Acting credits
160
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
William Sadler
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.5
Moderate attention
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Movies: 103Series: 57Crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 6573
IMDb ID: nm0006669
Known for: Acting
Born: April 13, 1950
Age: 75
Place of birth: Buffalo, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1978 - 2025
Years active: 48
Average TMDB rating: 6.63
Wikidata: Q152542
Also known as
William Thomas Sadler • Bill Sadler • Γουίλιαμ Σάντλερ • 威廉·托馬斯·桑德勒 • ویلیام سدلر
Other jobs
Director (1)Executive Producer (1)Producer (1)Thanks (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with William Sadler.
The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
as Horror Film Expert
2025 Movie
6.0
Salem's Lot
as Parkins Gillespie
2024 Movie
4.5
A Stage of Twilight
as Barry
2024 Movie
5.5
She Came from the Woods
as Gilbert McCalister
2023 Movie
6.6
The Unholy
as Father Hagan
2021 Movie
4.9
Alice Fades Away
as James
2021 Movie
5.9
Bill & Ted Face the Music
as Death
2020 Movie
5.4
The Grudge
as Detective Wilson
2019 Movie
5.9
VFW
as Walter Reed
2019 Movie
6.8
The Highwaymen
as Henry Barrow
2019 Movie
4.0
Deadly Crush
as Sheriff Dusty Hawkins
2018 Movie
3.5
Melvin Smarty
as Bob
2018 Movie
6.1
Living Among Us
as Samuel
2018 Movie
Shoot Me Nicely
as Roy Barnes
2017 Movie
4.8
The Hollow
as Sheriff Beau McKinney
2016 Movie
5.4
The Duel
as Governor Ross
2016 Movie
4.9
Edge
as Big Bill
2015 Movie
6.6
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
as Gino Fish
2015 Movie
7.2
Freeheld
as Peter Santucci
2015 Movie
2.5
Frank the Bastard
as Cyrus Gast
2015 Movie
5.8
Ava's Possessions
as Bernard
2015 Movie
5.0
Walking the Mile
as Self
2014 Movie
3.3
The Historian
as Valerian Hadley
2014 Movie
5.5
Freedom
as Plimpton
2014 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with William Sadler.
6.4
Full Circle
as Gene McCusker • 4 eps
2023 Series
6.9
The Comey Rule
as Michael Flynn • 1 eps
2020 Series
7.2
Hunters
as Dr. Friedrich Mann • 1 eps
2020 Series
8.2
When They See Us
as Detective Michael Sheehan • 3 eps
2019 Series
8.5
The Rookie
as Walter Fields • 1 eps
2018 Series
7.7
God Friended Me
as Rev. Elias • 2 eps
2018 Series
5.2
Our Cartoon President
as General Kelly / Mitch McConnell / Jeff Sessions (voice) • 18 eps
2018 Series
7.5
The Good Fight
as Judge Nilsson • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.1
Bull
as Father Andy • 1 eps
2016 Series
6.1
WHIH Newsfront
as President Ellis • 2 eps
2015 Series
7.8
The Flash
as Simon Stagg • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.0
Madam Secretary
as George Peters • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.3
Z Nation
as Sam Custer • 1 eps
2014 Series
9.7
Delirium
as John (archive footage) • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.7
Power
as Tony Teresi • 2 eps
2014 Series
7.5
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as President Ellis • 3 eps
2013 Series
7.6
The Blacklist
as Sam Milhoan • 4 eps
2013 Series
6.1
Golden Boy
as Police Commissioner Jack Dowdell • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.6
Elementary
as Ian Gale • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.6
Homeland
as Michael Higgins • 2 eps
2011 Series
8.1
Person of Interest
as Anton's Father • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.8
Hawaii Five-0
as John McGarrett • 8 eps
2010 Series
7.8
The Pacific
as Lt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller • 10 eps
2010 Series
8.2
White Collar
as Brett Gelles • 1 eps
2009 Series