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