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{{Infobox person
| name               = William H. Macy
| image              = File:William H Macy at TIFF 2025.jpg
| caption            = Macy in 2025
| other_names        = W. H. Macy
| birth_name         = William Hall Macy Jr.
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age |1950|3|13}}
| birth_place        = [[Miami]], [[Florida]], U.S.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/44480/William-H-Macy/biography|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140306130236/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/44480/William-H-Macy/biography|url-status = dead|archive-date = March 6, 2014|work = [[The New York Times]]|author = Rebecca Flint Marx|date = 2014|title = William H. Macy – Biography|access-date = April 15, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.biography.com/people/william-h-macy-9394792|title = William H. Macy – Biography|access-date = April 15, 2015|website = Biography.com|publisher = [[A&E Television Networks]], LLC.}}</ref>
| education          = [[Allegany High School]]
| alma_mater         = [[Bethany College (West Virginia)|Bethany College]]<br>[[Goddard College]]<br>[[HB Studio]]
| occupation         = {{csv|Actor|director|producer|writer}}
| years_active       = 1963–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Felicity Huffman]]|1997}}
| children           = 2
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by William H. Macy|Full list]]
}}

'''William Hall Macy Jr.''' (born March 13, 1950) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is a two-time [[Emmy Award]] and four-time [[Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Award]] winner, and has been nominated for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]], a [[New York Drama Critics' Circle|Drama Critics' Circle Award]], and five [[Golden Globe Awards]].  

Macy rose to prominence for his collaborations with playwright [[David Mamet]], before building a film career on appearances in small, [[independent films]],<ref name="Maxim">{{Cite journal |last=Robert |first=Abele |date=July 2001 |title=Interview with William H. Macy |journal=[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]] |page=84}}</ref> earning two [[Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Award]] nominations. His first major role in a mainstream film was Jerry Lundegaard in ''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]'' (1996). For his performance in ''Fargo'', Macy received critical acclaim and a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]].

Macy's subsequent mainstream film roles include ''[[Boogie Nights]]'' (1997), ''[[Air Force One (film)|Air Force One]]'' (1997), [[Magnolia (film)|''Magnolia'']] (1999), ''[[Mystery Men]]'' (1999), ''[[Jurassic Park III]]'' (2001), ''[[Bobby (2006 film)|Bobby]]'' (2006), ''[[Thank You For Smoking]]'' (2005), ''[[Room (2015 film)|Room]]'' (2015), ''[[Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes]]'' (2024), and ''[[The Running Man (2025 film)|The Running Man]]'' (2025). From 2011 to 2021, he starred as Frank Gallagher on the television series ''[[Shameless (American TV series)|Shameless]]''. He played [[List of ER characters#David Morgenstern|Dr. David Morgenstern]] on ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' (1994–2009).

==Early life==
Macy was born on March 13, 1950, in Miami, Florida, and grew up in Georgia and Maryland.<ref name=tca>Stated on ''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]'', 2004</ref> His father, William Hall Macy Sr. (1922–2007), was awarded the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] and an [[Air Medal]] for flying a [[B-17 Flying Fortress]] bomber in [[World War II]]; he later ran a construction company in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], and worked for [[Dun & Bradstreet]] before taking over a [[Cumberland, Maryland]]–based insurance agency when Macy was nine years old. Macy's mother, Lois (née Overstreet; 1920–2001), was a war widow who met Macy's father after her first husband died in 1943. Macy has described her as a "[[Southern belle]]".<ref>{{cite web| url= https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019192/bio |title=William H. Macy Biography  |publisher= [[Yahoo! Movies]] |access-date=July 7, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/63/William-H-Macy.html | title=William H. Macy Biography (1950–) | publisher=Film Reference}}</ref><ref name=stm>{{Cite news|title=MACY'S ROOTS RUN DEEP INTO PASCAGOULA |publisher=Sun Herald |date=April 11, 2004 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BX&s_site=sunherald&p_multi=BX&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=101F89EE2659518D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130130014352/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BX&s_site=sunherald&p_multi=BX&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=101F89EE2659518D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 30, 2013 |access-date=May 13, 2019}}</ref>

Macy graduated from [[Allegany High School]] in Cumberland, Maryland, in 1968. He attended [[Bethany College (West Virginia)|Bethany College]] in West Virginia, where he studied [[veterinary medicine]].<ref name="Maxim"/> A "wretched student" by his own admission, he transferred to [[Goddard College]] in rural Vermont, where he studied under playwright [[David Mamet]], and graduated in 1972. He studied theater at [[HB Studio]]<ref>[https://hbstudio.org/about-hb-studio/alumni/ HB Studio Alumni]</ref> in New York City.

==Career==
After graduating from Goddard, Macy originated roles in a number of plays by collaborator David Mamet, such as ''[[American Buffalo (play)|American Buffalo]]''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dettmer |first=Roger |date=October 25, 1975 |title='Buffalo' only fragments of the intended |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9956051/american_buffalo/ |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |location=Chicago, Illinois |page=1:14 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=February 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209220150/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9956051/american_buffalo/ |archive-date=February 9, 2019 |url-status=live }} {{Open access}}</ref> and ''[[The Water Engine]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Harris |first=Andrew B. |title=Broadway Theatre |url=https://archive.org/details/broadwaytheatre0000harr |url-access=registration | access-date=April 16, 2008 |year=1994 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=0-415-10520-X |page=[https://archive.org/details/broadwaytheatre0000harr/page/98 98] |quote=By 1975, David Mamet and the St Nicholas Theater had settled in Chicago.}}</ref> While in Chicago in his twenties, he did a TV commercial. He was required to join [[AFTRA]] in order to do the commercial, and received his SAG card within a year, which for an elated Macy represented an important moment in his career.<ref>Moynihan, Rob (January 19, 2015). "How I Got My [[Screen Actors Guild|SAG]]-[[AFTRA]] Card", ''[[TV Guide]]''. p. 8</ref>

Macy spent time in [[Los Angeles]] before moving to [[New York City]] in 1980, where he had roles in over fifty [[Off Broadway]] and [[Broadway play]]s. One of his earliest on-screen roles was as a theater critic congratulating [[Christopher Reeve]] in 1980's ''[[Somewhere in Time (film)|Somewhere In Time]]'', under the name W.H. Macy, so as not to be confused with the actor [[Bill Macy]]. Another memorable early performance was as a turtle named Socrates in the direct-to-video film ''[[The Boy Who Loved Trolls]]'' (1984). 

[[File:William H. Macy at the 62nd Annual Peabody Awards.jpg|thumb|upright|Macy at the [[Peabody Awards|62nd Annual Peabody Awards]], May 2003]]
He had a minor role as a hospital orderly on the sitcom ''[[Kate & Allie]]'' in the fourth-season episode "General Hospital", and played an assistant district attorney in "[[Everybody's Favorite Bagman]]", the first produced episode of ''[[Law & Order]]''. In both appearances, he was billed as W. H. Macy. He has appeared in numerous films that Mamet wrote or directed, such as ''[[House of Games]]'' (1987), ''[[Things Change (film)|Things Change]]'' (1988), ''[[Homicide (1991 film)|Homicide]]'' (1991), ''[[Oleanna (film)|Oleanna]]'' (1994) (reprising the role he originated in the [[Oleanna (play)|play of the same name]]), ''[[Wag the Dog]]'' (1997), ''[[State and Main]]'' (2000) and ''[[Spartan (film)|Spartan]]'' (2004).

Macy's leading role in ''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]'' (1996) helped boost his career and recognizability, though at the expense of nearly confining him to a narrow [[Typecasting (acting)|typecast]] of a worried man down on his luck.<ref>{{cite web|first=Gina|last=McIntyre |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2072068 |title=William H. Macy, actor |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|location=Los Angeles, California|date=January 8, 2004 |access-date=July 7, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009031037/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2072068 |archive-date=October 9, 2007 }}</ref> Other Macy roles of the 1990s and 2000s included ''[[Benny & Joon]]'' (1993), ''[[The Client (1994 film)|The Client]]'' (1994), ''[[Above Suspicion (1995 film)|Above Suspicion]]'' (1995), ''[[Mr. Holland's Opus]]'' (1995), ''[[Ghosts of Mississippi]]'' (1996), ''[[Air Force One (film)|Air Force One]]'' (1997), ''[[Boogie Nights]]'' (1997), ''[[A Civil Action (film)|A Civil Action]]'' (1998), ''[[Pleasantville (film)|Pleasantville]]'' (1998), [[Gus Van Sant]]'s remake of ''[[Psycho (1998 film)|Psycho]]'' (1998), ''[[Happy, Texas (film)|Happy, Texas]]'' (1999), ''[[Mystery Men]]'' (1999), ''[[Magnolia (film)|Magnolia]]'' (1999),  ''[[Panic (2000 film)|Panic]]'' (2000), ''[[Jurassic Park III]]'' (2001), ''[[Focus (2001 film)|Focus]]'' (2001), ''[[Welcome to Collinwood]]'' (2002), ''[[Seabiscuit (film)|Seabiscuit]]'' (2003), ''[[The Cooler]]'' (2003),  ''[[Cellular (film)|Cellular]]'' (2004), ''[[Sahara (2005 movie)|Sahara]]'' (2005), ''[[Everyone's Hero]]'' (2006) and ''[[Bobby (2006 film)|Bobby]]'' (2006).

He had a recurring role on ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' (1994–2009) and ''[[Sports Night]]'' (1999–2000). Both roles earned him an Emmy nomination for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series]]. Macy wrote and starred in ''[[Door to Door (film)|Door to Door]]'' in 2002, winning an Emmy for writing and acting.<ref>{{cite web | last=Martin | first=Denise | title=TNT opens ‘Door’ to more made-fors | website=Variety | date=September 28, 2003 | url=https://variety.com/2003/tv/news/tnt-opens-door-to-more-made-fors-1117893067/ | access-date=July 7, 2025}}</ref>

In a November 2003 interview with ''[[USA Today]]'', Macy stated that he wanted to star in a big-budget [[action film]] "for the money, for the security of a [[Media franchise|franchise]] like that. And I love big action-adventure movies. They're way cool."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2003-11-23-macy-action_x.htm|title=William H. Macy wants to be action hero|newspaper=USA Today|date=November 23, 2003|access-date=September 25, 2016}}</ref> He serves as director-in-residence at the [[Atlantic Theater Company]] in New York, where he teaches a technique called [[Practical Aesthetics]]. A book describing the technique, ''A Practical Handbook for the Actor'' ({{ISBN|0-394-74412-8}}), is dedicated to Macy and Mamet.

In 2007, Macy starred in ''[[Wild Hogs]]'', a film about middle-aged men reliving their youthful days by taking to the open road on their [[Harley-Davidson]] motorcycles from [[Cincinnati]] to the [[Pacific Coast]]. Despite being critically panned, with a 14% "rotten" rating from [[Rotten Tomatoes]], it was a financial success, grossing over $168 million.<ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wild_hogs/ ''Wild Hogs''], Rotten Tomatoes, Retrieved 07/28/10</ref> The film also reunited him with his ''[[A Civil Action (film)|A Civil Action]]'' costar, [[John Travolta]]. In 2009, Macy completed filming on ''[[The Maiden Heist]]'', a comedy that co-starred [[Morgan Freeman]] and [[Christopher Walken]].

[[File:William H. Macy.jpg|thumb|upright|Macy in 2010]]
In June 2008, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced Macy and his wife, [[Felicity Huffman]], would each receive a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in the upcoming year. On January 13, 2009, Macy replaced [[Jeremy Piven]] in David Mamet's ''[[Speed-the-Plow]]'' on Broadway. Piven suddenly and unexpectedly dropped out of the play in December 2008 after he experienced health problems. [[Norbert Leo Butz]] covered the role from December 23, 2008, until Macy took over the part.<ref>{{Cite magazine|first=Stephen M. |last=Silverman| url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20247585,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219090033/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20247585,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 19, 2008 | title=Jeremy Piven Abruptly Abandons Broadway Play |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |location=Des Moines, Iowa|date=December 18, 2008}}</ref> ''[[Dirty Girl (2010 film)|Dirty Girl]]'', which starred Macy along with [[Juno Temple]], [[Milla Jovovich]], [[Mary Steenburgen]] and [[Tim McGraw]], premiered September 12, 2010, at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]].

In summer 2010, Macy joined the [[Showtime (TV channel)|Showtime]] [[television pilot|pilot]] ''[[Shameless (U.S. TV series)|Shameless]]'' as the protagonist, [[Frank Gallagher (Shameless)|Frank Gallagher]]. The project ultimately went to series, and its first season premiered on January 9, 2011. Macy has received high critical acclaim for his performance,<ref>{{cite magazine| first= Tanner| last= Stransky | title= William H. Macy takes it off |magazine= [[Entertainment Weekly]] | publisher=Meredith Corporation| location=Des Moines, Iowa| date= December 10, 2010|number=1132 |page=22}}</ref> eventually getting an Emmy nomination for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series]] in 2014.

In the 2012 film ''[[The Sessions (2012 film)|The Sessions]]'', Macy played a priest who helps a man with a severe disability find personal fulfillment through a sex surrogate.<ref name="ABILITY">{{cite news|first=Chet|last=Cooper|url=http://www.abilitymagazine.com/William-H-Macy.html|title=William H. Macy Interview|work=Ability|location=Santa Ana, California|date=2013|access-date=March 11, 2018}}</ref> He made his directorial debut with the independent drama ''[[Rudderless]]'', which stars [[Billy Crudup]], [[Anton Yelchin]], [[Felicity Huffman]], [[Selena Gomez]] and [[Laurence Fishburne]]. In 2017, he directed ''[[The Layover (film)|The Layover]]'', a road trip comedy starring [[Alexandra Daddario]] and [[Kate Upton]].

In 2015, he had a small role as Grandpa in the drama film ''[[Room (2015 film)|Room]]'', which was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]]. The film reunited him with his ''[[Pleasantville (film)|Pleasantville]]'' costar, [[Joan Allen]]. In 2024, he played Trevathan in the film ''[[Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes]]''.

==Personal life==
[[File:FelicityHuffmanWilliamHMacyHWoFMar2012.jpg|thumb|right|Huffman and Macy at a ceremony where each received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] on March 7, 2012]]
Macy and actress [[Felicity Huffman]] dated on-and-off for 15 years<ref>{{cite web|url=http://triblive.com/aande/movies/7835836-74/says-lazy-huffman#axzz3SfMNYMQ7 |title=Huffman's a hard-working 'lazy' actor |publisher=TribLive |date=February 23, 2015 |access-date=December 4, 2016 }}</ref> and married on September 6, 1997. They have two daughters.

Macy and Huffman appeared at a rally for [[John Kerry]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dailyceleb.com/production/index.php?view=event&eid=2272&cap=william+h.+macy | title=All Star Concert Benefit for Presidential Candidate John Kerry | date=July 6, 2004 | publisher=DailyCeleb.com | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015143335/http://dailyceleb.com/production/index.php?view=event&eid=2272&cap=william+h.+macy | archive-date=October 15, 2007 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>
{{cite web | url=http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/William_H_Macy.php | work=Newsmeat | title=William H Macy's Federal Campaign Contribution Report | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060716140119/http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/William_H_Macy.php | archive-date=July 16, 2006 }}</ref>

Macy plays the [[ukulele]] and is an avid [[woodturner]]. He has appeared on the cover of ''[[Fine Woodworking]]''{{'}}s special edition, ''Wood Turning Basics''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.finewoodworking.com/2007/04/23/wood-turning-basics|title=Wood Turning Basics|date=April 23, 2007|website=FineWoodworking|language=en-US|access-date=April 17, 2019}}</ref> and was featured in an article in the April 2015 issue of ''American Woodturner'' ([[American Association of Woodturners]]). He is a national ambassador for the [[United Cerebral Palsy|United Cerebral Palsy Association]].<ref>{{cite press release |title=UCP Announces William H. Macy as UCP Ambassador |url=http://www.ucp.org/ucp_generaldoc.cfm/1/3/12211/12211-12211/4258 |work=National Ambassadors |date=January 14, 2003 |publisher=United Cerebral Palsy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927014938/http://www.ucp.org/ucp_generaldoc.cfm/1/3/12211/12211-12211/4258 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref>

Since shooting the film ''Wild Hogs'', Macy has had a strong interest in riding motorcycles.<ref name="ABILITY"/> Macy lives near and is the spokesperson for [[Woody Creek Distillers]] in [[Basalt, Colorado]], which sells a signature whiskey bearing Macy's name.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2023/12/27/william-h-macy-rye-whiskey-woody-creek-distillers-aspen-colorado/|title=Actor and Aspen resident William H. Macy is shameless about Colorado whiskey|publisher=The Denver Post|last=Ricciardi|first=Tiney|date=December 27, 2023|accessdate=July 11, 2024}}</ref>

Macy is a [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Press |first1=Joy |title=William H. Macy on Pushing the Borders of Depravity on Shameless |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/08/william-h-macy-emmy-nominee-shameless?srsltid=AfmBOoryyFZU80AzdRHxqaac8NpDWlDgOcnHqFeOusV_KQWVHlmje9rQ |access-date=29 December 2025 |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=21 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=William H. Macy tells a funny Coen Brothers Fargo story #shorts #funny |url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uCJu3KkU0AM |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=29 December 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

===Varsity Blues scandal===
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In March 2019, it was reported that Macy and Huffman had agreed to pay someone $15,000 to take a college entrance exam for their daughter Sophia. Huffman was indicted on fraud and conspiracy charges as part of [[2019 college admissions bribery scandal|a wider federal investigation of college admissions bribery]]. For undisclosed reasons,<ref name="Winton">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-college-cheating-william-h-macy-felicity-huffman-charges-20190313-story.html|title=Why wasn't William H. Macy charged in college admissions scandal that targeted wife Felicity Huffman?|last=Winton|first=Richard|date=March 13, 2019|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=March 14, 2019}}</ref> no charges were filed against Macy.<ref>{{cite magazine|first1=Alanna|last1=Durkin Richer|first2=Collin|last2=Binkley|url=http://time.com/5549872/loughlin-huffman-charged-college-admisions-bribery-scandal/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312180131/http://time.com/5549872/loughlin-huffman-charged-college-admisions-bribery-scandal/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 12, 2019|title=Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman Among Those Charged in Sweeping College Admissions Bribery Scandal|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=March 12, 2019|access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref> Attorneys uninvolved in the case speculated that Macy may not have been charged because he cooperated with agents or because the government lacked sufficient evidence of his involvement.<ref name="VFScandal">{{cite news |last1=Miller |first1=Julie |title=How Does William H. Macy Fit into the College-Admissions Scandal? |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/03/felicity-huffman-william-h-macy-college-admissions-scandal-varsity-blues |access-date=August 11, 2025 |work=Vanity Fair |date=March 13, 2019}}</ref>

On September 13, 2019, a federal judge in Boston sentenced Huffman to 14 days in federal prison (of which she served 10 days), 250 hours of community service, and a year of supervised release.<ref>{{cite web|title=Felicity Huffman sentenced to 14 days in jail for her role in college bribery scandal|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5899151/felicity-huffman-to-be-sentenced-in-college-bribery-scandal/|last=Jancelewicz|first=Chris|website=[[Global News]]|date=September 16, 2019|access-date=October 22, 2019}}</ref><ref name=NBC>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/felicity-huffman-released-prison-end-14-day-sentence-n1071921|title=Felicity Huffman released from prison on 11th day of 14-day sentence|first1=Elisha|last1=Fieldstadt|first2=Ezra|last2=Kaplan|work=[[NBC News]]|date=October 25, 2019|access-date=December 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/a26814414/felicity-huffman-william-h-macy-sofia-grace-college-admissions-scandal/|title=How Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy Became Involved the College Admissions Scandal|first=Chloe|last=Foussianes|magazine=[[Town and Country Magazine|Town and Country]]|date=October 26, 2020|access-date=December 28, 2020}}</ref>

== Stage appearances ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
!Venue
! Notes
!Ref.
|-
|1963
|[[Room Service (play)|''Room Service'']]
|
|Master Theatre, Off-Broadway
|
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=William H. Macy |url=http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/1860 |access-date=September 14, 2024 |website=www.iobdb.com}}</ref>
|-
|1968
|''The Cannibals''
|Uncle / Mad Mr. Reich
|[[The American Place Theatre]], Off-Broadway
|
|<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=William H. Macy theatre profile |url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/292178-william-h-macy |access-date=September 14, 2024 |website=www.abouttheartists.com}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
|-
|1974
|[[Squirrels (play)|''Squirrels'']]
|Edmond
|St. Nicholas Theater, Chicago
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|1975
| rowspan="2" |[[American Buffalo (play)|''American Buffalo'']]
| rowspan="2" |Bobby
|[[Goodman Theatre]], Chicago
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|1975–76
|St. Nicholas Theater, Chicago
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|1977
|''[[The Water Engine]]''
|Charles Lang
|St. Nicholas Theater, Chicago
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |1980
|''The Man in 605''
|Jerry Green
|[[Lucille Lortel Theatre]], Off-Broadway
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Man in 605 |url=http://www.iobdb.com/Production/553 |access-date=September 14, 2024 |website=www.iobdb.com}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Twelfth Night]]''
|[[Sebastian (Twelfth Night)|Sebastian]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Circle Theatre (Broadway)|Circle Theatre]], Broadway
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |1981
|''[[The Beaver Coat]]''
|Dr. Fleischer
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|''[[The Front Page]]''
|Hildy Johnson
|Goodman Theatre, Chicago
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |1981–82
| rowspan="2" |''[[The Dining Room]]''
| rowspan="2" |3rd Actor
|Studio Theatre of Playwrights Horizon, Off-Broadway
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[Astor Place Theatre]], Off-Broadway
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|1983
|''[[Baby with the Bathwater]]''
|John
|Studio Theatre of Playwrights Horizon, Off-Broadway
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|1985–86
|''Prairie du Chien''
|Gin Player
|[[Lincoln Center Theater]], Broadway
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|1986
|''The Nice and the Nasty''
|Junius Upsey
|Studio Theatre of Playwrights Horizon, Off-Broadway
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|1986–87
|''Bodies, Rest and Motion''
|Nick
|Lincoln Center Theater, Broadway
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
| 1988
| [[Boys' Life (play)|''Boys' Life'']]
| {{N/A}}
|Lincoln Center Theater, Broadway
| Director
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|1988–89
|''[[Our Town]]''
|Howie Newsome
|[[Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)|Lyceum Theatre]], Broadway
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|1989
|''[[Bobby Gould in Hell]]''
|The Interrogator
|Lincoln Center Theater, Broadway
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |1990
|''Squirrels''
| {{N/A}}
|Annenberg Center for Performing Arts, Philadelphia
|Director
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Three Sisters (play)|''Three Sisters'']]
| {{N/A}}
|[[Atlantic Theater Company|Atlantic Theater]], Off-Broadway
|Director
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
| rowspan="4" |1991
| {{N/A}}
|Annenberg Center for Performing Arts, Philadelphia
|Director
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|-
| {{N/A}}
|Linda Gross Theater, Off-Broadway
|Director
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|''Life During Wartime''
|Heinrich
|[[New York City Center]], Off-Broadway
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|''Mr. Gogol and Mr. Preen''
|Mr. Preen
|Lincoln Center Theater, Broadway
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|1992–94
|[[Oleanna (play)|''Oleanna'']]
|John
|[[Orpheum Theatre (Manhattan)|Orpheum Theatre]], Off-Broadway
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|1997
|''The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite''
| {{N/A}}
| rowspan="2" |Atlantic Theater, Off-Broadway
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|2000
|''American Buffalo''
|Teach
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|2008–09
|''[[Speed-the-Plow]]''
|Bobby Gould
|[[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]], Broadway
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|-
|2020
|''The Christopher Boy's Communion''
|Hollis
|Odyssey Theatre, Los Angeles
|
|<ref name=":1" />
|}
==Filmography==
{{Pending films key}}
===Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1980
| ''[[Somewhere in Time (film)|Somewhere in Time]]''
| Critic
| rowspan="3" | Credited as W.H. Macy
|-
| ''[[Foolin' Around]]''
| Bronski
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1983
| ''[[Without a Trace (1983 film)|Without a Trace]]''
| Reporter
|-
| ''[[WarGames]]''
| NORAD Officer
| Uncredited
|-
| 1985
| ''[[The Last Dragon]]''
| J. J.
| rowspan="4" | Credited as W.H. Macy
|-
| rowspan=2|1987
| ''[[Radio Days]]''
| Radio Actor
|-
| ''[[House of Games]]''
| Sgt. Moran
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Things Change (film)|Things Change]]''
| Billy Drake
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1991
| ''[[Homicide (1991 film)|Homicide]]''
| Tim Sullivan
| 
|-
| ''[[Shadows and Fog]]''
| Cop with Spiro
| Credited as W.H. Macy
|-
| rowspan="3" |1993
| ''[[Twenty Bucks]]''
| Property Clerk
|
|-
| ''[[Benny & Joon]]''
| Randy Burch
|
|-
| ''[[Searching for Bobby Fischer]]''
| Petey's Father
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |1994
| ''[[Being Human (1994 film)|Being Human]]''
| Boris
|
|-
| ''[[The Client (1994 film)|The Client]]''
| Dr. Greenway
|
|-
| ''Dead on Sight''
| Steven Meeker
|
|-
| ''[[Oleanna (film)|Oleanna]]''
| John
|
|-
| rowspan=6|1995
| ''[[Murder in the First (film)|Murder in the First]]''
| D.A. William McNeil
|
|-
| ''[[Evolver (film)|Evolver]]''
| Evolver (voice)
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Roommates (1995 film)|Roommates]]''
| Doctor
| rowspan="2" | Uncredited cameo
|-
| ''[[Tall Tale (film)|Tall Tale]]''
| Railroad Magnate<ref>{{cite web |title=William H. Macy |url=http://www.tv.com/people/william-h-macy/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308064005/http://www.tv.com/people/william-h-macy/ |archive-date=March 8, 2019 |access-date=May 22, 2016 |website=TV.com}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Above Suspicion (1995 film)|Above Suspicion]]''
| Pros. Atty. Schultz
|Also writer
|-
| ''[[Mr. Holland's Opus]]''
| Vice-Principal Gene Wolters
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |1996
| ''[[Down Periscope]]''
| Commander Carl Knox
|
|-
| ''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]''
| Jerry Lundegaard
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1997|title=The 69th Academy Awards {{!}} 1997|website=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|date=October 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009125122/https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1997|archive-date=October 9, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Hit Me (film)|Hit Me]]''
| Policeman
|
|-
| ''[[Ghosts of Mississippi]]''
| Charlie Crisco
|
|-
| rowspan=4|1997
| ''[[Colin Fitz Lives!]]''
| Mr. O'Day, Colin Fitz
|
|-
| ''[[Air Force One (film)|Air Force One]]''
| [[Major (United States)|Major]] Caldwell
|
|-
| ''[[Boogie Nights]]''
| Little Bill Thompson
|
|-
| ''[[Wag the Dog]]''
| CIA Agent Charles Young
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |1998
| ''[[Jerry and Tom]]''
| Karl
|
|-
| ''[[Pleasantville (film)|Pleasantville]]''
| George Parker
|
|-
| ''[[Psycho (1998 film)|Psycho]]''
| Detective Milton Arbogast
|
|-
| ''[[The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue]]''
| Justin (voice)
| <ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=William H Macy (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/William-H-Macy/ |access-date=August 6, 2023 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
|-
| ''[[A Civil Action (film)|A Civil Action]]''
| James Gordon
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1999
| ''[[Happy, Texas (film)|Happy, Texas]]''
| Sheriff Chappy Dent
|
|-
| ''[[Mystery Men]]''
| The Shoveler
|
|-
| ''[[Magnolia (film)|Magnolia]]''
| Quiz Kid Donnie Smith
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2000
| ''[[Panic (2000 film)|Panic]]''
| Alex
|
|-
| ''[[State and Main]]''
| Walt Price
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2001
| ''[[Jurassic Park III]]''
| Paul Kirby
|
|-
| ''[[Focus (2001 film)|Focus]]''
| Lawrence "Larry" Newman
|
|-
|2002
| ''[[Welcome to Collinwood]]''
| Riley
|
|-
| rowspan=4|2003
| ''[[The Cooler]]''
| Bernie Lootz
|
|-
| ''[[Stealing Sinatra]]''
| John Irwin
|
|-
| ''[[Easy Riders, Raging Bulls]]''
| Narrator (voice)
| [[Documentary film|Documentary]]
|-
| ''[[Seabiscuit (film)|Seabiscuit]]''
| Tick Tock McGlaughlin
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2004
| ''[[Spartan (film)|Spartan]]''
| Stoddard
|
|-
| ''[[In Enemy Hands (film)|In Enemy Hands]]''
| Chief of Boat Nathan Travers
|
|-
| ''[[Cellular (film)|Cellular]]''
| Sgt. Bob Mooney
|
|-
| rowspan=3|2005
| ''[[Sahara (2005 film)|Sahara]]''
| [[James Sandecker|Admiral James Sandecker]]
|
|-
| ''[[Edmond (film)|Edmond]]''
| Edmond Burke
|
|-
| ''[[Thank You for Smoking]]''
| Senator Ortolan K. Finistirre
|
|-
| rowspan=5|2006
| ''[[Doogal]]''
| Brian the Snail (voice)
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''[[Choose Your Own Adventure: The Abominable Snowman]]''
| Rudyard North (voice)
| Also executive producer
|-
| ''[[Bobby (2006 film)|Bobby]]''
| Paul
|
|-
| ''[[Inland Empire (film)|Inland Empire]]''
| Announcer
|
|-
| ''[[Everyone's Hero]]''
| Lefty Maginnis (voice)
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| rowspan=2|2007
| ''[[Wild Hogs]]''
| Dudley Frank
|
|-
| ''[[He Was a Quiet Man]]''
| Gene Shelby
|
|-
| rowspan=3|2008
| ''[[The Deal (2008 film)|The Deal]]''
| Charlie Berns
|Also writer
|-
| ''[[Bart Got a Room]]''
| Ernie Stein
|
|-
| ''[[The Tale of Despereaux (film)|The Tale of Despereaux]]''
| Lester (voice)
| <ref name="btva" />
|-
| rowspan=2|2009
| ''[[The Maiden Heist]]''
| George McLendon
|
|-
| ''[[Shorts (2009 film)|Shorts]]''
| Dr. Noseworthy
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2010
| ''[[Marmaduke (2010 film)|Marmaduke]]''
| Don Twombly
|
|-
| ''[[Dirty Girl (2010 film)|Dirty Girl]]''
| Ray
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| ''[[The Lincoln Lawyer (film)|The Lincoln Lawyer]]''
| Frank Levin
|
|-
|''Portraits in Dramatic Time''
|Himself
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[The Sessions (2012 film)|The Sessions]]''
| Father Brendan
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2013
| ''[[A Single Shot]]''
| Pitt
|
|-
| ''[[Trust Me (2013 film)|Trust Me]]''
| Gary
|
|-
| rowspan=5|2014
| ''[[The Wind Rises]]''
| Satomi (voice)
|
|-
| ''[[Ernest & Celestine]]''
| Head Dentist (voice)
| <ref name="btva" /> English dub
|-
| ''[[Rudderless]]''
| Trill
| Also writer, director, and executive producer
|-
| ''[[Two-Bit Waltz]]''
| Carl
|
|-
|''[[Cake (2014 film)|Cake]]''
| Leonard
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |2015
|''[[Walter (2015 film)|Walter]]''
| Dr. Corman
|
|-
|''[[Dial a Prayer]]''
| Bill
|
|-
|''[[Stealing Cars]]''
| Philip Wyatt
|
|-
|''[[Room (2015 film)|Room]]''
| Robert "Grandpa" Newsome
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Blood Father]]''
| Kirby
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2017
| ''[[The Layover (film)|The Layover]]''
|{{N/A}}
| Director
|-
| ''[[Krystal (film)|Krystal]]''
| Wyatt
| Also director
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Maybe I Do]]''
|Sam
|
|- 
| rowspan="2"| 2024
| ''[[Ricky Stanicky]]''<ref>[https://deadline.com/2023/02/ricky-stanicky-cast-william-h-macy-anja-savcic-andrew-santino-lex-scott-davis-1235252223/ ‘Ricky Stanicky’ Rounds Out Cast With William H. Macy, Anja Savcic, Andrew Santino & Lex Scott Davis]</ref>
| Ted Summerhayes
| 
|-
| ''[[Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes]]''
| Trevathan
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2025
| ''[[Train Dreams (film)|Train Dreams]]''
| Arn Peeples
| 
|-
| ''[[Soul on Fire (2025 film)|Soul on Fire]]''
| [[Jack Buck]]
| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=April 15, 2025 |title=Sony’s Affirm Films Dates ‘Soul On Fire’ Starring William H. Macy, John Corbett & Joel Courtney |url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/soul-on-fire-release-date-set-affirm-films-1236368532/ |access-date=April 18, 2025 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Running Man (2025 film)|The Running Man]]''
| Molie Jernigan
|
|-
| ''[[Frontier Crucible]]''
| {{TableTBA}}
| 
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1978
| ''[[The Awakening Land]]''
| Will Beagle
| [[Miniseries]]; credited as W.H. Macy
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]''
| Frank Fisk
| Credited as W.H. Macy
|-
| rowspan="2" |1983
| ''The Cradle Will Fall''
| Ben Duffy
| [[Television film]], credited as W.H. Macy
|-
| ''Sitcom''
| Chip Gooseberry
| Television film, credited as W.H. Macy
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1984
| ''[[The Boy Who Loved Trolls]]''
| Socrates the Turtle
| Voice, television film; credited as W.H. Macy
|-
| ''[[The Dining Room]]''
| Arthur, Charlie, Architect, Billy, Nick, Fred, Tony, Standish 
| Television film, credited as W.H. Macy
|-
| rowspan="2" |1985
| ''Joanna''
| Napoleon Flipper
| [[Short film]]; credited as W.H. Macy
|-
| ''[[Hometown (American TV series)|Hometown]]''
| Loring Dixwell
| Episode: "Mary's Yen"; credited as W.H. Macy
|-
| 1985–88
| ''[[Spenser: For Hire]]''
| Efrem Connors
| 3 episodes; credited as W.H. Macy
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Kate & Allie]]''
| Carl
| Episode: "General Hospital"; credited as W.H. Macy
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1987
| ''[[The Equalizer (1985 TV series)|The Equalizer]]''
| Dr. Spaulding
| Episode: "[[The Equalizer (1985 TV series) season 2#ep43|Hand and Glove]]"; credited as W.H. Macy
|-
| ''[[Alive from Off Center]]''
| Uncredited
| Episode: "As Seen on TV"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1988
| ''[[The Murder of Mary Phagan]]''
| Randy
| Miniseries; credited as W.H. Macy
|-
| ''[[Lip Service (1988 film)|Lip Service]]''
| Farmer
| Television film; also director; credited as W.H. Macy
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Tattingers]]''
| Myron
| Episode: "Tour of Doody"; credited as W.H. Macy
|-
|1990
| ''[[ABC Afterschool Special]]s''
| Store Clerk
| Episode: "All That Glitters"
|-
|1990–92
|''[[Law & Order]]''
|John McCormack, Powell
|2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="6" |1992
| ''In the Line of Duty: Siege at Marion''
| Ray Daniels
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Civil Wars (TV series)|Civil Wars]]''
| Donald Patchen
| Episode: "Denise and De Nuptials"
|-
| ''[[A Private Matter]]''
| Psychiatrist
| Television film
|-
| ''[[The Water Engine (film)|The Water Engine]]''
| Charles Lang
| Television film
|-
| ''A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story''
| Sean Hammel
| Television film
|-
| ''[[The Heart of Justice]]''
| Booth
| Television film
|-
|rowspan=2|1993
| ''[[Bakersfield P.D.]]''
| Russell Karp
| Episode: "Cable Does Not Pay"
|-
| ''[[L.A. Law]]''
| Bernard Ruskin
| Episode: "Rhyme and Punishment"
|-
| 1994–2009
| ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''
| [[List of ER characters#David Morgenstern|Dr. David Morgenstern]]
| 31 episodes
|-
|1994
| ''Texan''
| Doctor
| TV short
|-
| rowspan="2" |1995
| ''In the Shadow of Evil''
| Dr. Frank Teague
| Television film
|-
| ''Mystery Dance''
| Bob Wilson
| Episode: "Episode #1.1"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1996
| ''[[Andersonville (film)|Andersonville]]''
| Col. Chandler
| Miniseries
|-
| ''The Writing on the Wall''
| Petrocelli
| Television film
|-
| rowspan="5" |1998
| ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]''
| The Director (voice)
| Episode: "Where There's Smoke"<ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''[[The Con (film)|The Con]]''
| Bobby Sommerdinger
| Television film; also writer
|-
| ''[[The Lionhearts]]''
| Leo Lionheart (voice)
| 13 episodes
|-
| ''[[King of the Hill]]''
| Dr. Rubin (voice)
| Episode: "Pregnant Paws"
|-
| ''[[Hercules (1998 TV series)|Hercules]]''
| Jorgen Svenson, Sven Jorgenson (voices)
| Episode: "Hercules and the Twilight of the Gods"
|-
| rowspan="3" |1999
| ''[[Frasier]]''
| Ralph
| Episode: "Good Samaritan"<ref name="btva" />
|-
| ''A Slight Case of Murder''
| Terry Thorpe
| Television film; also writer
|-
| ''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]''
| Skoot (voice)
| Episode: "On the Right Track"<ref name="btva" />
|-
|1999–2000
|''[[Batman Beyond]]''
|Aaron Herbst, Karros (voices)
|2 episodes<ref name="btva" />
|-
|1999–2000
| ''[[Sports Night]]''
| Sam Donovan
| 6 episodes
|-
|1999
| ''The Night of the Headless Horseman''
| [[Ichabod Crane]]
| Television film<ref name="btva" />
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Nature (TV program)|Nature]]''
| Narrator
| Episode: "Polar Bear Invasion"

|-
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| ''[[Door to Door (film)|Door to Door]]''
| [[Bill Porter (salesman)|Bill Porter]]
| Television film; also writer
|-
| ''[[It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie]]''
| Glenn
| Television film
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Out of Order (miniseries)|Out of Order]]''
| Steven
| Miniseries
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2004
| ''[[Reversible Errors (film)|Reversible Errors]]''
| Arthur Raven
| Television film
|-
| ''[[The Wool Cap]]''
| Charlie Gigot
| Television film; also writer and producer
|-
|rowspan=2|2006
| ''[[The Simpsons]]''
| Himself (voice)
| Episode: "[[Homer's Paternity Coot]]"
|-
| ''[[Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King|Nightmares and Dreamscapes]]''
| Clyde Umney, Sam Landry, George Demmick
| Miniseries
|-
| 2006–07
| ''[[Curious George (TV series)|Curious George]]''
| Narrator (voice) 
| 30 episodes (season 1)
|-
| 2007
| ''[[The Unit]]''
| President of the United States
| Episode: "The Broom Cupboard"
|-
| 2008
| ''Family Man''
| Todd Becker
| Television film; also writer and executive producer
|-
| 2011–21
| ''[[Shameless (American TV series)|Shameless]]''
| Frank Gallagher
| Main role, 11 seasons; directed 3 episodes, wrote 1 episode, showrunner from seasons 5–8, 11
|-
| 2011
| ''Versailles''
| Bill
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2022
| ''[[The Dropout]]''
| [[Richard Fuisz]]
|5 episodes
|-
| 2023
| ''[[The Conners]]''
| Smitty Cusamano
| Episode: "Two More Years and a Stolen Rose"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/2022/tv/news/william-h-macy-the-conners-season-5-1235409656/|title=William H. Macy Joins ‘The Conners’ Season 5 as Guest Star|last=Hailu|first=Selome|date=October 20, 2022|publisher=Variety|website=www.variety.com|access-date=February 3, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2| 2024
|''[[The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills]]''
| Himself
| Episode: "Bitter Pill to Swallow"
|-
|''[[Accused (2023 TV series)|Accused]]''
| Raymond
| Episode: "Lorraine's Story"
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{{See also|List of awards and nominations received by William H. Macy}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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