William Petersen in Fear | 1996
Clip Name: Steve Makes Threats
William Petersen in Fear | 1996
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon and William Petersen
Directed by: James Foley
About this actor
William Louis Petersen (born February 21, 1953) is an American actor and producer, best known for playing Dr. Gilbert "Gil" Grissom on the hit CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He has also portrayed President John F. Kennedy in the 1998 TV film The Rat Pack. Petersen, the youngest of six children, was born in Evanston, Illinois, to parents who worked in the furniture business. His father was Danish-American Arthur Edward Petersen, Sr. (1907–2004) and his mother was German-American June Hoene Petersen (1909–2006). He has two brothers, Arthur, Jr. and Robert, plus three sisters: Anne, Mary Kay, and Elizabeth. He graduated from Bishop Kelly High School in Boise, Idaho, in 1972. He was accepted to Idaho State University on a football scholarship. While at Idaho State, Petersen took an acting course which changed the direction of his life. He left school along with his wife, Joanne, in 1974 and followed a drama professor to the Basque country where he studied as a Shakespearean...
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