William H. Macy

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William H. Macy at the Toronto International Film Festival (2012)

William Hall Macy (born March 13, 1950 in Miami , Florida ) is an American actor , screenwriter and director .

Life

He had his first role as a young boy in the play Camelot . At Goddard College in Vermont , he met the directors and writers Steven Schachter and Professor David Mamet , with whom he still works today. Macy dropped out of his veterinary studies after a few semesters and instead took acting lessons from Mamet. Together with his fellow students Joe Mantegna and Dennis Franz , he founded the theater group Mamet's Mafia . Together with Mamet, he also developed Practical Aesthetics, an acting technique he still teaches today at the Atlantic Theater Company's drama school.

In 1972 Macy, Mamet and Schachter moved to Chicago and founded the St. Nicholas Theater there . Two years later, Macy went to Los Angeles , where he hoped for a breakthrough as a film actor, but there were no major role offers for the time being. Instead, he celebrated great success as a theater director in New York from 1980 and received a Tony Award together with the ensemble for the revival of Thornton Wilder's play Our Little City . Hollywood also noticed him in the early 1990s . After a minor role in The Client (1994), he was nominated for Best Leading Actor for the 1995 Independent Spirit Award for his performance in Oleanna (1994) . This was followed by Mr. Holland's Opus (1995), Murder in the First (1995) and Fargo (1996) by the Coen brothers, for which he was nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actor .

In the years that followed, Macy took on supporting roles in such films as Boogie Nights , Air Force One , Psycho , Wag the Dog , Civil Trial , Pleasantville, Too Good To Be True , Magnolia, and Jurassic Park III . Since 2011 he can be seen in the role of Frank Gallagher in the successful series Shameless , for which he has already received several television awards, including the Screen Actors Guild Award .

Since the beginning of the 1990s, Macy has also appeared as a screenwriter. As such, he was mainly involved in television productions. In 1988 he made his directorial debut with a television film. His second feature film, Rudderless, followed in 2014, and The Layover was released in 2017 . Since 1997 he has been married to actress Felicity Huffman , with whom he has two daughters. On March 7, 2012, Macy was honored with a movie star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (at 7060 Hollywood Boulevard ); his wife also received a star there at the same time.

Filmography (selection)

As an actor

Macy with his wife Felicity Huffman at the award ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (2012)

As a director

  • 2014: Rudderless
  • 2015-2019: Shameless (TV series, 3 episodes)
  • 2017: Mister before Sister
  • 2017: Krystal

As a screenwriter

Awards (selection)

Oscar
Golden Globe Award
Screen Actors Guild Award

Primetime Emmy Award

  • 1997 : Nomination for Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series for ER
  • 2000 : Nomination for Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Sports Night
  • 2000: Nomination for Best Actor in a Miniseries or a TV Movie for A Slight Case of Murder
  • 2003 : Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or a TV Movie for From Door to Door
  • 2003: Award for Best Screenplay for a Miniseries, a TV Movie or a Dramatic Special for From Door to Door
  • 2004 : Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a TV Movie for Stealing Sinatra
  • 2005 : Nomination for Best Actor in a Miniseries or a TV Movie for The Wool Cap
  • 2005: Nomination for Best Miniseries for The Wool Cap (as producer)
  • 2007 : Nomination for Best Actor in a Miniseries or a TV Movie for Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
  • 2014 : Nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Shameless
  • 2015 : Nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Shameless
  • 2016 : Nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Shameless
  • 2017 : Nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Shameless
  • 2018 : Nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for Shameless

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personal data
SURNAME Macy, William H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Macy, William Hall (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor, screenwriter and director
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Miami , Florida, United States