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
- 2022 · Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story as Self
- 2022 · Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow as
- 2021 · Texas Carlos Massacre as Self
- 2019 · 3 from Hell as Otis Driftwood
- 2018 · Eli Roth's History of Horror as Self
- 2018 · Death House as Giger
- 2015 · Almost Mercy as Pastor Johnson
- 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)
- 2012 · Holliston as Crazy Max
- 2009 · The Devil's Tomb as Prof. Duncan
- 2008 · House as Stewart
- 2007 · Halloween as Zach "Z-Man" Garrett
- 2007 · Grindhouse as Dr. Heinrich von Strasser (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
- 2006 · Evil Bong as Bong World Patron
- 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 · Essence of Echoes as Dr. Hilcott
- 2000 · The Convent as Officer Ray
- 1997 · The Practice as Jake Spooner
- 1995 · Evil Ed as Special Voice Appearance
- 1994 · ER as Charlie
- 1993 · Mr. Jones as Worker
- 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 · Night of the Living Dead as Johnnie
- 1990 · Crash and Burn as Quinn
- 1989 · Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! as Ricky
- 1989 · Pink Cadillac as Darrell
- 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
- 2024 · Orum as Leonard
- 2024 · Stream as Jimmy
- 2024 · They Turned Us into Killers as
- 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
- 2021 · The History of Metal and Horror as Self
- 2021 · Prisoners of the Ghostland as Governor
- 2020 · In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
- 2019 · Shed of the Dead as Doc
- 2018 · Crepitus as Crepitus
- 2018 · Boar as Bruce
- 2016 · The Horde as Jacob Sutter
- 2012 · Eldorado as Lemmas
- 2009 · The Haunted World of El Superbeasto as Otis Driftwood (voice)
- 2004 · UnConventional as Self
- Future · The Mangled as Bill Bates
- 2022 · Nite Flirt as The Devil
- 2020 · Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi as Self
- 2018 · Mugworth as Bellousinni
- 2018 · Toy Box as David Parker Ray
- 2014 · Charlie's Farm as John Wilson
- 2010 · The Tortured as Kozlowski
- 2010 · Anderson's Cross as Mr. Daniels
- 2010 · 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams as Mayor Buckman
- 2009 · Dead Air as Logan Burnhardt
- 2009 · Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet as Graveyard Gus
- 2008 · Repo! The Genetic Opera as Luigi Largo
- 2008 · The Alphabet Killer as Carl Tanner
- 2008 · Alone in the Dark 2 as Dexter
- 2007 · Fallen Angels as Westin
- 2007 · Babysitter Wanted as Chief Dinelli
- 2007 · Thr3e as Slater
- 2002 · Live from Baghdad as Rex
- 1992 · Inside Out 2 as Dave (segment "I've Got a Crush on You")
- 1990 · The End of Innocence as Man on the Hill
- 1990 · The First Power as Bartender
- 1986 · Osa as Quilt Face
- 1982 · Endangered Species as Cab Driver
- Future · Manson Girls as Charles Manson
- 2026 · Scared to Death as Felix
- 2025 · The Fetus as Maddox
- 2024 · Night Talkers as Ari Hall
- 2023 · Hayride to Hell as Farmer Sam
- 2022 · Bad Girl Boogey as Radio DJ (voice)
- 2022 · Dead by Midnight (Y2Kill) as Jasper
- 2022 · Sin Eater as
- 2020 · I Am Fear as Steve Mccreedy
- 2019 · To Your Last Death as Pavel (voice)
- 2019 · Slayer: The Repentless Killogy as Nazi Dad
- 2019 · Gothic Harvest as Detective Hollis
- 2019 · In Search of Darkness as Self
- 2018 · American Exorcist as Mr. Snowfeather
- 2018 · The Church as Pastor James
- 2018 · Cynthia as Buttercup
- 2017 · To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story as Self
- 2017 · Fish as Fisherman
- 2016 · Arlo: The Burping Pig as Ernie Dorko
- 2016 · Smothered as Soggy Christian
- 2015 · Medieval Times: The Making of Army of Darkness as Self
- 2015 · Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini as Self
- 2015 · Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn as Johnny
- 2015 · Old 37 as Darryl
- 2014 · Disciples as Dread
- 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 · Exit Humanity as General Williams
- 2011 · Underground Entertainment: The Movie as Bill
- 2010 · The Graves as Caleb
- 2008 · Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- 2007 · Home Sick as Mr. Suitcase
- 2006 · Vampira: The Movie as Himself
- 2002 · Point of Origin as Task Force Officer
- 1998 · All American Massacre as Chop-Top
- 1994 · Blood Run as Hank
- 1988 · Fair Game as Frank
- 1986 · Nightmare Angel as Dr. William de Freis
- Future · Spawn of the Living Dead as Dr. Harold Ornsby
- 2019 · Handy Dandy as Richard Crane
- Future · Chastise as Bronco
- 2026 · The Ascent as Erasmus
- 2024 · The Devil's Disciples as Dread
- 2024 · Ice Nine Kills Presents: Welcome to Horrorwood as Captain Harris
- 2024 · Red Night at Skye's as William Boyd
- 2022 · Murders as Sal Bernando
- 2021 · Ice Nine Kills: The Silver Stream as Host
- 2019 · To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell as Self
- 2019 · Big Top Evil as Mr. Kharver
- 2019 · Exorcism at 60,000 Feet as Garvan
- 2018 · Hangover in Death Valley as Lemmas (archive footage)
- 2018 · The Great American Mud Wrestle as Special Guest Judge
- 2018 · Minutes to Midnight as Gimple
- 2017 · Alcoholist as Grey Speckled Man
- 2016 · The Possession Experiment as Father Mark Campbell
- 2016 · Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival as The Magician
- 2015 · The Devil Dogs of Kilo Company as Capt. Morrison (Voice)
- 2015 · Silently Within Your Shadow as Hugo
- 2014 · House of the Witchdoctor as Peter Van Hooten
- 2012 · I Heart Monster Movies as Himself
- 2011 · Night of the Little Dead as Kickstand
- 2010 · Godkiller: Walk Among Us as Dr. West (voice)
- 2008 · A Perfect Place as Eddie
- 2007 · Headcheese as Self (as Chop Top)
- 2007 · The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness as Self
- 2006 · Quackers! as Self (as Chop Top)
- 2006 · A Dead Calling as Chief Murken
- 2006 · It Runs in the Family as Himself
- 2005 · 30 Days in Hell: The Making of 'The Devil's Rejects' as Self
- Future · Baltigore as The Traveler
- 2000 · Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth as Self
- 1995 · Prehysteria! 3 as Director
- Future · Organism 46-B The Unseen as Dr. Lincoln Tucker
- 1993 · James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction as Self
- Future · Covet as Sheriff Troy
- Future · Blades in the Darkness 2 as Victor