William Hall Macy, Jr. is an American actor, screenwriter, teacher and theater director. His film career has been built mostly on his appearances in small, independent films, though he also appeared in summer action films.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
The Dropout (2022)
Guest starring as Richard Fuisz
(5 episodes)
- Episode 1x07: Heroes (Mar 31, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: Iron Sisters (Mar 24, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Flower of Life (Mar 17, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Green Juice (Mar 3, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: I'm in a Hurry (Mar 3, 2022)
Shameless: Hall of Shame (2020)
Starring as Frank Gallagher
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Frank: Ghosts of Gallagher Past (Feb 28, 2021)
- Episode 1x05: Fiona: Go Fiona on Them (Feb 21, 2021)
The Conners (2018)
Guest starring as Smitty Cusamano
- Episode 5x11: Two More Years and a Stolen Rose (Jan 11, 2023)
Live with Kelly and Ryan (2017)
Guest starring as William H. Macy
- Episode 2x51: William H. Macy, Mary J. Blige (Nov 13, 2017)
Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist (2016)
Guest starring as William H. Macy
- Episode 4x04: William H. Macy (Jan 27, 2019)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as William H. Macy
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2019-01-18: William H. Macy, Rebecca Traister (Jan 18, 2019)
- Episode 2017-11-09: William H. Macy, Jay Pharoah, Rationale (Nov 9, 2017)
- Episode 2016-11-18: William H. Macy; Colin Quinn; Drive-By Truckers (Nov 18, 2016)
- Episode 2016-03-17: William H. Macy; Melissa Rauch; Isaac Mizrahi (Mar 17, 2016)
Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter (2015)
Guest starring as William H. Macy
- Episode 3x01: Comedy Actors (Jun 25, 2017)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Guest starring as William H. Macy
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2018-09-07: William H. Macy (Sep 7, 2018)
- Episode 2017-11-06: Matt LeBlanc, William H. Macy, Hailey Baldwin, Weezer (Nov 6, 2017)
- Episode 2015-08-03: Matt LeBlanc, Don Cheadle & William H. Macy (Aug 3, 2015)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as William H. Macy
- Episode 2015-02-11: William H. Macy, Kenny Smith, the Districts (Feb 11, 2015)
The Rosie Show (2011)
Guest starring as William H. Macy
- Episode 1x44: Emmy Rossum, William H. Macy and the Cast of Shameless (Jan 5, 2012)
Shameless (2011)
Starring as Frank Gallagher
(134 episodes)
- Episode 11x12: Father Frank, Full of Grace (Apr 11, 2021)
- Episode 11x11: The Fickle Lady is Calling it Quits (Apr 4, 2021)
- Episode 11x10: DNR (Mar 28, 2021)
- Episode 11x09: Survivors (Mar 21, 2021)
- Episode 11x08: Cancelled (Mar 14, 2021)
- Episode 11x07: Two at a Biker Bar, One in the Lake (Mar 7, 2021)
- Episode 11x06: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good....Eh, Screw It (Feb 14, 2021)
- Episode 11x05: Slaughter (Jan 31, 2021)
- Episode 11x04: NIMBY (Jan 10, 2021)
- Episode 11x03: Frances Francis Franny Frank (Dec 20, 2020)
- Episode 11x02: Go Home, Gentrifier! (Dec 13, 2020)
- Episode 11x01: This is Chicago! (Dec 6, 2020)
- Episode 10x12: "Gallavich!" (Jan 26, 2020)
- Episode 10x11: Location, Location, Location (Jan 19, 2020)
- Episode 10x10: Now Leaving Illinois (Jan 12, 2020)
- Episode 10x09: O Captain, My Captain (Jan 5, 2020)
- Episode 10x08: Debbie Might Be a Prostitute (Dec 29, 2019)
- Episode 10x07: Citizen Carl (Dec 22, 2019)
- Episode 10x06: Adios Gringos (Dec 15, 2019)
- Episode 10x05: Sparky (Dec 8, 2019)
- Episode 10x04: A Little Gallagher Goes a Long Way (Dec 1, 2019)
- Episode 10x03: Which America? (Nov 24, 2019)
- Episode 10x02: Sleep Well My Prince for Tomorrow You Shall Be King (Nov 17, 2019)
- Episode 10x01: We Few, We Lucky Few, We Band of Gallaghers! (Nov 10, 2019)
- Episode 9x14: Found (Mar 10, 2019)
- Episode 9x13: Lost (Mar 3, 2019)
- Episode 9x12: You'll Know the Bottom When You Hit It (Feb 24, 2019)
- Episode 9x11: The Hobo Games (Feb 17, 2019)
- Episode 9x10: Los Diablos! (Feb 10, 2019)
- Episode 9x09: Boooooooooooone! (Jan 27, 2019)
- Episode 9x08: The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Alibi (Jan 20, 2019)
- Episode 9x07: Down Like the Titanic (Oct 21, 2018)
- Episode 9x06: Face It, You're Gorgeous (Oct 14, 2018)
- Episode 9x05: Black Haired Ginger (Oct 7, 2018)
- Episode 9x04: Do Right, Vote White! (Sep 30, 2018)
- Episode 9x03: Weirdo Gallagher Vortex (Sep 23, 2018)
- Episode 9x02: Mo White! (Sep 16, 2018)
- Episode 9x01: Are You There Shim? It's Me, Ian (Sep 9, 2018)
- Episode 8x12: Sleepwalking (Jan 28, 2018)
- Episode 8x11: A Gallagher Pedicure (Jan 21, 2018)
- Episode 8x10: Church of Gay Jesus (Jan 14, 2018)
- Episode 8x09: The Fugees (Jan 7, 2018)
- Episode 8x08: Frank's Northern Southern Express (Dec 31, 2017)
- Episode 8x07: Occupy Fiona (Dec 17, 2017)
- Episode 8x06: Icarus Fell and Rusty Ate Him (Dec 10, 2017)
- Episode 8x05: The (Mis)Education of Liam Fergus Beircheart Gallagher (Dec 3, 2017)
- Episode 8x04: F**k Paying It Forward (Nov 26, 2017)
- Episode 8x03: God Bless Her Rotting Soul (Nov 19, 2017)
- Episode 8x02: Where's My Meth? (Nov 12, 2017)
- Episode 8x01: We Become What We ... Frank! (Nov 5, 2017)
- Episode 7x12: Requiem for a Slut (Dec 18, 2016)
- Episode 7x11: Happily Ever After (Dec 11, 2016)
- Episode 7x10: Ride or Die (Dec 4, 2016)
- Episode 7x09: Ouroboros (Nov 27, 2016)
- Episode 7x08: You Sold Me the Laundromat, Remember? (Nov 20, 2016)
- Episode 7x07: You'll Never Ever Get a Chicken in Your Whole Entire Life (Nov 13, 2016)
- Episode 7x06: The Defenestration of Frank (Nov 6, 2016)
- Episode 7x05: Own Your Shit (Oct 30, 2016)
- Episode 7x04: I Am a Storm (Oct 23, 2016)
- Episode 7x03: Home Sweet Homeless Shelter (Oct 16, 2016)
- Episode 7x02: Swipe, Fuck, Leave (Oct 9, 2016)
- Episode 7x01: Hiraeth (Oct 2, 2016)
- Episode 6x12: Familia Supra Gallegorious Omnia! (Apr 3, 2016)
- Episode 6x11: Sleep No More (Mar 27, 2016)
- Episode 6x10: Paradise Lost (Mar 20, 2016)
- Episode 6x09: A Yurt of One's Own (Mar 13, 2016)
- Episode 6x08: Be a Good Boy. Come for Grandma. (Mar 6, 2016)
- Episode 6x07: Pimp's Paradise (Feb 21, 2016)
- Episode 6x06: NSFW (Feb 14, 2016)
- Episode 6x05: Refugees (Feb 7, 2016)
- Episode 6x04: Going Once, Going Twice (Jan 31, 2016)
- Episode 6x03: The F Word (Jan 24, 2016)
- Episode 6x02: #AbortionRules (Jan 17, 2016)
- Episode 6x01: I Only Miss Her When I'm Breathing (Jan 10, 2016)
- Episode 5x12: Love Songs (In the Key of Gallagher) (Apr 5, 2015)
- Episode 5x11: Drugs Actually (Mar 29, 2015)
- Episode 5x10: South Side Rules (Mar 22, 2015)
- Episode 5x09: Carl's First Sentencing (Mar 15, 2015)
- Episode 5x08: Uncle Carl (Mar 8, 2015)
- Episode 5x07: Tell Me You Fucking Need Me (Mar 1, 2015)
- Episode 5x06: Crazy Love (Feb 15, 2015)
- Episode 5x05: Rite of Passage (Feb 8, 2015)
- Episode 5x04: A Night to Remem... Wait, What? (Feb 1, 2015)
- Episode 5x03: The Two Lisas (Jan 25, 2015)
- Episode 5x02: I'm the Liver (Jan 18, 2015)
- Episode 5x01: Milk of the Gods (Jan 11, 2015)
- Episode 4x12: Lazarus (Apr 6, 2014)
- Episode 4x11: Emily (Mar 30, 2014)
- Episode 4x10: Liver, I Hardly Know Her (Mar 23, 2014)
- Episode 4x09: The Legend of Bonnie and Carl (Mar 16, 2014)
- Episode 4x08: Hope Springs Paternal (Mar 9, 2014)
- Episode 4x07: A Jailbird, Invalid, Martyr, Cutter, Retard, and Parasitic Twin (Feb 23, 2014)
- Episode 4x06: Iron City (Feb 16, 2014)
- Episode 4x05: There's the Rub (Feb 9, 2014)
- Episode 4x04: Strangers on a Train (Feb 2, 2014)
- Episode 4x03: Like Father, Like Daughter (Jan 26, 2014)
- Episode 4x02: My Oldest Daughter (Jan 19, 2014)
- Episode 4x01: Simple Pleasures (Jan 12, 2014)
- Episode 3x12: Survival of the Fittest (Apr 7, 2013)
- Episode 3x11: Order Room Service (Mar 31, 2013)
- Episode 3x10: Civil Wrongs (Mar 24, 2013)
- Episode 3x09: Frank the Plumber (Mar 17, 2013)
- Episode 3x08: Where There's a Will (Mar 10, 2013)
- Episode 3x07: A Long Way from Home (Mar 3, 2013)
- Episode 3x06: Cascading Failures (Feb 24, 2013)
- Episode 3x05: The Sins of My Caretaker (Feb 17, 2013)
- Episode 3x04: The Helpful Gallaghers (Feb 10, 2013)
- Episode 3x03: May I Trim Your Hedges? (Jan 27, 2013)
- Episode 3x02: The American Dream (Jan 20, 2013)
- Episode 3x01: El Gran Cañon (Jan 13, 2013)
- Episode 2x12: Fiona Interrupted (Apr 1, 2012)
- Episode 2x11: Just Like the Pilgrims Intended (Mar 25, 2012)
- Episode 2x10: A Great Cause (Mar 18, 2012)
- Episode 2x09: Hurricane Monica (Mar 11, 2012)
- Episode 2x08: Parenthood (Mar 4, 2012)
- Episode 2x07: A Bottle of Jean Nate (Feb 19, 2012)
- Episode 2x06: Can I Have a Mother (Feb 12, 2012)
- Episode 2x05: Father's Day (Feb 5, 2012)
- Episode 2x04: A Beautiful Mess (Jan 29, 2012)
- Episode 2x03: I'll Light a Candle for You Every Day (Jan 22, 2012)
- Episode 2x02: Summer Loving (Jan 15, 2012)
- Episode 2x01: Summertime (Jan 8, 2012)
- Episode 1x12: Father Frank, Full of Grace (Mar 27, 2011)
- Episode 1x11: Daddyz Girl (Mar 20, 2011)
- Episode 1x10: Nana Gallagher Had an Affair (Mar 13, 2011)
- Episode 1x09: But at Last Came a Knock (Mar 6, 2011)
- Episode 1x08: It's Time to Kill the Turtle (Feb 27, 2011)
- Episode 1x07: Frank Gallagher: Loving Husband, Devoted Father (Feb 20, 2011)
- Episode 1x06: Killer Carl (Feb 13, 2011)
- Episode 1x05: Three Boys (Feb 6, 2011)
- Episode 1x04: Casey Casden (Jan 30, 2011)
- Episode 1x03: Aunt Ginger (Jan 23, 2011)
- Episode 1x02: Frank the Plank (Jan 16, 2011)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jan 9, 2011)
The Talk (2010)
Guest starring as William H. Macy
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2024-03-01: William H. Macy, Rachel Platten (Mar 1, 2024)
- Episode 2019-03-04: William H. Macy (Mar 4, 2019)
- Episode 2018-04-09: Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Leslie Odom, Jr. (Apr 9, 2018)
- Episode 2017-11-27: William H. Macy, Krista Smith, guest co-host Jack Osbourne (Nov 27, 2017)
Watch What Happens Live (2009)
Guest starring as William H. Macy
- Episode 13x54: Seal & William H. Macy (Mar 17, 2016)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009)
Guest starring as William H. Macy
- Episode 2014-01-08: William H. Macy, Bethenny Frankel, Michael Chiarello (Jan 8, 2014)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)
Guest starring as William H. Macy
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2011-07-26: William H. Macy, Karen Gillan (Jul 26, 2011)
- Episode 2005-01-11: Little Richard, William H. Macy (Jan 11, 2005)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Guest starring as William H. Macy
- Episode 2004-12-03: Julia Louis Dreyfuss/William H. Macy/Tatiana Totmianina (Dec 3, 2004)
Superman: The Animated Series (1996)
Guest starring as Director
- Episode 3x01: Where There's Smoke (Sep 19, 1998) [Co-Star]
ER (1994)
Guest starring as Dr. David Morgenstern
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2x13: It's Not Easy Being Greene (Feb 1, 1996)
- Episode 2x12: True Lies (Jan 25, 1996)
- Episode 2x08: The Secret Sharer (Nov 16, 1995)
- Episode 2x06: Days Like This (Nov 2, 1995)
- Episode 1x01: 24 Hours (Sep 19, 1994)
The Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
Guest starring as William H. Macy
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1999-08-05: William H. Macy, George Miller, The Pretenders (Aug 5, 1999)
- Episode 1997-07-28: Jennifer Anniston, Brian Regan, William H. Macy (Jul 28, 1997)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Guest starring as William H. Macy
- Episode 2000-12-21: Episode dated Dec 21, 2000 (Dec 21, 2000)
Civil Wars (1991)
Guest starring as Donald Patchen
- Episode 1x17: Denise And De Nuptials (Apr 21, 1992)
Law & Order (1990)
Guest starring as Assistant U.S. Attorney John McCormack
- Episode 1x06: Everybody's Favorite Bagman (Oct 30, 1990)
Oscars (1953)
Guest starring as William H. Macy
- Episode 1997-03-24: The 69th Annual Academy Awards (Mar 24, 1997)
Crew Credits
Shameless (2011)
Episode crew as Writer
- Episode 2x06: Can I Have a Mother (Feb 12, 2012)
Episode crew as Director
(3 episodes)
- Episode 10x05: Sparky (Dec 8, 2019)
- Episode 9x05: Black Haired Ginger (Oct 7, 2018)
- Episode 5x07: Tell Me You Fucking Need Me (Mar 1, 2015)