- Acting films
- 7
- Acting avg
- 6.18
- Peak run
- 1984’98
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
William by the numbers
Average
6.18
5 rated films
Vote weighted
6.29
bigger films count more
Median
6.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.59
rating spread
Career
33y
1966 to 1998
Total votes
829
across every film
Best
7.1
Drugstore Cowboy
Worst
5.6
Twister
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 | Nova '78 | Self (archive footage) | · | 0 |
| 2018 |  Take Your Pills | Self (archive footage) | 6.5 | 152 |
| 2017 |  Uncle Howard | Self | · | 13 |
| 2015 | Don't Blink - Robert Frank | Self (archive footage) | · | 14 |
| 2012 |  For No Good Reason | Self (archive footage) | 6.8 | 25 |
| 2012 |  The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye | · | · | 18 |
| 2011 | Fix: The Ministry Movie | Self | · | 6 |
| 2010 |  William S. Burroughs: A Man Within | Self | 6.6 | 33 |
| 2009 |  Joy Division | · | 7.6 | 58 |
| 2008 |  Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press | Self (archive footage) | · | 6 |
| 1999 | The Source | Self (archive footage) | · | 16 |
| 1998 |  The Book of Life | Preacher on Radio (voice) | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1994 |  Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | Self | 4.3 | 149 |
| 1991 |  Wax, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees | James "Hive" Maker | · | 18 |
| 1989 |  Bloodhounds of Broadway | Butler | 5.7 | 28 |
| 1989 |  Drugstore Cowboy | Tom the Priest | 7.1 | 642 |
| 1989 |  Heavy Petting | Self | · | 10 |
| 1989 |  Twister | Man in Barn | 5.6 | 45 |
| 1986 |  Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson | Self | · | 12 |
| 1986 |  Ornette: Made in America | Self | · | 12 |
Takes