William Mapother | |
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 Mapother in 2014 | |
| Born | William Reibert Mapother Jr. (1965-04-17)April 17, 1965 (age 60) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Notre Dame |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Relatives | Tom Cruise (paternal first cousin) |
| Website | williammapother |
William Reibert Mapother Jr.[1] (/ˈmeɪpɒθər/; born April 17, 1965) is an American actor, known for his role asEthan Rom on the television seriesLost and starring in the filmIn the Bedroom. He is also known for the filmAnother Earth.
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Mapother was born inLouisville, Kentucky, the son of Louisa (née Riehm) and William Reibert Mapother Sr.[2] His father was an attorney and served as a judge in Louisville between 1967 and 1970. Mapother Jr. is a first cousin of actorTom Cruise, whose birth name is Thomas Cruise Mapother IV.
Mapother has become widely known as acharacter actor, and sometimes plays scary or otherwise dark characters. He played a pivotal role inTodd Field'sIn the Bedroom, and is perhaps best known asEthan Rom in the TV showLost, 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 asThe Lather Effect,Moola,Hurt, andAnother Earth. Mapother starred inThe 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 theScreen Actors Guild.
He has provided the motion capture work forAgent 47, the main character in the 2012 video gameHitman: Absolution and also provided the voice before series veteranDavid Bateson was recast. In 2014, he played the lead in the paranormal horror filmThe Atticus Institute.[3]
William Mapother received a nomination for a Gotham Award for the film In the Bedroom in 2001, but a search for a specific ACCA nomination in 2001 or an Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture in 2002 for him did not yield results, though he did not win the Gotham Award.[4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Born on the Fourth of July | Platoon Member – Vietnam | |
| 1998 | Without Limits | Bob Peters | |
| Trickle | Josh Riddell | ||
| The Unknown Cyclist | By-Stander | ||
| 1999 | Magnolia | WDKK Show Director's Assistant | |
| 2000 | Mission: Impossible 2 | Wallis | |
| Almost Famous | Bartender | Scenes deleted | |
| 2001 | In the Bedroom | Richard Strout | |
| Swordfish | Gabriel's Crew | ||
| 2002 | Minority Report | Hotel Clerk | |
| Self Storage | Graham | ||
| 2003 | The Kiss | Peter | |
| 2004 | Suspect Zero | Bill Grieves | |
| The Grudge | Matthew Williams | ||
| 2005 | Lords of Dogtown | Donnie | |
| The Zodiac | Dale Coverling | ||
| Chloe | Doctor | ||
| 2006 | Ask The Dust | Bill | |
| The Lather Effect | Jack | ||
| World Trade Center | Jason Thomas | ||
| 2007 | Moola | Bob | |
| Moving McAllister | Bob | ||
| 2008 | The Burrowers | Will Parcher | |
| Hurt | Darryl Coltrane | ||
| 2010 | A Warrior's Heart | David Milligan | |
| 2011 | Another Earth | John Burroughs | |
| Citizen Gangster | Detective Rhys | ||
| 2012 | FDR: American Badass! | Dr. Ellington | |
| 2013 | Underdogs | Bill Burkett | |
| 2014 | I Origins | Darryl | |
| 2015 | The Atticus Institute | Dr. Henry West | |
| Blackhat | Rich Donahue | ||
| 2016 | Tell Me How I Die | Dr. Jerrems | |
| 2024 | Outlaw Posse | Angel |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2003 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Luke Edmunds | Episode: "Rotten" |
| 2004 | Line of Fire | 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" | |
| 2004–2010 | Lost | Ethan Rom | 11 episodes |
| 2005 | The Inside | Ronald Ewing | Episode: "Skin and Bone" |
| Threshold | Gunneson | 2 episodes | |
| 2006 | Robot Chicken | Alien Bully / Leprechaun #2 | 2 episodes |
| 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" | |
| 2008 | Skip Tracer | Henry Hargrove Jr. | TV movie |
| Lost: Missing Pieces | Ethan Rom | Episode: "Jack, Meet Ethan. Ethan? Jack." | |
| Criminal Minds | Ian Corbin | Episode: "Paradise" | |
| 2009 | Prison Break | FBI Agent Chris Franco | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Human Target | Sam Fisher | Episode "Sanctuary" |
| I Heart Vampires | William | 2 episodes | |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | John Silvestri | Episode: "Love on Ice" | |
| 2011–2014 | The Mentalist | Richard Haibach | 4 episodes |
| 2012 | Burn Notice | Garret Hartley | Episode: "Shock Wave" |
| Justified | Delroy Baker | 2 episodes | |
| American Horror Story | Misogynist Driver | Episode: "Dark Cousin" | |
| 2013 | Mad Men | Randall Walsh | Episode: "The Flood" |
| Castle | Carl Matthews | Episode: "The Disciple" | |
| 2014 | Hawaii Five-0 | Eric Porter | Episode: "Ka Makuakaneka" |
| 2015 | Constantine | Jacob Shaw | Episode: "A Whole World Out There" |
| Grimm | Dwight Eleazar | Episode: "The Believer" | |
| 2016 | Supergirl | Rudy Jones / The Parasite | Episode: "Changing" |
| 2017 | MacGyver | Daniel Horn | Episode: "Hole Puncher" |
| 2018 | The Blacklist | Bill | Episode: "Ruin" |
| 2020 | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Bruce Ackerman | Episode: "Monster Inside" |
| 2021 | FBI Most Wanted | Travis Russel | Episode: "Winner" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Fallout: New Vegas | Colonel James Hsu | |
| 2012 | Hitman: Absolution | Agent 47 | Motion capture |
| 2016 | Hitman | Dino Bosco |