William H. Macy, Jr.

William H. Macy Jr. entered the world on March 13, 1950, in Miami, Florida. He was born to Lois, a war widow whose first husband died in 1943, and he has a half-brother, Fred.
Macy's father was a Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal winner for piloting a B-17 FLying Fortress bomber during World War II.
He lived in Georgia for a while, then moved with the family to Cumberland, at the age of nine, when his father took over the reins of a local insurance agency.
A shy young boy until Fred taught him to play the guitar, W.H. sang a song onstage for a school assembly, and the crowd went wild. He served as president of his class in his 11th and 12th grades, although, in his words, he was a terrible student.
He began his veterinarian studies at Bethany College in West Virginia, then transferred to Goddard and became involved in the theatre, graduating in 1971.
His entry into the "real world" came with a move to Chicago, where he toiled as a bartender and, with good friend David Mamet and others, formed the St. Nicholas Theatre Company.
He spent some time in Los Angeles, then moved - in 1980 - to New York City where he appeared in more than 50 Off-Broadway and Broadway plays.
At last count his face, or his voice, has appeared in at least 63 films - some on the big screen and others on television. He's been nominated for an Oscar, and he's won two Emmy Awards for both acting and directing "Door to Door", the story of a handicapped salesman intent on making his living in the real world.
Since 1997 he's been married to Felicity Huffman, a successful actress herself who currently stars in the very popular "Desperate Housewives" tv series.