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  • Birth Name: William Hall Macy Jr.
  • Birth Place: Miami, FL
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/13/1950, Pisces
  • Profession: Actor; writer; producer
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A consummate character actor adept at playing loners and losers of all stripes, Macy owes his career in large part to one man: Oscar-nominated writer/director David Mamet. After meeting at college, the two move... read more
  • Upfronts: TBS Feels More Payne, More Less | Today's News: Our Take | 5/14/2008
    TBS' half of Turner's Wednesday upfronts presentation kicked off with renewal news for Tyler Perry's House of Payne (returning in June) and 10 Items or Less. The laugh-centric cabler then announced a development slate featuring:• National Banana Already in Progress, a late-night sketch show exec-produced by Jerry Zucker (Airplane!).• A scripted comedy produced by Def Jam's Russell Simmons and starring Run DMC's "Run."• A half-hour laffer exec-produced by and starring William H. Macy.• A late-night reality series which returns middle-aged men to their frat boy days. (And you thought all it took was a case of Pabst.)• An improv show exec-produced by Jamie Foxx.• Top Ten, which claims to "pit comedians against each other."Bookmark our FALL TV GRID | Review All of Our FALL TV NEWS read more
  • "Big" Sexy and the City Scoop, and More Movie News | Today's News: Our Take | 10/2/2007
    Lest any aspect of this film not be leaked out before it's anywhere close to the Cineplex, Page Six reports that Sex and the City: The Movie today is lensing (Spoiler alert) Carrie and Big's wedding — at St. Patrick's Cathedral.... Rome's James Purefoy has been cast as 16th-century Puritan swordsman Solomon Kane in a pic of the same name.... British scribe Steven Moffat (Doctor Who) is taking a first crack at Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's Tintin trilogy.... William H. Macy and Cheryl Hines are bickering parents of a nerdy high school senior in Bart Got a Room.... Per Variety, Derek Luke has replaced Wesley Snipes (whose tax-fraud problems make it hard to travel) in Spike Lee's WWII drama, Miracle at St. Anna, lensing in Italy. read more
  • Casting: Annie Potts Bags Felicity Huffman's Husband | Today's News: Our Take | 9/18/2007
    Oh, don't go calling The Star. The Designing Woman has just been cast as William H. Macy's missus in his upcoming TNT show Family Man, about a closet burglar. That is, he's secretly a burglar, he doesn't only burgle closets. In other casting news, Tony-winning Jersey Boy Christian Hoff has joined the Fox pilot Hackett as a foil for Donal Logue's wacky schoolteacher. read more
  • ER Invites Old Favorites to Scrub Back In | Today's News: Our Take | 8/21/2007
    There's no series finale written and producers and cast aren't yet ready to sign off for good but if, as many predict, ER's County General closes its doors at the end of its upcoming 14th season, the NBC drama wants to lure back as many of its cast as it can. Noah Wyle (Dr. John Carter), who's popped in and out of the show for a number of years, is returning for multiple episodes, and there will be no running around in Africa this time. "He'll be in Chicago in the ER, interacting with all our people," executive producer David Zabel tells TVGuide.com. The doc is back to check out the Joshua Carter Center, a gift from his big-bucks family, as well as for a medical concern. In turn, ER is hoping to bring back Thandie Newton, who plays Carter's wife Kem. Zabel says they've also talked to Gloria Reuben (as Jeannie Boulet) and Julianna Margulies (Carol Hathaway) about returns. "Julianna's doing a show now (midseason's Canterbury's Law), but we can always write a story that can shoot in a ... read more
  • Short Takes: Spider-Man, Stevie Wonder and More! | Today's News: Our Take | 8/3/2007
    Come Oct. 30, Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 will be available on Blu-ray HD in the Spider-Man High Definition Trilogy Set. Spider-Man 3 will also be available as a stand-alone. Living legend Stevie Wonder is going to tour the U.S. for the first time in decades starting Aug. 23. At present, the Wonder Summer's Night tour is set to include 13 cities, but he may still add a few dates. TNT has OK'd a pilot for Family Man, an hour drama starring William H. Macy as an everyday dad by day, criminal mastermind by night. If he really wants to do projects this kooky, he oughta just join wife Felicity Huffman on Wisteria Lane and be done with it, already.Friday's Today's News was written by Ben Katner. read more

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The Tale Of Despereaux (Actor - Lester) 2008 Movie
Wild Hogs (Actor - Dudley Frank) 2007 Movie
AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers (Appearing) 2006 TV Show Series
Bobby (Actor - Paul Ebbers) 2006 Movie
Curious George (Narrator) 2006 TV Show Series

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ER: A Long, Strange Trip
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Posted: 2/6/2009 Length: 43m 37s
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Hollywood News: Party Patrol: Mark...
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Posted: 9/18/2008 Length: 1m 47s
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Inside Actors Studio: William H....
Williams H. Macy discusses his weepy...
Network: Bravo
Posted: 3/6/2009
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Star Bites: Reese Witherspoon
Reese Witherspoon on fifties clothes in...
Network: Biography
Posted: 9/30/2008
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Shootout: William H. Macy's Two...
William H. Macy, producer and star of THE...
Network: AMC
Posted: 8/21/2008 Length: 1m 34s
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