William Sadler
April 13, 1950 (74 years old) in Buffalo, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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
- 2025 · The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide as Horror Film Expert
- 2024 · Salem's Lot as Parkins Gillespie
- 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
- 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 · 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 · Shoot Me Nicely as Roy Barnes
- 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 · 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
- 2015 · Ava's Possessions as Bernard
- 2014 · Walking the Mile as Self
- 2014 · The Historian as Valerian Hadley
- 2014 · The Flash as Simon Stagg
- 2014 · Madam Secretary as George
- 2014 · Z Nation as Sam Custer
- 2014 · Freedom as Plimpton
- 2014 · Delirium as John (archive footage)
- 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 · Gilded Lilys as
- 2013 · Onion News Empire as Ed Musgrove
- 2013 · Iron Man 3 as President Ellis
- 2013 · Golden Boy as Police Commissioner Jack Dowdell
- 2013 · The Suspect as Sheriff Dixon
- 2013 · Riddle as Western Man / Jack Abel
- 2012 · Elementary as Ian Gale
- 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 · Man on a Ledge as Valet
- 2012 · Nothing Sacred as Chambers
- 2011 · Silent But Deadly as John Capper
- 2011 · Restitution as George Youngstown
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Anton's Father
- 2011 · Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost as Gino Fish
- 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 · Three Rivers as
- 2009 · The Hills Run Red as Wilson Wyler Concannon
- 2009 · Shadowheart as Thomas Conners
- 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
- 2008 · When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' as Self
- 2007 · The Mist as Jim
- 2007 · August Rush as Thomas Novacek
- 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 · Criminal Minds as
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Ray Finnegan
- 2005 · Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Paul Rice
- 2005 · Numb3rs as
- 2005 · Medium as John Edgemont
- 2005 · Confess as Senator Lampert
- 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
- 2000 · Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile as Self - 'Klaus Detterick'
- 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 · Disturbing Behavior as Newberry
- 1998 · Ambushed as Jim Natter
- 1997 · RocketMan as Wild Bill Overbeck
- 1996 · Solo as Colonel Frank Madden / Improved Solo
- 1996 · Bordello of Blood as Mummy
- 1996 · Poltergeist: The Legacy as Shamus Bloom
- 1995 · JAG as Saul Wainright
- 1995 · The Omen as Dr. Linus
- 1995 · A Night to Die For as Self
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Frank Hellner
- 1995 · Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight as Frank Brayker
- 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 · Trespass as Don
- 1992 · HBO First Look as
- 1992 · Two-Fisted Tales as Mr. Rush (Presenter)
- 1991 · Rush as Monroe
- 1991 · Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey as Grim Reaper
- 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
- 1990 · Hard to Kill as Senator Vernon Trent
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Niles Talbot
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as The Grim Reaper
- 1989 · K-9 as Salesman Don
- 1989 · Unconquered as Coach Dickey
- 1988 · Murphy Brown as Colonel Fitzpatrick
- 1988 · Roseanne as
- 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 · 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