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Profile of William L. Petersen
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William L. Petersen |
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21st February 1953 |
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Evanston, Illinois, USA |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
William Louis Petersen is an American actor born on February 21, 1953, in Evanston, Illinois.
Although he comes from 4th generation Danish immigrant stock, he attended a Catholic high school, Bishop Kelly High School, in Boise, Idaho. Petersen attended Idaho State University on a football scholarship. Later, moving back to Chicago, he became a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
His film career began with a small part in the 1981 film Thief, and in 1986 he starred as Will Graham in Manhunter (later to be remade as Red Dragon). In a move perhaps indicative of his career choices, Petersen is alleged to have passed on a part in Oliver Stone's Platoon, as it would have kept him away from his family. Instead, he worked on the 1987 made-for-TV movie Long Gone.
In the 2000 release The Contender, Petersen played the role of Governor Jack Hathway, a candidate for Vice President following the death of the incumbent.
From 2000 to the present, Petersen has starred as Gil Grissom in the successful CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Petersen, who has one child from a previous marriage, married longtime girlfriend Gina Cirone in June of 2003.
Trivia
- In his movies, is usually credited without his middle initial.
- When Gary Sinise didn't get the part of Richard Chance in To Live and Die in L.A., he recommended Petersen to William Friedkin. Ironically, Sinise is currently the star of CSI: NY, the spin-off of Petersen's TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
- After C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation, Petersen said he plans to return to Chicago, Illinois for his first love: theater which gave him his start.
External link
- William Petersen at the Internet Movie Database
- Steppenwolf Theatre Company official site
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