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.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Fargo (1996); Air Force One (1997); Boogie Nights (1997); Pleasantville (1998); Magnolia (1999); Jurassic Park III (2001); Wild Hogs (2007).

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.

Mean Streets (1973): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through Boogie Nights (1997), which they acted in: Mean Streets ⇒ Boogie Nights (the maker said so: the Boogie Nights commentary track). Per the commentary track, Anderson lifted images from Mean Streets, Goodfellas and other Scorsese films for Boogie Nights.
    “Paul Thomas Anderson explained how he just ripped off images he saw in Mean Streets or in Goodfellas”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:24:42 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Michael De Luca: 1 line

  1. unmapped (gave break) · through Boogie Nights (1997), which they acted in: Michael De Luca ⇒ Boogie Nights (the host's read). De Luca ran New Line and gave PTA his break with Boogie Nights; now runs Warner's films division.
    “gave PTA his big break with Boogie Nights.”
    The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:09:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.65 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Fargo (unaired NBC pilot with Edie Falco): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through Fargo (1996), which they acted in: Fargo ⇒ Fargo (unaired NBC pilot with Edie Falco) (the host's read). An NBC pilot directed by Kathy Bates with Edie Falco as Marge aired years later; the Coens were not involved.
    “There was like an NBC pilot directed by Kathy Bates with Edie Falco playing Marge Gunderson.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:10:45 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014): 1 line

  1. unmapped (false true story) · through Fargo (1996), which they acted in: Fargo ⇒ Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (the host's read). Kumiko is a movie about someone who believed Fargo's 'based on a true story' card and went looking for the money.
    “is a movie based on an Irvin legend about someone believing that Fargo was true and looking for the bag of money.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Fargo with Zach Cregger · 0:46:41 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Old Dogs (2009): 1 line

  1. career (career) · through Wild Hogs (2007), which they acted in: Wild Hogs ⇒ Old Dogs (the host's read). Wild Hogs was a huge 2007 hit, which is how Becker came to have the freedom to make Old Dogs.
    “Becker has what you could perhaps call a blank check to make whatever crazy passion projects he wants.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · OLD DOGS - Blank Check LIVE! at the Bell House (May 12, 2022) · 0:10:28 · Griffin Newman (0.80 sure it was them)

Panic Room (2002): 1 line

  1. unmapped (model for the villains) · through Fargo (1996), which they acted in: Fargo ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). A host feels Panic Room's funny villain and scary villain pair uses the Buscemi and Stormare model from Fargo.
    “But I'm realizing how much wisely it does feel like they're sort of using the model of Bushemi and Stoneman.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Panic Room with Eva Anderson (Ad-Free) · 2:20:45 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

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)