William H. Macy
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, th...
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03/12/1950
Miami, FL |
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| Was an assistant scout master of Boy Scout Troop 184 in Los Angeles. |
| Majored in veterinary medicine in college. |
| Voiced the tagline, "Strong enough for a man, but made for a woman" in the Secret deodorant commercial. |
| Jokingly threatened to shoot the Coen brothers' dogs if they didn't give him the role of Jerry Lundegaard in their dark comedy, Fargo. |
| Became a United Cerebral Palsy ambassador in 2003 after playing a salesman with the disorder in Door To Door and was elected to its Board of Trustees in 2004. |
| With Mamet, he cofounded Chicago's St. Nicholas Theater Company in 1974, and New York's Atlantic Acting School in 1983 and the Atlantic Theater Company in 1985. |
