William L. Petersen
ActingBorn
February 21, 1953
Place of Birth
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Biography
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 t…
Known For
Filmography
Three Short Plays by Tracy Letts
2021
Friedkin Uncut
2018
CSI: Immortality
2015
100 Years of Wrigley Field
2014
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
2012
Detachment
2011
This Old Cub
2004
Blue Neon Night: Michael Connelly's Los Angeles
2004
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
2003
Wrigley Field: Beyond the Ivy
2001
Inside 'Manhunter'
2001
Haven
2001
The Contender
2000
The Skulls
2000
Kiss the Sky
1998
The Rat Pack
1998
The Staircase
1998
Gunshy
1998
12 Angry Men
1997
The Beast
1996
Mulholland Falls
1996
Fear
1996
In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King
1995
Curaçao
1993
Keep the Change
1992
Passed Away
1992
Hard Promises
1992
Young Guns II
1990
Cousins
1989
Long Gone
1987
Amazing Grace and Chuck
1987
Manhunter
1986
To Live and Die in L.A.
1985
Thief
1981
