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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- 2024 · Salem's Lot as Parkins Gillespie
- 2024 · A Stage of Twilight as Barry
- 2023 · Full Circle as Gene McCusker
- 2023 · She Came from the Woods as Gilbert McCalister
- 2020 · The Comey Rule as Michael Flynn
- 2020 · Bill & Ted Face the Music as Death
- 2019 · VFW as Walter Reed
- 2019 · The Highwaymen as Henry Barrow
- 2018 · Our Cartoon President as General Kelly / Mitch McConnell / Jeff Sessions (voice)
- 2015 · Freeheld as Peter Santucci
- 2015 · WHIH Newsfront as President Ellis
- 2015 · Ava's Possessions as Bernard
- 2014 · The Historian as Valerian Hadley
- 2014 · Delirium as John (archive footage)
- 2013 · Machete Kills as Sheriff Doakes
- 2013 · Golden Boy as Police Commissioner Jack Dowdell
- 2012 · Being Flynn as Ray
- 2010 · Jesse Stone: No Remorse as Gino Fish
- 2009 · Three Rivers as
- 2009 · Jesse Stone: Thin Ice as Gino Fish
- 2007 · Traveler as Carlton Fog
- 2006 · Jimmy and Judy as Uncle Rodney
- 2006 · Premium as Cole Carter
- 2005 · DeVour as Ivan Reisz
- 2004 · Kinsey as Kenneth Braun
- 2003 · The Battle of Shaker Heights as Abe
- 1998 · Reach the Rock as Quinn
- 1998 · Disturbing Behavior as Newberry
- 1998 · Ambushed as Jim Natter
- 1996 · Poltergeist: The Legacy as Shamus Bloom
- 1978 · The Great Wallendas as Dieter Schmidt
- Future · It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making HILLS RUN RED as Self
- 2025 · The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide as Horror Film Expert
- 2021 · The Unholy as Father Hagan
- 2021 · Alice Fades Away as James
- 2020 · Hunters as Dr. Friedrich Mann
- 2019 · The Grudge as Detective Wilson
- 2019 · When They See Us as Detective Michael Sheehan
- 2018 · The Rookie as Walter Fields
- 2018 · God Friended Me as Rev. Elias
- 2018 · Deadly Crush as Sheriff Dusty Hawkins
- 2018 · Melvin Smarty as Bob
- 2018 · Living Among Us as Samuel
- 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
- 2016 · The Duel as Governor Ross
- 2015 · Edge as Big Bill
- 2015 · Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise as Gino Fish
- 2015 · Frank the Bastard as Cyrus Gast
- 2014 · Walking the Mile as Self
- 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 · Greetings from Tim Buckley as Lee Underwood
- 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 · Man on a Ledge as Valet
- 2012 · Nothing Sacred as Chambers
- 2011 · Silent But Deadly as John Capper
- 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 · 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 · The Hills Run Red as Wilson Wyler Concannon
- 2009 · Shadowheart as Thomas Conners
- 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 · A New Wave as Roger Dewitt
- 2007 · Damages as McClarenTruth.org's Financier
- 2007 · Damages as Helmut Torben
- 2007 · Jesse Stone: Sea Change as Gino Fish
- 2006 · The Path to 9/11 as Neil Herman
- 2006 · Unspoken as Dad
- 2006 · The Good Student as Phil Palmer
- 1995 · The Omen as Dr. Linus
- 1994 · Roadracers as Sarge
- Future · The Yeti as
- 2005 · Confess as Senator Lampert
- 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 · Wonderfalls as Darrin Tyler
- 2003 · Tru Calling as Travis
- 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
- 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
- 1997 · RocketMan as Wild Bill Overbeck
- 1996 · Solo as Colonel Frank Madden / Improved Solo
- 1996 · Bordello of Blood as Mummy
- 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
- 1995 · Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight as Frank Brayker
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 1989 · K-9 as Salesman Don
- 1989 · Unconquered as Coach Dickey
- 1988 · Murphy Brown as Colonel Fitzpatrick
- 1988 · Roseanne as
- 1988 · Dear John as Ken
- 1987 · Tour of Duty as Major Rigby
- 1987 · Private Eye as
- 1987 · Project X as Dr. Carroll (as Bill Sadler)
- 1986 · Off Beat as Dickson
- 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