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
- 2023 · Full Circle as Gene McCusker
- 2021 · The Unholy as Father Hagan
- 2020 · The Comey Rule as Michael Flynn
- 2020 · Bill & Ted Face the Music as Death
- 2019 · The Grudge as Detective Wilson
- 2019 · The Highwaymen as Henry Barrow
- 2017 · Shoot Me Nicely as Roy Barnes
- 2016 · The Hollow as Sheriff Beau McKinney
- 2016 · The Duel as Governor Ross
- 2015 · Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise as Gino Fish
- 2015 · Freeheld as Peter Santucci
- 2015 · WHIH Newsfront as President Ellis
- 2014 · Walking the Mile as Self
- 2014 · Delirium as John (archive footage)
- 2013 · Gilded Lilys as
- 2013 · Golden Boy as Police Commissioner Jack Dowdell
- 2012 · Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt as Gino Fish
- 2012 · Being Flynn as Ray
- 2011 · Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost as Gino Fish
- 2009 · Three Rivers as
- 2009 · The Hills Run Red as Wilson Wyler Concannon
- 2009 · Jesse Stone: Thin Ice as Gino Fish
- 2009 · Stream as Dr. Shelby
- 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
- 2000 · Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile as Self - 'Klaus Detterick'
- 1998 · Disturbing Behavior as Newberry
- 1996 · Solo as Colonel Frank Madden / Improved Solo
- 1995 · The Omen as Dr. Linus
- 1995 · Valerie 23 as Frank Hellner
- 1995 · Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight as Frank Brayker
- 1992 · Trespass as Don
- 1992 · Two-Fisted Tales as Mr. Rush (Presenter)
- 1991 · Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey as Grim Reaper
- 1990 · Hard to Kill as Senator Vernon Trent
- 1989 · K-9 as Salesman Don
- 1988 · Roseanne as
- Future · The Yeti as
- 2025 · The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide as Horror Film Expert
- 2024 · A Stage of Twilight as Barry
- 2023 · She Came from the Woods as Gilbert McCalister
- 2021 · Alice Fades Away as James
- 2020 · Hunters as Dr. Friedrich Mann
- 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 · Melvin Smarty as Bob
- 2018 · Living Among Us as Samuel
- 2018 · Our Cartoon President as General Kelly / Mitch McConnell / Jeff Sessions (voice)
- 2017 · The Good Fight as Judge Nilsson
- 2016 · Bull as Father Andy
- 2015 · Edge as Big Bill
- 2015 · Frank the Bastard as Cyrus Gast
- 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 · Freedom as Plimpton
- 2014 · Power as Tony Teresi
- 2014 · That Guy Dick Miller as Self
- 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 · Greetings from Tim Buckley as Lee Underwood
- 2013 · Onion News Empire as Ed Musgrove
- 2013 · Iron Man 3 as President Ellis
- 2013 · The Suspect as Sheriff Dixon
- 2013 · Riddle as Western Man / Jack Abel
- 2012 · Elementary as Ian Gale
- 2012 · Future Weather as Ed
- 2012 · See Girl Run as Marty
- 2012 · Man on a Ledge as Valet
- 2012 · Nothing Sacred as Chambers
- 2011 · Silent But Deadly as John Capper
- 2011 · Restitution as George Youngstown
- 2011 · Homeland as Michael Higgins
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Anton's Father
- 2010 · The Making of Fallout: New Vegas as Self
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as John McGarrett
- 2010 · Jesse Stone: No Remorse as Gino Fish
- 2010 · The Pacific as Lt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller
- 2009 · Beyond All Boundaries as Lt. Colonel Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller
- 2009 · Last Day of Summer as Mr. Crolick
- 2009 · White Collar as Brett Gelles
- 2009 · Shadowheart as Thomas Conners
- 2008 · Eagle Eye as Jerry's Dad
- 2008 · Fringe as Dr. Sumner
- 2008 · When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' as Self
- 2007 · The Mist as Jim
- 2007 · August Rush as Thomas Novacek
- 2007 · Abandoned in the Arctic as Adolphus Greely (voice)
- 2007 · A New Wave as Roger Dewitt
- 2007 · Damages as McClarenTruth.org's Financier
- 2007 · Damages as Helmut Torben
- 2007 · Jesse Stone: Sea Change as Gino Fish
- 2006 · The Good Student as Phil Palmer
- 2005 · Confess as Senator Lampert
- 2005 · DeVour as Ivan Reisz
- 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
- 2005 · Purple Heart as Colonel Allen
- 2004 · Kinsey as Kenneth Braun
- 2004 · Wonderfalls as Darrin Tyler
- 2003 · Tru Calling as Travis
- 2003 · The Battle of Shaker Heights as Abe
- 2002 · Another Life as Man
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Kyle Devlin
- 2001 · Skippy as Ringo
- 2000 · Ed as Lee Leetch
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Red Cooper
- 1999 · Witness Protection as Sharp
- 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
- 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 · Bordello of Blood as Mummy
- 1996 · Poltergeist: The Legacy as Shamus Bloom
- 1995 · JAG as Saul Wainright
- 1995 · A Night to Die For as Self
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Frank Hellner
- 1994 · The Shawshank Redemption as Heywood
- 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
- 1993 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Sloan
- 1992 · HBO First Look as
- 1991 · Rush as Monroe
- 1991 · Tagget as Yuri Chelenkoff
- 1991 · The Last to Go as Treat
- 1990 · The Hot Spot as Frank Sutton
- 1990 · The Face of Fear as Anthony Prine
- 1990 · Law & Order as Kevin Drucker
- 1990 · Die Hard 2 as Stuart
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Niles Talbot (segment "The Man Who Was Death")
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as The Grim Reaper
- 1989 · Unconquered as Coach Dickey
- 1988 · Murphy Brown as Colonel Fitzpatrick
- 1988 · Dear John as Ken
- 1987 · Tour of Duty as Major Rigby
- 1987 · Private Eye as
- 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
- 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