William L. Petersen

Acting

William L. Petersen

Born 1953-02-21 Evanston, Illinois, USA 34 films

William Louis Petersen is an American actor and producer, best known for playing Dr. Gilbert "Gil" Grissom on the hit CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Richard Chance in the film To Live and Die in L.A., and Will Graham in the film Manhunter. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Petersen attended Idaho State University on a football scholarship, where he first tried acting and immediately joined the drama department, before leaving to work in the Basque co…

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Filmography

34 films
The Contender poster

The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret conte…

The Contender

★ 6.7 2000

The Skulls poster

A senior at an Ivy League college, who depends on scholarships and working on the side, gets accept…

The Skulls

★ 5.8 2000

Kiss the Sky poster

Two professionals, Jeff and Marty, take a business trip to the Philippines. Their deep dissatisfact…

Kiss the Sky

★ 5.2 1998

The Rat Pack poster

After a brief flash-forward to Frank Sinatra as an old man, saying "I miss my guys," the movie's ma…

The Rat Pack

★ 5.9 1998

Gunshy poster

When the New York journalist Jake Bridges catches his girlfriend with another guy, he goes to Atlan…

Gunshy

★ 5.4 1998

12 Angry Men poster

During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the gu…

12 Angry Men

★ 7.7 1997

The Beast poster

Mysterious things happen at the coast of Graves Point: An empty boat lies at the shore, divers vani…

The Beast

★ 7.0 1996

Fear poster

Nicole Walker always dreamed of being swept away by someone special — someone strong, sexy and sens…

Fear

★ 6.7 1996

Curaçao poster

Cornelius Wettering and Stephen Guerin are expatriates living in Curaçao. They're bound together by…

Curaçao

★ 6.4 1993