About
William Sadler
Overview
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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
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2025 | The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide | Actor | Horror Film Expert | 59 Average |
2024 | Salem's Lot | Actor | Parkins Gillespie | 60 Fair |
2024 | A Stage of Twilight | Actor | Barry | 59 Average |
2023 | She Came from the Woods | Actor | Gilbert McCalister | 58 Average |
2021 | The Unholy | Actor | Father Hagan | 64 Fair |
2021 | Alice Fades Away | Actor | James | 59 Average |
2020 | Bill & Ted Face the Music | Actor | Death | 58 Average |
2019 | The Grudge | Actor | Detective Wilson | 55 Average |
2019 | VFW | Actor | Walter Reed | 58 Average |
2019 | The Highwaymen | Actor | Henry Barrow | 66 Fair |
2018 | Deadly Crush | Actor | Sheriff Dusty Hawkins | 58 Average |
2018 | Melvin Smarty | Actor | Bob | N/A N/A |
2018 | Living Among Us | Actor | Samuel | 59 Average |
2017 | Shoot Me Nicely | Actor | Roy Barnes | N/A N/A |
2016 | The Hollow | Actor | Sheriff Beau McKinney | 58 Average |
2016 | The Duel | Actor | Governor Ross | 56 Average |
2015 | Edge | Actor | Big Bill | 58 Average |
2015 | Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise | Actor | Gino Fish | 60 Fair |
2015 | Freeheld | Actor | Peter Santucci | 66 Fair |
2015 | Frank the Bastard | Actor | Cyrus Gast | 58 Average |
2015 | Ava's Possessions | Actor | Bernard | 59 Average |
2014 | Walking the Mile | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2014 | The Historian | Actor | Valerian Hadley | 58 Average |
2014 | Freedom | Actor | Plimpton | 58 Average |
2014 | That Guy Dick Miller | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2013 | Machete Kills | Actor | Sheriff Doakes | 56 Average |
2013 | Greetings from Tim Buckley | Actor | Lee Underwood | 58 Average |
2013 | Gilded Lilys | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2013 | Onion News Empire | Actor | Ed Musgrove | 59 Average |
2013 | Iron Man 3 | Actor | President Ellis | 68 Fair |
2013 | The Suspect | Actor | Sheriff Dixon | 58 Average |
2013 | Riddle | Actor | Western Man / Jack Abel | 57 Average |
2012 | Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt | Actor | Gino Fish | 60 Fair |
2012 | Future Weather | Actor | Ed | 59 Average |
2012 | See Girl Run | Actor | Marty | 58 Average |
2012 | Being Flynn | Actor | Ray | 59 Average |
2012 | Man on a Ledge | Actor | Valet | 63 Fair |
2012 | Nothing Sacred | Actor | Chambers | N/A N/A |
2011 | Silent But Deadly | Actor | John Capper | 58 Average |
2011 | Restitution | Actor | George Youngstown | 58 Average |
2011 | Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost | Actor | Gino Fish | 59 Average |
2010 | Jesse Stone: No Remorse | Actor | Gino Fish | 60 Fair |
2010 | The Pacific | Actor | Lt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller | 77 Good |
2009 | Beyond All Boundaries | Actor | Lt. Colonel Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller | 59 Average |
2009 | Last Day of Summer | Actor | Mr. Crolick | 58 Average |
2009 | The Hills Run Red | Actor | Wilson Wyler Concannon | 58 Average |
2009 | Shadowheart | Actor | Thomas Conners | 58 Average |
2009 | Jesse Stone: Thin Ice | Actor | Gino Fish | 60 Fair |
2009 | Stream | Actor | Dr. Shelby | N/A N/A |
2008 | Eagle Eye | Actor | Jerry's Dad | 64 Fair |
2008 | When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2007 | The Mist | Actor | Jim | 68 Fair |
2007 | August Rush | Actor | Thomas Novacek | 71 Good |
2007 | A New Wave | Actor | Roger Dewitt | 58 Average |
2007 | Jesse Stone: Sea Change | Actor | Gino Fish | 60 Fair |
2007 | Traveler | Actor | Carlton Fog | 69 Fair |
2006 | The Path to 9/11 | Actor | Neil Herman | 69 Fair |
2006 | Jimmy and Judy | Actor | Uncle Rodney | 58 Average |
2006 | Premium | Actor | Cole Carter | 58 Average |
2006 | The Good Student | Actor | Phil Palmer | 58 Average |
2005 | DeVour | Actor | Ivan Reisz | 57 Average |
2005 | Confess | Actor | Senator Lampert | 58 Average |
2005 | Purple Heart | Actor | Colonel Allen | 58 Average |
2004 | Kinsey | Actor | Kenneth Braun | 62 Fair |
2004 | Wonderfalls | Actor | Darrin Tyler | 74 Good |
2003 | The Battle of Shaker Heights | Actor | Abe | 58 Average |
2002 | Another Life | Actor | Man | 58 Average |
2001 | Skippy | Actor | Ringo | 59 Average |
2000 | Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile | Actor | Self - 'Klaus Detterick' | 59 Average |
1999 | Witness Protection | Actor | Sharp | 59 Average |
1999 | The Green Mile | Actor | Klaus Detterick | 84 Very good |
1999 | Roswell | Actor | Jim Valenti | 76 Good |
1999 | Stealth Fighter | Actor | Adm. Frank Petersen | 58 Average |
1998 | Reach the Rock | Actor | Quinn | 59 Average |
1998 | Disturbing Behavior | Actor | Newberry | 58 Average |
1998 | Ambushed | Actor | Jim Natter | 58 Average |
1997 | RocketMan | Actor | Wild Bill Overbeck | 57 Average |
1996 | Solo | Actor | Colonel Frank Madden / Improved Solo | 57 Average |
1996 | Bordello of Blood | Actor | Mummy | 58 Average |
1995 | The Omen | Actor | Dr. Linus | 58 Average |
1995 | A Night to Die For | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1995 | Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight | Actor | Frank Brayker | 63 Fair |
1994 | Brooks and the Shawshank Redemption | Actor | Heywood | N/A N/A |
1994 | The Shawshank Redemption | Actor | Heywood | 86 Very good |
1994 | Roadracers | Actor | Sarge | 58 Average |
1994 | Rebel Highway | Actor | Sarge | 70 Good |
1994 | Bermuda Grace | Actor | N/A N/A |
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1993 | Jack Reed: Badge of Honor | Actor | David Anatole | 58 Average |
1993 | Freaked | Actor | Dick Brian | 59 Average |
1992 | Trespass | Actor | Don | 60 Fair |
1992 | Two-Fisted Tales | Actor | Mr. Rush (Presenter) | 58 Average |
1991 | Rush | Actor | Monroe | 60 Fair |
1991 | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | Actor | Grim Reaper | 61 Fair |
1991 | Tagget | Actor | Yuri Chelenkoff | N/A N/A |
1991 | The Last to Go | Actor | Treat | N/A N/A |
1990 | The Hot Spot | Actor | Frank Sutton | 60 Fair |
1990 | The Face of Fear | Actor | Anthony Prine | 59 Average |
1990 | Die Hard 2 | Actor | Stuart | 68 Fair |
1990 | Hard to Kill | Actor | Senator Vernon Trent | 59 Average |
1989 | K-9 | Actor | Salesman Don | 60 Fair |
1989 | Unconquered | Actor | Coach Dickey | 59 Average |
1987 | Private Eye | Actor | 67 Fair |
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1987 | Project X | Actor | Dr. Carroll (as Bill Sadler) | 60 Fair |
1986 | Off Beat | Actor | Dickson | 58 Average |
1982 | Hanky Panky | Actor | Hotel Clerk | 58 Average |
1981 | Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase | Actor | Joey | N/A N/A |
1979 | The Other Side of Victory | Actor | Captain Rogers | N/A N/A |
1978 | The Great Wallendas | Actor | Dieter Schmidt | 59 Average |
Wonderfalls | Actor | N/A N/A |
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It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making HILLS RUN RED | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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2023 | She Came from the Woods | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
2020 | Bill & Ted Face the Music | Production | Executive Producer | 58 Average |
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2008 | When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' | Crew | Thanks | 59 Average |