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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 14, 1954
Place of Birth
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Also Known As
- William Rankin 'Will' Patton
- William Rankin Patton
- William Patton
- 윌 패튼
- 威尔·帕顿
- Вілл Петтон
- ویل پاتون
Will Patton
4.4 Popularity
Biography
William Rankin Patton (born June 14, 1954) is an American actor and audiobook narrator. He starred as Colonel Dan Weaver in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies. He also appeared in the films Remember the Titans, Armageddon, Gone in 60 Seconds and The Punisher. He appeared opposite Kevin Costner in two films: No Way Out (1987) and The Postman (1997). He won two Obie Awards for best actor in Sam Shepard's play Fool for Love and the Public Theater production of What Did He See?.
Known For
7.3
Narrator (voice)
Train Dreams
2025
7.2
Owen Kittredge
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024
6.9
Owen Kittredge
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
2024
6.0
Wayne
Janet Planet
2024
8.1
Deputy Sam Marnes
Silo
2023
6.1
Frank
Halloween Ends
2022
6.9
Wayne Tillerson
Outer Range
2022
6.4
Officer Hawkins
Halloween Kills
2021
5.0
Francis
Safe
2021
6.9
Caleb Tucker
The Forever Purge
2021
Credits
Train Dreams
as Narrator (voice)
2025
7.3
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
as Owen Kittredge
2024
7.2
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
as Owen Kittredge
2024
6.9
Janet Planet
as Wayne
2024
6.0
Silo
as Deputy Sam Marnes
2023
8.1
Halloween Ends
as Frank
2022
6.1
Outer Range
as Wayne Tillerson
2022
6.9
Halloween Kills
as Officer Hawkins
2021
6.4
Safe
as Francis
2021
5.0
The Forever Purge
as Caleb Tucker
2021
6.9
The Devil Below
as Schuttmann
2021
4.6
Minari
as Paul
2021
7.3
Sweet Thing
as Adam
2020
6.6
Blood on Her Name
as Richard
2020
5.6
Hammer
as Stephen Davis
2019
5.4
Radioflash
as Frank
2019
5.1
Swamp Thing
as Avery Sunderland
2019
7.4
Halloween
as Officer Hawkins
2018
6.6
An Actor Prepares
as Wisdom
2018
5.8
Boarding School
as Dr. Sherman
2018
6.4
Yellowstone
as Garrett Randle
2018
8.3
The Scent of Rain & Lightning
as Senior
2018
5.0
🎬
Salvage
2018
0.0
Megan Leavey
as Jim
2017
7.3
Shots Fired
as Sheriff Daniel Platt
2017
5.8
American Honey
as Back Seat Cowboy
2016
6.8
The November Man
as Perry Weinstein
2014
6.1
Abigail Harm
as The Visitor/Narrator
2013
4.0
The Girl
as Tommy
2012
6.1
Falling Skies
as Captain Daniel 'Dan' Weaver
2011
7.1
Meek's Cutoff
as Soloman Tetherow
2011
6.5
Knucklehead
as Vic Sullivan
2010
5.6
Princess Kaiulani
as Sanford B. Dole
2010
5.7
Brooklyn's Finest
as Lt. Bill Hobarts
2010
6.3
The Fourth Kind
as Sheriff August
2009
6.3
The Canyon
as Henry
2009
5.6
The Good Wife
as Mike Tascioni
2009
7.6
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
as John Wilkes Booth (Voice)
2009
4.5
Wendy and Lucy
as Mechanic
2008
6.8
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
as Old Man Dobyne
2008
5.3
American Violet
as Sam Conroy
2008
6.7
Lucky Days
as J.C.
2008
0.0
Dog Days of Summer
as Eli Cottonmouth
2007
4.3
A Mighty Heart
as Randall Bennett
2007
6.4
Code Name: The Cleaner
as Riley
2007
5.2
The List
as Harriston
2007
3.5
Road House 2: Last Call
as Nate Tanner
2006
5.3
Into the West
as James Fletcher
2005
7.9
Family Sins
as Philip Rothman
2005
6.1
Numb3rs
as Det. Gary Walker
2005
7.0
The Last Ride
as Aaron Purnell
2004
4.2
The Punisher
as Quentin Glass
2004
6.4
🎬
The Rough South of Larry Brown
2002
0.0
The Mothman Prophecies
as Gordon Smallwood
2002
6.2
24
as Alan Wilson
2001
7.8
The Agency
as Jackson Haisley
2001
6.5
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Craig Halliday
2000
7.6
Remember the Titans
as Coach Bill Yoast
2000
7.6
Trixie
as W. 'Red' Rafferty
2000
4.6
Jesus' Son
as John Smith
2000
6.3
Gone in Sixty Seconds
as Atley Jackson
2000
6.4
Entrapment
as Hector Cruz
1999
6.2
Breakfast of Champions
as Moe The Truck Driver
1999
5.0
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
as Preacher
1998
5.0
Armageddon
as Chick
1998
6.8
All Revved Up
as Sean
1998
5.2
The Postman
as Bethlehem
1997
6.3
This World, Then the Fireworks
as Lt. Morgan
1997
5.0
Inventing the Abbotts
as Lloyd Abbott
1997
6.3
The Spitfire Grill
as Nahum Goddard
1996
6.4
Fled
as Gibson
1996
5.6
Copycat
as Nicoletti
1995
6.5
VR.5
as Dr. Frank Morgan
1995
6.7
🎬
Tollbooth
as Dash
1994
4.7
Judicial Consent
as Alan Warwick
1994
5.1
The Puppet Masters
as Dr. Lawrence Graves
1994
5.8
The Client
as Sergeant Hardy
1994
6.7
Natural Causes
as Michael Murphy
1994
5.0
The Paint Job
as Wesley
1993
3.8
Romeo Is Bleeding
as Martie
1993
6.3
Taking the Heat
as Hadley
1993
4.0
Midnight Edition
as Jack Travers
1993
5.0
Lincoln and the War Within
1992
0.0
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
as Frank Maxwell
1992
6.9
In the Deep Woods
as Eric Gaines
1992
5.3
In the Soup
as Skippy
1992
6.5
Cold Heaven
as Father Niles
1992
4.3
Deadly Desire
as Giles Menteer
1991
1.0
The Rapture
as Deputy Foster
1991
5.7
Dillinger
as Melvin Purvis
1991
4.7
Bright Angel
as Woody (uncredited)
1990
4.5
A Shock to the System
as Lt. Laker
1990
6.4
Everybody Wins
as Jerry
1990
4.0
Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice
1990
5.5
Nasty Boys
as Batiste
1989
5.5
Signs of Life
as Owen's Father
1989
4.6
Wildfire
as Mike
1988
3.1
Stars & Bars
as Duane Gage
1988
4.3
No Way Out
as Scott Pritchard
1987
6.9
A Gathering of Old Men
as Lou Dimes
1987
6.0
Belizaire the Cajun
as Matthew Perry
1986
5.3
The Equalizer
as Officer Nick Braxton
1985
7.1
After Hours
as Horst
1985
7.5
Desperately Seeking Susan
as Wayne Nolan
1985
6.1
Variety
as Mark
1985
5.2
Chinese Boxes
as Marsh
1984
5.0
The Beniker Gang
as Forest Ranger
1984
5.8
Silkwood
as Joe
1983
6.9
King Blank
as Bar Customer
1983
5.0
Nature
as Narrator (voice)
1982
7.8
Kent State
as Peter
1981
6.0
Minus Zero
as Schreiber
1979
0.0
Search for Tomorrow
1951
7.0
You Can't Win
as Foot and a Half George
N/A
0.0
🎬
Ruby Road
N/A
0.0
🎬
Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey
as Lou Smith
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Ice at the Bottom of the World
N/A
0.0