Bill Moseley
William "Bill" Moseley (born November 11, 1951) is an American film actor and musician who has starred in a number of cult classic horror films, including House of 1000 Corpses, Repo! The Genetic Opera and The Devil's Rejects. His first big role was in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as Chop Top. He has also released records with guitarist Buckethead, in the band Cornbugs. Moseley was born in Stamford, Connecticut, and grew up in Barrington Hills, Illinois. He is the son of Virginia Gillette (Kleitz), a journalist, and S. D. Moseley (Spencer Dumaresq Moseley), who was a member of the Yale Corporation, All-American captain and center of the 1942 Yale football team, and chairman and chief executive of the Railway Express Agency. His grandfather, George Moseley, also played football at Yale and was an All-American. He is a graduate of Yale University. For a period of time, Moseley operated as a journalist, writing for such magazines as Omni, National Lampoon and Psychology Today.
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- 2026 · The Ascent as Erasmus
- 2026 · Scared to Death as Felix
- 2024 · The Devil's Disciples as Dread
- 2024 · They Turned Us into Killers as
- 2023 · Night of the Missing as The Caller (segment "Nite Flirt")
- 2023 · Hayride to Hell as Farmer Sam
- 2022 · Dead by Midnight (Y2Kill) as Jasper
- 2021 · Texas Carlos Massacre as Self
- 2020 · I Am Fear as Steve Mccreedy
- 2019 · Slayer: The Repentless Killogy as Nazi Dad
- 2019 · Gothic Harvest as Detective Hollis
- 2019 · To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell as Self
- 2019 · Exorcism at 60,000 Feet as Garvan
- 2019 · Shed of the Dead as Doc
- 2018 · Hangover in Death Valley as Lemmas (archive footage)
- 2018 · Toy Box as David Parker Ray
- 2018 · Cynthia as Buttercup
- 2018 · Minutes to Midnight as Gimple
- 2018 · Crepitus as Crepitus
- 2017 · Alcoholist as Grey Speckled Man
- 2016 · Arlo: The Burping Pig as Ernie Dorko
- 2015 · Old 37 as Darryl
- 2014 · Disciples as Dread
- 2012 · I Heart Monster Movies as Himself
- 2012 · Dead Souls as Sheriff Depford
- 2012 · Eldorado as Lemmas
- 2011 · Underground Entertainment: The Movie as Bill
- 2011 · Night of the Little Dead as Kickstand
- 2010 · Godkiller: Walk Among Us as Dr. West (voice)
- 2010 · Anderson's Cross as Mr. Daniels
- 2007 · Fallen Angels as Westin
- 2007 · The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness as Self
- 2007 · Home Sick as Mr. Suitcase
- 2006 · A Dead Calling as Chief Murken
- 2006 · Vampira: The Movie as Himself
- 2005 · 30 Days in Hell: The Making of 'The Devil's Rejects' as Self
- Future · Subscriber as Jim
- 2004 · UnConventional as Self
- 2002 · Essence of Echoes as Dr. Hilcott
- 1998 · All American Massacre as Chop-Top
- Future · Manson Girls as Charles Manson
- Future · Chastise as Bronco
- 2000 · Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth as Self
- Future · The Mangled as Bill Bates
- 2025 · The Fetus as Maddox
- 2024 · Night Talkers as Ari Hall
- 2024 · Orum as Leonard
- 2024 · Stream as Jimmy
- 2024 · Ice Nine Kills Presents: Welcome to Horrorwood as Captain Harris
- 2024 · Red Night at Skye's as William Boyd
- 2023 · Natty Knocks as Abner Honeywell
- 2022 · In Search of Darkness: Part III as Self
- 2022 · Nite Flirt as The Devil
- 2022 · Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story as Self
- 2022 · Bad Girl Boogey as Radio DJ (voice)
- 2022 · Murders as Sal Bernando
- 2022 · Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow as
- 2022 · Sin Eater as
- 2021 · Ice Nine Kills: The Silver Stream as Host
- 2021 · The History of Metal and Horror as Self
- 2021 · Prisoners of the Ghostland as Governor
- 2020 · In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
- 2020 · Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi as Self
- 2019 · To Your Last Death as Pavel (voice)
- 2019 · 3 from Hell as Otis Driftwood
- 2019 · Big Top Evil as Mr. Kharver
- 2019 · In Search of Darkness as Self
- 2019 · Handy Dandy as Richard Crane
- 2018 · Mugworth as Bellousinni
- 2018 · American Exorcist as Mr. Snowfeather
- 2018 · Eli Roth's History of Horror as Self
- 2018 · The Church as Pastor James
- 2018 · The Great American Mud Wrestle as Special Guest Judge
- 2018 · Boar as Bruce
- 2018 · Death House as Giger
- 2017 · To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story as Self
- 2017 · Fish as Fisherman
- 2016 · The Possession Experiment as Father Mark Campbell
- 2016 · The Horde as Jacob Sutter
- 2016 · Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival as The Magician
- 2016 · Smothered as Soggy Christian
- 2015 · The Devil Dogs of Kilo Company as Capt. Morrison (Voice)
- 2015 · Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness" as Self
- 2015 · Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini as Self
- 2015 · Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn as Johnny
- 2015 · Silently Within Your Shadow as Hugo
- 2015 · Almost Mercy as Pastor Johnson
- 2014 · Charlie's Farm as John Wilson
- 2014 · House of the Witchdoctor as Peter Van Hooten
- 2014 · Z Nation as General McCandles
- 2013 · Uncle Grandpa as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2013 · Texas Chainsaw 3D as Drayton Sawyer
- 2012 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Bernie (voice)
- 2012 · The Inflicted as Mr. O'Hara
- 2012 · The Devil's Carnival as The Magician
- 2012 · Holliston as Crazy Max
- 2012 · Rogue River as Jon
- 2011 · Exit Humanity as General Williams
- 2011 · FEARnet's Movies with More Brains as Self
- 2010 · The Tortured as Kozlowski
- 2010 · 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams as Mayor Buckman
- 2010 · The Graves as Caleb
- 2009 · Dead Air as Logan Burnhardt
- 2009 · Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet as Graveyard Gus
- 2009 · The Haunted World of El Superbeasto as Otis Driftwood (voice)
- 2009 · The Devil's Tomb as Prof. Duncan
- 2008 · Repo! The Genetic Opera as Luigi Largo
- 2008 · The Alphabet Killer as Carl Tanner
- 2008 · House as Stewart
- 2008 · Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween as Self
- 2008 · Alone in the Dark 2 as Dexter
- 2008 · A Perfect Place as Eddie
- 2007 · Headcheese as Self (as Chop Top)
- 2007 · Halloween as Zach "Z-Man" Garrett
- 2007 · Babysitter Wanted as Chief Dinelli
- 2007 · Grindhouse as Dr. Heinrich von Strasser (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
- 2007 · Thr3e as Slater
- 2006 · Quackers! as Self (as Chop Top)
- 2006 · Evil Bong as Bong World Patron
- 2006 · It Runs in the Family as Himself
- 2005 · The Devil's Rejects as Otis B. Driftwood
- 2003 · Vicious as Walace
- 2003 · Carnivàle as Possum
- 2003 · House of 1000 Corpses as Otis B. Driftwood
- 2002 · Live from Baghdad as Rex
- 2002 · Point of Origin as Task Force Officer
- 2000 · The Convent as Officer Ray
- 1997 · The Practice as Jake Spooner
- 1995 · Evil Ed as Special Voice Appearance
- 1995 · Prehysteria! 3 as Director
- 1994 · ER as Charlie
- 1994 · Blood Run as Hank
- 1993 · Mr. Jones as Worker
- 1993 · Fallen Angels as Customer #1
- Future · Organism 46-B The Unseen as Dr. Lincoln Tucker
- Future · Baltigore as The Traveler
- 1986 · Osa as Quilt Face
- Future · Spawn of the Living Dead as Dr. Harold Ornsby
- Future · Blades in the Darkness 2 as Victor
- 1993 · James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction as Self
- 1992 · Army of Darkness as Deadite Captain
- 1992 · Honey, I Blew Up the Kid as Federal Marshall
- 1992 · Inside Out 2 as Dave (segment "I've Got a Crush on You")
- 1991 · White Fang as Luke
- 1990 · The End of Innocence as Man on the Hill
- 1990 · Night of the Living Dead as Johnnie
- 1990 · Crash and Burn as Quinn
- 1990 · The First Power as Bartender
- 1989 · Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! as Ricky
- 1989 · Pink Cadillac as Darrell
- 1988 · Fair Game as Frank
- 1988 · Freddy's Nightmares as Buzz
- 1988 · The Blob as Soldier #2
- 1987 · Tour of Duty as
- 1986 · The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as Chop-Top
- 1986 · Nightmare Angel as Dr. William de Freis
- 1982 · Endangered Species as Cab Driver
- Future · Covet as Sheriff Troy