William Sadler

Biography

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.

Known For

Heywood

The Shawshank Redemption

Stuart

Die Hard 2

Grim Reaper

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

Monroe

Rush

Thomas Conners

Shadowheart

Kenneth Braun

Kinsey

Jim

The Mist

Thomas Novacek

August Rush

Don

Trespass

Wilson Wyler Concannon

The Hills Run Red

Adm. Frank Petersen

Stealth Fighter

Gino Fish

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice

Newberry

Disturbing Behavior

Mummy

Bordello of Blood

Frank Brayker

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

Senator Vernon Trent

Hard to Kill

Jerry's Dad

Eagle Eye

Sarge

Roadracers

John Capper

Silent But Deadly

Colonel Frank Madden / Improved Solo

Solo

Parkins Gillespie

Salem's Lot

Wild Bill Overbeck

RocketMan

Frank Sutton

The Hot Spot

Gino Fish

Jesse Stone: No Remorse

Phil Palmer

The Good Student

Mr. Crolick

Last Day of Summer

Quinn

Reach the Rock

Cole Carter

Premium

Hotel Clerk

Hanky Panky

Dr. Carroll (as Bill Sadler)

Project X

Senator Lampert

Confess

Dick Brian

Freaked

Valet

Man on a Ledge

President Ellis

Iron Man 3

Uncle Rodney

Jimmy and Judy

Dickson

Off Beat

Colonel Allen

Purple Heart

George Youngstown

Restitution

Gino Fish

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost

Marty

See Girl Run

Sharp

Witness Protection

Sheriff Doakes

Machete Kills

Man

Another Life

Gino Fish

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt

Jim Natter

Ambushed

Lee Underwood

Greetings from Tim Buckley

Dieter Schmidt

The Great Wallendas

Bermuda Grace

Captain Rogers

The Other Side of Victory

Anthony Prine

The Face of Fear

Western Man / Jack Abel

Riddle

Self

That Guy Dick Miller

Sheriff Dixon

The Suspect

David Anatole

Jack Reed: Badge of Honor

Gilbert McCalister

She Came from the Woods

Barry

A Stage of Twilight

Plimpton

Freedom

Horror Film Expert

The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide

Self

A Night to Die For

Treat

The Last to Go

Yuri Chelenkoff

Tagget

Valerian Hadley

The Historian

Ivan Reisz

DeVour

Bernard

Ava's Possessions

Dr. Shelby

Stream

Governor Ross

The Duel

Self

Walking the Mile

Cyrus Gast

Frank the Bastard

Klaus Detterick

The Green Mile

Gino Fish

Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise

Mr. Rush (Presenter)

Two-Fisted Tales

Gino Fish

Jesse Stone: Sea Change

Peter Santucci

Freeheld

Gilded Lilys

Chambers

Nothing Sacred

Sheriff Beau McKinney

The Hollow

Dr. Linus

The Omen

Roger Dewitt

A New Wave

Roy Barnes

Shoot Me Nicely

Abe

The Battle of Shaker Heights

Coach Dickey

Unconquered

Ed Musgrove

Onion News Empire

Salesman Don

K-9

Samuel

Living Among Us

Big Bill

Edge

Detective Wilson

The Grudge

Death

Bill & Ted Face the Music

Sheriff Dusty Hawkins

Deadly Crush

James

Alice Fades Away

Lt. Colonel Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller

Beyond All Boundaries

Henry Barrow

The Highwaymen

Joey

Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase

Walter Reed

VFW

Father Hagan

The Unholy

Bob

Melvin Smarty

Self - 'Klaus Detterick'

Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile

Self

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

Ray

Being Flynn

Self

It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making HILLS RUN RED

Ed

Future Weather

Ringo

Skippy

Dad

Unspoken

The Yeti

Adolphus Greely (voice)

Abandoned in the Arctic

Self

The Making Of Fallout: New Vegas

Frank Hellner

Valerie 23

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

106

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-04-13

Place of Birth

Buffalo, New York, USA

Also Known As

William Thomas Sadler