Birthday:
Apr 13, 1950
Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, USA
Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Shawshank Redemption | Heywood | 1994 |
| Die Hard 2 | Stuart | 1990 |
| Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | Grim Reaper | 1991 |
| Rush | Monroe | 1991 |
| Shadowheart | Thomas Conners | 2009 |
| Kinsey | Kenneth Braun | 2004 |
| The Mist | Jim | 2007 |
| August Rush | Thomas Novacek | 2007 |
| Trespass | Don | 1992 |
| The Hills Run Red | Wilson Wyler Concannon | 2009 |
| Stealth Fighter | Adm. Frank Petersen | 1999 |
| Jesse Stone: Thin Ice | Gino Fish | 2009 |
| Disturbing Behavior | Newberry | 1998 |
| Bordello of Blood | Mummy | 1996 |
| Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight | Frank Brayker | 1995 |
| Hard to Kill | Senator Vernon Trent | 1990 |
| Eagle Eye | Jerry's Dad | 2008 |
| Roadracers | Sarge | 1994 |
| Silent But Deadly | John Capper | 2011 |
| Solo | Colonel Frank Madden / Improved Solo | 1996 |
| Salem's Lot | Parkins Gillespie | 2024 |
| RocketMan | Wild Bill Overbeck | 1997 |
| The Hot Spot | Frank Sutton | 1990 |
| Jesse Stone: No Remorse | Gino Fish | 2010 |
| The Good Student | Phil Palmer | 2006 |
| Last Day of Summer | Mr. Crolick | 2009 |
| Reach the Rock | Quinn | 1998 |
| Premium | Cole Carter | 2006 |
| Hanky Panky | Hotel Clerk | 1982 |
| Project X | Dr. Carroll (as Bill Sadler) | 1987 |
| Confess | Senator Lampert | 2005 |
| Freaked | Dick Brian | 1993 |
| Man on a Ledge | Valet | 2012 |
| Iron Man 3 | President Ellis | 2013 |
| Jimmy and Judy | Uncle Rodney | 2006 |
| Off Beat | Dickson | 1986 |
| Purple Heart | Colonel Allen | 2005 |
| Restitution | George Youngstown | 2011 |
| Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost | Gino Fish | 2011 |
| See Girl Run | Marty | 2012 |
| Witness Protection | Sharp | 1999 |
| Machete Kills | Sheriff Doakes | 2013 |
| Another Life | Man | 2002 |
| Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt | Gino Fish | 2012 |
| Ambushed | Jim Natter | 1998 |
| Greetings from Tim Buckley | Lee Underwood | 2013 |
| The Great Wallendas | Dieter Schmidt | 1978 |
| Bermuda Grace | 1994 | |
| The Other Side of Victory | Captain Rogers | 1979 |
| The Face of Fear | Anthony Prine | 1990 |
| Riddle | Western Man / Jack Abel | 2013 |
| That Guy Dick Miller | Self | 2014 |
| The Suspect | Sheriff Dixon | 2013 |
| Jack Reed: Badge of Honor | David Anatole | 1993 |
| She Came from the Woods | Gilbert McCalister | 2023 |
| A Stage of Twilight | Barry | 2024 |
| Freedom | Plimpton | 2014 |
| The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide | Horror Film Expert | 2025 |
| A Night to Die For | Self | 1995 |
| The Last to Go | Treat | 1991 |
| Tagget | Yuri Chelenkoff | 1991 |
| The Historian | Valerian Hadley | 2014 |
| DeVour | Ivan Reisz | 2005 |
| Ava's Possessions | Bernard | 2015 |
| Stream | Dr. Shelby | 2009 |
| The Duel | Governor Ross | 2016 |
| Walking the Mile | Self | 2014 |
| Frank the Bastard | Cyrus Gast | 2015 |
| The Green Mile | Klaus Detterick | 1999 |
| Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise | Gino Fish | 2015 |
| Two-Fisted Tales | Mr. Rush (Presenter) | 1992 |
| Jesse Stone: Sea Change | Gino Fish | 2007 |
| Freeheld | Peter Santucci | 2015 |
| Gilded Lilys | 2013 | |
| Nothing Sacred | Chambers | 2012 |
| The Hollow | Sheriff Beau McKinney | 2016 |
| The Omen | Dr. Linus | 1995 |
| A New Wave | Roger Dewitt | 2007 |
| Shoot Me Nicely | Roy Barnes | 2017 |
| The Battle of Shaker Heights | Abe | 2003 |
| Unconquered | Coach Dickey | 1989 |
| Onion News Empire | Ed Musgrove | 2013 |
| K-9 | Salesman Don | 1989 |
| Living Among Us | Samuel | 2018 |
| Edge | Big Bill | 2015 |
| The Grudge | Detective Wilson | 2019 |
| Bill & Ted Face the Music | Death | 2020 |
| Deadly Crush | Sheriff Dusty Hawkins | 2018 |
| Alice Fades Away | James | 2021 |
| Beyond All Boundaries | Lt. Colonel Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller | 2009 |
| The Highwaymen | Henry Barrow | 2019 |
| Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase | Joey | 1981 |
| VFW | Walter Reed | 2019 |
| The Unholy | Father Hagan | 2021 |
| Melvin Smarty | Bob | 2018 |
| Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile | Self - 'Klaus Detterick' | 2000 |
| When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' | Self | 2008 |
| Being Flynn | Ray | 2012 |
| It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making HILLS RUN RED | Self | 1970 |
| Future Weather | Ed | 2012 |
| Skippy | Ringo | 2001 |
| Unspoken | Dad | 2006 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Medium | John Edgemont | 2005 |
| Third Watch | Scotty Murray | 1999 |
| Numb3rs | 2005 | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Red Cooper | 2000 |
| Ed | Lee Leetch | 2000 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Niles Talbot | 1989 |
| Tru Calling | Travis | 2003 |
| Wonderfalls | Darrin Tyler | 2004 |
| Roseanne | 1988 | |
| Murphy Brown | Colonel Fitzpatrick | 1988 |
| Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Paul Rice | 2005 |
| Criminal Minds | 2005 | |
| The Equalizer | Rick Dillon / Kevin Moore | 1985 |
| Roswell | Jim Valenti | 1999 |
| JAG | Saul Wainright | 1995 |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Kyle Devlin | 2001 |
| The Path to 9/11 | Neil Herman | 2006 |
| Tour of Duty | Major Rigby | 1987 |
| Poltergeist: The Legacy | Shamus Bloom | 1996 |
| Dear John | Ken | 1988 |
| Three Rivers | 2009 | |
| The Pacific | Lt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller | 2010 |
| Private Eye | 1987 | |
| Elementary | Ian Gale | 2012 |
| The Outer Limits | Frank Hellner | 1995 |
| Madam Secretary | George | 2014 |
| Golden Boy | Police Commissioner Jack Dowdell | 2013 |
| Hawaii Five-0 | John McGarrett | 2010 |
| The Flash | Simon Stagg | 2014 |
| White Collar | Brett Gelles | 2009 |
| Tales from the Crypt | The Grim Reaper | 1989 |
| Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | President Ellis | 2013 |
| Full Circle | Gene McCusker | 2023 |
| Rebel Highway | Sarge | 1994 |
| Fringe | Dr. Sumner | 2008 |
| Criminal Minds | Ray Finnegan | 2005 |
| The Blacklist | Sam Milhoan | 2013 |
| Power | Tony Teresi | 2014 |
| Our Cartoon President | General Kelly / Mitch McConnell / Jeff Sessions (voice) | 2018 |
| Delirium | John (archive footage) | 2014 |
| Traveler | Carlton Fog | 2007 |
| The Good Fight | Judge Nilsson | 2017 |
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Sloan | 1993 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Gary Dolan | 1999 |
| Bull | Father Andy | 2016 |
| Law & Order | Kevin Drucker | 1990 |
| God Friended Me | Rev. Elias | 2018 |
| Hunters | Dr. Friedrich Mann | 2020 |
| WHIH Newsfront | President Ellis | 2015 |
| When They See Us | Detective Michael Sheehan | 2019 |
| Z Nation | Sam Custer | 2014 |
| The Comey Rule | Michael Flynn | 2020 |
| HBO First Look | 1992 | |
| Person of Interest | Anton's Father | 2011 |
