William H. Macy

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q224159: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Fargo, which Fargo with Zach Cregger credits them on.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (7 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Acting (7) everyone in acting

Other (1) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

people (3)

  1. people (actor's run of losers): William H. Macy → Boogie Nights. Macy played pathetic men in Fargo and the Paul Thomas Anderson movies.
    “He really was on such a run of losers, right, between this and the PTA movies.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 1:18:09 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (actor's run of losers): William H. Macy → Magnolia. Donnie Smith in Magnolia is a harder watch than Jerry.
    “Jerry is tough is a tough hang.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 1:18:21 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. people (actor against type): William H. Macy → Jurassic Park III. In Jurassic Park III the pathetic drip was jettisoned from Macy's character.
    “they've jettisoned all pathetic drip out of, out of his character in that.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 1:19:09 · Zach Cregger (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (cut from role): William H. Macy → Finding Nemo. Macy was reportedly Marlin's original voice but was too much of a loser for audiences.
    “William Mitch Macy was the original voice of Marlon and finding Nemo.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 1:17:22 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about William H. Macy: Macy's ad-lib was calling the car 'Siena burnt umber' (not in the script), and the doodles Jerry makes were Macy's own between setups.
    “he kept calling the Siena burnt umber, which was not in the script, but the Cohens were amused and let that in.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:08:37 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about William H. Macy: Macy read for a deputy, was told to try Jerry, then flew back from the West to read again for fear someone else would be hired, 'jolly Lutheran ass on an airplane.'
    “I got my jolly Lutheran ass on an airplane and walked in and said, I want to read again”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:58:15 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)