William Sadler
April 13, 1950 (75 years old) in Buffalo, New York, USA
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
- 2024 · Salem's Lot as Parkins Gillespie
- 2023 · Full Circle as Gene McCusker
- 2023 · She Came from the Woods as Gilbert McCalister
- 2020 · Hunters as Dr. Friedrich Mann
- 2019 · VFW as Walter Reed
- 2019 · When They See Us as Detective Michael Sheehan
- 2019 · The Highwaymen as Henry Barrow
- 2018 · The Rookie as Walter Fields
- 2018 · God Friended Me as Rev. Elias
- 2018 · Deadly Crush as Sheriff Dusty Hawkins
- 2018 · Our Cartoon President as General Kelly / Mitch McConnell / Jeff Sessions (voice)
- 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 · Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise as Gino Fish
- 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 Peters
- 2014 · Z Nation as Sam Custer
- 2014 · Power as Tony Teresi
- 2013 · Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as President Ellis
- 2013 · The Blacklist as Sam Milhoan
- 2013 · Gilded Lilys as
- 2013 · Onion News Empire as Ed Musgrove
- 2013 · Iron Man 3 as President Ellis
- 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
- 2011 · Restitution as George Youngstown
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Anton's Father
- 2011 · Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost as Gino Fish
- 2011 · Witness Protection as Sharp
- 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 · White Collar as Brett Gelles
- 2009 · The Hills Run Red as Wilson Wyler Concannon
- 2009 · Shadowheart as Thomas Conners
- 2009 · Jesse Stone: Thin Ice as Gino Fish
- 2008 · Eagle Eye as Jerry's Dad
- 2008 · Fringe as Dr. Sumner
- 2008 · When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' as Self
- 2007 · August Rush as Thomas Novacek
- 2007 · The Mist as Jim
- 2007 · Jesse Stone: Sea Change as Gino Fish
- 2006 · Jimmy and Judy as Uncle Rodney
- 2006 · Premium as Cole Carter
- 2006 · The Good Student as Phil Palmer
- 2005 · Confess as Senator Lampert
- 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 J. Everett Tuttle
- 2005 · Medium as John Edgemont
- 2005 · Purple Heart as Colonel Allen
- 2004 · Kinsey as Kenneth Braun
- 2004 · Wonderfalls as Darrin Tyler
- 2003 · Tru Calling as Travis
- 2002 · Another Life as Man
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Kyle Devlin
- 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 · 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 · Valerie 23 as Frank Hellner
- 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 · 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 (segment "The Man Who Was Death")
- 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 · Dear John as Ken
- 1987 · Tour of Duty as Major Rigby
- 1987 · Project X as Dr. Carroll (as Bill Sadler)
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Rick Dillon / Kevin Moore
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as J.J. Oppenheimer
- 1982 · Newhart as Clumsy Guest
- 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 · The Yeti as
- 2025 · The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide as Horror Film Expert
- 2024 · A Stage of Twilight as Barry
- 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
- 2019 · The Grudge as Detective Wilson
- 2018 · Melvin Smarty as Bob
- 2018 · Living Among Us as Samuel
- 2017 · Shoot Me Nicely as Roy Barnes
- 2015 · Edge as Big Bill
- 2015 · Freeheld as Peter Santucci
- 2015 · Frank the Bastard as Cyrus Gast
- 2015 · WHIH Newsfront as President Ellis
- 2014 · Freedom as Plimpton
- 2014 · Delirium as John (archive footage)
- 2014 · That Guy Dick Miller as Self
- 2013 · Machete Kills as Sheriff Doakes
- 2013 · Greetings from Tim Buckley as Lee Underwood
- 2013 · Golden Boy as Police Commissioner Jack Dowdell
- 2012 · Nothing Sacred as Chambers
- 2011 · Silent But Deadly as John Capper
- 2010 · The Making Of Fallout: New Vegas as Self
- 2009 · Beyond All Boundaries as Lt. Colonel Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller
- 2009 · Last Day of Summer as Mr. Crolick
- 2009 · Three Rivers as
- 2009 · Stream as Dr. Shelby
- 2007 · Abandoned in the Arctic as Adolphus Greely (voice)
- 2007 · A New Wave as Roger Dewitt
- 2007 · Traveler as Carlton Fog
- 2006 · The Path to 9/11 as Neil Herman
- 2006 · Unspoken as Dad
- 2003 · The Battle of Shaker Heights as Abe
- 2001 · Skippy as Ringo
- Future · It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making HILLS RUN RED as Self
- 1995 · A Night to Die For as Self
- 1990 · The Face of Fear as Anthony Prine
- 1988 · Roseanne as
- 1987 · Private Eye as
- 1986 · Off Beat as Dickson