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CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season 1 review by from Scotland

The Grissom Gang 27 October 2005
...egular formula and is always reliable, if not always plausible, entertainment. William Petersen is great as Dr Gil Grissom ( a phD ‘doctor’) who leads the Las Vegas Police Cri... Read customer review

CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season 4 - Part 1 review by TheMovieman from lancashire

CSI: Class 23 May 2005
... show us how it is done. This is the original and the best of the CSI franchise William Petersen as the amazing Grissom. If you haven't watched any of these then start with ser... Read customer review

William Petersen - filmography

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
Starring: Keira Knightley, Steve Carell, Connie Britton
Director: Lorene Scafaria
Certificate:
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbour who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.

75% from 2 members
Currently unavailable

CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season 9 (6 discs) on DVD (2008)
Starring: William Petersen, Laurence Fishburne, Marg Helgenberger
Director: Richard J. Lewis, Nathan Hope, Alec Smight
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Created by Anthony Zuiker and executive produced by movie maven Jerry Bruckheimer, the thrilling series centres on the Las Vegas Police Department's night-shift forensics unit, which utilizes cutting-edge technology to solve the often grisly crimes of a glamorous city whose constant influx of ..read more »

88% from 1,294 member

CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season... (3 discs) on DVD (2008)
Starring: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan
Director: Alec Smight, Jeffrey G. Hunt, Kenneth Fink
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Beneath the neon lights of Las Vegas, the Clark County CSI night shift is hard at work, ridding the city of its criminal elements. With cutting-edge technology at its disposal, the forensic team tackles the often grisly crimes of a glamorous city whose constant influx of visitors has turned it into ..read more »

87% from 1,778 member

CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season... (3 discs) on DVD (2007)
Starring: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan
Director: Kenneth Fink, Richard J. Lewis, Jeffrey G. Hunt
Certificate:
Beneath the neon lights of Las Vegas, the Clark County CSI night shift is hard at work, ridding the city of its criminal elements. With cutting-edge technology at its disposal, the forensic team tackles the often grisly crimes of a glamorous city whose constant influx of visitors has turned it into ..read more »

87% from 2,289 members

CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season... (3 discs) on DVD (2007)
Starring: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Jorja Fox
Director: Jerry Bruckheimer, Kenneth Fink, Richard J. Lewi
Certificate:
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is back! This season brings new characters, new relationships, and new and ever-more confounding crimes. Join Grissom and the night shift team for another 12 episodes of the original and best forensics drama. Episodes Comprise: 13. Redrum 14. Meet Market 15. Law of ..read more »

88% from 2,542 members

CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season... (3 discs) on DVD (2006)
Starring: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan
Director: Kenneth Fink, Martha Coolidge
Certificate:
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is back! This season brings new characters, new relationships, and new and ever-more confounding crimes. Join Grissom and the night shift team for another 12 episodes of the original and best forensics drama. Season 7 is bigger and bolder than ever before. Grissom ..read more »

88% from 2,540 members

CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season... (3 discs) on DVD (2005)
Starring: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Jorja Fox
Director: Richard J. Lewis, Kenneth Fink, Jeffrey G. Hunt
Certificate:
C.S.I. is an acclaimed, edgy, fast-paced drama series about a passionate team of forensic investigators (among them William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger) who work the graveyard shift at the Las Vegas Criminalistics Bureau. Their job - to find the missing pieces at the scene that will help to ..read more »

85% from 3,842 members

Crime Scene Investigation - Tarantino Ep... on DVD (2005)
Starring: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Jorja Fox
Director: Quentin Tarantino
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Features the two episodes directed by filmmaker Quentine Tarantino

78% from 10,370 members

CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season... (3 discs) on DVD (2005)
Starring: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Jorja Fox
Director: Kenneth Fink, Bill Eagles, Quentin Tarantino
Certificate:
C.S.I. is an acclaimed, edgy, fast-paced drama series about a passionate team of forensic investigators (among them William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger) who work the graveyard shift at the Las Vegas Criminalistics Bureau. Their job - to find the missing pieces at the scene that will help to ..read more »

84% from 4,423 members

CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season... (3 discs) on DVD (2004)
Starring: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Jorja Fox
Director: Danny Cannon, Kenneth Fink, David Grossman
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A smash hit from the moment of its 2000 debut, CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION has continued to remain one of the most popular, innovative, and critically acclaimed crime dramas in television history. Created by Anthony Zuiker and executive produced by movie maven Jerry Bruckheimer, the thrilling ..read more »

83% from 5,532 members

CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season... (3 discs) on DVD (2004)
Starring: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Jorja Fox
Director: Deran Sarafian, Richard J. Lewis, Kenneth Fink
Certificate:
C. S.I.is an acclaimed, edgy, fast-paced drama series about a passionate team of forensic investigators (among them William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger) who work the graveyard shift at the Las Vegas Criminalistics Bureau. Their job - to find the missing pieces at the scene that will help to ..read more »

81% from 6,571 members

CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season... (3 discs) on DVD (2003)
Starring: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Jorja Fox
Director: Richard J. Lewis, Kenneth Fink, Danny Cannon
Certificate:
C.S.I. is an acclaimed, edgy, fast-paced drama series about a passionate team of forensic investigators (among them William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger) who work the graveyard shift at the Las Vegas Criminalistics Bureau. Their job - to find the missing pieces at the scene that will help to ..read more »

81% from 7,431 members

CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season 3 (6 discs) on DVD (2002)
Starring: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads
Director: Danny Cannon, Kenneth Fink, Richard J. Lewis
Certificate:
C.S.I. is an acclaimed, edgy, fast-paced drama series about a passionate team of forensic investigators (among them William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger) who work the graveyard shift at the Las Vegas Criminalistics Bureau. Their job - to find the missing pieces at the scene that will help to ..read more »

81% from 8,455 members

CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season 2 (6 discs) on DVD (2001)
Starring: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads
Director: Danny Cannon, Kenneth Fink, Richard J. Lewis
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Welcome to Las Vegas. Meet the Crime Scene Investigators ready on a daily basis to solve the dark crimes of the city of sin. Features all episodes of season 2. Episodes Comprise: 1. Burked 2. Chaos Theory 3. Overload 4. Bully For You 5. Scuba Doobie Doo 6. Alter Boys 7. Caged 8. The Slaves Of Las ..read more »

81% from 8,695 members

Haven (2001)
Starring: Natasha Richardson, Colm Feore, Hal Holbrook
Director: John Gray
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This poignant made-for-television drama star Natasha Richardson as Ruth Gruber, a brave woman from Brooklyn, New York, who travels to Europe during World War II to help thousands of Jews escape to America. The all-star supporting cast includes Colm Feore, Martin Landau, Anne Bancroft, Hal Holbrook, ..read more »

55% from 148 members
Not currently released

The Contender on DVD (2000)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges
Director: Rod Lurie
Certificate:
In THE CONTENDER, the sudden death of the vice president of the United States forces U.S. president Jackson Evans (Jeff Bridges) to pick a replacement. He decides against picking the popular governor of Virginia, Jack Hathaway (William Petersen), and instead makes the radical choice of Senator ..read more »

62% from 1,467 member

CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season 1 (6 discs) on DVD (2000)
Starring: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads
Director: Danny Cannon, Michael W. Watkins
Certificate:
Welcome to Las Vegas. Meet the Crime Scene Investigators ready on a daily basis to solve the dark crimes of the city of sin. Features all episodes of season 1. Episodes comprise: 1. Pilot 2. Cool Change 3. Crate 'n Burial 4. Pledging Mr. Johnson 5. Friends & Lovers 6. Who Are You? 7. Blood Drops ..read more »

79% from 12,613 members

The Skulls on DVD (2000)
Starring: Joshua Jackson, Hill Harper, Paul Walker
Director: Rob Cohen
Certificate:
College senior, Luke McNamara, is invited to join a secret fraternity organisation called 'The Skulls'. At first he is excited by this prospect, but as time passes he realises that the group harbours some sinister secrets...

59% from 2,522 members

The Rat Pack on DVD (1998)
Starring: Ray Liotta, Joe Mantegna, Don Cheadle
Director: Rob Cohen
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They had the world on a string; Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop--collectively known as 'The Rat Pack'. These cool cats set the style and pace for 1950s America as the nation hurtled towards the swinging 60s. But as they learn, all good things must ..read more »

61% from 349 members

Fear on DVD (1996)
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, Alyssa Milano
Director: James Foley
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A pretty teenager meets and falls in love with a charming, mysterious young man at an all-night rave party in Seattle. When she stops seeing him after discovering he's cheating on her with her best friend, he snaps, vowing vengeance against her and her family. A tense thriller.

61% from 2,883 members

The Beast (1996)
Starring: William Petersen, Larry Drake, Ronald Guttman
Director: Jeff Bleckner
Certificate:
Mysterious things happen at the coast of Graves Point: An empty boat lies at the shore, divers vanish. The sea biologist Dr. Talley thinks he knows the solution of the mystery: In the depth there is a gigantic squid.

56% from 20 members
Currently unavailable

In the Kingdom of the Blind on DVD (1995)
Starring: Michael Biehn, Leo Rossi, Paul Winfield
Director: Nick Vallelonga
Certificate:
'In the Kingdom of the Blind' is a powerful and violent portrayal of family loyalty, betrayal and redemption.

33% from 26 members

Curacao on DVD (1993)
Starring: George C Scott, William Petersen, Julie Carmen
Director: Carl Sshultz
Certificate:
Intrigue, Mystery, Passion...Murder. Just Another Day in Paradise.

37% from 14 members

Passed Away on DVD (1992)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Blair Brown, Tim Curry
Director: Charlie Peters
Certificate:
A crazy bunch of family members must spend the weekend together when their dear old dad suddenly passes away. Dealing with the grief is easy... dealing with each other isn't...

49% from 132 members

Young Guns 2 - Blaze Of Glory on DVD (1990)
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips
Director: Geoff Murphy
Certificate:
Billy, Doc and Chavez find themselves jailed in the same place and plan an escape. Together with new recruits they head for the Mexican border not knowing that Billy The Kid's one-time friend now wears a badge and is leading the posse to get Billy..... Music by Jon Bon Jovi.

69% from 5,410 members

Cousins (1989)
Starring: Ted Danson, Isabella Rossellini, Sean Young
Director: Joel Schumacher
Certificate:
In this romantic comedy, two people brought together by marriage are brought even closer by their mates. Maria Hardy (Isabella Rossellini) and Larry Konzinski (Ted Danson) first meet at a wedding, where Maria's mother and Larry's uncle are tying the knot. However, the new cousins also have ..read more »

57% from 301 members
Not currently released

Manhunter (2 discs) on DVD (1986)
Starring: Joan Allen, Stephen Lang, Brian Cox
Director: Michael Mann
Certificate:
Retired FBI agent Will Graham (William L. Petersen) returns to action to hunt down a serial killer by using his ability to get inside the psychopath's mind. However, it was this ability that drove him into retirement in the first place. The process of tracking and capturing the infamous Hannibal ..read more »

68% from 9,040 members

Manhunter - Blu-ray (1986)
Starring: Joan Allen, Stephen Lang, Brian Cox
Director: Michael Mann
Certificate:
Retired FBI agent Will Graham (William L. Petersen) returns to action to hunt down a serial killer by using his ability to get inside the psychopath's mind. However, it was this ability that drove him into retirement in the first place. The process of tracking and capturing the infamous Hannibal ..read more »

70% from 477 members

To Live And Die In L.A. on DVD (1985)
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Darlanne Fluegel, William Petersen
Director: William Friedkin
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William Friedkin's crime thriller, based on a book by U.S. Secret Service agent Gerald Petievich, concerns an arrogant Secret Service official who wants to get his man at any price. Willem Dafoe plays Eric Masters, an ultra-smooth counterfeiter who has managed to sidestep the police for years. He ..read more »

64% from 1,122 member

The Twilight Zone - Season 1 (6 discs) on DVD (1985)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Robert Klein, Morgan Freeman
Director: Wes Craven, William Friedkin, Joe Dante
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Travel into the Fifth Dimension once again with The Twilight Zone, testing the limits of reality and exploring the mysteries of the universe. Airing from 1985 to 1989, this critically acclaimed anthology series carried on the legacy of the original Rod Serling programme...

63% from 1,745 member

CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season... (6 discs)
Starring: William Petersen, Laurence Fishburne, Marg Helgenberger
Director: Richard J. Lewis, Nathan Hope, Alec Smight
Certificate:
Created by Anthony Zuiker and executive produced by movie maven Jerry Bruckheimer, the thrilling series centres on the Las Vegas Police Department's night-shift forensics unit, which utilizes cutting-edge technology to solve the often grisly crimes of a glamorous city whose constant influx of ..read more »

85% from 267 members

Perfect Crimes 3 on DVD
Starring: Eric Stoltz, Jennifer Grey, Marcia Gay Harden
Director: Peter Bogdanovich, Michael Lehmann, Keith Gord
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In 'A Dime A Dance' a detective investigates the death of a dancer. In 'Good Housekeeping' a woman's life is changed forever when she becomes involved with a gangster. In 'The Black Bargain' a mobster holes up in a hotel but one by one his gang desert him...

40% from 80 members

William Petersen facts

5 most recent films

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World - 4.0 stars
CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season 9 - 4.5 stars
CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season 8 - Part 2 - 4.5 stars
CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season 8 - Part 1 - 4.5 stars
CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season 7 - Part 2 - 4.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season 7 - Part 1 - 4.5 stars
CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season 9 - 4.5 stars
CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season 7 - Part 2 - 4.5 stars
CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season 8 - Part 2 - 4.5 stars
CSI - Crime Scene Investigation - Season 8 - Part 1 - 4.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

In the Kingdom of the Blind - 2.0 stars
Curacao - 2.0 stars
The Beast - 3.0 stars
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World - 4.0 stars
Perfect Crimes 3 - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Marg Helgenberger - 73 times - show films
George Eads - 69 times - show films
Robert David Hall - 65 times - show films
Eric Szmanda - 65 times - show films
Gary Dourdan - 58 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Kenneth Fink - 50 times - show films
Richard J. Lewis - 48 times - show films
Danny Cannon - 29 times - show films
Alec Smight - 22 times - show films
Nathan Hope - 15 times - show films