FrameThrower · Actors · William Forsythe
William Forsythe
7 films · 533 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1984–2007
Born 7 June 1955 · Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, USA
William Forsythe is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of tough-guy, criminal characters, and has starred in films such as American Me (1992), Raising Arizona (1987), Dick Tracy (1990), Gotti (1996), The Rock (1996), and The Devil's Rejects (2005). He has also played recurring characters in television series such as Boardwalk Empire (2010) and Justified (2010).
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 7 films · 533 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1984–2007
- Kulturgroschen2003
How their films are shot
Measured across 533 frames from the 7 films we hold. This is the look of the work William takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 7 films we hold, 49% of their frames are night, 44% low key — the look of the work William takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 533 frames from William Forsythe's 7 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.