Birthday:
Jun 14, 1954
Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Will Patton
William Rankin Patton (born June 14, 1954) is an American actor and audiobook narrator. He starred as Colonel Dan Weaver in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies. He also appeared in the films Remember the Titans, Armageddon, Gone in 60 Seconds and The Punisher. He appeared opposite Kevin Costner in two films: No Way Out (1987) and The Postman (1997). He won two Obie Awards for best actor in Sam Shepard's play Fool for Love and the Public Theater production of What Did He See?.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Armageddon | Chick | 1998 |
| The Rapture | Deputy Foster | 1991 |
| Romeo Is Bleeding | Martie | 1993 |
| Copycat | Nicoletti | 1995 |
| Entrapment | Hector Cruz | 1999 |
| No Way Out | Scott Pritchard | 1987 |
| Remember the Titans | Coach Bill Yoast | 2000 |
| The Mothman Prophecies | Gordon Smallwood | 2002 |
| The Client | Sergeant Hardy | 1994 |
| I Woke Up Early the Day I Died | Preacher | 1998 |
| After Hours | Horst | 1985 |
| A Shock to the System | Lt. Laker | 1990 |
| American Violet | Sam Conroy | 2008 |
| The Fourth Kind | Sheriff August | 2009 |
| Trixie | W. 'Red' Rafferty | 2000 |
| The Punisher | Quentin Glass | 2004 |
| The Puppet Masters | Dr. Lawrence Graves | 1994 |
| The Canyon | Henry | 2009 |
| Brooklyn's Finest | Lt. Bill Hobarts | 2010 |
| Halloween Ends | Frank | 2022 |
| Gone in Sixty Seconds | Atley Jackson | 2000 |
| Inventing the Abbotts | Lloyd Abbott | 1997 |
| The Postman | Bethlehem | 1997 |
| The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond | Old Man Dobyne | 2008 |
| Everybody Wins | Jerry | 1990 |
| The List | Harriston | 2007 |
| The Last Ride | Aaron Purnell | 2004 |
| This World, Then the Fireworks | Lt. Morgan | 1997 |
| Princess Kaiulani | Sanford B. Dole | 2010 |
| The Spitfire Grill | Nahum Goddard | 1996 |
| Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 | Owen Kittredge | 2025 |
| Fled | Gibson | 1996 |
| Dog Days of Summer | Eli Cottonmouth | 2007 |
| Tollbooth | Dash | 1994 |
| Signs of Life | Owen's Father | 1989 |
| Meek's Cutoff | Soloman Tetherow | 2011 |
| Variety | Mark | 1985 |
| A Gathering of Old Men | Lou Dimes | 1987 |
| In the Deep Woods | Eric Gaines | 1992 |
| The Girl | Tommy | 2012 |
| Cold Heaven | Father Niles | 1992 |
| Lincoln and the War Within | 1992 | |
| Stars & Bars | Duane Gage | 1988 |
| Judicial Consent | Alan Warwick | 1994 |
| Family Sins | Philip Rothman | 2005 |
| Abigail Harm | The Visitor/Narrator | 2013 |
| Janet Planet | Wayne | 2024 |
| The Beniker Gang | Forest Ranger | 1984 |
| The Paint Job | Wesley | 1993 |
| Deadly Desire | Giles Menteer | 1991 |
| Dillinger | Melvin Purvis | 1991 |
| The November Man | Perry Weinstein | 2014 |
| Wildfire | Mike | 1988 |
| The Rough South of Larry Brown | 2002 | |
| Midnight Edition | Jack Travers | 1993 |
| Belizaire the Cajun | Matthew Perry | 1986 |
| Road House 2: Last Call | Nate Tanner | 2006 |
| Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 | Owen Kittredge | 2024 |
| All Revved Up | Sean | 1998 |
| Knucklehead | Vic Sullivan | 2010 |
| Salvage | 2018 | |
| Chinese Boxes | Marsh | 1984 |
| Kent State | Peter | 1981 |
| American Honey | Backseat | 2016 |
| In the Soup | Skippy | 1992 |
| The Scent of Rain & Lightning | Senior | 2018 |
| Megan Leavey | Jim | 2017 |
| Breakfast of Champions | Moe The Truck Driver | 1999 |
| Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice | 1990 | |
| An Actor Prepares | Wisdom | 2018 |
| A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story | Frank Maxwell | 1992 |
| Desperately Seeking Susan | Wayne Nolan | 1985 |
| Natural Causes | Michael Murphy | 1994 |
| Jesus' Son | John Smith | 2000 |
| Halloween | Officer Hawkins | 2018 |
| Boarding School | Dr. Sherman | 2018 |
| Blood on Her Name | Richard | 2020 |
| Minari | Paul | 2021 |
| A Mighty Heart | Randall Bennett | 2007 |
| Radioflash | Frank | 2019 |
| King Blank | Bar Customer | 1983 |
| The Forever Purge | Caleb Tucker | 2021 |
| The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln | John Wilkes Booth (Voice) | 2009 |
| Taking the Heat | Hadley | 1993 |
| Sweet Thing | Adam | 2020 |
| Lucky Days | J.C. | 2008 |
| You Can't Win | Foot and a Half George | 1970 |
| Hammer | Stephen Davis | 2019 |
| Silkwood | Joe | 1983 |
| Bright Angel | Woody (uncredited) | 1990 |
| The Devil Below | Schuttmann | 2021 |
| Wendy and Lucy | Mechanic | 2008 |
| Minus Zero | Schreiber | 1970 |
| Code Name: The Cleaner | Riley | 2007 |
| Safe | Francis | 2021 |
| Halloween Kills | Officer Hawkins | 2021 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Numb3rs | 2005 | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Craig Halliday | 2000 |
| The Agency | Jackson Haisley | 2001 |
| VR.5 | Dr. Frank Morgan | 1995 |
| 24 | Alan Wilson | 2001 |
| The Equalizer | Officer Nick Braxton | 1985 |
| Into the West | James Fletcher | 2005 |
| Nature | Narrator (voice) | 1982 |
| Nasty Boys | Batiste | 1989 |
| Silo | Deputy Sam Marnes | 2023 |
| Falling Skies | Captain Daniel 'Dan' Weaver | 2011 |
| Search for Tomorrow | 1951 | |
| Shots Fired | Sheriff Daniel Platt | 2017 |
| Outer Range | Wayne Tillerson | 2022 |
| Swamp Thing | Avery Sunderland | 2019 |
| Yellowstone | Garrett Randle | 2018 |
| The Good Wife | Mike Tascioni | 2009 |
| JonBenét Ramsey | Lou Smith | 1970 |
