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William Mapother

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William Mapother
Mapother in 2014
Born
William Reibert Mapother Jr.

(1965-04-17) April 17, 1965 (age 59)
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Notre Dame
OccupationActor
Years active1988–present
RelativesTom Cruise (cousin)
Websitewilliammapother.com Edit this at Wikidata

William Reibert Mapother Jr.[1] (/ˈmeɪpɒθər/; 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.[2] 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

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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.[3]

Filmography

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Film

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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

Television

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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"

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2010 Fallout: New Vegas Colonel James Hsu
2012 Hitman: Absolution Agent 47 Motion capture
2016 Hitman Dino Bosco

See also

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References

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  1. ^ William Mapother Tribute to William Sr.[usurped]
  2. ^ William Mapother Biography (1965–), filmreference.com
  3. ^ Imagery From Inside 'The Atticus Institute'
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