William L. Petersen
Known for: Acting
Born: February 21, 1953
William Louis Petersen is an American actor and producer, best known for playing Dr. Gilbert "Gil" Grissom on the hit CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Richard Chance in the film To Live and Die in L.A., and Will Graham in the film Manhunter. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Petersen attended Idaho State University on a football scholarship, where he first tried acting and immediately joined the drama department, before leaving to work in the Basque country as a Shakespearean actor. Peterson…
Known for
Manhunter
1986
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
Kiss the Sky
1998
Long Gone
1987
Gunshy
1998
Curaçao
1993
Inside 'Manhunter'
2001
The Beast
1996
100 Years of Wrigley Field
2014
Keep the Change
1992
Wrigley Field: Beyond the Ivy
2001
Three Short Plays by Tracy Letts
2021
Hard Promises
1992
The Staircase
1998
Blue Neon Night: Michael Connelly's Los Angeles
2004
In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King
1995
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
2003
Fear
1996
Cousins
1989
Amazing Grace and Chuck
1987
The Rat Pack
1998
Young Guns II
1990
Passed Away
1992
The Contender
2000
The Skulls
2000
This Old Cub
2004
Detachment
2011
Haven
2001
CSI: Immortality
2015
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
2012
12 Angry Men
1997
Friedkin Uncut
2018
Mulholland Falls
1996
Thief
1981
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
The Twilight Zone
1985
Without a Trace
2002
CSI: Vegas
2021
Return to Lonesome Dove
1993
Fallen Angels
1993
The Directors
1999
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
1990
Manhattan
2014
Blue
2012
The Beast
1996
Sacrée soirée
1987
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Haven
2001