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William H. Macy

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William H. Macy

TV and Movie Actor


Who is William H. Macy?

William H. Macy is an award winning American actor who is probably best known for his role as Frank Gallagher in Showtime’s television series Shameless and for his leading role in the film Fargo. He has been nominated for a number of awards including Academy, Screen Actors Guild, Primetime Emmy, and Golden Globe Awards. In the fall of 2017, he appeared on PBS’s genealogy show Finding Your Roots where they focused on his southern and Puritan ancestors.

In 1997, William H. Macy was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Fargo. In recent years, he received a number of award nominations for his role in Shameless that included winning Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series two years in a row in 2015 and 2016.

Famous Kin

William H.Macy is a 3rd cousin 4 times removed of Rowland H. Macy, founder of Macy’s department stores. He is also a direct descendant of Mayflower passengers John Howland and John Tilley. William H. Macy has royal ancestry with a direct descent from King Edward I and a number of Magna Carta sureties. His family connections to the current royal family include the late Princess Diana and Queen Elizabeth II.

U.S. presidential kin in William H. Macy’s family tree include James Madison, Zachary Taylor, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Jimmy Carter. Historical kin include U.S. founding father Benjamin Franklin, explorer Meriwether Lewis, lithographer Nathaniel Currier, Confederate General Robert E. Lee, Moby Dick author Herman Melville, Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith, General George S. Patton, author Agatha Christie, and numerous others.

Fellow celebrities with kinship to William H. Macy include John Lithgow, Amy Poehler, Ken Burns, Steve McQueen, Christopher Lloyd, Humphrey Bogart, Paget Brewster, Linda Hamilton, Elisabeth Shue, James Spader, and more.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for William H. Macy

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Ava Michelle

Model and Actress

17th cousin 3 times removed
via Sir Robert Goushill

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Alice (Lee) Roosevelt

First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt

6th cousin 2 times removed
via Nathaniel Starbuck

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Amber Stevens West

TV and Movie Actress

18th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir Richard FitzAlan

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Amber Stevens West

TV and Movie Actress

18th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir Edmund Ferrers

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Shadoe Stevens

Radio Disc Jockey

18th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir Richard FitzAlan

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Shadoe Stevens

Radio Disc Jockey

18th cousin
via Sir Edmund Ferrers

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Zach Braff

TV, Film and Stage Actor

9th cousin 3 times removed
via Thomas Gardner

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Ben Ames Williams

Novelist and Short Story Author

21st cousin
via Isabella de Beauchamp

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Ben Ames Williams

Novelist and Short Story Author

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Ben Ames Williams

Novelist and Short Story Author

19th cousin
via Richard FitzAlan

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John Lithgow

Stage, TV, and Movie Actor

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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John Lithgow

Stage, TV, and Movie Actor

16th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir John Fray

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John Lithgow

Stage, TV, and Movie Actor

17th cousin 2 times removed
via Katherine Pabenham

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Angela Y. Davis

Civil Rights Activist
and former Black Panther

20th cousin
via Ralph de Stafford

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Angela Y. Davis

Civil Rights Activist
and former Black Panther

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Margaret de Audley

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Angela Y. Davis

Civil Rights Activist
and former Black Panther

17th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir Ralph Neville

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Angela Y. Davis

Civil Rights Activist
and former Black Panther

17th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir Thomas Aylesbury

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Angela Y. Davis

Civil Rights Activist
and former Black Panther

16th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir John Bourchier

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Hal Holbrook

TV and Movie Actor

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Henry Plantagenet

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Hal Holbrook

TV and Movie Actor

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Margaret de Audley

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Hal Holbrook

TV and Movie Actor

19th cousin 2 times removed
via Elizabeth de Badlesmere

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Hal Holbrook

TV and Movie Actor

17th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir Ralph Neville

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Hal Holbrook

TV and Movie Actor

15th cousin 1 time removed
via Humphrey Stafford

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William Jennings Bryan

41st U.S. Secretary of State

9th cousin 1 time removed
via John Howland

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Hal Holbrook

TV and Movie Actor

11th cousin
via Henry Howland

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