Macy was born on March 13, 1950, in Miami, Florida,[2][3] and grew up in Georgia and Maryland.[4] His father, William Hall Macy Sr. (1922–2007), was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and an Air Medal for flying a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in World War II; he later ran a construction company in Atlanta, Georgia, and worked for Dun & Bradstreet before taking over a Cumberland, Maryland–based insurance agency when Macy was nine years old. Macy's mother, Lois (née Overstreet; 1920–2001), was a war widow who met Macy's father after her first husband died in 1943. Macy has described her as a "Southern belle".[5][6][7]
After graduating from Goddard, Macy originated roles in a number of plays by collaborator David Mamet, such as American Buffalo[9] and The Water Engine.[10] While in Chicago in his twenties, he did a TV commercial. He was required to join AFTRA in order to do the commercial, and received his SAG card within a year, which for an elated Macy represented an important moment in his career.[11]
In a November 2003 interview with USA Today, Macy stated that he wanted to star in a big-budget action film "for the money, for the security of a franchise like that. And I love big action-adventure movies. They're way cool."[14] He serves as director-in-residence at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York, where he teaches a technique called Practical Aesthetics. A book describing the technique, A Practical Handbook for the Actor ( ISBN0-394-74412-8), is dedicated to Macy and Mamet.
In summer 2010, Macy joined the ShowtimepilotShameless as the protagonist, Frank Gallagher. The project ultimately went to series, and its first season premiered on January 9, 2011. Macy has received high critical acclaim for his performance,[17] eventually getting an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2014.
Since shooting the film Wild Hogs, Macy has had a strong interest in riding motorcycles.[18] Macy lives near and is the spokesperson for Woody Creek Distillers in Basalt, Colorado, which sells a signature whiskey bearing Macy's name.[24]
In March 2019, it was reported that Macy and Huffman had agreed to pay someone $15,000 to take a college entrance exam for their daughter Sophia. Huffman was indicted on fraud and conspiracy charges as part of a wider federal investigation of college admissions bribery. For undisclosed reasons,[27] no charges were filed against Macy.[28] Attorneys uninvolved in the case speculated that Macy may not have been charged because he cooperated with agents or because the government lacked sufficient evidence of his involvement.[29]
On September 13, 2019, a federal judge in Boston sentenced Huffman to 14 days in federal prison (of which she served 10 days), 250 hours of community service, and a year of supervised release.[30][31][32]
↑Harris, Andrew B. (1994). Broadway Theatre. Routledge. p.98. ISBN0-415-10520-X. Retrieved April 16, 2008. By 1975, David Mamet and the St Nicholas Theater had settled in Chicago.
↑Moynihan, Rob (January 19, 2015). "How I Got My SAG-AFTRA Card", TV Guide. p. 8
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