William Petersen Biography

Fast Facts

• Attended Idaho State University on a football scholarship
• An avid Chicago Cubs fan
• Started a production company with longtime friend Cynthia Chvatal called High Horse
• Made his Broadway debut on March 21, 1996, in the Tennessee Williams play The Night of the Iguana as Rev
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• A great TV criminologist on CSI, he wasn't much of a science student in school
• "Terrible," he told TV Guide in 2003
• "I'm not sure I ever passed a science test
• I didn't see it applying to my life in any way
• " Celebrated the birth of twins (via surrogate) on July 5, 2011