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 · Scared to Death as Felix
- 2024 · Stream as Jimmy
- 2023 · Hayride to Hell as Farmer Sam
- 2023 · Natty Knocks as Abner Honeywell
- 2022 · In Search of Darkness: Part III as Self
- 2022 · Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story as Self
- 2022 · Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow as
- 2021 · The History of Metal and Horror as Self
- 2021 · Prisoners of the Ghostland as Governor
- 2020 · Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi as Self
- 2019 · To Your Last Death as Pavel (voice)
- 2019 · Slayer: The Repentless Killogy as Nazi Dad
- 2019 · 3 from Hell as Otis Driftwood
- 2018 · Eli Roth's History of Horror as Self
- 2018 · Cynthia as Buttercup
- 2018 · Minutes to Midnight as Gimple
- 2018 · Boar as Bruce
- 2018 · Death House as Giger
- 2017 · To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story as Self
- 2016 · The Horde as Jacob Sutter
- 2016 · Smothered as Soggy Christian
- 2015 · Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini as Self
- 2015 · Old 37 as Darryl
- 2014 · Charlie's Farm as John Wilson
- 2014 · House of the Witchdoctor as Peter Van Hooten
- 2014 · Z Nation as General McCandles
- 2014 · Disciples as Dread
- 2013 · Uncle Grandpa as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2013 · Texas Chainsaw 3D as Drayton Sawyer
- 2012 · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Bernie (voice)
- 2012 · The Devil's Carnival as The Magician
- 2012 · Holliston as Crazy Max
- 2012 · Eldorado as Lemmas
- 2012 · Rogue River as Jon
- 2011 · Underground Entertainment: The Movie as Bill
- 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 · 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
- 2007 · Fallen Angels as Westin
- 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 · Evil Bong as Bong World Patron
- 2005 · The Devil's Rejects as Otis B. Driftwood
- 2004 · UnConventional as Self
- 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
- 1997 · The Practice as Jake Spooner
- 1995 · Evil Ed as Special Voice Appearance
- 1994 · ER as Charlie
- 1994 · Blood Run as Hank
- 1993 · Mr. Jones as Worker
- 1993 · Fallen Angels as Customer #1
- 1992 · Army of Darkness as Deadite Captain
- 1992 · Honey, I Blew Up the Kid as Federal Marshall
- 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 · 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
- 1982 · Endangered Species as Cab Driver
- Future · Manson Girls as Charles Manson
- 2025 · The Fetus as Maddox
- 2024 · The Devil's Disciples as Dread
- 2024 · Orum as Leonard
- 2023 · Night of the Missing as The Caller (segment "Nite Flirt")
- 2022 · Dead by Midnight (Y2Kill) as Jasper
- 2020 · In Search of Darkness: Part II as Self
- 2020 · I Am Fear as Steve Mccreedy
- 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
- 2019 · In Search of Darkness as Self
- 2018 · Hangover in Death Valley as Lemmas (archive footage)
- 2018 · American Exorcist as Mr. Snowfeather
- 2018 · The Church as Pastor James
- 2018 · The Great American Mud Wrestle as Special Guest Judge
- 2018 · Crepitus as Crepitus
- 2017 · Alcoholist as Grey Speckled Man
- 2016 · Arlo: The Burping Pig as Ernie Dorko
- 2016 · Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival as The Magician
- 2015 · Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness" as Self
- 2015 · Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn as Johnny
- 2012 · I Heart Monster Movies as Himself
- 2012 · Dead Souls as Sheriff Depford
- 2012 · The Inflicted as Mr. O'Hara
- 2011 · Exit Humanity as General Williams
- 2010 · Godkiller: Walk Among Us as Dr. West (voice)
- 2010 · Anderson's Cross as Mr. Daniels
- 2009 · Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet as Graveyard Gus
- 2007 · Home Sick as Mr. Suitcase
- 2006 · A Dead Calling as Chief Murken
- 2005 · 30 Days in Hell: The Making of 'The Devil's Rejects' as Self
- 2000 · Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth as Self
- 2000 · The Convent as Officer Ray
- 1995 · Prehysteria! 3 as Director
- 1992 · Inside Out 2 as Dave (segment "I've Got a Crush on You")
- 1988 · Fair Game as Frank
- 1986 · Osa as Quilt Face
- Future · Blades in the Darkness 2 as Victor
- Future · Organism 46-B The Unseen as Dr. Lincoln Tucker
- Future · Baltigore as The Traveler
- 2026 · The Ascent as Erasmus
- 2024 · Night Talkers as Ari Hall
- 2024 · Ice Nine Kills Presents: Welcome to Horrorwood as Captain Harris
- 2024 · Red Night at Skye's as William Boyd
- 2024 · They Turned Us into Killers as
- 2022 · Nite Flirt as The Devil
- 2022 · Bad Girl Boogey as Radio DJ (voice)
- 2022 · Murders as Sal Bernando
- 2022 · Sin Eater as
- 2021 · Ice Nine Kills: The Silver Stream as Host
- 2021 · Texas Carlos Massacre as Self
- 2019 · Big Top Evil as Mr. Kharver
- 2019 · Handy Dandy as Richard Crane
- 2018 · Mugworth as Bellousinni
- 2018 · Toy Box as David Parker Ray
- 2017 · Fish as Fisherman
- 2016 · The Possession Experiment as Father Mark Campbell
- 2015 · The Devil Dogs of Kilo Company as Capt. Morrison (Voice)
- 2015 · Silently Within Your Shadow as Hugo
- 2015 · Almost Mercy as Pastor Johnson
- 2011 · FEARnet's Movies with More Brains as Self
- 2011 · Night of the Little Dead as Kickstand
- 2008 · A Perfect Place as Eddie
- 2007 · Headcheese as Self (as Chop Top)
- 2007 · The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness as Self
- 2006 · Quackers! as Self (as Chop Top)
- 2006 · Vampira: The Movie as Himself
- 2006 · It Runs in the Family as Himself
- 2002 · Essence of Echoes as Dr. Hilcott
- 1998 · All American Massacre as Chop-Top
- 1986 · Nightmare Angel as Dr. William de Freis
- Future · Chastise as Bronco
- Future · Spawn of the Living Dead as Dr. Harold Ornsby
- 1993 · James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction as Self
- Future · Subscriber as Jim
- Future · Covet as Sheriff Troy
- Future · The Mangled as Bill Bates