William Sadler
April 13, 1950 (75 years old) in Buffalo, New York, USA
William Thomas Sadler 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide as Horror Film Expert
- 2024 · Salem's Lot as Parkins Gillespie
- 2023 · Full Circle as Gene McCusker
- 2021 · The Unholy as Father Hagan
- 2020 · Bill & Ted Face the Music as Death
- 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
- 2019 · The Highwaymen as Henry Barrow
- 2018 · The Rookie as Walter Fields
- 2018 · God Friended Me as Rev. Elias
- 2018 · Deadly Crush as Sheriff Dusty Hawkins
- 2017 · The Good Fight as Judge Nilsson
- 2016 · Bull as Father Andy
- 2016 · The Duel as Governor Ross
- 2015 · Edge as Big Bill
- 2015 · Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise as Gino Fish
- 2015 · Freeheld as Peter Santucci
- 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 · Machete Kills as Sheriff Doakes
- 2013 · Gilded Lilys as
- 2013 · Iron Man 3 as President Ellis
- 2013 · Golden Boy as Police Commissioner Jack Dowdell
- 2012 · Elementary as Ian Gale
- 2012 · Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt as Gino Fish
- 2012 · Being Flynn as Ray
- 2012 · Man on a Ledge as Valet
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Anton's Father
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as John McGarrett
- 2010 · The Pacific as Lt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller
- 2009 · White Collar as Brett Gelles
- 2009 · Three Rivers as
- 2009 · The Hills Run Red as Wilson Wyler Concannon
- 2008 · Eagle Eye as Jerry's Dad
- 2008 · Fringe as Dr. Sumner
- 2007 · The Mist as Jim
- 2007 · August Rush as Thomas Novacek
- 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
- 2004 · Wonderfalls as Darrin Tyler
- 2003 · Tru Calling as Travis
- 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
- 1996 · Bordello of Blood as Mummy
- 1996 · Poltergeist: The Legacy as Shamus Bloom
- 1995 · JAG as Saul Wainright
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Frank Hellner
- 1995 · Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight as Frank Brayker
- 1994 · The Shawshank Redemption as Heywood
- 1993 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Sloan
- 1992 · HBO First Look as
- 1991 · Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey as Grim Reaper
- 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
- 1989 · K-9 as Salesman Don
- 1988 · Murphy Brown as Colonel Fitzpatrick
- 1988 · Roseanne as
- 1988 · Dear John as Ken
- 1987 · Tour of Duty as Major Rigby
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Rick Dillon / Kevin Moore
- Future · The Yeti as
- 2024 · A Stage of Twilight as Barry
- 2023 · She Came from the Woods as Gilbert McCalister
- 2021 · Alice Fades Away as James
- 2020 · The Comey Rule as Michael Flynn
- 2018 · Melvin Smarty as Bob
- 2018 · Living Among Us as Samuel
- 2018 · Our Cartoon President as General Kelly / Mitch McConnell / Jeff Sessions (voice)
- 2017 · Shoot Me Nicely as Roy Barnes
- 2016 · The Hollow as Sheriff Beau McKinney
- 2015 · Frank the Bastard as Cyrus Gast
- 2015 · WHIH Newsfront as President Ellis
- 2015 · Ava's Possessions as Bernard
- 2014 · Walking the Mile as Self
- 2014 · The Historian as Valerian Hadley
- 2014 · Freedom as Plimpton
- 2014 · Delirium as John (archive footage)
- 2014 · That Guy Dick Miller as Self
- 2013 · Greetings from Tim Buckley as Lee Underwood
- 2013 · Onion News Empire as Ed Musgrove
- 2013 · The Suspect as Sheriff Dixon
- 2013 · Riddle as Western Man / Jack Abel
- 2012 · Future Weather as Ed
- 2012 · See Girl Run as Marty
- 2012 · Nothing Sacred as Chambers
- 2011 · Silent But Deadly as John Capper
- 2011 · Restitution as George Youngstown
- 2011 · Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost as Gino Fish
- 2011 · Witness Protection as Sharp
- 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 · Shadowheart as Thomas Conners
- 2009 · Jesse Stone: Thin Ice as Gino Fish
- 2009 · Stream as Dr. Shelby
- 2008 · When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' as Self
- 2007 · Abandoned in the Arctic as Adolphus Greely (voice)
- 2007 · A New Wave as Roger Dewitt
- 2007 · Jesse Stone: Sea Change as Gino Fish
- 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 · Premium as Cole Carter
- 2006 · The Good Student as Phil Palmer
- 2005 · DeVour as Ivan Reisz
- 2005 · Purple Heart as Colonel Allen
- 2005 · Confess as Senator Lampert
- 2003 · The Battle of Shaker Heights as Abe
- 2002 · Another Life as Man
- 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
- 1998 · Ambushed as Jim Natter
- 1997 · RocketMan as Wild Bill Overbeck
- 1996 · Solo as Colonel Frank Madden / Improved Solo
- 1995 · The Omen as Dr. Linus
- 1995 · A Night to Die For as Self
- 1994 · Roadracers as Sarge
- 1994 · Rebel Highway as Sarge
- 1994 · Bermuda Grace as
- 1993 · Jack Reed: Badge of Honor as David Anatole
- 1993 · Freaked as Dick Brian
- 1992 · Trespass as Don
- 1992 · Two-Fisted Tales as Mr. Rush (Presenter)
- 1991 · Rush as Monroe
- 1991 · Tagget as Yuri Chelenkoff
- 1991 · The Last to Go as Treat
- 1990 · The Face of Fear as Anthony Prine
- 1989 · Unconquered as Coach Dickey
- 1987 · Private Eye as
- 1987 · Project X as Dr. Carroll (as Bill Sadler)
- 1986 · Off Beat as Dickson
- 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