Broadway may be the center of the theater universe in the U.S., but not all acting greats who start in theater get their breakthrough in New York City. In fact, a number of notable actors who had their first major breakthrough in Chicago theater have made their way back to
William Petersen continues to show the full range of his unique talent to audiences in multiple mediums. The Evanston, Illinois native first discovered acting while pursuing a football scholarship at Idaho State University. He first drew film industry and critical attention with his back-to-back starring roles in William Friedkin’s To Live and Die in L.A., opposite Willem Dafoe and based on the Gerald Petievich novel; and Michael Mann’s Manhunter, opposite Brian Cox as Hannibal Lecktor and based on the Thomas Harris novel.
