Actor

William Sadler

Born 13 April 1950 · 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.

Films and shows

  1. 2026The Last Day of Byron Bray20mByron Bray
  2. 2026The Yeti1h 33mHollis Bannister
  3. 2025The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide9h 24mHorror Film Expert
  4. 2024A Stage of Twilight1h 47mBarry
  5. 2024Salem's Lot1h 53mParkins Gillespie
  6. 2023She Came from the Woods1h 41mGilbert McCalister
  7. 2021Alice Fades Away1h 16mJames
  8. 2021The Unholy1h 39mFather Hagan
  9. 2020Bill & Ted Face the Music1h 32mDeath
  10. 2019VFW1h 32mWalter Reed
  11. 2019The Grudge1h 34mDetective Wilson
  12. 2019The Highwaymen2h 13mHenry Barrow
  13. 2018Deadly Crush1h 25mSheriff Dusty Hawkins
  14. 2018Living Among Us1h 27mSamuel
  15. 2018Melvin Smarty1h 35mBob
  16. 2017Shoot Me Nicely22mRoy Barnes
  17. 2016The Hollow2h 8mSheriff Beau McKinney
  18. 2016The Duel1h 50mGovernor Ross
  19. 2015Frank the Bastard1h 51mCyrus Gast
  20. 2015Edge1h 2mBig Bill
  21. 2015Ava's Possessions1h 29mBernard
  22. 2015Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise1h 27mGino Fish
  23. 2015Freeheld1h 43mPeter Santucci
  24. 2014The Historian2h 4mValerian Hadley
  25. 2014Freedom1h 38mPlimpton
  26. 2014Walking the Mile1h 36mSelf
  27. 2013Gilded Lilys1h
  28. 2013The Suspect1h 29mSheriff Dixon
  29. 2013Onion News Empire27mEd Musgrove
  30. 2013Riddle1h 40mWestern Man / Jack Abel
  31. 2013Greetings from Tim Buckley1h 39mLee Underwood
  32. 2013Iron Man 32h 10mPresident Ellis
  33. 2013Machete Kills1h 48mSheriff Doakes
  34. 2012Nothing Sacred1h 30mChambers
  35. 2012See Girl Run1h 30mMarty
  36. 2012Future Weather1h 40mEd
  37. 2012Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt1h 27mGino Fish
  38. 2012Man on a Ledge1h 42mValet
  39. 2011Silent but Deadly1h 20mJohn Capper
  40. 2011Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost1h 30mGino Fish
  41. 2011Restitution1h 41mGeorge Youngstown
  42. 2010Jesse Stone: No Remorse1h 27mGino Fish
  43. 2010The Pacific1 seasonLt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller
  44. 2010The Making of Fallout: New Vegas50mSelf
  45. 2009Shadowheart1h 54mThomas Conners
  46. 2009Last Day of Summer1h 25mMr. Crolick
  47. 2009The Hills Run Red1h 21mWilson Wyler Concannon
  48. 2009Stream30mDr. Shelby
  49. 2009Jesse Stone: Thin Ice1h 28mGino Fish
  50. 2009It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making THE HILLS RUN RED29mSelf
  51. 2008When Darkness Came: The Making of The Mist38mSelf
  52. 2008Eagle Eye1h 58mJerry's Dad
  53. 2007A New Wave1h 33mRoger Dewitt
  54. 2007The Mist2h 6mJim
  55. 2007August Rush1h 54mThomas Novacek
  56. 2007Jesse Stone: Sea Change1h 28mGino Fish
  57. 2007Traveler1 seasonCarlton Fog
  58. 2007Abandoned in the Arctic1h 36mAdolphus Greely (voice)
  59. 2006Unspoken1h 22mDad
  60. 2006The Good Student1h 20mPhil Palmer
  61. 2006Jimmy and Judy1h 39mUncle Rodney
  62. 2006The Path to 9/111 seasonNeil Herman
  63. 2006Premium1h 37mCole Carter
  64. 2005Purple Heart1h 30mColonel Allen
  65. 2005DeVour1h 30mIvan Reisz
  66. 2005Confess1h 30mSenator Lampert
  67. 2004Wonderfalls1 seasonDarrin Tyler
  68. 2004Kinsey1h 58mKenneth Braun
  69. 2003The Battle of Shaker Heights1h 19mAbe
  70. 2002Another Life12mMan
  71. 2001Skippy1h 30mRingo
  72. 2000Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile11mSelf - 'Klaus Detterick'
  73. 1999Stealth Fighter1h 28mAdm. Frank Petersen
  74. 1999Witness Protection1h 45mSharp
  75. 1999Roswell3 seasonsJim Valenti
  76. 1999The Green Mile3h 9mKlaus Detterick
  77. 1998Reach the Rock1h 40mQuinn
  78. 1998Disturbing Behavior1h 24mNewberry
  79. 1998Ambushed1h 49mJim Natter
  80. 1997RocketMan1h 35mWild Bill Overbeck
  81. 1996Solo1h 34mColonel Frank Madden / Improved Solo
  82. 1996Bordello of Blood1h 27mMummy
  83. 1995Valerie 2345mFrank Hellner
  84. 1995Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight1h 33mFrank Brayker
  85. 1995The Omen45mDr. Linus
  86. 1995The Omen1 seasonDr. Linus
  87. 1995A Night to Die For21mSelf
  88. 1994Bermuda Grace1h 50m
  89. 1994The Shawshank Redemption2h 22mHeywood
  90. 1994Roadracers1h 35mSarge
  91. 1993Freaked1h 20mDick Brian
  92. 1993Jack Reed: Badge of Honor1h 36mAnatole
  93. 1992Two-Fisted Tales1h 31mMr. Rush (Presenter)
  94. 1992Trespass1h 41mDon
  95. 1991Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey1h 33mGrim Reaper
  96. 1991Tagget1h 29mYuri Chelenkoff
  97. 1991Rush2hMonroe
  98. 1991The Last to Go1h 31mTreat
  99. 1990Hard to Kill1h 35mSenator Vernon Trent
  100. 1990Die Hard 22h 4mStuart
  101. 1990The Hot Spot2h 10mFrank Sutton
  102. 1990The Face of Fear1h 36mAnthony Prine
  103. 1989Unconquered1h 53mCoach Dickey
  104. 1989K-91h 41mSalesman Don
  105. 1987Private Eye1 season
  106. 1987Project X1h 48mDr. Carroll
  107. 1981Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase1h 38mJoey
  108. 1979The Other Side of Victory58mCaptain Rogers
  109. 1978The Great Wallendas1h 38mDieter Schmidt
  110. The Summer They Came
  111. New England Toys
  112. soloestrella