William Petersen
William Petersen
William Louis Petersenis an American actor and producer best known for playing Dr. Gilbert "Gil" Grissom in the CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He also starred in films, such as To Live and Die in L.A. and Fear...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth21 February 1953
CityEvanston, IL
CountryUnited States of America
wife downtown goes-on
The show can go on without me, and probably will, but I want to come back to act in Chicago. My wife and I just bought a condo downtown, and I want to do theater.
bugs tarantulas germany
I get a lot of stuff from Germany - stuffed bugs and tarantulas.
ocean writing sail
Writing is a vessel...with readers the ocean and authors as its sails...
smart answers persons
A smart person is not one that knows the answers, but one who knows where to find them...
heart heathers closest
Grissom is pretty asexual. He's not that interested in anything other than work - except for Lady Heather. She's the closest to getting his heart of anyone.
dad play dry-up
I didn't want to play a lawyer. I didn't want to play a doctor. I didn't want to play a single dad. I wanted to do something I felt I could learn from, something that would be a challenge and something that would not dry up.
able panic rehearsal
I had panic attacks during rehearsal. There were times when I really thought I wasn't going to be able to do it.
math opposites tests
I was horrible at science and math. I couldn't pass a test to save my life! I'm surprised that it didn't take me until I was 20 to graduate. That's why my role is so cool - Grissom is the complete opposite of me.
goodbye night years
Now I'm seen by more people in one episode than I was in 20 years of theatre and movies. It's gratifying to have an impact on 25 million people a night, but I can say goodbye to my lunch-pail life as a working actor. I'm scared I might be a celebrity.
lost-love lost greater
There’s no greater search than that of lost love.
life-changing drinking tired
The beard is here because I got tired of shaving and Grissom, subsequently, got tired of shaving. Grissom, like any other 50-year-old man, is going through a series of mid-life changes. Who knows, he may start drinking.
first-love tv-shows careers
Theater in Chicago will always be my first love. It started careers for me and about 50 of my friends. We all love coming back. As soon as the TV show is over, I'll be back in Chicago, doing live theater.
audience audiences crosses huge kinds loyal niche viewers
We thought we would have a niche audience of loyal viewers like 'X-Files' or 'West Wing.' But we have a huge audience that crosses all kinds of boundaries. It's unique. It's bizarre.
work
When we get involved in the ratings, then we're doing the network's job. We need to focus on our work.