William Sadler
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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- Born:
- Apr 13, 1950 In Buffalo, New York, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 132
- First Appeared:
- In the movie It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making HILLS RUN RED
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide 2025-09-18
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making HILLS RUN RED | Self | 2026 |
| Movie | The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide | Horror Film Expert | 2025-09-18 |
| Movie | A Stage of Twilight | Barry | 2024-03-07 |
| Movie | Salem's Lot | Parkins Gillespie | 2024-10-03 |
| Movie | She Came from the Woods | Gilbert McCalister | 2023-02-10 |
| Movie | The Unholy | Father Hagan | 2021-03-31 |
| Movie | Alice Fades Away | James | 2021-02-15 |
| Movie | Bill & Ted Face the Music | Death | 2020-08-27 |
| Movie | The Highwaymen | Henry Barrow | 2019-03-15 |
| Movie | VFW | Walter Reed | 2019-09-21 |
| Series | When They See Us | Michael Sheehan | 2019-05-31 |
| Movie | The Grudge | Detective Wilson | 2019-12-31 |
| Series | Our Cartoon President | General Kelly / Mitch McConnell / Jeff Sessions (voice) | 2018-02-11 |
| Movie | Living Among Us | Samuel | 2018-05-08 |
| Movie | Melvin Smarty | Bob | 2018-08-01 |
| Movie | Deadly Crush | Sheriff Dusty Hawkins | 2018-09-25 |
| Movie | Shoot Me Nicely | Roy Barnes | 2017-03-15 |
| Movie | The Hollow | Sheriff Beau McKinney | 2016-10-07 |
| Movie | The Duel | Governor Ross | 2016-06-24 |
| Movie | Edge | Big Bill | 2015-11-05 |
| Movie | Ava's Possessions | Bernard | 2015-03-16 |
| Movie | Frank the Bastard | Cyrus Gast | 2015-07-28 |
| Movie | Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise | Gino Fish | 2015-10-18 |
| Movie | Freeheld | Peter Santucci | 2015-10-02 |
| Series | Power | Tony Teresi | 2014-06-07 |
| Movie | That Guy Dick Miller | Self | 2014-03-07 |
| Series | Madam Secretary | George | 2014-09-21 |
| Movie | Freedom | Plimpton | 2014-08-21 |
| Movie | The Historian | Valerian Hadley | 2014-11-07 |
| Series | The Flash | Simon Stagg | 2014-10-07 |
| Series | Golden Boy | Police Commissioner Jack Dowdell | 2013-02-26 |
| Movie | The Suspect | Sheriff Dixon | 2013-01-23 |
| Movie | Riddle | Western Man / Jack Abel | 2013-01-10 |
| Movie | Iron Man 3 | President Ellis | 2013-04-18 |
| Movie | Machete Kills | Sheriff Doakes | 2013-09-12 |
| Series | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | President Ellis | 2013-09-24 |
| Movie | Onion News Empire | Ed Musgrove | 2013-04-19 |
| Series | The Blacklist | Sam Milhoan | 2013-09-23 |
| Movie | Greetings from Tim Buckley | Lee Underwood | 2013-05-03 |
| Movie | Gilded Lilys | 2013-05-02 | |
| Movie | Man on a Ledge | Valet | 2012-01-13 |
| Movie | Nothing Sacred | Chambers | 2012-01-01 |
| Movie | Being Flynn | Ray | 2012-03-02 |
| Movie | Future Weather | Ed | 2012-04-29 |
| Movie | Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt | Gino Fish | 2012-05-19 |
| Movie | See Girl Run | Marty | 2012-03-11 |
| Series | Elementary | Ian Gale | 2012-09-27 |
| Movie | Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost | Gino Fish | 2011-05-21 |
| Movie | Witness Protection | Sharp | 2011-04-14 |
| Movie | Silent But Deadly | John Capper | 2011-11-11 |
| Movie | Restitution | George Youngstown | 2011-10-28 |
| Series | The Pacific | Lt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller | 2010-03-14 |
| Movie | Jesse Stone: No Remorse | Gino Fish | 2010-05-09 |
| Series | Hawaii Five-0 | John McGarrett | 2010-09-20 |
| Movie | Shadowheart | Thomas Conners | 2009-08-04 |
| Movie | Jesse Stone: Thin Ice | Gino Fish | 2009-03-01 |
| Movie | The Hills Run Red | Wilson Wyler Concannon | 2009-09-29 |
| Series | Three Rivers | Unknown | 2009-10-04 |
| Movie | Last Day of Summer | Mr. Crolick | 2009-10-24 |
| Series | White Collar | Brett Gelles | 2009-10-23 |
| Movie | When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' | Self | 2008-03-25 |
| Series | Fringe | Unknown | 2008-09-09 |
| Movie | Eagle Eye | Jerry's Dad | 2008-09-25 |
| Series | Traveler | Carlton Fog | 2007-05-10 |
| Movie | Jesse Stone: Sea Change | Gino Fish | 2007-05-22 |
| Movie | The Mist | Jim | 2007-11-21 |
| Movie | A New Wave | Roger Dewitt | 2007-08-21 |
| Movie | August Rush | Thomas Novacek | 2007-11-21 |
| Movie | The Good Student | Phil Palmer | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Premium | Cole Carter | 2006-01-02 |
| Series | The Path to 9/11 | Neil Herman | 2006-09-10 |
| Movie | Jimmy and Judy | Uncle Rodney | 2006-02-05 |
| Movie | Confess | Senator Lampert | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | Purple Heart | Colonel Allen | 2005-01-01 |
| Series | Medium | Unknown | 2005-01-03 |
| Series | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Unknown | 2005-03-03 |
| Movie | DeVour | Ivan Reisz | 2005-10-01 |
| Series | Criminal Minds | Ray Finnegan | 2005-09-22 |
| Series | Numb3rs | Unknown | 2005-01-23 |
| Series | Wonderfalls | Darrin Tyler | 2004-03-12 |
| Movie | Kinsey | Kenneth Braun | 2004-09-04 |
| Movie | The Battle of Shaker Heights | Abe | 2003-08-22 |
| Series | Tru Calling | Travis | 2003-10-30 |
| Movie | Another Life | Man | 2002-02-25 |
| Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
| Series | Ed | Unknown | 2000-10-08 |
| Movie | Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile | Self - 'Klaus Detterick' | 2000-06-13 |
| Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
| Movie | Stealth Fighter | Adm. Frank Petersen | 1999-01-01 |
| Series | Roswell | Jim Valenti | 1999-10-06 |
| Series | Third Watch | Unknown | 1999-09-23 |
| Movie | The Green Mile | Klaus Detterick | 1999-12-10 |
| Movie | Ambushed | Jim Natter | 1998-06-20 |
| Movie | Reach the Rock | Quinn | 1998-10-16 |
| Movie | Disturbing Behavior | Newberry | 1998-07-24 |
| Movie | RocketMan | Wild Bill Overbeck | 1997-10-10 |
| Series | Poltergeist: The Legacy | Unknown | 1996-04-21 |
| Movie | Bordello of Blood | Mummy | 1996-08-16 |
| Movie | Solo | Colonel Frank Madden / Improved Solo | 1996-08-23 |
| Movie | Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight | Frank Brayker | 1995-01-13 |
| Series | JAG | Unknown | 1995-09-23 |
| Movie | The Omen | Dr. Linus | 1995-09-08 |
| Movie | The Shawshank Redemption | Heywood | 1994-09-23 |
| Series | Rebel Highway | Sarge | 1994-07-07 |
| Movie | Roadracers | Sarge | 1994-07-22 |
| Movie | Freaked | Dick Brian | 1993-09-11 |
| Movie | Jack Reed: Badge of Honor | David Anatole | 1993-11-12 |
| Movie | Two-Fisted Tales | Mr. Rush (Presenter) | 1992-01-18 |
| Movie | Trespass | Don | 1992-12-25 |
| Movie | The Last to Go | Treat | 1991-01-21 |
| Movie | Tagget | Yuri Chelenkoff | 1991-02-14 |
| Movie | Rush | Monroe | 1991-12-22 |
| Movie | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | Grim Reaper | 1991-07-19 |
| Movie | Die Hard 2 | Stuart | 1990-07-03 |
| Movie | Hard to Kill | Senator Vernon Trent | 1990-02-09 |
| Movie | The Hot Spot | Frank Sutton | 1990-10-12 |
| Movie | The Face of Fear | Anthony Prine | 1990-09-30 |
| Series | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | Unconquered | Coach Dickey | 1989-01-15 |
| Movie | K-9 | Salesman Don | 1989-04-28 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Niles Talbot | 1989-06-10 |
| Series | Dear John | Unknown | 1988-10-06 |
| Series | Roseanne | Unknown | 1988-10-18 |
| Series | Murphy Brown | Unknown | 1988-11-14 |
| Movie | Project X | Dr. Carroll (as Bill Sadler) | 1987-04-17 |
| Series | Tour of Duty | Unknown | 1987-09-24 |
| Series | Private Eye | 1987-09-13 | |
| Movie | Off Beat | Dickson | 1986-04-10 |
| Series | The Equalizer | Unknown | 1985-09-18 |
| Movie | Hanky Panky | Hotel Clerk | 1982-06-04 |
| Movie | Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase | Joey | 1981-07-12 |
| Movie | The Great Wallendas | Dieter Schmidt | 1978-02-12 |