William Sadler
April 13, 1950 (76 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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- 2026 · The Yeti as Hollis Bannister
- 2024 · Salem's Lot as Parkins Gillespie
- 2024 · A Stage of Twilight as Barry
- 2023 · She Came from the Woods as Gilbert McCalister
- 2019 · VFW as Walter Reed
- 2018 · Deadly Crush as Sheriff Dusty Hawkins
- 2018 · Living Among Us as Samuel
- 2016 · The Hollow as Sheriff Beau McKinney
- 2015 · Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise as Gino Fish
- 2014 · Walking the Mile as Self
- 2014 · Freedom as Plimpton
- 2014 · Delirium as John (archive footage)
- 2014 · That Guy Dick Miller as Self
- 2012 · Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt as Gino Fish
- 2012 · See Girl Run as Marty
- 2012 · Being Flynn as Ray
- 2011 · Restitution as George Youngstown
- 2011 · Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost as Gino Fish
- 2010 · The Making of Fallout: New Vegas as Self
- 2010 · Jesse Stone: No Remorse as Gino Fish
- 2009 · Beyond All Boundaries as Lt. Colonel Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller
- 2009 · Last Day of Summer as Mr. Crolick
- 2009 · The Hills Run Red as Wilson Wyler Concannon
- 2009 · Jesse Stone: Thin Ice as Gino Fish
- 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 · The Good Student as Phil Palmer
- 2005 · Confess as Senator Lampert
- 2005 · DeVour as Ivan Reisz
- 2003 · The Battle of Shaker Heights as Abe
- 2000 · Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile as Self - 'Klaus Detterick'
- 1999 · Witness Protection as Sharp
- 1998 · Reach the Rock as Quinn
- 1997 · RocketMan as Wild Bill Overbeck
- 1996 · Solo as Colonel Frank Madden / Improved Solo
- 1995 · The Omen as Dr. Linus
- 1994 · Roadracers as Sarge
- 1993 · Jack Reed: Badge of Honor as Anatole
- 1993 · Freaked as Dick Brian
- 1991 · Rush as Monroe
- 1987 · Private Eye as
- 1987 · Project X as Dr. Carroll
- 1986 · Off Beat as Dickson
- Future · New England Toys as
- 2026 · The Last Day of Byron Bray as Byron Bray
- 2023 · Full Circle as Gene McCusker
- 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
- 2020 · Hunters as Dr. Friedrich Mann
- 2019 · The Grudge as Detective Wilson
- 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 · Melvin Smarty as Bob
- 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 · Bull as Father Andy
- 2016 · The Duel as Governor Ross
- 2015 · Edge as Big Bill
- 2015 · Freeheld as Peter Santucci
- 2015 · Frank the Bastard as Cyrus Gast
- 2015 · WHIH Newsfront as President Ellis
- 2015 · Ava's Possessions as Bernard
- 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 · Machete Kills as Sheriff Doakes
- 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 · Golden Boy as Police Commissioner Jack Dowdell
- 2013 · The Suspect as Sheriff Dixon
- 2013 · Riddle as Western Man / Jack Abel
- 2012 · 666 Park Avenue as Nate McKenny
- 2012 · Elementary as Ian Gale
- 2012 · Future Weather as Ed
- 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
- 2010 · Hawaii Five-0 as John McGarrett
- 2010 · The Pacific as Lt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller
- 2009 · White Collar as Brett Gelles
- 2009 · Three Rivers as
- 2009 · It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making THE HILLS RUN RED as Self
- 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 · Traveler as Carlton Fog
- 2006 · Unspoken as Dad
- 2006 · Premium as Cole Carter
- 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
- 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 · Disturbing Behavior as Newberry
- 1998 · Ambushed as Jim Natter
- 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 · 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 · 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 · 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
- 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
- Future · The Summer They Came as
- 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