William Mapother
{{short description|American actor (born 1965)}}
{{Infobox person
| birth_name = William Reibert Mapother Jr.
| name =
| image = William Mapother 2014.jpg
| caption = Mapother in 2014
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|04|17}}
| birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
| death_date =
| alma_mater = University of Notre Dame
| death_place =
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1988–present
| spouse =
| relatives = Tom Cruise (cousin)
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}
William Reibert Mapother Jr.William Mapother {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20061214075650/http://www.williammapotheronline.com/wrmtribute.html Tribute to William Sr.]}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|eɪ|p|ɒ|θ|ər}}; born April 17, 1965) is an American actor, known for his role as Ethan Rom on the television series Lost and starring in the film In the Bedroom. He is also known for the film Another Earth.
Early life, family and education
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Mapother was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of Louisa (née Riehm) and William Reibert Mapother Sr.[http://www.filmreference.com/film/4/William-Mapother.html William Mapother Biography (1965–)], filmreference.com His father was an attorney and served as a judge in Louisville between 1967 and 1970. Mapother Jr. is a first cousin of actor Tom Cruise, whose birth name is Thomas Cruise Mapother IV.
Career
Mapother has become widely known as a character actor, and sometimes plays scary or otherwise dark characters. He played a pivotal role in Todd Field's In the Bedroom, and is perhaps best known as Ethan Rom in the TV show Lost, which he played for 11 episodes during the life of the series.
Mapother has also had considerable roles in a series of independent films, such as The Lather Effect, Moola, Hurt, and Another Earth. Mapother starred in The Burrowers as a Native American fighter who joins a posse to help find missing white settlers.
In September 2007, he was elected to a three-year term on the National Board of Directors for the Screen Actors Guild.
He has provided the motion capture work for Agent 47, the main character in the 2012 video game Hitman: Absolution and also provided the voice before series veteran David Bateson was recast. In 2014, he played the lead in the paranormal horror film The Atticus Institute.[http://bloody-disgusting.com/images/3325090/imagery-inside-atticus-institute/ Imagery From Inside 'The Atticus Institute']
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
| scope="row" | 1989
| Platoon Member – Vietnam | |
|---|
| scope="row" rowspan="3" | 1998
| Bob Peters | |
| Trickle
| Josh Riddell | |
| The Unknown Cyclist
| By-Stander | |
| scope="row" | 1999
| Magnolia | WDKK Show Director's Assistant | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2000
| Wallis | |
| Almost Famous
| Bartender | Scenes deleted |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2001
| Richard Strout | |
| Swordfish
| Gabriel's Crew | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2002
| Hotel Clerk | |
| Self Storage
| Graham | |
| scope="row" | 2003
| The Kiss | Peter | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2004
| Bill Grieves | |
| The Grudge
| Matthew Williams | |
| scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2005
| Donnie | |
| The Zodiac
| Dale Coverling | |
| Chloe
| Doctor | |
| scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2006
| Bill | |
| The Lather Effect
| Jack | |
| World Trade Center
| |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2007
| Moola | Bob | |
| Moving McAllister
| Bob | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2008
| Will Parcher | |
| Hurt
| Darryl Coltrane | |
| scope="row" | 2010
| David Milligan | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2011
| John Burroughs | |
| Citizen Gangster
| Detective Rhys | |
| scope="row" | 2012
| Dr. Ellington | |
| scope="row" | 2013
| Bill Burkett | |
| scope="row" | 2014
| Darryl | |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2015
| Dr. Henry West | |
| Blackhat
| Rich Donahue | |
| scope="row" | 2016
| Dr. Jerrems | |
| scope="row" | 2024
| Angel | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
| scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2002
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Douglas Sampson | Episode: "Snuff" |
|---|
| The Pennsylvania Miners' Story
| John 'Flathead' Phillippi | TV movie |
| Touched by an Angel
| Eddie | 2 episodes |
| scope="row" | 2003
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Luke Edmunds | Episode: "Rotten" |
| scope="row" rowspan="4" | 2004
| Larry | 2 episodes |
| CSI: Miami
| Pete Keller | Episode: 'Lost Son" |
| NCIS
| Kyle Grayson | Episode: "See No Evil" |
| Crossing Jordan
| Henry Bishop | Episode: "Death Goes On" |
| scope="row" | 2004–2010
| Lost | 11 episodes |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2005
| Ronald Ewing | Episode: "Skin and Bone" |
| Threshold
| Gunneson | 2 episodes |
| scope="row" | 2006
| Alien Bully / Leprechaun #2 | 2 episodes |
| scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2007
| K-Ville | Gordon Wix | Episode: "Pilot" |
| Viva Laughlin
| Sweet Lenny Collins | Episode: "What a Whale Wants" |
| WordGirl
| Guy Rich (voice) | Episode: "The Young and the Meatless/Mr. Big's Colossal Mini-Golf" |
| scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2008
| Skip Tracer | Henry Hargrove Jr. | TV movie |
| Lost: Missing Pieces
| Episode: "Jack, Meet Ethan. Ethan? Jack." |
| Criminal Minds
| Ian Corbin | Episode: "Paradise" |
| scope="row" | 2009
| FBI Agent Chris Franco | 2 episodes |
| scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2010
| Sam Fisher | Episode "Sanctuary" |
| I Heart Vampires
| William | 2 episodes |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent
| John Silvestri | Episode: "Love on Ice" |
| scope="row" | 2011–2014
| Richard Haibach | 4 episodes |
| scope="row" rowspan="3" | 2012
| Garret Hartley | Episode: "Shock Wave" |
| Justified
| Delroy Baker | 2 episodes |
| American Horror Story
| Misogynist Driver | Episode: "Dark Cousin" |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2013
| Mad Men | Randall Walsh | Episode: "The Flood" |
| Castle
| Carl Matthews | Episode: "The Disciple" |
| scope="row" | 2014
| Eric Porter | Episode: "Ka Makuakaneka" |
| scope="row" rowspan="2" | 2015
| Jacob Shaw | Episode: "A Whole World Out There" |
| Grimm
| Dwight Eleazar | Episode: "The Believer" |
| scope="row" | 2016
| Episode: "Changing" |
| scope="row" | 2017
| MacGyver | Daniel Horn | Episode: "Hole Puncher" |
| scope="row" | 2018
| Bill | Episode: "Ruin" |
| scope="row" | 2020
| Bruce Ackerman | Episode: "Monster Inside" |
| scope="row" | 2021
| Travis Russel | Episode: "Winner" |
=Video games=
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- {{IMDb name}}
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Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:Male actors from Louisville, Kentucky
Category:University of Notre Dame alumni