Will Patton
June 14, 1954 (71 years old) in Charleston, South Carolina, USA
William Rankin Patton (born June 14, 1954) is an American actor and audiobook narrator. He starred as Colonel Dan Weaver in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies. He also appeared in the films Remember the Titans, Armageddon, Gone in 60 Seconds and The Punisher. He appeared opposite Kevin Costner in two films: No Way Out (1987) and The Postman (1997). He won two Obie Awards for best actor in Sam Shepard's play Fool for Love and the Public Theater production of What Did He See?.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Train Dreams as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 as Owen Kittredge
- 2024 · Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 as Owen Kittredge
- 2024 · Janet Planet as Wayne
- 2023 · Silo as Deputy Sam Marnes
- 2022 · Halloween Ends as Frank
- 2022 · Outer Range as Wayne Tillerson
- 2021 · Halloween Kills as Officer Hawkins
- 2021 · The Forever Purge as Caleb Tucker
- 2021 · Minari as Paul
- 2019 · Swamp Thing as Avery Sunderland
- 2018 · Halloween as Officer Hawkins
- 2018 · Yellowstone as Garrett Randle
- 2017 · Megan Leavey as Jim
- 2017 · Shots Fired as Sheriff Daniel Platt
- 2016 · American Honey as Back Seat Cowboy
- 2014 · The November Man as Perry Weinstein
- 2012 · The Girl as Tommy
- 2011 · Falling Skies as Captain Daniel 'Dan' Weaver
- 2011 · Meek's Cutoff as Soloman Tetherow
- 2010 · Knucklehead as Vic Sullivan
- 2010 · Brooklyn's Finest as Lt. Bill Hobarts
- 2009 · The Fourth Kind as Sheriff August
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Mike Tascioni
- 2008 · Wendy and Lucy as Mechanic
- 2007 · The List as Harriston
- 2005 · Into the West as James Fletcher
- 2005 · Numb3rs as Det. Gary Walker
- 2004 · The Punisher as Quentin Glass
- 2002 · The Mothman Prophecies as Gordon Smallwood
- 2001 · 24 as Alan Wilson
- 2001 · The Agency as Jackson Haisley
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Craig Halliday
- 2000 · Remember the Titans as Coach Bill Yoast
- 2000 · Trixie as W. 'Red' Rafferty
- 2000 · Jesus' Son as John Smith
- 2000 · Gone in Sixty Seconds as Atley Jackson
- 1999 · Entrapment as Hector Cruz
- 1998 · Armageddon as Chick
- 1998 · All Revved Up as Sean
- 1997 · The Postman as Bethlehem
- 1997 · Inventing the Abbotts as Lloyd Abbott
- 1996 · Fled as Gibson
- 1995 · Copycat as Nicoletti
- 1995 · VR.5 as Dr. Frank Morgan
- 1994 · The Client as Sergeant Hardy
- 1993 · Romeo Is Bleeding as Martie
- 1993 · Midnight Edition as Jack Travers
- 1992 · Cold Heaven as Father Niles
- 1991 · The Rapture as Deputy Foster
- 1989 · Nasty Boys as Batiste
- 1987 · No Way Out as Scott Pritchard
- 1985 · After Hours as Horst
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Officer Nick Braxton
- 1985 · Desperately Seeking Susan as Wayne Nolan
- 1983 · Silkwood as Joe
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator (voice)
- 1951 · Search for Tomorrow as
- Future · Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey as Lou Smith
- 2026 · You Can't Win as Foot and a Half George
- 2021 · Safe as Francis
- 2021 · The Devil Below as Schuttmann
- 2020 · Sweet Thing as Adam
- 2020 · Blood on Her Name as Richard
- 2019 · Hammer as Stephen Davis
- 2019 · Radioflash as Frank
- 2018 · An Actor Prepares as Wisdom
- 2018 · Boarding School as Dr. Sherman
- 2018 · The Scent of Rain & Lightning as Senior
- 2018 · Salvage as
- 2013 · Abigail Harm as The Visitor/Narrator
- 2011 · Waking Madison as Steven Walker
- 2010 · Princess Kaiulani as Sanford B. Dole
- 2009 · The Canyon as Henry
- 2009 · The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln as John Wilkes Booth (Voice)
- 2008 · The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond as Old Man Dobyne
- 2008 · American Violet as Sam Conroy
- 2008 · Lucky Days as J.C.
- 2007 · Dog Days of Summer as Eli Cottonmouth
- 2007 · A Mighty Heart as Randall Bennett
- 2007 · Code Name: The Cleaner as Riley
- 2006 · Road House 2: Last Call as Nate Tanner
- 2005 · Family Sins as Philip Rothman
- 2004 · The Last Ride as Aaron Purnell
- 2002 · The Rough South of Larry Brown as
- 1999 · Breakfast of Champions as Moe The Truck Driver
- 1998 · I Woke Up Early the Day I Died as Preacher
- 1997 · This World, Then the Fireworks as Lt. Morgan
- 1996 · The Spitfire Grill as Nahum Goddard
- 1994 · Tollbooth as Dash
- 1994 · The Puppet Masters as Dr. Lawrence Graves
- 1994 · Judicial Consent as Alan Warwick
- 1994 · Natural Causes as Michael Murphy
- 1993 · The Paint Job as Wesley
- 1993 · Taking the Heat as Hadley
- 1992 · Lincoln and the War Within as
- 1992 · A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story as Frank Maxwell
- 1992 · In the Deep Woods as Eric Gaines
- 1992 · In the Soup as Skippy
- 1991 · Deadly Desire as Giles Menteer
- 1991 · Dillinger as Melvin Purvis
- 1990 · Bright Angel as Woody (uncredited)
- 1990 · A Shock to the System as Lt. Laker
- 1990 · Everybody Wins as Jerry
- 1989 · Signs of Life as Owen's Father
- 1988 · Wildfire as Mike
- 1988 · Stars & Bars as Duane Gage
- Future · Ruby Road as
- 1986 · Belizaire the Cajun as Matthew Perry
- 1984 · Chinese Boxes as Marsh
- 1983 · King Blank as Bar Customer
- 1981 · Kent State as Peter
- Future · The Ice at the Bottom of the World as
- 1990 · Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice as
- 1987 · A Gathering of Old Men as Lou Dimes
- 1985 · Variety as Mark
- 1984 · The Beniker Gang as Forest Ranger
- 1979 · Minus Zero as Schreiber