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William Sadler

Acting

Born April 13, 1950 · Buffalo, New York, USA

Also known as William Thomas Sadler · Bill Sadler · 威廉·托馬斯·桑德勒

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Clarence Derwent Awards
  • Saturn Awards

Filmography50+ titles

The Shawshank Redemption

1994as Heywood

The Rookie

2018as Walter Fields

The Green Mile

1999as Klaus Detterick

Criminal Minds

2005as Ray Finnegan

White Collar

2009as Brett Gelles

Person of Interest

2011as Anton's Father

Fringe

2008as Dr. Sumner

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

2005as Paul Rice

Tour of Duty

1987as Major Rigby

Tales from the Crypt

1989as The Grim Reaper

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Gary Dolan

Third Watch

1999as Scotty Murray

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

1993as Sloan

The Flash

2014as Simon Stagg

The Pacific

2010as Lt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller

God Friended Me

2018as Rev. Elias

Power

2014as Tony Teresi

Hawaii Five-0

2010as John McGarrett

Roswell

1999as Jim Valenti

The Outer Limits

1995as Frank Hellner

The Blacklist

2013as Sam Milhoan

Elementary

2012as Ian Gale

Homeland

2011as Michael Higgins

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001as Kyle Devlin

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000as Red Cooper

The Good Fight

2017as Judge Nilsson

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

2013as President Ellis

Damages

2007as Helmut Torben

Medium

2005as John Edgemont

August Rush

2007as Thomas Novacek

Z Nation

2014as Sam Custer

JAG

1995as Saul Wainright

Law & Order

1990as Kevin Drucker

Hunters

2020as Dr. Friedrich Mann

Freeheld

2015as Peter Santucci

Bull

2016as Father Andy

Madam Secretary

2014as George Peters

Jesse Stone: Sea Change

2007as Gino Fish

Numb3rs

2005as J. Everett Tuttle

Die Hard 2

1990as Stuart

Three Rivers

Iron Man 3

2013as President Ellis

Jesse Stone: No Remorse

2010as Gino Fish

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice

2009as Gino Fish

The Mist

2007as Jim

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

1995as Frank Brayker

The Highwaymen

2019as Henry Barrow

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt

2012as Gino Fish

Roseanne

1988

Rush

1991as Monroe