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
- 2018 · Deadly Crush as Sheriff Dusty Hawkins
- 2018 · Living Among Us as Samuel
- 2016 · The Hollow as Sheriff Beau McKinney
- 2015 · Freeheld as Peter Santucci
- 2014 · Delirium as John (archive footage)
- 2013 · The Suspect as Sheriff Dixon
- 2013 · Riddle as Western Man / Jack Abel
- 2012 · Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt as Gino Fish
- 2012 · Being Flynn as Ray
- 2011 · Restitution as George Youngstown
- 2011 · Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost as Gino Fish
- 2010 · Jesse Stone: No Remorse as Gino Fish
- 2009 · Beyond All Boundaries as Lt. Colonel Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller
- 2009 · The Hills Run Red as Wilson Wyler Concannon
- 2009 · Shadowheart as Thomas Conners
- 2009 · Jesse Stone: Thin Ice as Gino Fish
- 2008 · When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' as Self
- 2007 · Jesse Stone: Sea Change as Gino Fish
- 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
- 2003 · The Battle of Shaker Heights as Abe
- 2001 · Skippy as Ringo
- 2000 · Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile as Self - 'Klaus Detterick'
- 1999 · Witness Protection as Sharp
- 1999 · Stealth Fighter as Adm. Frank Petersen
- 1998 · Ambushed as Jim Natter
- 1997 · RocketMan as Wild Bill Overbeck
- 1996 · Solo as Colonel Frank Madden / Improved Solo
- 1995 · The Omen as Dr. Linus
- 1995 · Valerie 23 as Frank Hellner
- 1994 · Bermuda Grace as
- 1993 · Jack Reed: Badge of Honor as Anatole
- 1992 · Trespass as Don
- 1992 · Two-Fisted Tales as Mr. Rush (Presenter)
- 1991 · Rush as Monroe
- 1991 · The Last to Go as Treat
- 1989 · Unconquered as Coach Dickey
- 1986 · Off Beat as Dickson
- 1982 · Hanky Panky as Hotel Clerk
- Future · The Summer They Came as
- 2026 · The Last Day of Byron Bray as Byron Bray
- 2024 · A Stage of Twilight as Barry
- 2023 · She Came from the Woods as Gilbert McCalister
- 2021 · Alice Fades Away as James
- 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 · Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise as Gino Fish
- 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 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 · 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
- 2012 · Elementary as Ian Gale
- 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 · Homeland as Michael Higgins
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Anton's Father
- 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 · Last Day of Summer as Mr. Crolick
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 2006 · The Good Student as Phil Palmer
- 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
- 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
- 1998 · Reach the Rock as Quinn
- 1998 · Disturbing Behavior as Newberry
- 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 · 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
- 1993 · Freaked as Dick Brian
- 1993 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Sloan
- 1992 · HBO First Look as
- 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
- 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
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Rick Dillon / Kevin Moore
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as J.J. Oppenheimer
- 1982 · Newhart as Clumsy Guest
- Future · New England Toys as
- 1995 · A Night to Die For as Self
- 1991 · Tagget as Yuri Chelenkoff
- 1990 · The Face of Fear as Anthony Prine
- 1981 · Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase as Joey
- 1979 · The Other Side of Victory as Captain Rogers
- Future · solo as estrella
- 1978 · The Great Wallendas as Dieter Schmidt