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
- 2021 · Alice Fades Away as James
- 2019 · The Grudge as Detective Wilson
- 2019 · The Highwaymen as Henry Barrow
- 2018 · Deadly Crush as Sheriff Dusty Hawkins
- 2016 · The Duel as Governor Ross
- 2015 · Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise as Gino Fish
- 2015 · Freeheld as Peter Santucci
- 2015 · Ava's Possessions as Bernard
- 2014 · Delirium as John (archive footage)
- 2013 · Gilded Lilys as
- 2012 · Being Flynn as Ray
- 2011 · Restitution as George Youngstown
- 2011 · Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost as Gino Fish
- 2010 · Jesse Stone: No Remorse as Gino Fish
- 2009 · The Hills Run Red as Wilson Wyler Concannon
- 2007 · A New Wave as Roger Dewitt
- 2007 · Jesse Stone: Sea Change as Gino Fish
- 2006 · The Path to 9/11 as Neil Herman
- 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
- 2000 · Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile as Self - 'Klaus Detterick'
- 1998 · Disturbing Behavior as Newberry
- 1996 · Solo as Colonel Frank Madden / Improved Solo
- 1995 · The Omen as Dr. Linus
- 1995 · Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight as Frank Brayker
- 1994 · Roadracers as Sarge
- 1993 · Freaked as Dick Brian
- 1992 · Trespass as Don
- 1992 · Two-Fisted Tales as Mr. Rush (Presenter)
- 1991 · Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey as Grim Reaper
- 1991 · Tagget as Yuri Chelenkoff
- 1989 · K-9 as Salesman Don
- 1989 · Unconquered as Coach Dickey
- 1987 · Private Eye as
- 1986 · Off Beat as Dickson
- 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
- 2020 · The Comey Rule as Michael Flynn
- 2020 · Bill & Ted Face the Music as Death
- 2020 · Hunters as Dr. Friedrich Mann
- 2019 · VFW as Walter Reed
- 2019 · When They See Us as Detective Michael Sheehan
- 2018 · The Rookie as Walter Fields
- 2018 · God Friended Me as Rev. Elias
- 2018 · Melvin Smarty as Bob
- 2018 · Living Among Us as Samuel
- 2018 · Our Cartoon President as General Kelly / Mitch McConnell / Jeff Sessions (voice)
- 2017 · Shoot Me Nicely as Roy Barnes
- 2017 · The Good Fight as Judge Nilsson
- 2016 · The Hollow as Sheriff Beau McKinney
- 2016 · Bull as Father Andy
- 2015 · Edge as Big Bill
- 2015 · Frank the Bastard as Cyrus Gast
- 2015 · WHIH Newsfront as President Ellis
- 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 · Freedom as Plimpton
- 2014 · Power as Tony Teresi
- 2014 · That Guy Dick Miller as Self
- 2013 · Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as President Ellis
- 2013 · The Blacklist as Sam Milhoan
- 2013 · Machete Kills as Sheriff Doakes
- 2013 · Greetings from Tim Buckley as Lee Underwood
- 2013 · Onion News Empire as Ed Musgrove
- 2013 · Iron Man 3 as President Ellis
- 2013 · Golden Boy as Police Commissioner Jack Dowdell
- 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 · Man on a Ledge as Valet
- 2012 · Nothing Sacred as Chambers
- 2011 · Silent But Deadly as John Capper
- 2011 · Homeland as Michael Higgins
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Anton's Father
- 2011 · Witness Protection as Sharp
- 2010 · The Making of Fallout: New Vegas as Self
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as John McGarrett
- 2010 · The Pacific as Lt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller
- 2009 · Beyond All Boundaries as Lt. Colonel Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller
- 2009 · Last Day of Summer as Mr. Crolick
- 2009 · White Collar as Brett Gelles
- 2009 · Three Rivers as
- 2009 · Shadowheart as Thomas Conners
- 2009 · Jesse Stone: Thin Ice as Gino Fish
- 2009 · Stream as Dr. Shelby
- 2008 · Eagle Eye as Jerry's Dad
- 2008 · Fringe as Dr. Sumner
- 2008 · When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' as Self
- 2007 · The Mist as Jim
- 2007 · August Rush as Thomas Novacek
- 2007 · Abandoned in the Arctic as Adolphus Greely (voice)
- 2007 · Damages as McClarenTruth.org's Financier
- 2007 · Damages as Helmut Torben
- 2007 · Traveler as Carlton Fog
- 2006 · Unspoken as Dad
- 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
- 2003 · The Battle of Shaker Heights as Abe
- 2002 · Another Life as Man
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Kyle Devlin
- 2001 · Skippy as Ringo
- 2000 · Ed as Lee Leetch
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Red Cooper
- 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 · Ambushed as Jim Natter
- 1997 · RocketMan as Wild Bill Overbeck
- 1996 · Bordello of Blood as Mummy
- 1996 · Poltergeist: The Legacy as Shamus Bloom
- 1995 · JAG as Saul Wainright
- 1995 · A Night to Die For as Self
- 1995 · Valerie 23 as Frank Hellner
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Frank Hellner
- 1994 · The Shawshank Redemption as Heywood
- 1994 · Rebel Highway as Sarge
- 1994 · Bermuda Grace as
- 1993 · Jack Reed: Badge of Honor as David Anatole
- 1993 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Sloan
- 1992 · HBO First Look as
- 1991 · Rush as Monroe
- 1991 · The Last to Go as Treat
- 1990 · The Hot Spot as Frank Sutton
- 1990 · The Face of Fear as Anthony Prine
- 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
- 1988 · Murphy Brown as Colonel Fitzpatrick
- 1988 · Roseanne as
- 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 · It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making HILLS RUN RED as Self