William Mapother

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William Mapother as Ethan Rom

William R. Mapother (born: April 17, 1965) is an American actor and former teacher. Mapother is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. He taught school in East Los Angeles for three years before becoming an actor. He played the character Ethan Rom in the TV series Lost.

Born in Louisville, Kentucky he is a cousin of Tom Cruise and has served as a production assistant in many of his films. Like his cousin, he did complete a course in the Church of Scientology in 1989 [1], although he has not referenced being currently active in the Church. His father, William, Sr., was an attorney and bankruptcy consultant and was a judge in Louisville in the 1960s; William Sr. passed away on June 22, 2006 after fighting lung cancer and pulmonary fibrosis.[2]

[edit] Filmography

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World Trade Center (film) (2006) ... As Marine
Searching for Mickey Fish (2005) ... as Steve
Threshold (2005) ... as Gunneson
The Inside (2005) ... as Ronald Ewing (Episode 'Skin And Bone')
The Zodiac (2005) ... as Dale Coverling
Moving McAllister (2005) ... as Bob
Lords of Dogtown (2005) ... as Donnie
Lost (2004-2006)...as Ethan Rom
The Grudge (2004) ... as Matthew
Minority Report (2002) ... as Hotel clerk
Vanilla Sky (2001) ... (uncredited) as clubgoer
Swordfish (2001) ... as Gabriel's crew
In the Bedroom (2001) ... as Richard Strout
Almost Famous (2001) ... (scenes deleted) as Bartender
Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) ... as Wallis
Magnolia (1999) ... as WDKK director's assistant
Born on the Fourth of July (1989) ... (as William R. Mapother) ... as Platoon - Vietnam
CSI...as Douglas Sampson
Without Limits...as a member of the Oregon track team