No, that’s the late George Christy, the longtime columnist for The Hollywood Reporter.
To most people, including David Fincher as he revealed in the DVD commentary, it looks like a normal extra getting 30 seconds of screen time.
And then there’s the short scene where a janitor is seen scratching William Somerset’s name from his office door shortly before the detective retires.
Christy, who left the publication in 2001 amid some controversy, passed away in August 2020, but his legacy still lives on in that distinct look he gave Somerset in Seven.