
William Sadler
- Born
- April 13, 1950 · Buffalo, New York, USA
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
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 · 60 credits
- 2022She Came from the Woods · Producer
- 2022She Came from the Woods · Actor (Gilbert McCalister)
- 2022A Stage of Twilight · Actor (Barry)
- 2021The Unholy · Actor (Father Hagan)
- 2021Alice Fades Away · Actor (James)
- 2020Bill & Ted Face the Music · Actor (Death)
- 2019The Highwaymen · Actor (Henry Barrow)
- 2019VFW · Actor (Walter Reed)
- 2018Living Among Us · Actor (Samuel)
- 2018Deadly Crush · Actor (Dusty Bailey)
- 2016The Duel · Actor (Governor Lawrence Sullivan Ross)
- 2016The Hollow · Actor (Sheriff Beau McKinney)
- 2015Ava's Possessions · Actor (Bernard)
- 2014Freedom · Actor (Plimpton)
- 2014The Historian · Actor (Valerian Hadley)
- 2013Riddle · Actor (Western Man)
- 2013Riddle · Actor (Jack Abel)
- 2013The Suspect · Actor (Sheriff Dixon)
- 2013Frank the Bastard · Actor (Cyrus Gast)
- 2012Man on a Ledge · Actor (Valet)
- 2012Greetings from Tim Buckley · Actor (Lee Underwood)
- 2012See Girl Run · Actor (Marty)
- 2012Future Weather · Actor (Ed)
- 2011Red & Blue Marbles · Actor (John)
- 2010Mineville · Actor (Tom O'Roarke)
- 2009Last Day of Summer · Actor (Mr. Crolick)
- 2009Shadowheart · Actor (Thomas Conners)
- 2008Nothing Sacred · Actor (Chambers)
- 2007The Mist · Actor (Jim)
- 2007August Rush · Actor (Thomas Novacek)
- 2007Abandoned in the Arctic · Actor (Adolphus Greely)
- 2006The Good Student · Actor (Phil Palmer)
- 2006Jimmy and Judy · Actor (Uncle Rodney)
- 2006Premium · Actor (Cole Carter)
- 2006A New Wave · Actor (Roger Dewitt)
- 2006Unspoken · Actor (Dad)
- 2005Confess · Actor (Senator Roger Lampert)
- 2005Purple Heart · Actor (Colonel Allen)
- 2003The Battle of Shaker Heights · Actor (Abe)
- 2001Skippy · Actor (Ringo)
- 1999Stealth Fighter · Actor (Adm. Frank Peterson)
- 1998Disturbing Behavior · Actor (Dorian Newberry)
- 1998Reach the Rock · Actor (Quinn)
- 1997RocketMan · Actor ('Wild Bill' Overbeck)
- 1996Solo · Actor (Improved Solo)
- 1996Solo · Actor (Colonel Frank Madden)
- 1995Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight · Actor (Brayker)
- 1994The Shawshank Redemption · Actor (Heywood)
- 1993Freaked · Actor (Dick Brian)
- 1992Trespass · Actor (Don)
- 1991Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey · Actor (Grim Reaper)
- 1991Rush · Actor (Monroe)
- 1990Die Hard 2 · Actor (Stuart)
- 1990Hard to Kill · Actor (Senator Vernon Trent)
- 1990The Hot Spot · Actor (Frank Sutton)
- —A Minor Time · Actor (Ray)
- —New England Toys · Actor
- —The Summer They Came · Actor
- —Comes an Angel · Actor (Drusilla)
- —The Hollywood Experience · Self (Self)