William Sadler
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Apr 13, 1950 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2026 | The YetiHollis Bannister | |
| 2025 | The Evolution of Horror Cinema WorldwideHorror Film Expert | |
| 2024 | Salem's LotParkins Gillespie | |
| 2024 | A Stage of TwilightBarry | |
| 2023 | She Came from the WoodsGilbert McCalister | |
| 2023 | Full CircleGene McCusker | |
| 2021 | Alice Fades AwayJames | |
| 2021 | The UnholyFather Hagan | |
| 2020 | Bill & Ted Face the MusicDeath | |
| 2020 | HuntersDr. Friedrich Mann | |
| 2020 | The Comey RuleMichael Flynn | |
| 2019 | The GrudgeDetective Wilson | |
| 2019 | The HighwaymenHenry Barrow | |
| 2019 | VFWWalter Reed | |
| 2019 | When They See UsDetective Michael Sheehan | |
| 2018 | Living Among UsSamuel | |
| 2018 | Deadly CrushSheriff Dusty Hawkins | |
| 2018 | Melvin SmartyBob | |
| 2018 | Our Cartoon PresidentGeneral Kelly / Mitch McConnell / Jeff Sessions (voice) | |
| 2018 | God Friended MeRev. Elias | |
| 2018 | The RookieWalter Fields | |
| 2017 | Shoot Me NicelyRoy Barnes | |
| 2017 | The Good FightJudge Nilsson | |
| 2016 | The DuelGovernor Ross | |
| 2016 | The HollowSheriff Beau McKinney | |
| 2016 | BullFather Andy | |
| 2015 | Ava's PossessionsBernard | |
| 2015 | Frank the BastardCyrus Gast | |
| 2015 | Jesse Stone: Lost in ParadiseGino Fish | |
| 2015 | FreeheldPeter Santucci | |
| 2015 | EdgeBig Bill | |
| 2015 | WHIH NewsfrontPresident Ellis | |
| 2014 | That Guy Dick MillerSelf | |
| 2014 | FreedomPlimpton | |
| 2014 | The HistorianValerian Hadley | |
| 2014 | Walking the MileSelf | |
| 2014 | The FlashSimon Stagg | |
| 2014 | PowerTony Teresi | |
| 2014 | DeliriumJohn (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | Z NationSam Custer | |
| 2014 | Madam SecretaryGeorge Peters | |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3President Ellis | |
| 2013 | Machete KillsSheriff Doakes | |
| 2013 | Greetings from Tim BuckleyLee Underwood | |
| 2013 | RiddleWestern Man / Jack Abel | |
| 2013 | The SuspectSheriff Dixon | |
| 2013 | Gilded Lilys | |
| 2013 | Onion News EmpireEd Musgrove | |
| 2013 | Golden BoyPolice Commissioner Jack Dowdell | |
| 2013 | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.President Ellis | |
| 2013 | The BlacklistSam Milhoan | |
| 2012 | Man on a LedgeValet | |
| 2012 | See Girl RunMarty | |
| 2012 | Jesse Stone: Benefit of the DoubtGino Fish | |
| 2012 | Nothing SacredChambers | |
| 2012 | Being FlynnRay | |
| 2012 | Future WeatherEd | |
| 2012 | ElementaryIan Gale | |
| 2011 | Silent But DeadlyJohn Capper | |
| 2011 | RestitutionGeorge Youngstown | |
| 2011 | Jesse Stone: Innocents LostGino Fish | |
| 2011 | Person of InterestAnton's Father | |
| 2011 | HomelandMichael Higgins | |
| 2010 | Jesse Stone: No RemorseGino Fish | |
| 2010 | The Making of Fallout: New VegasSelf | |
| 2010 | The PacificLt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller | |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0John McGarrett | |
| 2009 | ShadowheartThomas Conners | |
| 2009 | The Hills Run RedWilson Wyler Concannon | |
| 2009 | Jesse Stone: Thin IceGino Fish | |
| 2009 | Last Day of SummerMr. Crolick | |
| 2009 | StreamDr. Shelby | |
| 2009 | Beyond All BoundariesLt. Colonel Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller | |
| 2009 | Three Rivers | |
| 2009 | White CollarBrett Gelles | |
| 2008 | Eagle EyeJerry's Dad | |
| 2008 | When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'Self | |
| 2008 | FringeDr. Sumner | |
| 2007 | The MistJim | |
| 2007 | August RushThomas Novacek | |
| 2007 | Jesse Stone: Sea ChangeGino Fish | |
| 2007 | A New WaveRoger Dewitt | |
| 2007 | Abandoned in the ArcticAdolphus Greely (voice) | |
| 2007 | TravelerCarlton Fog | |
| 2007 | DamagesMcClarenTruth.org's Financier | |
| 2007 | DamagesHelmut Torben | |
| 2006 | The Good StudentPhil Palmer | |
| 2006 | PremiumCole Carter | |
| 2006 | Jimmy and JudyUncle Rodney | |
| 2006 | UnspokenDad | |
| 2006 | The Path to 9/11Neil Herman | |
| 2005 | ConfessSenator Lampert | |
| 2005 | Purple HeartColonel Allen | |
| 2005 | DeVourIvan Reisz | |
| 2005 | MediumJohn Edgemont | |
| 2005 | Numb3rsJ. Everett Tuttle | |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by JuryPaul Rice | |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | |
| 2005 | Criminal MindsRay Finnegan | |
| 2004 | KinseyKenneth Braun | |
| 2004 | WonderfallsDarrin Tyler | |
| 2003 | The Battle of Shaker HeightsAbe | |
| 2003 | Tru CallingTravis | |
| 2002 | Another LifeMan | |
| 2001 | SkippyRingo | |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal IntentKyle Devlin | |
| 2000 | Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green MileSelf - 'Klaus Detterick' | |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationRed Cooper | |
| 2000 | EdLee Leetch | |
| 1999 | Stealth FighterAdm. Frank Petersen | |
| 1999 | Witness ProtectionSharp | |
| 1999 | The Green MileKlaus Detterick | |
| 1999 | Third WatchScotty Murray | |
| 1999 | RoswellJim Valenti | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims UnitGary Dolan | |
| 1998 | Disturbing BehaviorNewberry | |
| 1998 | Reach the RockQuinn | |
| 1998 | AmbushedJim Natter | |
| 1997 | RocketManWild Bill Overbeck | |
| 1996 | Bordello of BloodMummy | |
| 1996 | SoloColonel Frank Madden / Improved Solo | |
| 1996 | Poltergeist: The LegacyShamus Bloom | |
| 1995 | Tales from the Crypt: Demon KnightFrank Brayker | |
| 1995 | A Night to Die ForSelf | |
| 1995 | The OmenDr. Linus | |
| 1995 | Valerie 23Frank Hellner | |
| 1995 | JAGSaul Wainright | |
| 1995 | The Outer LimitsFrank Hellner | |
| 1994 | The Shawshank RedemptionHeywood | |
| 1994 | RoadracersSarge | |
| 1994 | Bermuda Grace | |
| 1994 | Rebel HighwaySarge | |
| 1993 | FreakedDick Brian | |
| 1993 | Jack Reed: Badge of HonorAnatole | |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space NineSloan | |
| 1992 | TrespassDon | |
| 1992 | Two-Fisted TalesMr. Rush (Presenter) | |
| 1992 | HBO First Look | |
| 1991 | Bill & Ted's Bogus JourneyGrim Reaper | |
| 1991 | RushMonroe | |
| 1991 | The Last to GoTreat | |
| 1991 | TaggetYuri Chelenkoff | |
| 1990 | Die Hard 2Stuart | |
| 1990 | Hard to KillSenator Vernon Trent | |
| 1990 | The Hot SpotFrank Sutton | |
| 1990 | The Face of FearAnthony Prine | |
| 1990 | Law & OrderKevin Drucker | |
| 1989 | UnconqueredCoach Dickey | |
| 1989 | K-9Salesman Don | |
| 1989 | Tales from the CryptNiles Talbot (segment "The Man Who Was Death") | |
| 1989 | Tales from the CryptThe Grim Reaper | |
| 1988 | Roseanne | |
| 1988 | Murphy BrownColonel Fitzpatrick | |
| 1988 | Dear JohnKen | |
| 1987 | Project XDr. Carroll (as Bill Sadler) | |
| 1987 | Tour of DutyMajor Rigby | |
| 1987 | Private Eye | |
| 1986 | Off BeatDickson | |
| 1985 | The EqualizerRick Dillon / Kevin Moore | |
| 1982 | Hanky PankyHotel Clerk | |
| 1982 | NewhartClumsy Guest | |
| 1982 | St. ElsewhereJ.J. Oppenheimer | |
| 1981 | Charlie and the Great Balloon ChaseJoey | |
| 1979 | The Other Side of VictoryCaptain Rogers | |
| 1978 | The Great WallendasDieter Schmidt | |
| - | It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making HILLS RUN REDSelf | |
| - | New England Toys |
| 2023 | She Came from the WoodsProducer | |
| 2020 | Bill & Ted Face the MusicExecutive Producer |
| 1999 | RoswellDirector |
| 2008 | When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'Thanks |