Acting

William Sadler

Born 1950-04-13 · Buffalo, New York, USA

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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The Last Day of Byron Bray
as Byron Bray
2026
The Yeti
as Hollis Bannister
2026
Salem's Lot
as Parkins Gillespie
2024
A Stage of Twilight
as Barry
2024
Full Circle
as Gene McCusker
2023
She Came from the Woods
as Gilbert McCalister
2023
She Came from the Woods
Producer
2023
The Unholy
as Father Hagan
2021
Alice Fades Away
as James
2021
The Comey Rule
as Michael Flynn
2020
Bill & Ted Face the Music
as Death
2020
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Executive Producer
2020
Hunters
as Dr. Friedrich Mann
2020
The Grudge
as Detective Wilson
2019
VFW
as Walter Reed
2019
When They See Us
as Detective Michael Sheehan
2019
The Highwaymen
as Henry Barrow
2019
The Rookie
as Walter Fields
2018
God Friended Me
as Rev. Elias
2018
Deadly Crush
as Sheriff Dusty Hawkins
2018
Melvin Smarty
as Bob
2018
Living Among Us
as Samuel
2018
Our Cartoon President
as General Kelly / Mitch McConnell / Jeff Sessions (voice)
2018
Shoot Me Nicely
as Roy Barnes
2017
The Good Fight
as Judge Nilsson
2017
The Hollow
as Sheriff Beau McKinney
2016
Bull
as Father Andy
2016
The Duel
as Governor Ross
2016
Edge
as Big Bill
2015
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
as Gino Fish
2015
Freeheld
as Peter Santucci
2015
Frank the Bastard
as Cyrus Gast
2015
WHIH Newsfront
as President Ellis
2015
Ava's Possessions
as Bernard
2015
Walking the Mile
as Self
2014
The Historian
as Valerian Hadley
2014
The Flash
as Simon Stagg
2014
Madam Secretary
as George Peters
2014
Z Nation
as Sam Custer
2014
Freedom
as Plimpton
2014
Delirium
as John (archive footage)
2014
Power
as Tony Teresi
2014
That Guy Dick Miller
as Self
2014
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as President Ellis
2013
The Blacklist
as Sam Milhoan
2013
Machete Kills
as Sheriff Doakes
2013
Greetings from Tim Buckley
as Lee Underwood
2013
Gilded Lilys
2013
Onion News Empire
as Ed Musgrove
2013
Iron Man 3
as President Ellis
2013
Golden Boy
as Police Commissioner Jack Dowdell
2013
The Suspect
as Sheriff Dixon
2013
Riddle
as Western Man / Jack Abel
2013
666 Park Avenue
as Nate McKenny
2012
Elementary
as Ian Gale
2012
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
as Gino Fish
2012
Future Weather
as Ed
2012
See Girl Run
as Marty
2012
Being Flynn
as Ray
2012
Man on a Ledge
as Valet
2012
Nothing Sacred
as Chambers
2012
Silent but Deadly
as John Capper
2011
Restitution
as George Youngstown
2011
Homeland
as Michael Higgins
2011
Person of Interest
as Anton's Father
2011
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
as Gino Fish
2011
The Making of Fallout: New Vegas
as Self
2010
Hawaii Five-0
as John McGarrett
2010
Jesse Stone: No Remorse
as Gino Fish
2010
The Pacific
as Lt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller
2010
Beyond All Boundaries
as Lt. Colonel Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller
2009
Last Day of Summer
as Mr. Crolick
2009
White Collar
as Brett Gelles
2009
Three Rivers
2009
The Hills Run Red
as Wilson Wyler Concannon
2009
It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making THE HILLS RUN RED
as Self
2009
Shadowheart
as Thomas Conners
2009
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
as Gino Fish
2009
Stream
as Dr. Shelby
2009
Eagle Eye
as Jerry's Dad
2008