Fichtner's first acting break came when he was cast on the soap opera "As the World Turns," a job he kept for seven years (1987-93). Toward the end of that run, he also started to land small roles in films such as Malcolm X and Quiz Show.
In 1995, Fichtner played a more substantial part (as a small-town hood) in Steven Soderbergh's The Underneath. And while Fichtner assayed a leading role in 2000's Passion of Mind (opposite Demi Moore), it's in supporting turns that he continues to dazzle, in films such as Contact and Crash. In 2005, he took on the role of Sheriff Underlay on the sci-fi series "Invasion."
The HealerFilmmaker Agnieszka Holland exposes viewers to the anguish that envelops a family as it watches one of its own die a slow, heart-wrenching death. Although the father, wracked by grief, is resigned to his sick baby's fate, the mother, Julie (Miranda Otto), refuses to give up, seeking the counsel of a... Read More
The UnderneathIn this remake of the film-noir classic Criss Cross, scalawag Michael Chambers (Peter Gallagher) returns home for his mother's nuptials after running out on his gambling debts. Before long, he's hatching a robbery scheme and wooing his ex-wife, Rachel (Alison Elliott) -- a move that infuriates her... Read More
Wrong (2012) | NR | |
The Big Bang (2011) | R | |
Drive Angry (2011) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
PG-13 | ||
Blades of Glory (2007) | PG-13 | |
First Snow (2007) | R | |
Ultraviolet (2006) | UR | |
Nine Lives (2005) | R | |
Prison Break (2005) | TV-14 | |
The Amateurs (2005) | R | |
R | ||
Empire Falls (2005) | TV-PG | |
The Chumscrubber (2005) | R | |
NR | ||
Equilibrium (2002) | R | |
R | ||
Black Hawk Down (2001) | UR | |
Pearl Harbor (2001) | PG-13 | |
PG-13 | ||
Drowning Mona (2000) | PG-13 | |
Passion of Mind (2000) | PG-13 | |
Go (1999) | R | |
Armageddon (1998) | PG-13 | |
Contact (1997) | PG | |
Switchback (1997) | R | |
Albino Alligator (1996) | R | |
Heat (1995) | R | |
Strange Days (1995) | R | |
Virtuosity (1995) | R | |
R | ||
Quiz Show (1994) | PG-13 | |
NR | ||
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