William Petersen

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AKA: William Louis Petersen, William L Petersen
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 02/21/1953
Birthplace: Evanston, Illinois, USA

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Handsome, athletic and wiry, this veteran of the Chicago stage entered movies convincingly playing edgy, implacable pursuers but soon seemed just as credible in sports dramas and light comedies. Petersen simmered as the morally ambiguous protagonist of William Friedkin's scalding crime drama, "To Live and Die in L.A." (1985). Sporting alarmingly tight pants and a bad attitude, he was a Secret Service agent who lavishly breaks the law to snare a master counterfeiter (Willem Dafoe). The following year, Petersen brought a nearly palpable confusion and anxiety to his portrait of a burned out FBI Continued

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milestones

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1974 
Followed a drama professor to Basque country where he studied as a Shakespearean actor
 
Returned to the Chicago area, and became active in the theater
 
Co-founded the Remains Theater Ensemble which also included other prominent Chicago actors
 
Chicago theatre debut, "Canticle of the Sun"
1981 
Made feature debut in Michael Mann's "Thief" (billed as William L. Petersen)
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