William Louis Petersen Net Worth

William Louis Petersen Net Worth is
$200,000

William Louis Petersen Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

William Petersen was born on February 21, 1953 in Evanston, Illinois, USA as William Louis Petersen. He is a producer and actor, known for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), Manhunter (1986) and To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). He has been married to Gina Cirone since June 14, 2003. They have two children. He was previously married to Joanne ...

Date Of Birth	February 21, 1953
Place Of Birth	Evanston, Illinois, United States
Height	5' 10" (1.78 m)
Profession	Producer, Actor
Spouse	Joanne Brady
Star Sign	Pisces

Title	Salary
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)	$500,000 /episode (2007- 08)

#	Quote
1	I'm a huge "Membership First" guy. It seems to me that all of the artists in all of the unions and guilds are getting screwed. What we're losing in the SAG contract is the middle class -- those who want to be actors and won't make much money but want to stick with it anyway. The studios and companies, meanwhile, get to have it both ways. They've got their $100 million movies where they pay Brad and Tom $20 million and everyone else works for scale. Then those who make the indie movies don't pay anybody anything. You're supposed to make 28 cents for the honor of working with Gus Van Sant. But the company behind, say, "Milk," winds up making a ton. The whole thing is a shell game, a con, and the actors are the ones who wind up getting jobbed.
2	After Manhunter (1986) and To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), there were all these cop movies that came my way, but they weren't any good, so I didn't do them. Then, there was talk about my doing Platoon (1986), but I didn't want to sit in a ditch in the Philippines for eight weeks for no money. Instead, I did an HBO baseball movie for more money and more fun, and I got to play ball. I enjoy watching great movies like Platoon (1986), but I don't have to be in them. I never fell in love with movies. I didn't want to spend all that time an effort. I've had it pretty good. I've had it my own way.
3	(On his life before his 2nd marriage) When I was younger, women wanted to sleep with me because of whatever movie or play they saw me in, and for about 15 years I certainly took advantage of that more often than not. I got married to my wife, Gina, last summer. I'd been working on the marriage thing with her, trying to get to a place where that was a good thing as opposed to a bad thing. Fidelity was hard when I was younger, but with maturity I got to a mindset of, What's with all this running around to get girls? Now for me it's the old case of, Why go out for hamburger when I've got steak at home?
4	(On Las Vegas) The only good thing about Vegas is watching horse races and football games and being able to throw some money down on them. I don't play the tables, because they're just a sucker's game. Actually, the whole thing is a sucker's game. I'm not a huge Vegas fan, but it's the perfect milieu for the show. Everyone who goes there, even if they're old ladies from a Bible group in Mississippi, they go there to stick nickels into slots and feel a little dirty and dark. Shit happens when you get into that world. Guys lose their wives and money, women end up deciding to stay and become strippers. It's the dirty playground for the Darth Vader in all of us.
5	After Manhunter (1986), I had to actually kill off the character. I cut off most of my hair and dyed it blonde. I changed my whole look just to get rid of him.
6	I was only 21, and there were many things I didn't know. I was trying to be a man and I wasn't ready for it. - on being married at a young age
7	The greatest thing that ever happened to me in terms of my acting was the audition for To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). After I read, William Friedkin put down the script and said, "You got the part". I really thought it was a joke. I went back to my hotel room and took a bath and they called and wanted to make a deal. I still didn't believe it.
8	"Theater in Chicago will always be my first love. It started careers for me and about 50 of my friends. We all love coming back. As soon as the TV show is over, I'll be back in Chicago, doing live theater." (on what he plans to do after "CSI")
9	"It took me two months to get that part. I mean, who the hell was I? I wasn't going to sell that picture" - on his role as "Will Graham" in Manhunter (1986).
10	"Their argument was, Everybody else is going to start copying the show, so why not us? My attitude was, Well, then let everybody else do it. Don't rip yourself off." (On the network and producers' decision to create the CSI spin-off series, CSI: Miami (2002)).
11	(On seeing the Marlon Brando movie, Ultimo tango a Parigi (1972) (aka "Last Tango in Paris") "It was the first time that I understood that acting was an art form. It was not Clint Eastwood on a horse, Bob Hope in a road movie. It was not Don Knotts in The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964). These are favorite movies of mine, too. But when I sat in "Last Tango in Paris", the lightbulb went on. To this day, Brando is the one I want to meet, and the one I'm terrified to meet".

#	Fact
1	His name originates from the Germanic name Willahelm, which was composed of the elements wil "will, desire" and helm "helmet, protection".
2	William's paternal grandfather, Jurgen Petersen, was born in Germany, to Danish parents, Andreas Christian Petersen and Anna Margaretha Ericksen. William's paternal grandmother, Lizzie Ricksher, was of German and French ancestry, while both of William's maternal grandparents, Arthur Cornelius Hoene and Katherine Vera Vollmar, were of German descent.
3	The actor who dubs his voice in Czech, Vladislav Benes, is also the Czech dubbing voice of Pierce Brosnan, Richard Gere, and Noah Wyle.
4	Has played the roles of both father and son, Joseph P. Kennedy and John F. Kennedy. Played Joseph P. Kennedy in The Kennedys of Massachusetts. Played John F. Kennedy in Rat Pack.
5	Lived for a time with Amy Morton.
6	Longtime friend of Gary Cole.
7	Has a second grandson named Indigo August, born in August 2009.
8	He was awarded the 2009 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Blackbird" at the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
9	He was nominated for a 1994 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "The Night of the Iguana" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
10	He was awarded the 1984 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "In the Belly of the Beast" at the Wisdom Bridge Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
11	He was nominated for a 1982 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "The Tooth of Crime" at the Remains Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
12	Shares his birthday with Larry Drake, who appeared with him in The Beast (1996).
13	He has been an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois, since 2008.
14	Has been portrayed in several CSI games.
15	Appears in The Skulls (2000) with Hill Harper. Harper currently co- stars in CSI: NY (2004), the spin-off of Petersen's series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000).
16	Has performed at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago.
17	Turned down a major part in Michael Mann's Heat (1995).
18	Owns the rights of James Ellroy's crime novel "Clandestine".
19	An avid Chicago Cubs fan, he sings "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh-inning stretch at Wrigley Field every year and also narrated the documentary Wrigley Field: Beyond the Ivy (2001) about Wrigley Field.
20	Was 33 years old when Manhunter (1986) was released. When the film's remake, Red Dragon (2002), was released, his Will Graham successor, Edward Norton, was also 33 years old.
21	Played Missy Crider's father in the miniseries The Beast (1996). Crider later appeared in the second-season premiere of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000).
22	Because his role in Manhunter (1986) was so emotionally exhausting, he did everything he could to rid himself of the Will Graham character after filming was completed. This included cutting his hair and dyeing it blonde, and shaving off his beard.
23	Declined the offer to produce CSI: Miami (2002), the spin-off of his series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000).
24	Has played two characters with the surname "Walker." He played Gideon Walker in Return to Lonesome Dove (1993) and Steve Walker in Fear (1996).
25	Co-presented an award at the 2004 Emmys with Dennis Franz, whose former NYPD Blue (1993) co-star, David Caruso, stars in CSI: Miami (2002), the spin-off of Petersen's series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000).
26	Was cast in To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) after Gary Sinise declined the part. Sinise became the star of CSI: NY (2004), which is the spin-off of Petersen's series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000).
27	Calls Long Gone (1987) the most fun he ever had making a movie. He made it instead of appearing in Platoon (1986).
28	Was offered a role in Platoon (1986), but turned it down because it was a low-paying job. The prospect of going to the Philippines for weeks of training before filming did not appeal to him either.
29	One CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) plotline had him pursuing an insane killer played by Tom Noonan, who also played the titular insane killer in Manhunter (1986).
30	He has one grandchild named Mazrik William (born October 2003).
31	He has a production company called High Horse (with friend & fellow CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) producer Cynthia Chvatal).
32	Started at Idaho State University on a football scholarship, where he found acting.
33	In March 2002, he became engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Gina Cirone, a biology teacher. The two married in Petrignano, Italy, in 2003.
34	Attended the renowned Steppenwolf Company.
35	Testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on increased funding for crime labs.
36	Daughter named Maite Nerea, born in 1975, in Mondragón (País Vasco, Spain).
37	Attended Bishop Kelly High School in Boise, Idaho. He wears his old football jersey from that school in most of his movies.

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Producer

Title	Year	Status
Hurt People		TV Movie executive producer announced
CSI: Immortality	2015	TV Movie executive producer
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation		TV Series executive producer - 231 episodes, 2004 - 2015 producer - 42 episodes, 2000 - 2012 co-executive producer - 36 episodes, 2002 - 2004 supervising producer - 6 episodes, 2002
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	2003	Video Game co-executive producer - as William Peterson
Keep the Change	1992	TV Movie producer - as William L. Petersen
Hard Promises	1991	producer - as William L. Petersen

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Hurt People		TV Movie announced	Hollis Brown
Manhattan	2015	TV Series	Col. Emmett Darrow
CSI: Immortality	2015	TV Movie	Gil Grissom
Blue	2013	TV Series	Mitch
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	2000-2013	TV Series	Gil Grissom
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World	2012		Trucker
Detachment	2011		Mr. Sarge Kepler
Without a Trace	2007	TV Series	Gil Grissom
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Hard Evidence	2007	Video Game	Gilbert 'Gil' Grissom (voice, as William L. Petersen)
CSI: 3 Dimensions of Murder	2006	Video Game	Gil Grissom (voice, as William L. Petersen)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Dark Motives	2004	Video Game	CSI Head Investigator Gilbert 'Gil' Grissom (voice)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	2003	Video Game	Gil Grissom (voice)
Haven	2001	TV Movie	Jackson Connolly
The Contender	2000		Jack Hathaway
The Skulls	2000		Ames Levritt
Kiss the Sky	1998		Jeff (as William L. Petersen)
The Rat Pack	1998	TV Movie	John F. Kennedy
The Staircase	1998	TV Movie	Joad
Gunshy	1998		Jake Bridges
12 Angry Men	1997	TV Movie	Juror #12
The Beast	1996	TV Mini-Series	Whip Dalton
Mulholland Falls	1996		Jack Flynn, Mafia Mobster (uncredited)
Fear	1996		Steve Walker
Present Tense, Past Perfect	1995	TV Short	Jack (as William L. Petersen)
Fallen Angels	1995	TV Series	George
In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King	1995		Tony C.
Return to Lonesome Dove	1993	TV Mini-Series	Captain Gideon Walker Capt. Gideon Walker Gideon Walker
Curacao	1993	TV Movie	Stephen Guerin
Keep the Change	1992	TV Movie	Joe Starling (as William L. Petersen)
Passed Away	1992		Frank Scanlan
Hard Promises	1991		Joey (as William L. Petersen)
Young Guns II	1990		Patrick Floyd 'Pat' Garrett
The Kennedys of Massachusetts	1990	TV Mini-Series	Joseph P. Kennedy
Cousins	1989		Tom
Long Gone	1987	TV Movie	Cecil 'Stud' Cantrell (as William L. Petersen)
Amazing Grace and Chuck	1987		Russell (as William L. Petersen)
Manhunter	1986		Will Graham
The Twilight Zone	1986	TV Series	Edward Sayers (segment "Need to Know")
To Live and Die in L.A.	1985		Richard Chance (as William L. Petersen)
Thief	1981		Katz & Jammer Bartender (as William L. Peterson)

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Manhunter: The Mind of Madness - An Interview with William Petersen	2016	Video documentary short	Himself
Entertainment Tonight	2006-2015	TV Series	Himself
Séries express	2009	TV Series	Himself
TV Land Moguls	2009	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards	2008	TV Special	Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
TMZ on TV	2008	TV Series	Himself
The 22nd Annual Genesis Awards	2008	TV Special	Himself
Caiga quien caiga	2008	TV Series	Himself
CBS Cares	2001-2008	TV Series	Himself
The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	2006	TV Special	Himself (as William L. Petersen)
The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards	2006	TV Movie documentary	Himself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
The 32nd Annual People's Choice Awards	2006	TV Special documentary	Himself
11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	2005	TV Special	Himself
The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	2004	TV Special	Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Blue Neon Night: Michael Connelly's Los Angeles	2004	Video documentary	Narrator (as William L. Petersen)
This Old Cub	2004	Documentary	Himself (as William L. Petersen)
10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards	2004	TV Special	Himself
CBS at 75	2003	TV Special documentary	Himself (as William L. Petersen)
Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'	2003	Video documentary short	Himself
The GQ Men of the Year Awards	2003	TV Movie documentary	Himself (as William L. Petersen)
The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	2003	TV Special	Himself - Presenter (as William L. Petersen)
The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	2002	TV Special	Himself (as William L. Petersen)
Larry King Live	2002	TV Series	Himself
The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	2001	TV Special
The Directors	2001	TV Series documentary	Himself
Wrigley Field: Beyond the Ivy	2001	Video	Himself (Narrator) (as William L. Petersen)
Inside 'Manhunter'	2001	Video documentary short	Himself (as William L. Petersen)
Late Show with David Letterman	2001	TV Series	Himself
3rd Annual TV Guide Awards	2001	TV Special	Himself - Winner
The Rosie O'Donnell Show	2000	TV Series	Himself
Today	1990	TV Series	Himself

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Entertainment Tonight	2015	TV Series	Himself
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	2009-2015	TV Series	Gil Grissom
De 'Los Serrano' a 'Cuenta atrás'	2007	TV Movie	Gil Grissom
Just the Facts	2004	TV Movie documentary	Cast of 'C.S.I.'
Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater	1995	TV Series	Stephen Guerin
The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson	1987	TV Movie documentary	Himself

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2009	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Television	Awarded on February 3, 2009 at 6667 Hollywood Blvd.
2005	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
2001	Alan J. Pakula Award	Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards		The Contender (2000)

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2005	PGA Award	PGA Awards	Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
2004	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
2004	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Drama Series	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
2004	PGA Award	PGA Awards	Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
2004	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
2003	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Drama Series	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
2003	PGA Award	PGA Awards	Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
2003	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
2002	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Drama Series	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
2002	Golden Satellite Award	Satellite Awards	Best Performance by an Actor in a Series, Drama	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
2002	Actor	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
2001	TV Guide Award	TV Guide Awards	Actor of the Year in a New Series	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)

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William Louis Petersen Net Worth

William Louis Petersen Net Worth is
$200,000