William H. Macy
William Hall Macy Jr. (born March 13, 1950) is an American actor. His film career has been built on appearances in small, independent films, though he has also appeared in mainstream films.[3] His starring roles include those in Fargo (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), Magnolia (1999), Mystery Men (1999), Jurassic Park III (2001), Cellular (2004), Bobby (2006), and Wild Hogs (2007).
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William H. Macy
Actor, director, writer
1975–present
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Macy has won two Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards, while his performance in Fargo earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He had a recurring role on ER in the 1990s. From 2011 to 2021, he played Frank Gallagher, a main character in Shameless, the Showtime adaptation of the British television series. Macy has been married to actress Felicity Huffman since 1997.
Early life[edit]
Macy was born in Miami, Florida, and grew up in Georgia and Maryland.[4] His father, William Hall Macy Sr. (1922–2007), was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and an Air Medal for flying a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in World War II. He later ran a construction company in Atlanta, Georgia, and worked for Dun & Bradstreet before taking over a Cumberland, Maryland-based insurance agency when Macy was nine years old. His mother, Lois (née Overstreet; 1920–2001), was a war widow who met Macy's father after her first husband died in 1943. Macy has described her as a "Southern belle".[5][6][7]
Macy graduated from Allegany High School in Cumberland, Maryland, in 1968. He went on to Bethany College in West Virginia, where he studied veterinary medicine.[3] A "wretched student" by his own admission, he transferred to Goddard College in rural Vermont, where he studied under playwright David Mamet, and graduated in 1972. He studied theater at HB Studio[8] in New York City.