Acting credits
114
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Will Patton
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.3
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Movies: 96Series: 18
TMDB ID: 883
IMDb ID: nm0001599
Known for: Acting
Born: June 14, 1954
Age: 72
Place of birth: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2026
Years active: 76
Average TMDB rating: 6.26
Wikidata: Q361400
Also known as
William Rankin 'Will' Patton • William Rankin Patton • William Patton • 윌 패튼 • 威尔·帕顿 • Вілл Петтон • ویل پاتون
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?.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Will Patton.
You Can't Win
as Foot and a Half George
2026 Movie
Train Dreams
as Narrator (voice)
2025 Movie
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
as Owen Kittredge
2024 Movie
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
as Owen Kittredge
2024 Movie
Janet Planet
as Wayne
2024 Movie
Halloween Ends
as Frank
2022 Movie
Halloween Kills
as Officer Hawkins
2021 Movie
Safe
as Francis
2021 Movie
The Forever Purge
as Caleb Tucker
2021 Movie
The Devil Below
as Schuttmann
2021 Movie
Minari
as Paul
2021 Movie
Sweet Thing
as Adam
2020 Movie
Blood on Her Name
as Richard
2020 Movie
Hammer
as Stephen Davis
2019 Movie
Radioflash
as Frank
2019 Movie
Halloween
as Officer Hawkins
2018 Movie
An Actor Prepares
as Wisdom
2018 Movie
Boarding School
as Dr. Sherman
2018 Movie
The Scent of Rain & Lightning
as Senior
2018 Movie
Megan Leavey
as Jim
2017 Movie
American Honey
as Back Seat Cowboy
2016 Movie
The November Man
as Perry Weinstein
2014 Movie
Abigail Harm
as The Visitor/Narrator
2013 Movie
The Girl
as Tommy
2012 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Will Patton.
Silo
as Deputy Sam Marnes • 4 eps
2023 Series
Outer Range
as Wayne Tillerson • 13 eps
2022 Series
Swamp Thing
as Avery Sunderland • 10 eps
2019 Series
Yellowstone
as Garrett Randle • 7 eps
2018 Series
Shots Fired
as Sheriff Daniel Platt • 10 eps
2017 Series
Falling Skies
as Captain Daniel 'Dan' Weaver • 52 eps
2011 Series
The Good Wife
as Mike Tascioni • 4 eps
2009 Series
Into the West
as James Fletcher • 6 eps
2005 Series
Numb3rs
as Det. Gary Walker • 4 eps
2005 Series
24
as Alan Wilson • 5 eps
2001 Series
The Agency
as Jackson Haisley • 44 eps
2001 Series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Craig Halliday • 1 eps
2000 Series
VR.5
as Dr. Frank Morgan • 13 eps
1995 Series
Nasty Boys
as Batiste • 1 eps
1990 Series
The Equalizer
as Officer Nick Braxton • 1 eps
1985 Series
Nature
as Narrator (voice) • 1 eps
1982 Series
American Playhouse
as Matthew Perry • 1 eps
1982 Series
Search for Tomorrow
5 eps
1951 Series