William Sadler
- Acting
- April 13, 1950 · Buffalo, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Last Day of Byron Bray · Byron Bray
- The Yeti · Hollis Bannister
- Salem's Lot · Parkins Gillespie
- A Stage of Twilight · Barry
- Full Circle · Gene McCusker
- She Came from the Woods · Gilbert McCalister, Producer
- The Unholy · Father Hagan
- Alice Fades Away · James
- The Comey Rule · Michael Flynn
- Bill & Ted Face the Music · Death, Executive producer
- Hunters · Dr. Friedrich Mann
- The Grudge · Detective Wilson
- VFW · Walter Reed
- When They See Us · Detective Michael Sheehan
- The Highwaymen · Henry Barrow
- The Rookie · Walter Fields
- God Friended Me · Rev. Elias
- Deadly Crush · Sheriff Dusty Hawkins
- Melvin Smarty · Bob
- Living Among Us · Samuel
- Our Cartoon President · General Kelly / Mitch McConnell / Jeff Sessions (Voice)
- Shoot Me Nicely · Roy Barnes
- The Good Fight · Judge Nilsson
- The Hollow · Sheriff Beau McKinney
- Bull · Father Andy
- The Duel · Governor Ross
- Edge · Big Bill
- Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise · Gino Fish
- Freeheld · Peter Santucci
- Frank the Bastard · Cyrus Gast
- WHIH Newsfront · President Ellis
- Ava's Possessions · Bernard
- Walking the Mile · Self
- The Historian · Valerian Hadley
- The Flash · Simon Stagg
- Madam Secretary · George Peters
- Z Nation · Sam Custer
- Freedom · Plimpton
- Delirium · John (archive footage)
- Power · Tony Teresi
- That Guy Dick Miller · Self
- Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. · President Ellis
- The Blacklist · Sam Milhoan
- Machete Kills · Sheriff Doakes
- Greetings from Tim Buckley · Lee Underwood
- Gilded Lilys
- Onion News Empire · Ed Musgrove
- Iron Man 3 · President Ellis
- Golden Boy · Police Commissioner Jack Dowdell
- The Suspect · Sheriff Dixon
- Riddle · Western Man / Jack Abel
- 666 Park Avenue · Nate McKenny
- Elementary · Ian Gale
- Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt · Gino Fish
- Future Weather · Ed
- See Girl Run · Marty
- Being Flynn · Ray
- Man on a Ledge · Valet
- Nothing Sacred · Chambers
- Silent but Deadly · John Capper
- Restitution · George Youngstown
- Homeland · Michael Higgins
- Person of Interest · Anton's Father
- Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost · Gino Fish
- The Making of Fallout: New Vegas · Self
- Hawaii Five-0 · John McGarrett
- Jesse Stone: No Remorse · Gino Fish
- The Pacific · Lt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller
- Beyond All Boundaries · Lt. Colonel Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller
- Last Day of Summer · Mr. Crolick
- White Collar · Brett Gelles
- Three Rivers
- The Hills Run Red · Wilson Wyler Concannon
- It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making THE HILLS RUN RED · Self
- Shadowheart · Thomas Conners
- Jesse Stone: Thin Ice · Gino Fish
- Stream · Dr. Shelby
- Eagle Eye · Jerry's Dad
- Fringe · Dr. Sumner
- When Darkness Came: The Making of The Mist · Self, Thanks