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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Credits
- 2024 · Stream as Jimmy
- 2023 · Natty Knocks as Abner Honeywell
- 2022 · Murders as Sal Bernando
- 2018 · Eli Roth's History of Horror as Self
- 2018 · Cynthia as Buttercup
- 2016 · The Horde as Jacob Sutter
- 2014 · Z Nation as General McCandles
- 2013 · Uncle Grandpa as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2013 · Texas Chainsaw 3D as Drayton Sawyer
- 2012 · Dead Souls as Sheriff Depford
- 2012 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Bernie (voice)
- 2012 · Eldorado as Lemmas
- 2012 · Rogue River as Jon
- 2011 · Exit Humanity as General Williams
- 2010 · The Tortured as Kozlowski
- 2010 · The Graves as Caleb
- 2009 · Dead Air as Logan Burnhardt
- 2008 · House as Stewart
- 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
- 2000 · The Convent as Officer Ray
- 1997 · The Practice as Jake Spooner
- 1994 · ER as Charlie
- 1994 · Blood Run as Hank
- 1993 · Mr. Jones as Worker
- 1993 · Fallen Angels as Customer #1
- 1993 · Army of Darkness as Deadite Captain
- 1991 · White Fang as Luke
- 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
- Future · Chastise as Bronco
- Future · Manson Girls as Charles Manson
- 2026 · The Ascent as Erasmus
- 2025 · The Fetus as Maddox
- 2024 · Red Night at Skye's as William Boyd
- 2024 · They Turned Us into Killers as
- 2023 · Night of the Missing as The Caller (segment "Nite Flirt")
- 2023 · Hayride to Hell as Farmer Sam
- 2022 · In Search of Darkness: Part III as Self
- 2022 · Sin Eater as
- 2021 · The History of Metal and Horror as Self
- 2020 · In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
- 2019 · To Your Last Death as Pavel (voice)
- 2019 · Slayer: The Repentless Killogy as Nazi Dad
- 2019 · Shed of the Dead as Doc
- 2019 · In Search of Darkness as Self
- 2018 · Mugworth as Bellousinni
- 2018 · American Exorcist as Mr. Snowfeather
- 2018 · Death House as Giger
- 2017 · To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story as Self
- 2017 · Fish as Fisherman
- 2016 · The Possession Experiment as Father Mark Campbell
- 2014 · House of the Witchdoctor as Peter Van Hooten
- 2012 · The Devil's Carnival as The Magician
- 2011 · Night of the Little Dead as Kickstand
- 2010 · 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams as Mayor Buckman
- 2010 · Anderson's Cross as Mr. Daniels
- 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 · Alone in the Dark 2 as Dexter
- 2008 · A Perfect Place as Eddie
- 2007 · Babysitter Wanted as Chief Dinelli
- 2002 · Live from Baghdad as Rex
- 2002 · Point of Origin as Task Force Officer
- 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 · Nightmare Angel as Dr. William de Freis
- Future · Covet as Sheriff Troy
- Future · Baltigore as The Traveler
- 2024 · The Devil's Disciples as Dread
- 2024 · Night Talkers as Ari Hall
- 2024 · Orum as Leonard
- 2024 · Scared to Death as Felix
- 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 · Dead by Midnight (Y2Kill) as Jasper
- 2021 · Ice Nine Kills: The Silver Stream as Host
- 2021 · Prisoners of the Ghostland as Governor
- 2021 · Texas Carlos Massacre as Self
- 2020 · Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi as Self
- 2020 · I Am Fear as Steve Mccreedy
- 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 · Big Top Evil as Mr. Kharver
- 2019 · Exorcism at 60,000 Feet as Garvan
- 2019 · Handy Dandy as Richard Crane
- 2018 · Hangover in Death Valley as Lemmas (archive footage)
- 2018 · The Church as Pastor James
- 2018 · Toy Box as David Parker Ray
- 2018 · The Great American Mud Wrestle as Special Guest Judge
- 2018 · Minutes to Midnight as Gimple
- 2018 · Crepitus as Crepitus
- 2018 · Boar as Bruce
- 2017 · Alcoholist as Grey Speckled Man
- 2016 · Arlo: The Burping Pig as Ernie Dorko
- 2016 · Smothered as Soggy Christian
- 2016 · Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival as The Magician
- 2015 · The Devil Dogs of Kilo Company as Capt. Morrison (Voice)
- 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 · Silently Within Your Shadow as Hugo
- 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
- 2012 · The Inflicted as Mr. O'Hara
- 2012 · Holliston as Crazy Max
- 2011 · Underground Entertainment: The Movie as Bill
- 2010 · Godkiller: Walk Among Us as Dr. West (voice)
- 2008 · The Alphabet Killer as Carl Tanner
- 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 · Evil Bong as Bong World Patron
- 2006 · Vampira: The Movie as Himself
- 2006 · It Runs in the Family as Himself
- 2005 · 30 Days in Hell: The Making of 'The Devil's Rejects' as Self
- 2005 · The Devil's Rejects as Otis B. Driftwood
- 2004 · UnConventional as Self
- 2003 · Vicious as Walace
- 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 · Evil Ed as Special Voice Appearance
- 1995 · Prehysteria! 3 as Director
- 1990 · The End of Innocence as Man on the Hill
- Future · Blades in the Darkness 2 as Victor
- Future · Organism 46-B The Unseen as Dr. Lincoln Tucker
- Future · The Mangled as Bill Bates
- Future · Spawn of the Living Dead as Dr. Harold Ornsby
- Future · Subscriber as Jim
- 1993 · James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction as Self
- 1992 · Honey, I Blew Up the Kid as Federal Marshall
- 1990 · Night of the Living Dead as Johnnie
- 1990 · The First Power as Bartender
- 1986 · Osa as Quilt Face
- 1986 · The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as Chop-Top
- 1982 · Endangered Species as Cab Driver