Acting credits
161
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
William Sadler
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.4
Moderate attention
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Movies: 103Series: 58Crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 6573
IMDb ID: nm0006669
Known for: Acting
Born: April 13, 1950
Age: 76
Place of birth: Buffalo, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1978 - 2026
Years active: 49
Average TMDB rating: 6.64
Wikidata: Q152542
Also known as
William Thomas Sadler • Bill Sadler • 威廉·托馬斯·桑德勒
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.
as Byron Bray
The Last Day of Byron Bray
2026 • Movie
as Hollis Bannister
The Yeti
2026 • Movie
as Parkins Gillespie
Salem's Lot
2024 • Movie
as Barry
A Stage of Twilight
2024 • Movie
as Gilbert McCalister
She Came from the Woods
2023 • Movie
as Father Hagan
The Unholy
2021 • Movie
as James
Alice Fades Away
2021 • Movie
as Death
Bill & Ted Face the Music
2020 • Movie
as Detective Wilson
The Grudge
2019 • Movie
as Walter Reed
VFW
2019 • Movie
as Henry Barrow
The Highwaymen
2019 • Movie
as Sheriff Dusty Hawkins
Deadly Crush
2018 • Movie
as Bob
Melvin Smarty
2018 • Movie
as Samuel
Living Among Us
2018 • Movie
as Roy Barnes
Shoot Me Nicely
2017 • Movie
as Sheriff Beau McKinney
The Hollow
2016 • Movie
as Governor Ross
The Duel
2016 • Movie
as Big Bill
Edge
2015 • Movie
as Gino Fish
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
2015 • Movie
as Peter Santucci
Freeheld
2015 • Movie
as Cyrus Gast
Frank the Bastard
2015 • Movie
as Bernard
Ava's Possessions
2015 • Movie
as Self
Walking the Mile
2014 • Movie
as Valerian Hadley
The Historian
2014 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with William Sadler.
as Gene McCusker • 4 eps
Full Circle
2023 • Series
as Michael Flynn • 1 eps
The Comey Rule
2020 • Series
as Dr. Friedrich Mann • 1 eps
Hunters
2020 • Series
as Detective Michael Sheehan • 3 eps
When They See Us
2019 • Series
as Walter Fields • 1 eps
The Rookie
2018 • Series
as Rev. Elias • 2 eps
God Friended Me
2018 • Series
as General Kelly / Mitch McConnell / Jeff Sessions (voice) • 18 eps
Our Cartoon President
2018 • Series
as Judge Nilsson • 1 eps
The Good Fight
2017 • Series
as Father Andy • 1 eps
Bull
2016 • Series
as President Ellis • 2 eps
WHIH Newsfront
2015 • Series
as Simon Stagg • 1 eps
The Flash
2014 • Series
as George Peters • 1 eps
Madam Secretary
2014 • Series
as Sam Custer • 1 eps
Z Nation
2014 • Series
as John (archive footage) • 1 eps
Delirium
2014 • Series
as Tony Teresi • 2 eps
Power
2014 • Series
as President Ellis • 3 eps
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013 • Series
as Sam Milhoan • 4 eps
The Blacklist
2013 • Series
as Police Commissioner Jack Dowdell • 1 eps
Golden Boy
2013 • Series
as Ian Gale • 1 eps
Elementary
2012 • Series
as Michael Higgins • 3 eps
Homeland
2011 • Series
as Anton's Father • 1 eps
Person of Interest
2011 • Series
as John McGarrett • 8 eps
Hawaii Five-0
2010 • Series
as Lt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller • 10 eps
The Pacific
2010 • Series
as Brett Gelles • 1 eps
White Collar
2009 • Series