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
- 2023 · Hayride to Hell as Farmer Sam
- 2022 · In Search of Darkness: Part III as Self
- 2020 · In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
- 2019 · Slayer: The Repentless Killogy as Nazi Dad
- 2019 · Shed of the Dead as Doc
- 2019 · In Search of Darkness as Self
- 2018 · Eli Roth's History of Horror as Self
- 2018 · Toy Box as David Parker Ray
- 2018 · Minutes to Midnight as Gimple
- 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
- 2014 · Charlie's Farm as John Wilson
- 2014 · House of the Witchdoctor as Peter Van Hooten
- 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 · 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
- 2010 · Anderson's Cross as Mr. Daniels
- 2010 · The Graves as Caleb
- 2009 · Dead Air as Logan Burnhardt
- 2007 · Halloween as Zach "Z-Man" Garrett
- 2007 · Home Sick as Mr. Suitcase
- 2007 · Grindhouse as Dr. Heinrich von Strasser (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
- 2007 · Thr3e as Slater
- 2003 · Carnivàle as Possum
- 2003 · House of 1000 Corpses as Otis B. Driftwood
- 1997 · The Practice as Jake Spooner
- 1994 · ER as Charlie
- 1993 · Fallen Angels as Customer #1
- 1992 · Army of Darkness as Deadite Captain
- 1988 · Freddy's Nightmares as Buzz
- 1987 · Tour of Duty as
- Future · Chastise as Bronco
- 2024 · Stream as Jimmy
- 2023 · Natty Knocks as Abner Honeywell
- 2022 · Bad Girl Boogey as Radio DJ (voice)
- 2022 · Murders as Sal Bernando
- 2022 · Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow as
- 2021 · Prisoners of the Ghostland as Governor
- 2020 · I Am Fear as Steve Mccreedy
- 2019 · Gothic Harvest as Detective Hollis
- 2019 · 3 from Hell as Otis Driftwood
- 2019 · Big Top Evil as Mr. Kharver
- 2019 · Handy Dandy as Richard Crane
- 2018 · Cynthia as Buttercup
- 2016 · Smothered as Soggy Christian
- 2015 · Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini as Self
- 2015 · Old 37 as Darryl
- 2012 · Holliston as Crazy Max
- 2011 · Underground Entertainment: The Movie as Bill
- 2010 · The Tortured as Kozlowski
- 2008 · Repo! The Genetic Opera as Luigi Largo
- 2008 · House as Stewart
- 2008 · A Perfect Place as Eddie
- 2006 · Vampira: The Movie as Himself
- 2006 · Evil Bong as Bong World Patron
- 2005 · The Devil's Rejects as Otis B. Driftwood
- 2004 · UnConventional as Self
- 2002 · Live from Baghdad as Rex
- 2000 · The Convent as Officer Ray
- 1995 · Evil Ed as Special Voice Appearance
- 1994 · Blood Run as Hank
- 1993 · Mr. Jones as Worker
- 1992 · Honey, I Blew Up the Kid as Federal Marshall
- 1991 · White Fang as Luke
- 1990 · Night of the Living Dead as Johnnie
- 1990 · The First Power as Bartender
- 1989 · Pink Cadillac as Darrell
- 1988 · Fair Game as Frank
- 1988 · The Blob as Soldier #2
- 1986 · The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as Chop-Top
- Future · Blades in the Darkness 2 as Victor
- 2026 · The Ascent as Erasmus
- 2026 · Scared to Death as Felix
- 2025 · The Fetus as Maddox
- 2024 · The Devil's Disciples as Dread
- 2022 · Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story as Self
- 2022 · Dead by Midnight (Y2Kill) as Jasper
- 2019 · To Your Last Death as Pavel (voice)
- 2018 · Hangover in Death Valley as Lemmas (archive footage)
- 2018 · Crepitus as Crepitus
- 2012 · Dead Souls as Sheriff Depford
- 2012 · Eldorado as Lemmas
- 2009 · The Haunted World of El Superbeasto as Otis Driftwood (voice)
- 2009 · The Devil's Tomb as Prof. Duncan
- 2008 · Alone in the Dark 2 as Dexter
- Future · Spawn of the Living Dead as Dr. Harold Ornsby
- 2024 · Red Night at Skye's as William Boyd
- 2023 · Night of the Missing as The Caller (segment "Nite Flirt")
- 2018 · American Exorcist as Mr. Snowfeather
- 2018 · The Church as Pastor James
- 2018 · Boar as Bruce
- 2018 · Death House as Giger
- 2017 · To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story as Self
- 2017 · Alcoholist as Grey Speckled Man
- 2014 · Disciples as Dread
- 2010 · 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams as Mayor Buckman
- 2009 · Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet as Graveyard Gus
- 2008 · The Alphabet Killer as Carl Tanner
- 2007 · Babysitter Wanted as Chief Dinelli
- 2003 · Vicious as Walace
- 2002 · Point of Origin as Task Force Officer
- 1993 · James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction as Self
- 1992 · Inside Out 2 as Dave (segment "I've Got a Crush on You")
- 1990 · Crash and Burn as Quinn
- 1989 · Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! as Ricky
- 1986 · Osa as Quilt Face
- 1982 · Endangered Species as Cab Driver
- Future · Organism 46-B The Unseen as Dr. Lincoln Tucker
- Future · Manson Girls as Charles Manson
- 2024 · Night Talkers as Ari Hall
- 2024 · Orum as Leonard
- 2024 · Ice Nine Kills Presents: Welcome to Horrorwood as Captain Harris
- 2024 · They Turned Us into Killers as
- 2022 · Nite Flirt as The Devil
- 2022 · Sin Eater as
- 2021 · Ice Nine Kills: The Silver Stream as Host
- 2021 · The History of Metal and Horror as Self
- 2021 · Texas Carlos Massacre as Self
- 2020 · Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi as Self
- 2019 · To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell as Self
- 2019 · Exorcism at 60,000 Feet as Garvan
- 2018 · Mugworth as Bellousinni
- 2018 · The Great American Mud Wrestle as Special Guest Judge
- 2017 · Fish as Fisherman
- 2015 · The Devil Dogs of Kilo Company as Capt. Morrison (Voice)
- 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
- 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 · Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- 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 · It Runs in the Family as Himself
- 2005 · 30 Days in Hell: The Making of 'The Devil's Rejects' as Self
- 2002 · Essence of Echoes as Dr. Hilcott
- 2000 · Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth as Himself
- 1998 · All American Massacre as Chop-Top
- 1995 · Prehysteria! 3 as Director
- 1990 · The End of Innocence as Man on the Hill
- 1986 · Nightmare Angel as Dr. William de Freis
- Future · Covet as Sheriff Troy
- Future · Baltigore as The Traveler
- Future · The Mangled as Bill Bates
- Future · Subscriber as Jim