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.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · The Ascent as Erasmus
- 2024 · They Turned Us into Killers as
- 2022 · Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story as Self
- 2022 · Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow as
- 2019 · To Your Last Death as Pavel (voice)
- 2019 · To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell as Self
- 2018 · Eli Roth's History of Horror as Self
- 2018 · Death House as Giger
- 2017 · To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story as Self
- 2015 · Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn as Johnny
- 2014 · Z Nation as General McCandles
- 2013 · Uncle Grandpa as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2013 · Texas Chainsaw 3D as Drayton Sawyer
- 2012 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Bernie (voice)
- 2010 · Godkiller: Walk Among Us as Dr. West (voice)
- 2009 · Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet as Graveyard Gus
- 2009 · The Haunted World of El Superbeasto as Otis Driftwood (voice)
- 2008 · Repo! The Genetic Opera as Luigi Largo
- 2007 · Halloween as Zach "Z-Man" Garrett
- 2007 · The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness as Self
- 2007 · Grindhouse as Dr. Heinrich von Strasser (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
- 2005 · The Devil's Rejects as Otis B. Driftwood
- 2003 · Carnivàle as Possum
- 2003 · House of 1000 Corpses as Otis B. Driftwood
- 2002 · Essence of Echoes as Dr. Hilcott
- 2000 · The Convent as Officer Ray
- 1998 · All American Massacre as Chop-Top
- 1997 · The Practice as Jake Spooner
- 1994 · ER as Charlie
- 1993 · Fallen Angels as Customer #1
- 1992 · Army of Darkness as Deadite Captain
- 1992 · Honey, I Blew Up the Kid as Federal Marshall
- 1991 · White Fang as Luke
- 1990 · The End of Innocence as Man on the Hill
- 1990 · Night of the Living Dead as Johnnie
- 1990 · Crash and Burn as Quinn
- 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
- Future · Subscriber as Jim
- 2008 · The Alphabet Killer as Carl Tanner
- Future · The Mangled as Bill Bates
- 2026 · Scared to Death as Felix
- 2025 · The Fetus as Maddox
- 2024 · The Devil's Disciples as Dread
- 2023 · Natty Knocks as Abner Honeywell
- 2022 · In Search of Darkness: Part III as Self
- 2022 · Murders as Sal Bernando
- 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 · Slayer: The Repentless Killogy as Nazi Dad
- 2019 · Exorcism at 60,000 Feet as Garvan
- 2019 · In Search of Darkness as Self
- 2018 · Mugworth as Bellousinni
- 2018 · The Great American Mud Wrestle as Special Guest Judge
- 2018 · Cynthia as Buttercup
- 2018 · Minutes to Midnight as Gimple
- 2016 · The Possession Experiment as Father Mark Campbell
- 2016 · The Horde as Jacob Sutter
- 2016 · Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival as The Magician
- 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 · Silently Within Your Shadow as Hugo
- 2012 · Dead Souls as Sheriff Depford
- 2012 · The Inflicted as Mr. O'Hara
- 2012 · The Devil's Carnival as The Magician
- 2012 · Rogue River as Jon
- 2011 · Underground Entertainment: The Movie as Bill
- 2010 · Anderson's Cross as Mr. Daniels
- 2009 · Dead Air as Logan Burnhardt
- 2008 · A Perfect Place as Eddie
- 2007 · Babysitter Wanted as Chief Dinelli
- 2007 · Thr3e as Slater
- 2005 · 30 Days in Hell: The Making of 'The Devil's Rejects' as Self
- 2004 · UnConventional as Self
- 2003 · Vicious as Walace
- 2002 · Live from Baghdad as Rex
- 2000 · Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth as Self
- 1995 · Evil Ed as Special Voice Appearance
- 1982 · Endangered Species as Cab Driver
- Future · Manson Girls as Charles Manson
- 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 · Hayride to Hell as Farmer Sam
- 2022 · Nite Flirt as The Devil
- 2022 · Bad Girl Boogey as Radio DJ (voice)
- 2022 · Dead by Midnight (Y2Kill) as Jasper
- 2022 · Sin Eater as
- 2021 · Ice Nine Kills: The Silver Stream as Host
- 2021 · The History of Metal and Horror as Self
- 2021 · Prisoners of the Ghostland as Governor
- 2021 · Texas Carlos Massacre as Self
- 2019 · Gothic Harvest as Detective Hollis
- 2019 · 3 from Hell as Otis Driftwood
- 2019 · Big Top Evil as Mr. Kharver
- 2019 · Shed of the Dead as Doc
- 2019 · Handy Dandy as Richard Crane
- 2018 · Hangover in Death Valley as Lemmas (archive footage)
- 2018 · American Exorcist as Mr. Snowfeather
- 2018 · The Church as Pastor James
- 2018 · Toy Box as David Parker Ray
- 2018 · Crepitus as Crepitus
- 2018 · Boar as Bruce
- 2017 · Alcoholist as Grey Speckled Man
- 2017 · Fish as Fisherman
- 2016 · Arlo: The Burping Pig as Ernie Dorko
- 2015 · Medieval Times: The Making of Army of Darkness as Self
- 2015 · Almost Mercy as Pastor Johnson
- 2015 · Old 37 as Darryl
- 2014 · Charlie's Farm as John Wilson
- 2014 · Disciples as Dread
- 2012 · I Heart Monster Movies as Himself
- 2011 · Night of the Little Dead as Kickstand
- 2007 · Home Sick as Mr. Suitcase
- 1993 · James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction as Self
- 1986 · Osa as Quilt Face
- Future · Chastise as Bronco
- Future · Covet as Sheriff Troy
- Future · Spawn of the Living Dead as Dr. Harold Ornsby
- Future · Organism 46-B The Unseen as Dr. Lincoln Tucker
- 2014 · House of the Witchdoctor as Peter Van Hooten
- 2012 · Holliston as Crazy Max
- 2012 · Eldorado as Lemmas
- 2011 · Exit Humanity as General Williams
- 2010 · The Tortured as Kozlowski
- 2010 · 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams as Mayor Buckman
- 2010 · The Graves as Caleb
- 2009 · The Devil's Tomb as Prof. Duncan
- 2008 · House as Stewart
- 2008 · Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- 2008 · Alone in the Dark 2 as Dexter
- 2007 · Headcheese as Self (as Chop Top)
- 2007 · Fallen Angels as Westin
- 2006 · Quackers! as Self (as Chop Top)
- 2006 · A Dead Calling as Chief Murken
- 2006 · Evil Bong as Bong World Patron
- 2006 · Vampira: The Movie as Himself
- 2006 · It Runs in the Family as Himself
- 2002 · Point of Origin as Task Force Officer
- 1995 · Prehysteria! 3 as Director
- 1994 · Blood Run as Hank
- 1993 · Mr. Jones as Worker
- 1992 · Inside Out 2 as Dave (segment "I've Got a Crush on You")
- 1990 · The First Power as Bartender
- 1989 · Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! as Ricky
- 1989 · Pink Cadillac as Darrell
- 1988 · Fair Game as Frank
- 1986 · Nightmare Angel as Dr. William de Freis
- Future · Baltigore as The Traveler
- Future · Blades in the Darkness 2 as Victor