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