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William Thomas Sadler is an American film and television actor. His television and motion picture roles have included Chesty Puller in The Pacific, Luther Sloan in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Sheriff Jim Valenti in Roswell, convict Heywood in The Shawshank Redemption, Senator Vernon Trent in Hard to Kill, and the Grim Reaper in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, Tales from the Crypt and Bill & Ted Face the Music, a role for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, and his role as Colonel Stuart opposite Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2. He played the character of President of the United States, Matthew Ellis, in Iron Man 3, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and WHIH Newsfront, all set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He also recurs as Steve McGarrett's murdered father, John McGarrett, in the 2010 remake of the 1968 television series, Hawaii Five-O and the Boston boxing promoter and suspected drug dealer Gino Fish in the Jesse Stone made for TV movie series opposite Tom Selleck as a small town police chief.
Birth Name
William Thomas Sadler
Born
Thursday, 13 April 1950
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Full Circle | Gene McCusker | 2023 |
Salem's Lot | Kurt Barlow | 2024 |
She Came from the Woods | Gilbert McCalister | 2023 |
Hudson Falls | Richard Agyer | 2021 |
The Unholy | Father Hagan | 2021 |
Brain Burrow: Digging Deep into Psychology and Horror | Self - Guest | 2021 |
Alice Fades Away | James | 2021 |
The Comey Rule | Michael Flynn | 2020 |
Bill & Ted Face the Music | Death | 2020 |
Hunters | Dr. Friedrich Mann | 2020 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Full Circle | Gene McCusker | 2023 |
Salem's Lot | Kurt Barlow | 2024 |
She Came from the Woods | Gilbert McCalister | 2023 |
Hudson Falls | Richard Agyer | 2021 |
The Unholy | Father Hagan | 2021 |
Brain Burrow: Digging Deep into Psychology and Horror | Self - Guest | 2021 |
Alice Fades Away | James | 2021 |
The Comey Rule | Michael Flynn | 2020 |
Bill & Ted Face the Music | Death | 2020 |
Hunters | Dr. Friedrich Mann | 2020 |
VFW | Walter Reed | 2020 |
The Grudge | Detective Wilson | 2020 |
When They See Us | Detective Michael Sheehan | 2019 |
The Highwaymen | Henry Barrow | 2019 |
The 7th Rule | Self | 2019 |
Deadly Crush | Sheriff Dusty Hawkins | 2018 |
God Friended Me | Rev. Elias | 2018 |
Our Cartoon President | General Kelly / Mitch McConnell / Jeff Sessions / Wilbur Ross / William Barr / (voice) / Mich McConnell / Jeff Sessions (voice) / Price is Right Announcer / Crowd / General / Narrator | 2018 |
Living Among Us | Samuel | 2018 |
When We Rise | Chuck Cooper | 2017 |
The Good Fight | Judge Nilsson | 2017 |
Hollywood First Look | Self | 2017 |
Berlin Station | Clay Williams | 2016 |
The Hollow | Sheriff Beau McKinney | 2016 |
Bull | Father Andy | 2016 |
The Duel | Governor Lawrence Sullivan Ross / Governor Ross | 2016 |
Day 5 | Bob | 2016 |
Edge | Big Bill | 2015 |
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise | Gino Fish | 2015 |
Freeheld | Peter Santucci | 2015 |
Ava's Possessions | Bernard | 2015 |
Frank the Bastard | Cyrus Gast | 2015 |
WHIH News Front | President Ellis | 2015 |
Movies and Stuff | Self | 2015 |
The Flash | Simon Stagg | 2014 |
Madam Secretary | George | 2014 |
Z Nation | Sam Custer | 2014 |
Freedom | Plimpton | 2014 |
The Historian | Valerian Hadley | 2014 |
Power | Tony Teresi | 2014 |
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series | Big Jim | 2014 |
That Guy Dick Miller | Himself / Self | 2014 |
Machete Kills | Sheriff Doakes | 2013 |
The Blacklist | Sam Milhoan | 2013 |
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | President Ellis | 2013 |
See Girl Run | Marty | 2013 |
Iron Man 3 | President Ellis / President Matthew Ellis | 2013 |
Greetings from Tim Buckley | Lee Underwood | 2013 |
Golden Boy | Police Commissioner Jack Dowdell | 2013 |
Decoding Die Hard | Self | 2013 |
The Suspect | Sheriff Dixon | 2013 |
Riddle | Jack Abel / Western Man | 2013 |
666 Park Avenue | Nate McKenny | 2012 |
Elementary | Ian Gale | 2012 |
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt | Gino Fish | 2012 |
Future Weather | Ed | 2012 |
Being Flynn | Ray | 2012 |
Man on a Ledge | Valet | 2012 |
Nothing Sacred | Chambers | 2012 |
Restitution | George Youngstown | 2011 |
Silent But Deadly | Capper / John Capper | 2011 |
Homeland | Michael Higgins | 2011 |
Person of Interest | Anton's Father | 2011 |
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost | Gino Fish | 2011 |
Open Gate | Robert | 2011 |
Blue Bloods | Armin Janko | 2010 |
Chase | William Frost | 2010 |
Hawaii Five-0 | Jack McGarrett / John McGarrett | 2010 |
Surviving the Cut | Self - Announcer | 2010 |
Movie Nights | Senator Vernon Trent | 2010 |
Jesse Stone: No Remorse | Gino Fish | 2010 |
The Pacific | Lt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller | 2010 |
Last Day of Summer | Mr. Crolick | 2009 |
White Collar | Brett Gelles | 2009 |
Three Rivers | Michael Zelasko | 2009 |
Mercy | Ret. Col. Nate Ramsey | 2009 |
Shadowheart | Thomas Conners | 2009 |
The Hills Run Red | Concannon / Wilson Wyler Concannon | 2009 |
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice | Gino Fish | 2009 |
Eagle Eye | Jerry's Dad | 2008 |
Fringe | Dr. Sumner | 2008 |
August Rush | Thomas Novacek | 2007 |
A New Wave | Roger Dewitt | 2007 |
Damages | Helmut Torben / McClarenTruth.org's Financier | 2007 |
Jesse Stone: Sea Change | Gino Fish | 2007 |
Traveler | Carlton Fog | 2007 |
The Mist | Jim | 2007 |
Unspoken | Dad | 2007 |
The Black Donnellys | Munst | 2007 |
The Path to 9/11 | 2006 | |
Jimmy and Judy | Uncle Rodney | 2006 |
Premium | Cole Carter | 2006 |
The Good Student | Phil Palmer | 2006 |
Criminal Minds | Ray Finnegan | 2005 |
Devour | Ivan Reisz | 2005 |
Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Paul Rice | 2005 |
Numb3rs | J. Everett Tuttle | 2005 |
Medium | John Edgemont | 2005 |
Confess | Senator Roger Lampert / Senator Lampert | 2005 |
Purple Heart | Colonel Allen | 2005 |
Kinsey | Kenneth Braun | 2004 |
Wonderfalls | Darrin Tyler | 2004 |
Tru Calling | Travis | 2003 |
The Battle of Shaker Heights | Abe | 2003 |
Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Kyle Devlin | 2001 |
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature | Self | 2001 |
Skippy | Ringo | 2001 |
Ed | Lee Leetch | 2000 |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Red Cooper | 2000 |
Witness Protection | Sharp | 1999 |
The Green Mile | Klaus Detterick | 1999 |
Roswell | Jim Valenti / Sheriff Jim Valenti | 1999 |
Third Watch | Scotty Murray | 1999 |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Gary Dolan | 1999 |
Stealth Fighter | Adm. Frank Peterson / Adm. Frank Petersen | 1999 |
Reach the Rock | Quinn | 1998 |
Disturbing Behavior | Dorian Newberry / Newberry | 1998 |
Ambushed | Jim Natter | 1998 |
RocketMan | 'Wild Bill' Overbeck / Wild Bill Overbeck | 1997 |
Solo | Improved Solo / Colonel Frank Madden | 1996 |
Bordello of Blood | Mummy | 1996 |
Poltergeist: The Legacy | Shamus Bloom | 1996 |
JAG | Saul Wainright | 1995 |
A Night to Die for | Self / Himself | 1995 |
The Outer Limits | Frank Hellner | 1995 |
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight | Brayker / Frank Brayker | 1995 |
The Shawshank Redemption | Heywood | 1994 |
Roadracers | Sarge | 1994 |
Rebel Highway | Sarge Leather | 1994 |
Bermuda Grace | Sam Grace | 1994 |
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor | David Anatole / Anatole | 1993 |
Freaked | Dick Brian | 1993 |
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Sloan | 1993 |
Trespass | Don | 1992 |
HBO First Look | Colonel Stuart / Self | 1992 |
Two-Fisted Tales | Mr. Rush (Presenter) | 1992 |
Rush | Monroe | 1991 |
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | Grim Reaper | 1991 |
Tagget | Yuri Chelenkoff | 1991 |
The Last to Go | Treat | 1991 |
The Hot Spot | Frank Sutton | 1990 |
Law & Order | Kevin Drucker | 1990 |
Die Hard 2 | Stuart / Colonel Stuart | 1990 |
Hard to Kill | Senator Vernon Trent | 1990 |
Tales from the Crypt | The Mummy / The Grim Reaper / Niles Talbot / Brayker | 1989 |
K-9 | Salesman Don | 1989 |
Hard Time on Planet Earth | Officer Rollman | 1989 |
Gideon Oliver | Franklin Finney | 1989 |
Unconquered | Coach Dickey | 1989 |
Murphy Brown | Colonel Fitzpatrick | 1988 |
Roseanne | Dwight | 1988 |
Dear John | Ken | 1988 |
In the Heat of the Night | Ritchie Epman | 1988 |
Tour of Duty | Major Rigby | 1987 |
Hooperman | Lanny Hardin | 1987 |
Private Eye | Lieutenant Charlie Fontana / Lietenant Charlie Fontana | 1987 |
Project X | Dr. Carroll / Dr. Carroll (as Bill Sadler) | 1987 |
Off Beat | Dickson | 1986 |
The Equalizer | Rick Dillon / Kevin Moore | 1985 |
AfterMASH | Joe Warner | 1983 |
St. Elsewhere | J.J. Oppenheimer | 1982 |
Newhart | Clumsy Guest | 1982 |
Hanky Panky | Hotel Clerk | 1982 |
Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase | Joey | 1981 |
Nurse | Dr. George Bradford | 1981 |
The Great Wallendas | Dieter Schmidt | 1978 |
NBC Special Treat | John | 1975 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Roswell | 1999 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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