William Reibert Mapother, Jr. (pronounced /ˈmeɪpɒθər/; born April 17, 1965) is an American actor and former teacher, perhaps best known for his role as Ethan Rom on the television series Lost.
Mapother was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of Louisa and William Reibert Mapother, Sr. He is a first cousin of actor Tom Cruise (as his father and Cruise's father were brothers). Mapother has appeared in at least five movies starring Cruise. He had ...
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William Reibert Mapother, Jr. (pronounced /ˈmeɪpɒθər/; born April 17, 1965) is an American actor and former teacher, perhaps best known for his role as Ethan Rom on the television series Lost.
Mapother was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of Louisa and William Reibert Mapother, Sr. He is a first cousin of actor Tom Cruise (as his father and Cruise's father were brothers). Mapother has appeared in at least five movies starring Cruise. He had a cameo role in Minority Report, opposite Cruise, as well as a supporting roles in Mission: Impossible II, Born of the Fourth of July, and Magnolia, and an uncredited role in Vanilla Sky. Mapother has two sisters, Katherine and Amy (an occasional actress, born February 17, 1974), both born in Louisville, Kentucky. His father was an attorney and bankruptcy consultant and was a judge in Louisville, between 1967 and 1970; William Reibert, Sr., died on June 22, 2006, after fighting lung cancer and pulmonary fibrosis.
Mapother graduated from the...
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