William L. Petersen

Actor

Born: February 21, 1953 (age 73)
From: Evanston, Illinois, USA

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…

Filmography (34)

Three Short Plays by Tracy Letts (2021)
Ted
Friedkin Uncut (2018)
Self
CSI: Immortality (2015)
Gil Grissom
100 Years of Wrigley Field (2014)
Self - Narrator (voice)
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
Trucker
Detachment (2011)
Mr. 'Sarge' Kepler
This Old Cub (2004)
Himself
Blue Neon Night: Michael Connelly's Los Angeles (2004)
Narrator
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.' (2003)
Self
Wrigley Field: Beyond the Ivy (2001)
Narrator
Inside 'Manhunter' (2001)
Himself
Haven (2001)
Jackson Connolly
The Contender (2000)
Jack Hathaway
The Skulls (2000)
Ames Levritt
Kiss the Sky (1998)
Jess
The Rat Pack (1998)
John F. Kennedy
The Staircase (1998)
Joad
Gunshy (1998)
Jake Bridges
12 Angry Men (1997)
Juror 12
The Beast (1996)
Whip Dalton
Mulholland Falls (1996)
Jack Flynn
Fear (1996)
Steve Walker
In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King (1995)
Tony C.
Curaçao (1993)
Stephen Guerin
Keep the Change (1992)
Joe Starling
Passed Away (1992)
Frank Scanlan
Hard Promises (1992)
Joey
Young Guns II (1990)
Patrick Floyd 'Pat' Garrett
Cousins (1989)
Tom Hardy
Long Gone (1987)
Stud Cantrell