William Petersen Biography

Fast Facts

• Honored with Hollywood Walk of Fame star located at 6667 Hollywood Blvd․, right in front of the legendary Musso & Frank Grill, on February 3, 2009
• In 1972, Petersen graduated from Bishop Kelly High School in Boise, Idaho
• Received a football scholarship to Idaho State University
• Petersen's family is of Danish and German heritage
• Petersen performed with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company
• Co-founder of Remains Theater Ensemble with well-known Chicago actors Gary Cole and Ted Levine
• When he first became intrigued by acting, his studies heavily concentrated on Basque culture and the Basque language
• Described a near death experience he had in the 1980s, which assured him that there is an afterlife, to Playboy Magazine in 2004