William Sadler

William Sadler


  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 13-04-1950
  • Gender: Male
  • Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, USA
  • Also Known As:

    William Thomas Sadler
    Bill Sadler

  • Popularity: 17.17
  • Homepage: N/A


​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.




Year Movie Character
1998 Reach the Rock as Quinn
2005 Purple Heart as Colonel Allen
2002 Another Life as Man
2014 The Historian as Valerian Hadley
2012 Nothing Sacred as Chambers
2016 The Hollow as Sheriff Beau McKinney
2020 Deadly Crush as Sheriff Dusty Hawkins
1970 The Final Curtain: The Last Days of Ed Wood, Jr. as Criswell
1994 Bermuda Grace
2009 Shadowheart as Thomas Conners
1995 Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight as Frank Brayker
2010 Silent But Deadly as John Capper
2009 Last Day of Summer as Mr. Crolick
2015 Frank the Bastard as Cyrus Gast
2013 The Suspect as Sheriff Dixon
1992 Two-Fisted Tales as Mr. Rush (Presenter)
2021 Alice Fades Away as James
1970 A Stage Of Twilight as Barry
1990 Die Hard 2 as Stuart
1991 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey as Grim Reaper
1992 Trespass as Don
2009 The Hills Run Red as Wilson Wyler Concannon
1990 Hard to Kill as Senator Vernon Trent
1996 Solo as Colonel Frank Madden / Improved Solo
1997 RocketMan as Wild Bill Overbeck
2006 The Good Student as Phil Palmer
2006 Jimmy and Judy as Uncle Rodney
1993 Jack Reed: Badge of Honor as David Anatole
2014 Freedom as Plimpton
1995 The Omen as Dr. Linus
2017 Shoot Me Nicely as Roy Barnes
2019 VFW as Walter Reed
2021 The Unholy as Father Hagan
2001 Skippy as Ringo
1994 The Shawshank Redemption as Heywood
1999 Stealth Fighter as Adm. Frank Petersen
1987 Project X as Dr. Carroll (as Bill Sadler)
2012 See Girl Run as Marty
2005 DeVour as Ivan Reisz
2013 Onion News Empire as Ed Musgrove
2023 She Came From the Woods as Gilbert McCalister
1998 Disturbing Behavior as Newberry
2006 Premium as Cole Carter
2005 Confess as Senator Lampert
2013 Riddle as Western Man / Jack Abel
1991 Tagget as Yuri Chelenkoff
2015 Ava's Possessions as Bernard
2007 A New Wave as Roger Dewitt
2018 Living Among Us as Samuel
2015 Edge as Big Bill
2012 Future Weather as Ed
1970 Salem's Lot as Kurt Barlow
1990 The Face of Fear as Anthony Prine
1991 Rush as Monroe
2007 August Rush as Thomas Novacek
2007 The Mist as Jim
2009 Jesse Stone: Thin Ice as Gino Fish
1996 Bordello of Blood as Mummy
2010 Jesse Stone: No Remorse as Gino Fish
2011 Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost as Gino Fish
1999 Witness Protection as Sharp
2012 Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt as Gino Fish
2013 Greetings from Tim Buckley as Lee Underwood
2020 Bill & Ted Face the Music as Death
1994 Roadracers as Sarge
2003 The Battle of Shaker Heights as Abe
2016 The Duel as Governor Ross
2020 The Grudge as Detective Wilson
2018 Melvin Smarty as Bob
1970 It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making HILLS RUN RED as Self
2013 Iron Man 3 as President Matthew Ellis
2007 Jesse Stone: Sea Change as Gino Fish
2019 The Highwaymen as Henry Barrow
2011 Restitution as George Youngstown
1998 Ambushed as Jim Natter
2015 Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise as Gino Fish
1981 Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase as Joey
1991 The Last to Go as Treat
2004 Kinsey as Kenneth Braun
1978 The Great Wallendas as Dieter Schmidt
1989 Unconquered as Coach Dickey
2008 Eagle Eye as Jerry's Dad
1993 Freaked as Dick Brian
2012 Man on a Ledge as Valet
2000 Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile as Himself - 'Klaus Detterick'
2008 When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' as Himself
1989 K-9 as Salesman Don
2013 Machete Kills as Sheriff Doakes
1999 The Green Mile as Klaus Detterick
2015 Freeheld as Peter Santucci
1990 The Hot Spot as Frank Sutton
2009 Beyond All Boundaries as Lt. Colonel Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller
2014 That Guy Dick Miller as Himself
1986 Off Beat as Dickson
2012 Being Flynn as Ray
1982 Hanky Panky as Hotel Clerk
2008 When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
2023 She Came From the Woods
2020 Bill & Ted Face the Music
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2004 Wonderfalls (13 episode) as Darrin Tyler
2003 Tru Calling (1 episode) as Travis
1988 Roseanne (2 episode)
2005 Law & Order: Trial by Jury (1 episode) as Paul Rice
1985 The Equalizer (2 episode) as Rick Dillon / Kevin Moore
1996 Poltergeist: The Legacy (2 episode) as Shamus Bloom
2009 Three Rivers (2 episode)
2005 Medium (1 episode) as John Edgemont
1999 Third Watch (1 episode)
2005 Numb3rs (1 episode)
2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (1 episode) as Red Cooper
2000 Ed (1 episode) as Lee Leetch
1988 Murphy Brown (1 episode) as Colonel Fitzpatrick
2005 Criminal Minds (1 episode)
1995 JAG (1 episode) as Saul Wainright
2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (1 episode) as Kyle Devlin
2006 The Path to 9/11 (2 episode) as Neil Herman
1988 Dear John (1 episode)
1987 Tour of Duty (1 episode) as Major Rigby
1987 Private Eye (12 episode)
2012 Elementary (1 episode) as Ian Gale
2010 The Pacific (10 episode) as Lt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller
2013 Golden Boy (1 episode) as Police Commissioner Jack Dowdell
1989 Tales from the Crypt (2 episode) as Niles Talbot
2014 Madam Secretary (1 episode) as George
2010 Hawaii Five-0 (5 episode) as John McGarrett
2014 The Flash (1 episode) as Simon Stagg
2009 White Collar (1 episode) as Brett Gelles
1999 Roswell (61 episode) as Jim Valenti
2013 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1 episode) as President Ellis
2005 Criminal Minds (1 episode) as Ray Finnegan
2013 The Blacklist (3 episode) as Sam Milhoan
2018 Our Cartoon President (18 episode) as General Kelly / Mitch McConnell / Jeff Sessions (voice)
2014 Power (2 episode) as Tony Teresi
2007 Traveler (8 episode) as Carlton Fog
1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (3 episode) as Sloan
1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 episode) as Gary Dolan
2016 Bull (1 episode) as Father Andy
2018 God Friended Me (2 episode) as Rev. Elias
2020 Hunters (1 episode) as Dr. Friedrich Mann
2015 WHIH Newsfront (2 episode) as President Ellis
2019 When They See Us (3 episode) as Detective Michael Sheehan
2014 Z Nation (1 episode) as Sam Custer
2020 The Comey Rule (1 episode) as Michael Flynn
1992 HBO First Look (1 episode)
2011 Person of Interest (1 episode) as Anton's Father
2008 Fringe (2 episode) as Dr. Sumner
2014 Delirium (1 episode) as John (archive footage)
2017 The Good Fight (1 episode) as Judge Nilsson
1990 Law & Order (1 episode) as Kevin Drucker
1995 The Outer Limits (1 episode) as Frank Hellner
1999 Roswell (1 episode) Directing as (Director)

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