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William (Bill) Forsythe (born June 7, 1955) is an American actor, known for playing "tough guy" roles. He is also a writer, and has several short stories that are set to be published. William Forsythe grew up in the neighborhoods of Flatbush (living on both Nostrand and Snyder Avenues) and East Flatbush a.k.a. Old Mill Basin (on E. 56th Street between Avenues N and O) in Brooklyn. While in Flatbush he attended nearby Holy Cross School located on Church Avenue between Veronica Place and Woods Place, graduating 8th grade in 1969. He continued on to Nazareth High School, now known as Nazareth... MORE

William (Bill) Forsythe (born June 7, 1955) is an American actor, known for playing "tough guy" roles. He is also a writer, and has several short stories that are set to be published. William Forsythe grew up in the neighborhoods of Flatbush (living on both Nostrand and Snyder Avenues) and East Flatbush a.k.a. Old Mill Basin (on E. 56th Street between Avenues N and O) in Brooklyn. While in Flatbush he attended nearby Holy Cross School located on Church Avenue between Veronica Place and Woods Place, graduating 8th grade in 1969. He continued on to Nazareth High School, now known as Nazareth Regional High School in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn at 475 East 57th. He transferred to South Shore High School for his senior year and graduated in 1973. He is frequently cast in "tough guy" roles such as criminals or law enforcement officers. He has appeared in many films such as the deformed mobster Flattop in Dick Tracy starring Warren Beatty, and as crime racket leaders such as Richie Madano in the 1991 Steven Seagal film, Out for Justice. He also portrayed organized crime figure Sammy "The Bull" Gravano in the HBO telefilm Gotti. He portrayed serial killer John Wayne Gacy in Dear LESS