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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 13, 1950
Place of Birth
Buffalo, New York, USA
Also Known As
- William Thomas Sadler
- Bill Sadler
- Γουίλιαμ Σάντλερ
- 威廉·托馬斯·桑德勒
- ویلیام سدلر
William Sadler
2.1 Popularity
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
0.0
Horror Film Expert
The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
2025
6.0
Parkins Gillespie
Salem's Lot
2024
6.0
Barry
A Stage of Twilight
2024
6.4
Gene McCusker
Full Circle
2023
5.6
Gilbert McCalister
She Came from the Woods
2023
6.6
Father Hagan
The Unholy
2021
4.9
James
Alice Fades Away
2021
6.9
Michael Flynn
The Comey Rule
2020
5.9
Death
Bill & Ted Face the Music
2020
7.2
Dr. Friedrich Mann
Hunters
2020
Credits
The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
as Horror Film Expert
2025
0.0
Salem's Lot
as Parkins Gillespie
2024
6.0
A Stage of Twilight
as Barry
2024
6.0
Full Circle
as Gene McCusker
2023
6.4
She Came from the Woods
as Gilbert McCalister
2023
5.6
The Unholy
as Father Hagan
2021
6.6
Alice Fades Away
as James
2021
4.9
The Comey Rule
as Michael Flynn
2020
6.9
Bill & Ted Face the Music
as Death
2020
5.9
Hunters
as Dr. Friedrich Mann
2020
7.2
The Grudge
as Detective Wilson
2019
5.4
VFW
as Walter Reed
2019
5.9
When They See Us
as Detective Michael Sheehan
2019
8.2
The Highwaymen
as Henry Barrow
2019
6.8
The Rookie
as Walter Fields
2018
8.5
God Friended Me
as Rev. Elias
2018
7.7
Deadly Crush
as Sheriff Dusty Hawkins
2018
4.0
Melvin Smarty
as Bob
2018
3.5
Living Among Us
as Samuel
2018
6.1
Our Cartoon President
as General Kelly / Mitch McConnell / Jeff Sessions (voice)
2018
5.2
Shoot Me Nicely
as Roy Barnes
2017
0.0
The Good Fight
as Judge Nilsson
2017
7.5
The Hollow
as Sheriff Beau McKinney
2016
4.8
Bull
as Father Andy
2016
7.1
The Duel
as Governor Ross
2016
5.4
Edge
as Big Bill
2015
4.9
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
as Gino Fish
2015
6.6
Freeheld
as Peter Santucci
2015
7.2
Frank the Bastard
as Cyrus Gast
2015
2.5
WHIH Newsfront
as President Ellis
2015
6.0
Ava's Possessions
as Bernard
2015
5.8
Walking the Mile
as Self
2014
5.0
The Historian
as Valerian Hadley
2014
3.3
The Flash
as Simon Stagg
2014
7.8
Madam Secretary
as George Peters
2014
7.0
Z Nation
as Sam Custer
2014
7.3
Freedom
as Plimpton
2014
5.5
Delirium
as John (archive footage)
2014
9.7
Power
as Tony Teresi
2014
7.7
That Guy Dick Miller
as Self
2014
7.0
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as President Ellis
2013
7.5
The Blacklist
as Sam Milhoan
2013
7.6
Machete Kills
as Sheriff Doakes
2013
5.6
Greetings from Tim Buckley
as Lee Underwood
2013
5.2
Gilded Lilys
2013
0.0
Onion News Empire
as Ed Musgrove
2013
6.8
Iron Man 3
as President Ellis
2013
6.9
Golden Boy
as Police Commissioner Jack Dowdell
2013
6.1
The Suspect
as Sheriff Dixon
2013
5.4
Riddle
as Western Man / Jack Abel
2013
4.5
Elementary
as Ian Gale
2012
7.6
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
as Gino Fish
2012
6.8
Future Weather
as Ed
2012
6.2
See Girl Run
as Marty
2012
5.0
Being Flynn
as Ray
2012
6.2
Man on a Ledge
as Valet
2012
6.4
Nothing Sacred
as Chambers
2012
0.0
Silent But Deadly
as John Capper
2011
3.8
Restitution
as George Youngstown
2011
3.5
Person of Interest
as Anton's Father
2011
8.1
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
as Gino Fish
2011
6.4
Witness Protection
as Sharp
2011
6.2
The Making of Fallout: New Vegas
as Self
2010
8.7
Hawaii Five-0
as John McGarrett
2010
7.8
Jesse Stone: No Remorse
as Gino Fish
2010
6.9
The Pacific
as Lt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller
2010
7.8
Beyond All Boundaries
as Lt. Colonel Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller
2009
6.8
Last Day of Summer
as Mr. Crolick
2009
4.5
White Collar
as Brett Gelles
2009
8.2
Three Rivers
2009
7.0
The Hills Run Red
as Wilson Wyler Concannon
2009
5.8
Shadowheart
as Thomas Conners
2009
4.5
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
as Gino Fish
2009
6.8
🎬
Stream
as Dr. Shelby
2009
0.0
Eagle Eye
as Jerry's Dad
2008
6.5
Fringe
as Dr. Sumner
2008
8.1
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
as Self
2008
8.2
The Mist
as Jim
2007
6.9
August Rush
as Thomas Novacek
2007
7.4
Abandoned in the Arctic
as Adolphus Greely (voice)
2007
6.0
A New Wave
as Roger Dewitt
2007
3.4
Damages
as McClarenTruth.org's Financier
2007
7.4
Damages
as Helmut Torben
2007
7.4
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
as Gino Fish
2007
7.0
Traveler
as Carlton Fog
2007
6.7
The Path to 9/11
as Neil Herman
2006
7.1
Unspoken
as Dad
2006
0.0
Jimmy and Judy
as Uncle Rodney
2006
4.6
Premium
as Cole Carter
2006
4.8
The Good Student
as Phil Palmer
2006
4.6
Confess
as Senator Lampert
2005
4.1
DeVour
as Ivan Reisz
2005
5.2
Criminal Minds
2005
8.3
Criminal Minds
as Ray Finnegan
2005
8.3
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
as Paul Rice
2005
8.1
Numb3rs
as J. Everett Tuttle
2005
7.0
Medium
as John Edgemont
2005
7.5
Purple Heart
as Colonel Allen
2005
4.6
Kinsey
as Kenneth Braun
2004
6.6
Wonderfalls
as Darrin Tyler
2004
7.7
Tru Calling
as Travis
2003
7.3
The Battle of Shaker Heights
as Abe
2003
5.7
Another Life
as Man
2002
2.0
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Kyle Devlin
2001
7.6
Skippy
as Ringo
2001
3.7
Ed
as Lee Leetch
2000
7.7
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Red Cooper
2000
7.6
🎬
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
as Self - 'Klaus Detterick'
2000
7.0
The Green Mile
as Klaus Detterick
1999
8.5
Roswell
as Jim Valenti
1999
7.7
Third Watch
as Scotty Murray
1999
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Gary Dolan
1999
7.9
Stealth Fighter
as Adm. Frank Petersen
1999
4.0
Reach the Rock
as Quinn
1998
6.3
Disturbing Behavior
as Newberry
1998
5.8
Ambushed
as Jim Natter
1998
4.9
RocketMan
as Wild Bill Overbeck
1997
5.2
Solo
as Colonel Frank Madden / Improved Solo
1996
4.8
Bordello of Blood
as Mummy
1996
5.9
Poltergeist: The Legacy
as Shamus Bloom
1996
6.0
JAG
as Saul Wainright
1995
7.3
The Omen
as Dr. Linus
1995
4.0
A Night to Die For
as Self
1995
0.0
Valerie 23
as Frank Hellner
1995
0.0
The Outer Limits
as Frank Hellner
1995
7.7
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
as Frank Brayker
1995
6.9
The Shawshank Redemption
as Heywood
1994
8.7
Roadracers
as Sarge
1994
5.9
Rebel Highway
as Sarge
1994
7.5
Bermuda Grace
1994
0.0
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
as David Anatole
1993
5.3
Freaked
as Dick Brian
1993
6.1
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Sloan
1993
7.9
Trespass
as Don
1992
6.3
HBO First Look
1992
4.9
Two-Fisted Tales
as Mr. Rush (Presenter)
1992
5.0
Rush
as Monroe
1991
6.6
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
as Grim Reaper
1991
6.3
Tagget
as Yuri Chelenkoff
1991
0.0
The Last to Go
as Treat
1991
5.0
The Hot Spot
as Frank Sutton
1990
6.2
The Face of Fear
as Anthony Prine
1990
6.6
Law & Order
as Kevin Drucker
1990
7.4
Die Hard 2
as Stuart
1990
7.0
Hard to Kill
as Senator Vernon Trent
1990
6.0
Tales from the Crypt
as Niles Talbot (segment "The Man Who Was Death")
1989
8.0
Tales from the Crypt
as The Grim Reaper
1989
8.0
K-9
as Salesman Don
1989
6.2
Unconquered
as Coach Dickey
1989
10.0
Murphy Brown
as Colonel Fitzpatrick
1988
6.4
Roseanne
1988
6.8
Dear John
as Ken
1988
5.5
Tour of Duty
as Major Rigby
1987
8.0
Private Eye
1987
4.2
Project X
as Dr. Carroll (as Bill Sadler)
1987
6.3
Off Beat
as Dickson
1986
4.7
The Equalizer
as Rick Dillon / Kevin Moore
1985
7.1
St. Elsewhere
as J.J. Oppenheimer
1982
5.6
Newhart
as Clumsy Guest
1982
7.1
Hanky Panky
as Hotel Clerk
1982
5.3
🎬
Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase
as Joey
1981
0.0
🎬
The Other Side of Victory
as Captain Rogers
1979
0.0
The Great Wallendas
as Dieter Schmidt
1978
6.0
The Yeti
N/A
0.0
It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making HILLS RUN RED
as Self
N/A
0.0