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Birthdate: March 13, 1950
William H. Macy
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1980s
1.4142
1
1990s
2.7749
24
2000s
2.7207
22
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: 
2.9552
2.9552
William H. Macy Movie Rankings
1
3.2001Eddie is an aspiring actor who gets discovered by Jack Horner, a porn director that considers his job an artform. Eddie then changes his name to Dirk Diggler and gets sucked in the lifestyle and relationships of the porn industry of the late-seventies. ...more about Boogie Nights
DVD from $11.49
(10 sellers)
2
3.1161Jerry Lundegaard is in a financial jam and, out of desperation, comes up with a plan to hire someone to kidnap his wife and demand ransom from her wealthy father, to be secretly split between Jerry and the perpetrators. ...more about Fargo
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Chlotrudis Awards - Best Actor
- Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
- Screen Actors Guild Awards - Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
DVD from $6.89
(15 sellers)
3
3.1160A day in the life of nine lives all stemming from their association with a dying TV producer. Each story stands on its own, but is continuously building up to one catastrophic end. ...more about Magnolia
DVD from $11.49
(12 sellers)
4
3.0884
A satirical window into the world of big tobacco and the culture of spin. Attacked by politicians and lifestyle advocates Nick Naylor's job is to defend big tobacco, until his son and health force him to question his own position. ...more about Thank You for Smoking
DVD from $10.96
(15 sellers)
5
3.0254
Having left New Hampshire over excessive demands by the locals, the cast and crew of "The Old Mill" moves their movie shoot to a small town in Vermont. ...more about State and Main
DVD from $3.49
(11 sellers)
6
3.0210
A half-blind ex-prizefighter (Maguire) and mustang breaker (Cooper) team up with a millionaire (Bridges) and his rough-hewn, undersized horse, Seabiscuit. The men bring Seabiscuit incredible heights, helping him earn Horse of the Year honors in 1938. ...more about Seabiscuit
Actor Awards
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
DVD from $5.28
(15 sellers)
7
3.0046
After being caught in a scandalous situation days before the election, the president does not seem to have much of a chance of being re-elected. ...more about Wag the Dog
DVD from $9.48
(11 sellers)
8
3.0015
Josh Waitzkin is just a typical American boy interested in baseball when one day he challenges his father at chess and wins. ...more about Searching for Bobby Fischer
DVD from $7.18
(12 sellers)
9
2.9921
David, single, lonely and not happy with his life, flees reality by watching Pleasantville - a 1950's b&w soap opera, where everything is just...pleasant. ...more about Pleasantville
Actor Awards
- American Comedy Awards, USA - Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
- Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $7.97
(12 sellers)
10
2.9047
William H. Macy stars as the unluckiest guy in Vegas. ...more about Cooler
Actor Awards
- Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
DVD from $4.00
(12 sellers)
11
2.8805
Two escaped convicts (Jeremy Northam, Steve Zahn) arrive in the town of Happy, Texas, where they are mistaken for a gay couple who is to host the town's Little Miss Fresh Squeezed beauty pageant. ...more about Happy
Actor Awards
- American Comedy Awards, USA - Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
- Satellite Awards - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical
DVD from $9.99
(1 sellers)
12
2.8717
A "lone wolf" U.S. government secret agent, Scott( Kilmer), is assigned the task of rescuing the kidnapped daughter (Bell) of a high ranking government figure, only to discover along the way a larger, more sinister plot. ...more about Spartan
DVD from $4.99
(10 sellers)
13
2.8614
A tenacious young lawyer (Travolta) is confronted with the case of a lifetime in this unbelievable real-life story. ...more about Civil Action
Actor Awards
- Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $7.02
(12 sellers)
14
2.8560
FAA system analyzer named Neil McCabe is the only person who seems to have this different hunch towards a group of international terrorists after a horrific plane incident occured. ...more about Panic
DVD from $4.02
(10 sellers)
15
2.8391
The President of the United States is on a journey home after making a speech in Moscow. But on the journey, Russian hi-jakers take over the plane, disguising themselves as newspaper reporters. ...more about Air Force One
DVD from $3.95
(13 sellers)
16
2.7937
The pressure of being a hit man has taken its toll on Alex and he wants out of the family business. Torn between his father and his feelings, Alex begins going to therapy. There, he falls in love with another patient and must choose between the life he wants and the life his father wants. ...more about Panic
DVD from $4.02
(8 sellers)
17
2.7784
In the waning months of World War II, a man and his wife are mistakenly identified as Jews by their anti-Semitic Brooklyn neighbors. ...more about Focus
DVD from $15.03
(5 sellers)
18
2.7677
In order to generate more endorsement revenue, Champion City's resident superhero Captain Amazing arranges for the release of supervillian Casanova Frankenstein, only to be captured by him. ...more about Mystery Men
DVD from $5.70
(14 sellers)
19
2.7617
Eight years after the InGen incident, Dr. Alan Grant is happy with his life far from any dinosaurs other than fossilized. ...more about Jurassic Park III
DVD from $4.65
(15 sellers)
20
2.7518
Gino, an Italian-American shoe-shiner with a remarkable similarity to a certain mafia don, is paid to take the rap for a murder. Jerry, a two-bit gangster on probation, is given a chance for redemption by guarding Gino for the weekend. ...more about Things Change
DVD from $19.35
(11 sellers)
21
2.7379
A young man (Evans) receives a call on his cellular phone from a woman (Basinger) who says she's been kidnapped, and thinks she's going to be killed soon, along with her husband and son who the kidnappers have gone after next. ...more about Cellular
DVD from $7.62
(12 sellers)
22
2.7324
When petty thief Cosimo (Luis Guzman) is given the plan for the perfect heist from a lifer in prison - the kind of job you dream about - he has to get out of jail, fast. ...more about Welcome to Collinwood
DVD from $4.99
(11 sellers)
23
2.6922
Policeman Bob Gold has to capture a murder that not even the FBI has been able to find. But before he can even start he is re-assigned to the murder of an old lady in a black area. ...more about Homicide
- Not Available on DVD
24
2.6766
Marion Crane steals a lot of cash from a man whom her boss is in business with. On the way to see her boyfriend, she stops off by an old motel, run by the odd Norman Bates. She is murdered in the shower. ...more about Psycho
Actor Awards
- Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $1.45
(17 sellers)
25
2.5873
An African dictator's nuclear waste disposal plant is mutating the red tide, and so threatens the planet's ecosystem. ...more about Sahara
DVD from $6.95
(14 sellers)
26
2.5547
The film follows a $20 bill from its ATM birth to its eventual demise. Along the way, the note weaves in and out of the lives of a street person, an aspiring writer, a stripper, two thieves, and many others in surprising and inventive ways. ...more about Twenty Bucks
DVD from $3.95
(8 sellers)
27
2.5485
Ghosts of Mississippi is a drama covering the final trial of the assassin, Bryon De La Beckwith (Woods), of the 60s civil rights leader Medgar Evers. ...more about Ghosts of Mississippi
DVD from $2.19
(10 sellers)
28
2.5165
In a small town, an auto mechanic named Benny is devoted to taking care of his mentally ill sister, Joon, who can barely function alone in the real world despite being a talented artist. ...more about Benny & Joon
DVD from $9.80
(11 sellers)
29
2.5113
A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Modano, a Mafia hitman. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of Senator Boyd Boyett is buried. ...more about Client
DVD from $4.49
(13 sellers)
30
2.4364
A two character movie, involving a college professor, John, who is confronted by a female student, Carol, who is failing his course. The two spend a long time talking to each other, during which time John says a few things that can be taken the wrong way. ...more about Oleanna
DVD from $15.04
(8 sellers)
31
2.3964
Inspired by a true story. A petty criminal sent to Alcatraz in the 1930s is caught attempting to make an escape. As punnishment, he is put in solitary confinement. ...more about Murder in the First
DVD from $3.99
(12 sellers)
32
2.3889
Written by David Mamet in the aftermath of a painful divorce, EDMOND stars William H. Macy as a character caught in the midst of a downward spiral. ...more about Edmond
DVD from $17.27
(9 sellers)
33
2.3158
This examination of the assassination of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy centers around 22 people who were also at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles the night he was killed. ...more about Bobby
DVD from $12.77
(12 sellers)
34
2.2809
Lt. Cmdr. Tom Dodge is assigned as Captain to the USS Stingray, an old diesel driven submarine that has seen better days. ...more about Down Periscope
DVD from $6.15
(10 sellers)
35
2.1678
Set during the last days of World War II, this is the story of a Brooklyn man and his wife (Macy, Dern) who are mistaken for Jews by their anti-Semitic neighbors. ...more about Focus
- Not Available on DVD
36
2.1235
Four middle-aged friends decide to hit the open road in search of one last adventure. Leaving behind their families and stressful jobs the friends find there is a lot more in the world than cell phones and suburbia. ...more about Wild Hogs
DVD from $4.95
(19 sellers)
37
2.1190
"Yankee Irving" is a heartwarming comedy-adventure, telling the story of a young boy's thousand-mile journey to help Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees win the World Series. ...more about Everyone's Hero
DVD from $6.99
(14 sellers)
38
2.0605
Legend tells of three magic diamonds that, if in the wrong hands, can be united to create a force powerful enough to freeze the sun. ...more about Doogal
DVD from $7.99
(11 sellers)
39
1.8337
Tom and Jerry are two hit men, they work by day at a third-rate second-hand car dealership. Tom is a veteran and Jerry is a novice in their business, and their attitude toward their profession differs a lot. ...more about Jerry and Tom
DVD from $11.30
(8 sellers)
41
1.4520
A Cop is paralysed in a shooting and unable to walk. His misfortune brings him sympathy which he uses to devise a plan to rid himself of his unfaithful wife and her lover. ...more about Above Suspicion
- Not Available on DVD
42
0.5708
Actor Awards
- Emmy Awards - Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
- Satellite Awards - Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
DVD from $3.99
(5 sellers)
44
The remarkable true story of one mother's tireless struggle to fulfill her dream to give her severely disabled twins some semblance of a normal childhood-the friendships, learning and cultural experiences provided by a public school education. ...more about Conquistadora
- Not Available on DVD
47
A HOLE IN THE EARTH tickles your funny bone and tugs at your heart-strings when Henry Porter (Macy) who has great difficulty accepting and expressing his feelings comes to terms with himself, his daughter, Nicole (Christensen) and his lover, Elizabeth ...more about Hole in the Earth
- Not Available on DVD
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