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
- 2023 · Full Circle as Gene McCusker
- 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 · 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 · Our Cartoon President as General Kelly / Mitch McConnell / Jeff Sessions (voice)
- 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
- 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 · Delirium as John (archive footage)
- 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 · Gilded Lilys as
- 2013 · Iron Man 3 as President Ellis
- 2013 · Golden Boy as Police Commissioner Jack Dowdell
- 2013 · The Suspect as Sheriff Dixon
- 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
- 2011 · Restitution as George Youngstown
- 2011 · Homeland as Michael Higgins
- 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 · White Collar as Brett Gelles
- 2009 · Three Rivers as
- 2009 · The Hills Run Red as Wilson Wyler Concannon
- 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
- 2007 · The Mist as Jim
- 2007 · August Rush as Thomas Novacek
- 2007 · Damages as McClarenTruth.org's Financier
- 2007 · Damages as Helmut Torben
- 2007 · Jesse Stone: Sea Change as Gino Fish
- 2007 · Traveler as Carlton Fog
- 2006 · The Path to 9/11 as Neil Herman
- 2006 · Jimmy and Judy as Uncle Rodney
- 2005 · Confess as Senator Lampert
- 2005 · DeVour as Ivan Reisz
- 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
- 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 · Disturbing Behavior as Newberry
- 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 · 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 · Roadracers as Sarge
- 1994 · Rebel Highway as Sarge
- 1994 · Bermuda Grace as
- 1993 · Freaked as Dick Brian
- 1993 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Sloan
- 1992 · Trespass as Don
- 1992 · HBO First Look as
- 1991 · Rush as Monroe
- 1991 · Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey as Grim Reaper
- 1990 · The Hot Spot as Frank Sutton
- 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
- 1986 · Off Beat as Dickson
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Rick Dillon / Kevin Moore
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as J.J. Oppenheimer
- 1982 · Hanky Panky as Hotel Clerk
- Future · solo as estrella
- 2026 · The Last Day of Byron Bray as Byron Bray
- 2025 · The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide as Horror Film Expert
- 2024 · A Stage of Twilight as Barry
- 2023 · She Came from the Woods as Gilbert McCalister
- 2021 · Alice Fades Away as James
- 2018 · Living Among Us as Samuel
- 2017 · Shoot Me Nicely as Roy Barnes
- 2015 · Ava's Possessions as Bernard
- 2014 · Freedom as Plimpton
- 2014 · That Guy Dick Miller as Self
- 2013 · Greetings from Tim Buckley as Lee Underwood
- 2013 · Onion News Empire as Ed Musgrove
- 2013 · Riddle as Western Man / Jack Abel
- 2012 · Nothing Sacred as Chambers
- 2011 · Silent But Deadly as John Capper
- 2010 · The Making of Fallout: New Vegas as Self
- 2009 · Last Day of Summer as Mr. Crolick
- 2009 · It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making THE HILLS RUN RED as Self
- 2009 · Shadowheart as Thomas Conners
- 2008 · When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' as Self
- 2007 · Abandoned in the Arctic as Adolphus Greely (voice)
- 2007 · A New Wave as Roger Dewitt
- 2006 · Unspoken as Dad
- 2006 · Premium as Cole Carter
- 2006 · The Good Student as Phil Palmer
- 2002 · Another Life as Man
- 2000 · Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile as Self - 'Klaus Detterick'
- 1999 · Witness Protection as Sharp
- 1998 · Ambushed as Jim Natter
- 1995 · The Omen as Dr. Linus
- 1995 · A Night to Die For as Self
- 1992 · Two-Fisted Tales as Mr. Rush (Presenter)
- Future · New England Toys as
- 1993 · Jack Reed: Badge of Honor as Anatole
- 1991 · Tagget as Yuri Chelenkoff
- 1991 · The Last to Go as Treat
- 1990 · The Face of Fear as Anthony Prine
- 1982 · Newhart as Clumsy Guest
- 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