William Mapother



William Mapother is an American actor and former teacher, who is probably best known to audiences as Ethan Rom on Lost or Richard Strout in In The Bedroom. He often ends up cast in the roles of villains or creeps, but he's a versatile actor with a pretty eclectic resume. Despite his reputation with general audiences as being utterly terrifying, he's actually a nice guy who also serves on the board of directors for the Screen Actor's Guild.

Oh, and he's also Tom Cruise's cousin and close friend.

Roles

 * Richard Strout in Academy Award-nominated In The Bedroom
 * Ronald Ewing in Tim Minear's The Inside
 * Ethan Rom on Lost
 * Will Parcher in indie horror flick The Burrowers
 * Darryl Coltrane in indie thriller Hurt
 * John Burroughs in critically acclaimed sci-fi indie film Another Earth
 * Delroy in Elmore Leonard show Justified

Tropes

 * Hey It's That Guy
 * Mean Character, Nice Actor
 * One of Us
 * Slasher Smile: Can't seem to help it, poor guy.