'Gimme your wallet....now get outta here, you're baaad luck!'
Incredible character actor
Perfect Storm before, during and after
One of the coolest actors ever! Recently saw Black Hawk Down again and still love it!
fantastic, absolutely enjoyable actor to watch in whatever he pops up in. incredibly versatile, consistent and convincing.
Love this guy - love him even more knowing what a HUGE Bills fan he is!
Gteat in Perfect Storm
William Fichtner...love this guy. Always have. Plays a great villian.
William is amazing. Always delivers
Didn't think there were stories left to tell from *Heat*, but he still had a few more. Thanks for the upload, and thank you Will for memorable roles
i swear this guy is always in some of my
favorite movies but hes never had a big role. i love him as alexander mahone in prison break, this guy is a great actor.
He was the reason I watched 2 seasons of Crossing Lines.
Same here.
Such a great actor and a fantastic interview. William Fichtner. Now I can find all the films he's been in.
"I can feel when you're in heat", dude thinks William Fichtner is a cat...
He is a cat.
Lol, I was thinking the same.
I’ve been a fan of his forever. Amazing talent💕
William is a talented actor, I always enjoy watching his characters.
Loved him in Black Hawk Down. And he was hilarious as "The Accountant" in Drive Angry as well :D
same
Him and T-Bag were the best things in prison break
He’s pretty much the only reason I finished watching that show. It started great and just kept getting sillier and sillier, William Fichtner really was great though
William Fichtner character was great he did a great job in that show
West Wing, Season 5, Episode 17: "The Supremes" -- just go watch it. He completely crushed that episode and he was "just" one of the guest stars.
you never see william or deadliest catches sig in the same room at the same time.....🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Heat is an absolute masterpiece.
One of my favorites Awesome movie
Fun fact: during that huge shootout, they used the actual gun sounds because they couldn't duplicate it better in post production.
Couldn’t agree more...
Agreed. I have to watch it every few years. It’s always nice to revisit it. My kid is 16 so I figure she might like it at this point.
Watched twice this week
I remember him from Contact, now that’s going back!
I remember him from Crossing Lines with Donald Sutherland (great show) and Prison Break; he still looks good in 2021.Watched him in The Neighbor last year. He is talented, no question about that.
I remember him from "Go", which was released around the same time, I believe.
He comes across as a great guy. I bet he can tell some fantastic stories after a few beers.
"I can just feel when you're in heat." - Rich Eisen
One of the best ... super underrated actor 👍😎
He was BRILLIANT in prison break.
Saw the thumbnail....Rich Eisen William Finchner. Yeah I might just click on that 😀
that scene in season 3 when he performed a heroin withdraw in the motel room… what a masterpiece
Yes thats where i first discovered him
"I can just feel when you're in heat" is the first sentence in this video.
He’s permanently 50.
Ever since I saw him in Contact, I keep thinking he's blind
Like the seamless way he changes the topic of conversation.
Black Hawk Down - "I hear bells ringin!" Ewan Mc Gregor said the line but in the presence of Will, great line great sequence, he made it sing.
That relieved laugh
“ I was a battered husband “ best line ever! Thanks.....Phil!
Loved his character in prison break
William Fichtner is one of the best interviewees in Hollywood!
Heat is my favorite film of all time.
I like this actor. Known him in movies. ❤
Check him out in "Go!". Cool flick from the late 90's.
@John Swid and MORE! Love love love that movie...
He's a huge part of my childhood
Heat one of the best movies ever!
Have to appreciate & respect Buffalo fans’ perspective. Yes it’s nice when our team wins it all but in the scheme of things it’s a game.
Buffalo wanted my dad to play for them when he graduated college in the early 60's but my mother forbid it, that was back when those guys didn't make millions of dollars and after 7 or 8 years in pro football they were done, busted up and not worth a darn for anything else.
Heat is one of the best of all time. I stay at the hotel in LA where this was filmed. I have walked the bank shootout a few times while there. Wonderful! I wish Michael Mann had more of these in him!
LOVED the tv series Invasion..my first Fichtner experience, great actor.
William is a fabulous bad guy.
He was brilliant as Christopher Mulready in The West Wing.
Sig Hansen is so multi talented, not only does he operate a King Crab boat but he's a famous actor as well.
Lmao good one
The embodiment of the 'that guy' actor. I love him so much I learned his name by heart to stop thinking.... that guy.
I'm watching Prison Break right now, him & Robert Knepper are absolutely brilliant & carry the show on their (very) capable shoulders.
Wicked acting skills & sheer f*cking talent, both of them. Cheers !
Been a fan since he killed it on As The World Turns
He is great in every role he is in.
He also played Kent, the blind astrophysicist in Contact
I forgot he was in that
“I can just feel when you’re in heat” amazing
There is an episode of The West Wing with him and Glenn Close as nominees for the Supreme Court that is absolutely phenomenal.
Great actor always love his role
Great guy.
I love these anecdotes.
Every time I see him all I think of is As the world turns.... I miss the good old days!
Heat is a great movie and is also a good movie for movie nerds like myself for the goofs and continuity errors it contains, which does not at all take away from how awesome the movie is. Best of both worlds!
Heat is one of my favorite movies. What are the goofs and errors?
What's he talking about. Obviously he doesn't know what he's talking about
This guy had a great friendship with Ray Liotta back in 2002, he's a really cool guy who's good at everything related to performance, he does the voice of Ken Rosenberg and Sandman, he's a really cool guy
*"DO YOU KNOW WHOSE BANK THIS IS? ALL OF YOU ARE DEAD!!"*
- *'The Dark Knight'*
Completely butchered that quote, but thanks for playing.
This guy was awesome in blades of glory. 🤣🤣🤣
Actors are amazing they read things other people wrote and get awards for it.
Savage Life....10 to 1 says you couldn't earn one goddamn dime doin what that man does for a living....
He has some of the best hair out there
This guy pops up everywhere, he's cool
Great Actor. Great video...😎
Big time underrated actor.
William Fichtner
Show
1. Harland - American Dad 2005
Movies
2. General Adams -; Independence Day 2 Resurgence 2016
3. Bank Manager - The Dark Knight 2008
4. Sanderson - Black Hawk Down 2001
Games
5. Sandman - Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 2011
6. Ken Rosenberg - Grand Theft Auto Vice City, San Andreas 2002 - 2004
"That's 'De Niro'...he's telling me I'm gonna die...I'm fine with that!" 😂😂😂
One of the best,realistic firefights EVER! HEAT BABY!
❤lo amo esta guapisimo
"I could just feel when you're in heat".
Kinky
Bill Fichtner did a GREAT JOB as a Delta operator in "Black Hawk Down".
Along with Timothy, he was amazing in "Go". Helluva film.
Great stories, Bill. (Your SABO brother)
Fichtner likes classic muscle cars and he bought a Plymouth Road Runner when he was filming "Armageddon." Bruce Willis found out and as a prank, he poured a quart of motor oil underneath the engine when it was parked so Fichtner would think the engine block was cracked.