Bill Moseley
William "Bill" Moseley (born November 11, 1951) is an American film actor and musician who has starred in a number of cult classic horror films, including House of 1000 Corpses, Repo! The Genetic Opera and The Devil's Rejects. His first big role was in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as Chop Top. He has also released records with guitarist Buckethead, in the band Cornbugs. Moseley was born in Stamford, Connecticut, and grew up in Barrington Hills, Illinois. He is the son of Virginia Gillette (Kleitz), a journalist, and S. D. Moseley (Spencer Dumaresq Moseley), who was a member of the Yale Corporation, All-American captain and center of the 1942 Yale football team, and chairman and chief executive of the Railway Express Agency. His grandfather, George Moseley, also played football at Yale and was an All-American. He is a graduate of Yale University. For a period of time, Moseley operated as a journalist, writing for such magazines as Omni, National Lampoon and Psychology Today.
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- 2026 · The Ascent as Erasmus
- 2026 · Scared to Death as Felix
- 2025 · The Fetus as Maddox
- 2024 · The Devil's Disciples as Dread
- 2024 · They Turned Us into Killers as
- 2023 · Hayride to Hell as Farmer Sam
- 2022 · Murders as Sal Bernando
- 2022 · Dead by Midnight (Y2Kill) as Jasper
- 2021 · The History of Metal and Horror as Self
- 2019 · Slayer: The Repentless Killogy as Nazi Dad
- 2019 · Big Top Evil as Mr. Kharver
- 2019 · Exorcism at 60,000 Feet as Garvan
- 2018 · American Exorcist as Mr. Snowfeather
- 2018 · The Church as Pastor James
- 2018 · Minutes to Midnight as Gimple
- 2018 · Crepitus as Crepitus
- 2017 · To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story as Self
- 2017 · Alcoholist as Grey Speckled Man
- 2016 · Smothered as Soggy Christian
- 2015 · The Devil Dogs of Kilo Company as Capt. Morrison (Voice)
- 2015 · Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini as Self
- 2015 · Old 37 as Darryl
- 2014 · House of the Witchdoctor as Peter Van Hooten
- 2012 · Dead Souls as Sheriff Depford
- 2012 · The Inflicted as Mr. O'Hara
- 2011 · FEARnet's Movies with More Brains as Self
- 2010 · Anderson's Cross as Mr. Daniels
- 2008 · Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- 2008 · A Perfect Place as Eddie
- 2007 · Fallen Angels as Westin
- 2007 · The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness as Self
- 2006 · A Dead Calling as Chief Murken
- 2006 · Vampira: The Movie as Himself
- 2005 · 30 Days in Hell: The Making of 'The Devil's Rejects' as Self
- 2004 · UnConventional as Self
- 2000 · Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth as Self
- 1998 · All American Massacre as Chop-Top
- 1992 · Inside Out 2 as Dave (segment "I've Got a Crush on You")
- 1990 · The End of Innocence as Man on the Hill
- 1989 · Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! as Ricky
- Future · Chastise as Bronco
- Future · Spawn of the Living Dead as Dr. Harold Ornsby
- 1986 · Osa as Quilt Face
- Future · The Mangled as Bill Bates
- 2024 · Night Talkers as Ari Hall
- 2024 · Orum as Leonard
- 2024 · Stream as Jimmy
- 2024 · Ice Nine Kills Presents: Welcome to Horrorwood as Captain Harris
- 2024 · Red Night at Skye's as William Boyd
- 2023 · Night of the Missing as The Caller (segment "Nite Flirt")
- 2023 · Natty Knocks as Abner Honeywell
- 2022 · In Search of Darkness: Part III as Self
- 2022 · Nite Flirt as The Devil
- 2022 · Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story as Self
- 2022 · Bad Girl Boogey as Radio DJ (voice)
- 2022 · Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow as
- 2022 · Sin Eater as
- 2021 · Ice Nine Kills: The Silver Stream as Host
- 2021 · Prisoners of the Ghostland as Governor
- 2021 · Texas Carlos Massacre as Self
- 2020 · In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
- 2020 · Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi as Self
- 2020 · I Am Fear as Steve Mccreedy
- 2019 · To Your Last Death as Pavel (voice)
- 2019 · Gothic Harvest as Detective Hollis
- 2019 · 3 from Hell as Otis Driftwood
- 2019 · To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell as Self
- 2019 · Shed of the Dead as Doc
- 2019 · In Search of Darkness as Self
- 2019 · Handy Dandy as Richard Crane
- 2018 · Hangover in Death Valley as Lemmas (archive footage)
- 2018 · Mugworth as Bellousinni
- 2018 · Eli Roth's History of Horror as Self
- 2018 · Toy Box as David Parker Ray
- 2018 · The Great American Mud Wrestle as Special Guest Judge
- 2018 · Cynthia as Buttercup
- 2018 · Boar as Bruce
- 2018 · Death House as Giger
- 2017 · Fish as Fisherman
- 2016 · Arlo: The Burping Pig as Ernie Dorko
- 2016 · The Possession Experiment as Father Mark Campbell
- 2016 · The Horde as Jacob Sutter
- 2016 · Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival as The Magician
- 2015 · Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness" as Self
- 2015 · Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn as Johnny
- 2015 · Silently Within Your Shadow as Hugo
- 2015 · Almost Mercy as Pastor Johnson
- 2014 · Charlie's Farm as John Wilson
- 2014 · Z Nation as General McCandles
- 2014 · Disciples as Dread
- 2013 · Uncle Grandpa as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2013 · Texas Chainsaw 3D as Drayton Sawyer
- 2012 · I Heart Monster Movies as Himself
- 2012 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Bernie (voice)
- 2012 · The Devil's Carnival as The Magician
- 2012 · Holliston as Crazy Max
- 2012 · Eldorado as Lemmas
- 2012 · Rogue River as Jon
- 2011 · Exit Humanity as General Williams
- 2011 · Underground Entertainment: The Movie as Bill
- 2011 · Night of the Little Dead as Kickstand
- 2010 · The Tortured as Kozlowski
- 2010 · Godkiller: Walk Among Us as Dr. West (voice)
- 2010 · 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams as Mayor Buckman
- 2010 · The Graves as Caleb
- 2009 · Dead Air as Logan Burnhardt
- 2009 · Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet as Graveyard Gus
- 2009 · The Haunted World of El Superbeasto as Otis Driftwood (voice)
- 2009 · The Devil's Tomb as Prof. Duncan
- 2008 · Repo! The Genetic Opera as Luigi Largo
- 2008 · The Alphabet Killer as Carl Tanner
- 2008 · House as Stewart
- 2008 · Alone in the Dark 2 as Dexter
- 2007 · Headcheese as Self (as Chop Top)
- 2007 · Halloween as Zach "Z-Man" Garrett
- 2007 · Babysitter Wanted as Chief Dinelli
- 2007 · Home Sick as Mr. Suitcase
- 2007 · Grindhouse as Dr. Heinrich von Strasser (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
- 2007 · Thr3e as Slater
- 2006 · Quackers! as Self (as Chop Top)
- 2006 · Evil Bong as Bong World Patron
- 2006 · It Runs in the Family as Himself
- 2005 · The Devil's Rejects as Otis B. Driftwood
- 2003 · Vicious as Walace
- 2003 · Carnivàle as Possum
- 2003 · House of 1000 Corpses as Otis B. Driftwood
- 2002 · Live from Baghdad as Rex
- 1986 · Nightmare Angel as Dr. William de Freis
- Future · Manson Girls as Charles Manson
- Future · Subscriber as Jim
- Future · Organism 46-B The Unseen as Dr. Lincoln Tucker
- Future · Baltigore as The Traveler
- Future · Blades in the Darkness 2 as Victor
- 2002 · Essence of Echoes as Dr. Hilcott
- 2002 · Point of Origin as Task Force Officer
- 2000 · The Convent as Officer Ray
- 1997 · The Practice as Jake Spooner
- 1995 · Evil Ed as Special Voice Appearance
- 1995 · Prehysteria! 3 as Director
- 1994 · ER as Charlie
- 1994 · Blood Run as Hank
- 1993 · Mr. Jones as Worker
- 1993 · Fallen Angels as Customer #1
- Future · Covet as Sheriff Troy
- 1993 · James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction as Self
- 1992 · Army of Darkness as Deadite Captain
- 1992 · Honey, I Blew Up the Kid as Federal Marshall
- 1991 · White Fang as Luke
- 1990 · Night of the Living Dead as Johnnie
- 1990 · Crash and Burn as Quinn
- 1990 · The First Power as Bartender
- 1989 · Pink Cadillac as Darrell
- 1988 · Fair Game as Frank
- 1988 · Freddy's Nightmares as Buzz
- 1988 · The Blob as Soldier #2
- 1987 · Tour of Duty as
- 1986 · The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as Chop-Top
- 1982 · Endangered Species as Cab Driver