William Petersen

William Louis Petersen is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Gil Grissom in the CBS drama thriller series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015), for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award; he was further nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards as a producer of the show. He reprised his role as Gil Grissom in the sequel CSI: Vegas, which premiered on October 6, 2021.

21 February 1953

Born on the same birth date (21 February 1953): Christine Ebersole

Born on the same birth day (21 February): Anaïs Nin • Anton Vratuša • Catharina of Württemberg • David Odonkor • Dorothy Blum • Erick Barkley • Harry Stack Sullivan • Ilmari Juutilainen • Mélanie Laurent • Peter Gethin • Rue McClanahan • Sacha Guitry • Scott Kelly (astronaut) • Sethus Calvisius • Steve Francis • Tony Meola

Born in the same month (February 1953): Anatoli Kozhemyakin • Barbara Niven • Ciarán Hinds • Duane Chapman • Ezechiele Ramin • Freddie Aguilar • Gavin Esler • Gustavo Benítez (footballer, born 1953) • Ian Khama • Jerry Sisk Jr. • Joanna Kerns • John Doe (musician) • José María Aznar • Luther Burden • Lynn Whitfield • Nigel Planer • Paul Krugman • Philip Anglim • Robert Brazile • Satoru Nakajima • Stelios Kouloglou • Tom Veryzer