William Xifaras

William Xifaras is an actor from Massachusetts, raised in New Bedford and later Boston. He first appeared in film as a background performer on Paul Blart: Mall Cop, where a fellow actor he met encouraged him to study acting. After taking acting and film classes, he began auditioning. His first principal part, in Warner Brothers' The Town, was recast, but the principal booking itself gained him entry into the SAG union. He later took the role of an undercover FBI agent, though that scene was removed from the theatrical cut. Subsequent principal roles included Tough Guy #1 in The Heat (2013) with Sandra Bullock, a laborer in The Equalizer with Denzel Washington, and Boston Guy in Ted 2 with Seth MacFarlane. He has also worked in voice over. His directors have included Seth MacFarlane, Ben Affleck, Paul Feig and Antoine Fuqua, and he has worked directly with actors such as Harvey Keitel, John Hamm and Sandra Bullock.