William L. Petersen
Acting
Born: 1953-02-21 · 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 the drama department, before leaving to work in the Basque country as a Shakespearean actor. Peterson
🎬 Movies (20)
Three Short Plays by Tracy Letts
2021
Ted
Friedkin Uncut
2018
Self
CSI: Immortality
2015
Gil Grissom
100 Years of Wrigley Field
2014
Self - Narrator (voice)
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
2012
Trucker
Detachment
2011
Mr. 'Sarge' Kepler
This Old Cub
2004
Himself
Blue Neon Night: Michael Connelly's Los Angeles
2004
Narrator
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'
2003
Self
Wrigley Field: Beyond the Ivy
2001
Narrator
Inside 'Manhunter'
2001
Himself
Haven
2001
Jackson Connolly
The Contender
2000
Jack Hathaway
The Skulls
2000
Ames Levritt
Kiss the Sky
1998
Jess
The Rat Pack
1998
John F. Kennedy
The Staircase
1998
Joad
Gunshy
1998
Jake Bridges
12 Angry Men
1997
Juror 12
The Beast
1996
Whip Dalton
📺 TV Shows (13)
CSI: Vegas
2021
Gil Grissom
Manhattan
2014
Col. Emmett Darrow
Blue
2012
Mitch
Without a Trace
2002
Gil Grissom
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Gil Grissom
The Directors
1999
Self
The Beast
1996
Whip Dalton
Return to Lonesome Dove
1993
Captain Gideon Walker
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Self - Guest
Fallen Angels
1993
Georgie
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
1990
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
Sacrée soirée
1987
Self
The Twilight Zone
1985
(segment "Need to Know")