William Sadler
April 13, 1950 (75 years old) in Buffalo, New York, USA
William Thomas Sadler (born April 13, 1950) is an American actor who works in film and television. His television and motion picture roles have included Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller in The Pacific, Luther Sloan in Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Sheriff Jim Valenti in Roswell, and—perhaps most notably—the Grim Reaper in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, a role for which he was nominated for, and won, the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, and his role as Colonel Stuart alongside Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2.
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Credits
- 2024 · Salem's Lot as Parkins Gillespie
- 2020 · Hunters as Dr. Friedrich Mann
- 2019 · The Grudge as Detective Wilson
- 2019 · VFW as Walter Reed
- 2019 · When They See Us as Detective Michael Sheehan
- 2018 · The Rookie as Walter Fields
- 2018 · God Friended Me as Rev. Elias
- 2018 · Deadly Crush as Sheriff Dusty Hawkins
- 2018 · Our Cartoon President as General Kelly / Mitch McConnell / Jeff Sessions (voice)
- 2017 · The Good Fight as Judge Nilsson
- 2016 · The Hollow as Sheriff Beau McKinney
- 2016 · Bull as Father Andy
- 2016 · The Duel as Governor Ross
- 2015 · Ava's Possessions as Bernard
- 2014 · The Historian as Valerian Hadley
- 2014 · The Flash as Simon Stagg
- 2014 · Madam Secretary as George Peters
- 2014 · Z Nation as Sam Custer
- 2014 · Power as Tony Teresi
- 2013 · Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as President Ellis
- 2013 · The Blacklist as Sam Milhoan
- 2013 · Iron Man 3 as President Ellis
- 2012 · Elementary as Ian Gale
- 2012 · Man on a Ledge as Valet
- 2011 · Restitution as George Youngstown
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Anton's Father
- 2011 · Witness Protection as Sharp
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as John McGarrett
- 2010 · The Pacific as Lt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller
- 2009 · White Collar as Brett Gelles
- 2009 · Jesse Stone: Thin Ice as Gino Fish
- 2009 · Stream as Dr. Shelby
- 2008 · Eagle Eye as Jerry's Dad
- 2008 · Fringe as Dr. Sumner
- 2007 · The Mist as Jim
- 2007 · Damages as McClarenTruth.org's Financier
- 2007 · Damages as Helmut Torben
- 2007 · Jesse Stone: Sea Change as Gino Fish
- 2006 · Premium as Cole Carter
- 2005 · Confess as Senator Lampert
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Ray Finnegan
- 2005 · Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Paul Rice
- 2005 · Numb3rs as J. Everett Tuttle
- 2005 · Medium as John Edgemont
- 2004 · Kinsey as Kenneth Braun
- 2003 · Tru Calling as Travis
- 2002 · Another Life as Man
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Kyle Devlin
- 2000 · Ed as Lee Leetch
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Red Cooper
- 1999 · The Green Mile as Klaus Detterick
- 1999 · Roswell as Jim Valenti
- 1999 · Third Watch as Scotty Murray
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Gary Dolan
- 1998 · Disturbing Behavior as Newberry
- 1998 · Ambushed as Jim Natter
- 1997 · RocketMan as Wild Bill Overbeck
- 1996 · Solo as Colonel Frank Madden / Improved Solo
- 1995 · JAG as Saul Wainright
- 1995 · The Omen as Dr. Linus
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Frank Hellner
- 1994 · The Shawshank Redemption as Heywood
- 1994 · Roadracers as Sarge
- 1993 · Freaked as Dick Brian
- 1993 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Sloan
- 1992 · Trespass as Don
- 1992 · HBO First Look as
- 1991 · Rush as Monroe
- 1990 · The Hot Spot as Frank Sutton
- 1990 · Law & Order as Kevin Drucker
- 1990 · Die Hard 2 as Stuart
- 1990 · Hard to Kill as Senator Vernon Trent
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Niles Talbot (segment "The Man Who Was Death")
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as The Grim Reaper
- 1988 · Murphy Brown as Colonel Fitzpatrick
- 1988 · Dear John as Ken
- 1987 · Tour of Duty as Major Rigby
- 1987 · Project X as Dr. Carroll (as Bill Sadler)
- 1986 · Off Beat as Dickson
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Rick Dillon / Kevin Moore
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as J.J. Oppenheimer
- 1982 · Newhart as Clumsy Guest
- Future · The Yeti as
- 2025 · The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide as Horror Film Expert
- 2024 · A Stage of Twilight as Barry
- 2023 · Full Circle as Gene McCusker
- 2023 · She Came from the Woods as Gilbert McCalister
- 2021 · The Unholy as Father Hagan
- 2021 · Alice Fades Away as James
- 2020 · The Comey Rule as Michael Flynn
- 2020 · Bill & Ted Face the Music as Death
- 2019 · The Highwaymen as Henry Barrow
- 2018 · Melvin Smarty as Bob
- 2018 · Living Among Us as Samuel
- 2017 · Shoot Me Nicely as Roy Barnes
- 2015 · Edge as Big Bill
- 2015 · Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise as Gino Fish
- 2015 · Freeheld as Peter Santucci
- 2015 · Frank the Bastard as Cyrus Gast
- 2015 · WHIH Newsfront as President Ellis
- 2014 · Walking the Mile as Self
- 2014 · Freedom as Plimpton
- 2014 · Delirium as John (archive footage)
- 2014 · That Guy Dick Miller as Self
- 2013 · Machete Kills as Sheriff Doakes
- 2013 · Greetings from Tim Buckley as Lee Underwood
- 2013 · Gilded Lilys as
- 2013 · Onion News Empire as Ed Musgrove
- 2013 · Golden Boy as Police Commissioner Jack Dowdell
- 2013 · The Suspect as Sheriff Dixon
- 2013 · Riddle as Western Man / Jack Abel
- 2012 · Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt as Gino Fish
- 2012 · Future Weather as Ed
- 2012 · See Girl Run as Marty
- 2012 · Being Flynn as Ray
- 2012 · Nothing Sacred as Chambers
- 2011 · Silent But Deadly as John Capper
- 2011 · Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost as Gino Fish
- 2010 · The Making of Fallout: New Vegas as Self
- 2010 · Jesse Stone: No Remorse as Gino Fish
- 2009 · Beyond All Boundaries as Lt. Colonel Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller
- 2009 · Last Day of Summer as Mr. Crolick
- 2009 · Three Rivers as
- 2009 · The Hills Run Red as Wilson Wyler Concannon
- 2009 · Shadowheart as Thomas Conners
- 2008 · When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' as Self
- 2007 · August Rush as Thomas Novacek
- 2007 · Abandoned in the Arctic as Adolphus Greely (voice)
- 2007 · A New Wave as Roger Dewitt
- 2007 · Traveler as Carlton Fog
- 2006 · The Path to 9/11 as Neil Herman
- 2006 · Unspoken as Dad
- 2006 · Jimmy and Judy as Uncle Rodney
- 2006 · The Good Student as Phil Palmer
- 2005 · DeVour as Ivan Reisz
- 2005 · Purple Heart as Colonel Allen
- 2004 · Wonderfalls as Darrin Tyler
- 2003 · The Battle of Shaker Heights as Abe
- 2001 · Skippy as Ringo
- 2000 · Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile as Self - 'Klaus Detterick'
- 1999 · Stealth Fighter as Adm. Frank Petersen
- 1998 · Reach the Rock as Quinn
- 1996 · Bordello of Blood as Mummy
- 1996 · Poltergeist: The Legacy as Shamus Bloom
- 1995 · A Night to Die For as Self
- 1995 · Valerie 23 as Frank Hellner
- 1995 · Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight as Frank Brayker
- 1994 · Rebel Highway as Sarge
- 1994 · Bermuda Grace as
- 1993 · Jack Reed: Badge of Honor as David Anatole
- 1992 · Two-Fisted Tales as Mr. Rush (Presenter)
- 1991 · Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey as Grim Reaper
- 1991 · Tagget as Yuri Chelenkoff
- 1991 · The Last to Go as Treat
- 1990 · The Face of Fear as Anthony Prine
- 1989 · K-9 as Salesman Don
- 1989 · Unconquered as Coach Dickey
- 1988 · Roseanne as
- 1987 · Private Eye as
- 1982 · Hanky Panky as Hotel Clerk
- 1981 · Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase as Joey
- 1979 · The Other Side of Victory as Captain Rogers
- 1978 · The Great Wallendas as Dieter Schmidt
- Future · It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making HILLS RUN RED as Self