William Fichtner

American actor William Fichtner played the role of Alexander Mahone on FOX's dramatic television series Prison Break.

In 1987, Fichtner began his screen career on the daytime soap opera As the World Turns. From there, Fitchner went on to appear in a number of films, including Armageddon, Equilibrium, Black Hawk Down, The Perfect Storm, Crash (Film) and Blades of Glory. In 2006 Fichtner and his colleagues won a Screen Actors Guild Award for "Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture."

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• November 27, 1956: Born

• 1978: Graduated from State University of New York at Brockport

• 1987: As the World Turns

• 1992: Malcolm X

• 1994: Quiz Show

• 1995: Grace Under Fire

• 1995: Heat

• 1996: Albino Alligator

• 1997: Switchback

• 1997: Contact

• 1998: Armageddon

• 1999: The Settlement

• 2000: Passion of Mind

• 2000: The Perfect Storm

• 2001: Pearl Harbor

• 2001: Black Hawk Down

• 2002: MDs

• 2004: Crash

• 2005: Invasion

• 2005: The Longest Yard

• 2005: Empire Falls

• 2006: Prison Break

• 2006: Ultraviolet

• 2007: First Snow

• 2007: Blades of Glory

• 2008: Turok

• 2008: The Dark Knight