Actor: William Fichtner

William Fichtner opens The Dark Knight as the bank manager with a shotgun, in a scene of about ninety seconds that sets the film’s entire tone.

Heat, Armageddon, Black Hawk Down and Contact fill out a career of dependable supporting authority.

Prison Break gave him a long television run, and he is unusually good at playing men who are competent and unpleasant at the same time, which is a narrower specialty than it sounds.