Actor
· Acting
William Sadler
Born 1950-04-13
📍 Buffalo, New York, USA
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 163
The Last Day of Byron Bray
as Byron Bray
2026
The Yeti
as Hollis Bannister
2026
The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
as Horror Film Expert
2025
Salem's Lot
as Parkins Gillespie
2024
A Stage of Twilight
as Barry
2024
Full Circle
as Gene McCusker
2023
She Came from the Woods
as Gilbert McCalister
2023
The Unholy
as Father Hagan
2021
Alice Fades Away
as James
2021
The Comey Rule
as Michael Flynn
2020
Bill & Ted Face the Music
as Death
2020
Hunters
as Dr. Friedrich Mann
2020
The Grudge
as Detective Wilson
2019
VFW
as Walter Reed
2019
When They See Us
as Detective Michael Sheehan
2019
The Highwaymen
as Henry Barrow
2019
The Rookie
as Walter Fields
2018
God Friended Me
as Rev. Elias
2018
Deadly Crush
as Sheriff Dusty Hawkins
2018
Melvin Smarty
as Bob
2018
Living Among Us
as Samuel
2018
Our Cartoon President
as General Kelly / Mitch McConnell / Jeff Sessions (voice)
2018
Shoot Me Nicely
as Roy Barnes
2017
The Good Fight
as Judge Nilsson
2017
The Hollow
as Sheriff Beau McKinney
2016
Bull
as Father Andy
2016
The Duel
as Governor Ross
2016
Edge
as Big Bill
2015
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
as Gino Fish
2015
Freeheld
as Peter Santucci
2015
Frank the Bastard
as Cyrus Gast
2015
WHIH Newsfront
as President Ellis
2015
Ava's Possessions
as Bernard
2015
Walking the Mile
as Self
2014
The Historian
as Valerian Hadley
2014
The Flash
as Simon Stagg
2014
Madam Secretary
as George Peters
2014
Z Nation
as Sam Custer
2014
Freedom
as Plimpton
2014
Delirium
as John (archive footage)
2014
Power
as Tony Teresi
2014
That Guy Dick Miller
as Self
2014
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as President Ellis
2013
The Blacklist
as Sam Milhoan
2013
Machete Kills
as Sheriff Doakes
2013
Greetings from Tim Buckley
as Lee Underwood
2013
Gilded Lilys
2013
Onion News Empire
as Ed Musgrove
2013
Iron Man 3
as President Ellis
2013
Golden Boy
as Police Commissioner Jack Dowdell
2013
The Suspect
as Sheriff Dixon
2013
Riddle
as Western Man / Jack Abel
2013
Elementary
as Ian Gale
2012
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
as Gino Fish
2012
Future Weather
as Ed
2012
See Girl Run
as Marty
2012
Being Flynn
as Ray
2012
Man on a Ledge
as Valet
2012
Nothing Sacred
as Chambers
2012
Silent But Deadly
as John Capper
2011
Restitution
as George Youngstown
2011
Homeland
as Michael Higgins
2011
Person of Interest
as Anton's Father
2011
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
as Gino Fish
2011
The Making of Fallout: New Vegas
as Self
2010
Hawaii Five-0
as John McGarrett
2010
Jesse Stone: No Remorse
as Gino Fish
2010
The Pacific
as Lt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller
2010
Beyond All Boundaries
as Lt. Colonel Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller
2009
Last Day of Summer
as Mr. Crolick
2009
White Collar
as Brett Gelles
2009
Three Rivers
2009
The Hills Run Red
as Wilson Wyler Concannon
2009
Shadowheart
as Thomas Conners
2009
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
as Gino Fish
2009
Eagle Eye
as Jerry's Dad
2008
Fringe
as Dr. Sumner
2008
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
as Self
2008
The Mist
as Jim
2007
August Rush
as Thomas Novacek
2007
Abandoned in the Arctic
as Adolphus Greely (voice)
2007
A New Wave
as Roger Dewitt
2007
Damages
as McClarenTruth.org's Financier
2007
Damages
as Helmut Torben
2007
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
as Gino Fish
2007
Traveler
as Carlton Fog
2007
The Path to 9/11
as Neil Herman
2006
Unspoken
as Dad
2006
Jimmy and Judy
as Uncle Rodney
2006
Premium
as Cole Carter
2006
The Good Student
as Phil Palmer
2006
Confess
as Senator Lampert
2005
DeVour
as Ivan Reisz
2005
Criminal Minds
2005
Criminal Minds
as Ray Finnegan
2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Paul Rice
2005
Numb3rs
as J. Everett Tuttle
2005
Medium
as John Edgemont
2005
Purple Heart
as Colonel Allen
2005
Kinsey
as Kenneth Braun
2004
Wonderfalls
as Darrin Tyler
2004
Tru Calling
as Travis
2003
The Battle of Shaker Heights
as Abe
2003
Another Life
as Man
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Kyle Devlin
2001
Skippy
as Ringo
2001
Ed
as Lee Leetch
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Red Cooper
2000
Witness Protection
as Sharp
1999
The Green Mile
as Klaus Detterick
1999
Roswell
as Jim Valenti
1999
Third Watch
as Scotty Murray
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Gary Dolan
1999
Stealth Fighter
as Adm. Frank Petersen
1999
Reach the Rock
as Quinn
1998
Disturbing Behavior
as Newberry
1998
Ambushed
as Jim Natter
1998
RocketMan
as Wild Bill Overbeck
1997
Solo
as Colonel Frank Madden / Improved Solo
1996
Bordello of Blood
as Mummy
1996
Poltergeist: The Legacy
as Shamus Bloom
1996
JAG
as Saul Wainright
1995
The Omen
as Dr. Linus
1995
A Night to Die For
as Self
1995
Valerie 23
as Frank Hellner
1995
The Outer Limits
as Frank Hellner
1995
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
as Frank Brayker
1995
The Shawshank Redemption
as Heywood
1994
Roadracers
as Sarge
1994
Rebel Highway
as Sarge
1994
Bermuda Grace
1994
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
as Anatole
1993
Freaked
as Dick Brian
1993
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Sloan
1993
Trespass
as Don
1992
HBO First Look
1992
Two-Fisted Tales
as Mr. Rush (Presenter)
1992
Rush
as Monroe
1991
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
as Grim Reaper
1991
Tagget
as Yuri Chelenkoff
1991
The Last to Go
as Treat
1991
The Hot Spot
as Frank Sutton
1990
The Face of Fear
as Anthony Prine
1990
Law & Order
as Kevin Drucker
1990
Die Hard 2
as Stuart
1990
Hard to Kill
as Senator Vernon Trent
1990
Tales from the Crypt
as Niles Talbot (segment "The Man Who Was Death")
1989
Tales from the Crypt
as The Grim Reaper
1989
K-9
as Salesman Don
1989
Unconquered
as Coach Dickey
1989
Murphy Brown
as Colonel Fitzpatrick
1988
Roseanne
1988
Dear John
as Ken
1988
Tour of Duty
as Major Rigby
1987
Private Eye
1987
Project X
as Dr. Carroll
1987
Off Beat
as Dickson
1986
The Equalizer
as Rick Dillon / Kevin Moore
1985
St. Elsewhere
as J.J. Oppenheimer
1982
Newhart
as Clumsy Guest
1982
Hanky Panky
as Hotel Clerk
1982
The Great Wallendas
as Dieter Schmidt
1978
It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making HILLS RUN RED
as Self