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Acting

Known Credits

158

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-04-13 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Buffalo, New York, USA

Also Known As

William Thomas Sadler
Bill Sadler
Γουίλιαμ Σάντλερ
威廉·托馬斯·桑德勒
ویلیام سدلر

William Sadler

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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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Acting

—		It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making HILLS RUN RED as Self
—		The Yeti

2025

The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide as Horror Film Expert

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

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		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		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
2016		The Duel as Governor Ross

2015		Edge as Big Bill
2015		Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise as Gino Fish
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		Walking the Mile as Self
2014		The Historian as Valerian Hadley
2014		The Flash as Simon Stagg
2014		Madam Secretary as George
2014		Z Nation as Sam Custer
2014		Freedom as Plimpton
2014		Delirium as John (archive footage)
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		Gilded Lilys
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		Being Flynn as Ray
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

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		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
2009		The Hills Run Red as Wilson Wyler Concannon
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		A New Wave as Roger Dewitt
2007		Jesse Stone: Sea Change as Gino Fish
2007		Traveler as Carlton Fog

2006		The Path to 9/11 as Neil Herman
2006		Unspoken as Dad
2006		Jimmy and Judy as Uncle Rodney
2006		Premium as Cole Carter
2006		The Good Student as Phil Palmer

2005		DeVour as Ivan Reisz
2005		Criminal Minds
2005		Criminal Minds as Ray Finnegan
2005		Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Paul Rice
2005		Numb3rs
2005		Medium as John Edgemont
2005		Confess as Senator Lampert
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
2000		Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile as Self - 'Klaus Detterick'

1999		Witness Protection as Sharp
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		A Night to Die For as Self
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

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
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