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:
- 135
- 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 | The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide | Horror Film Expert | 2025-09-18 |
| Movie | The Final Curtain: The Last Days of Ed Wood, Jr. | Criswell | 2025 |
| Movie | It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making HILLS RUN RED | Self | 2025 |
| Movie | Salem's Lot | Parkins Gillespie | 2024-10-03 |
| Movie | She Came from the Woods | Gilbert McCalister | 2023-02-10 |
| Movie | Alice Fades Away | James | 2021-02-15 |
| Movie | The Unholy | Father Hagan | 2021-03-31 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Grudge | Detective Wilson | 2019-12-31 |
| Series | When They See Us | Michael Sheehan | 2019-05-31 |
| 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 Duel | Governor Ross | 2016-06-24 |
| Movie | The Hollow | Sheriff Beau McKinney | 2016-10-07 |
| Movie | Edge | Big Bill | 2015-11-05 |
| Movie | Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise | Gino Fish | 2015-10-18 |
| Movie | Ava's Possessions | Bernard | 2015-03-16 |
| Movie | Freeheld | Peter Santucci | 2015-10-02 |
| Movie | Frank the Bastard | Cyrus Gast | 2015-07-28 |
| Movie | Freedom | Plimpton | 2014-08-21 |
| Movie | That Guy Dick Miller | Self | 2014-03-07 |
| Series | Madam Secretary | George | 2014-09-21 |
| Movie | Walking the Mile | Self | 2014-12-09 |
| Series | The Flash | Simon Stagg | 2014-10-07 |
| Movie | The Historian | Valerian Hadley | 2014-11-07 |
| Movie | The Suspect | Sheriff Dixon | 2013-01-23 |
| Movie | Iron Man 3 | President Ellis | 2013-04-18 |
| Movie | Riddle | Western Man / Jack Abel | 2013-01-10 |
| Series | Golden Boy | Police Commissioner Jack Dowdell | 2013-02-26 |
| Series | The Blacklist | Sam | 2013-09-23 |
| Movie | Onion News Empire | Ed Musgrove | 2013-04-19 |
| Movie | Machete Kills | Sheriff Doakes | 2013-09-12 |
| Movie | Greetings from Tim Buckley | Lee Underwood | 2013-05-03 |
| Series | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | President Ellis | 2013-09-24 |
| Movie | Gilded Lilys | 2013-05-02 | |
| Movie | Man on a Ledge | Valet | 2012-01-13 |
| Movie | Being Flynn | Ray | 2012-03-02 |
| Movie | Nothing Sacred | Chambers | 2012-01-01 |
| Movie | Future Weather | Ed | 2012-04-29 |
| Movie | See Girl Run | Marty | 2012-03-11 |
| Series | Elementary | Ian Gale | 2012-09-27 |
| Movie | Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt | Gino Fish | 2012-05-19 |
| Movie | Restitution | George Youngstown | 2011-10-28 |
| Movie | Silent But Deadly | John Capper | 2011-11-11 |
| Movie | Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost | Gino Fish | 2011-05-21 |
| Movie | Jesse Stone: No Remorse | Gino Fish | 2010-05-09 |
| Series | The Pacific | Lt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller | 2010-03-14 |
| Series | Hawaii Five-0 | John McGarrett | 2010-09-20 |
| Movie | Jesse Stone: Thin Ice | Gino Fish | 2009-03-01 |
| Movie | Shadowheart | Thomas Conners | 2009-08-04 |
| Movie | Stream | Dr. Shelby | 2009-01-15 |
| Movie | Beyond All Boundaries | Lt. Colonel Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller | 2009-11-09 |
| Movie | The Hills Run Red | Wilson Wyler Concannon | 2009-09-29 |
| Series | White Collar | Brett Gelles | 2009-10-23 |
| Series | Three Rivers | Unknown | 2009-10-04 |
| Movie | Last Day of Summer | Mr. Crolick | 2009-10-24 |
| Series | Fringe | Unknown | 2008-09-09 |
| Movie | When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' | Self | 2008-03-25 |
| Movie | Eagle Eye | Jerry's Dad | 2008-09-25 |
| Series | Traveler | Carlton Fog | 2007-05-10 |
| Movie | August Rush | Thomas Novacek | 2007-11-21 |
| Movie | The Mist | Jim | 2007-11-21 |
| Movie | A New Wave | Roger Dewitt | 2007-08-21 |
| Movie | Jesse Stone: Sea Change | Gino Fish | 2007-05-22 |
| Movie | The Good Student | Phil Palmer | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | Jimmy and Judy | Uncle Rodney | 2006-02-05 |
| Series | The Path to 9/11 | Neil Herman | 2006-09-10 |
| Movie | Premium | Cole Carter | 2006-01-02 |
| Movie | Purple Heart | Colonel Allen | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | Confess | Senator Lampert | 2005-01-01 |
| Series | Medium | Unknown | 2005-01-03 |
| Series | Criminal Minds | Unknown | 2005-09-22 |
| Series | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Unknown | 2005-03-03 |
| Series | Numb3rs | Unknown | 2005-01-23 |
| Movie | DeVour | Ivan Reisz | 2005-10-01 |
| Movie | Kinsey | Kenneth Braun | 2004-09-04 |
| Series | Wonderfalls | Darrin Tyler | 2004-03-12 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile | Self - 'Klaus Detterick' | 2000-06-13 |
| Series | Ed | Unknown | 2000-10-08 |
| Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown | 2000-10-06 |
| Movie | Stealth Fighter | Adm. Frank Petersen | 1999-01-01 |
| Series | Third Watch | Unknown | 1999-09-23 |
| Movie | The Green Mile | Klaus Detterick | 1999-12-10 |
| Series | Roswell | Jim Valenti | 1999-10-06 |
| Movie | Witness Protection | Sharp | 1999-12-11 |
| Movie | Ambushed | Jim Natter | 1998-06-20 |
| Movie | Disturbing Behavior | Newberry | 1998-07-24 |
| Movie | Reach the Rock | Quinn | 1998-10-16 |
| Movie | RocketMan | Wild Bill Overbeck | 1997-10-10 |
| Series | Poltergeist: The Legacy | Unknown | 1996-04-21 |
| Movie | Solo | Colonel Frank Madden / Improved Solo | 1996-08-23 |
| Movie | Bordello of Blood | Mummy | 1996-08-16 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1995-03-26 |
| Movie | Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight | Frank Brayker | 1995-01-13 |
| Movie | A Night to Die For | Self | 1995-05-18 |
| Movie | The Omen | Dr. Linus | 1995-09-08 |
| Series | JAG | Unknown | 1995-09-23 |
| Series | Rebel Highway | Sarge | 1994-07-07 |
| Movie | The Shawshank Redemption | Heywood | 1994-09-23 |
| 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 | Rush | Monroe | 1991-12-22 |
| Movie | The Last to Go | Treat | 1991-01-21 |
| Movie | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | Grim Reaper | 1991-07-19 |
| Movie | Tagget | Yuri Chelenkoff | 1991-02-14 |
| 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 |
| Series | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
| Movie | The Face of Fear | Anthony Prine | 1990-09-30 |
| Movie | K-9 | Salesman Don | 1989-04-28 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Niles Talbot | 1989-06-10 |
| Movie | Unconquered | Coach Dickey | 1989-01-15 |
| Series | Murphy Brown | Unknown | 1988-11-14 |
| Series | Roseanne | Unknown | 1988-10-18 |
| Series | Dear John | Unknown | 1988-10-06 |
| Series | Private Eye | 1987-09-13 | |
| Movie | Project X | Dr. Carroll (as Bill Sadler) | 1987-04-17 |
| Series | Tour of Duty | Unknown | 1987-09-24 |
| 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 |