William Sadler

William Sadler

1950-04-13 Buffalo, New York, USA 106 Credits

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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 Col...

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The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide

The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide

2025

as Horror Film Expert

Acting

Why do people no longer see this type of stories nowadays? How can this notion be awakened? Which films should begin to feed back from the past and ba...

Salem's Lot

Salem's Lot

2024

as Parkins Gillespie

6.1
Acting

Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem's Lot only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire.

A Stage of Twilight

A Stage of Twilight

2024

as Barry

6.0
Acting

When Barry receives fatal news, he makes a decision to rent a trailer home in the middle of the woods where he can die alone. As the days wind down to...

She Came from the Woods

She Came from the Woods

2023

as Gilbert McCalister

5.6
Acting

In 1987, a group of counselors accidentally unleashes a decades' old evil on the last night of summer camp.

She Came from the Woods

She Came from the Woods

2023

Producer

5.6
Producing

In 1987, a group of counselors accidentally unleashes a decades' old evil on the last night of summer camp.

The Unholy

The Unholy

2021

as Father Hagan

6.6
Acting

Alice is a young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick. A...

Alice Fades Away

Alice Fades Away

2021

as James

5.0
Acting

A troubled woman in 1950s New England stumbles upon an isolated farmhouse and is taken in by it's idealistic residents - until a murderous figure from...

Bill & Ted Face the Music

Bill & Ted Face the Music

2020

as Death

5.9
Acting

Yet to fulfil their rock and roll destiny, now middle-aged best friends Bill and Ted set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns t...

Bill & Ted Face the Music

Bill & Ted Face the Music

2020

Executive Producer

5.9
Producing

Yet to fulfil their rock and roll destiny, now middle-aged best friends Bill and Ted set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns t...

The Grudge

The Grudge

2019

as Detective Wilson

5.4
Acting

After a young mother murders her family in her own house, a detective attempts to investigate the mysterious case, only to discover that the house is ...

VFW

VFW

2019

as Walter Reed

5.9
Acting

A typical night for veterans at a VFW turns into an all-out battle for survival when a desperate teen runs into the bar with a bag of stolen drugs. Wh...

The Highwaymen

The Highwaymen

2019

as Henry Barrow

6.8
Acting

In 1934, Frank Hamer and Manny Gault, two former Texas Rangers, are commissioned to put an end to the wave of vicious crimes perpetrated by Bonnie Par...

Deadly Crush

Deadly Crush

2018

as Sheriff Dusty Hawkins

4.6
Acting

When a painter rents a secluded cabin to jump start her creativity, she has sex with a ghost and finds herself part of his plan to bring itself back t...

Melvin Smarty

Melvin Smarty

2018

as Bob

3.5
Acting

Against the backdrop of Reno, talkback radio, casinos, money, religion, crime, and other perversions, Melvin Smarty is a comedic romp about young love...

Living Among Us

Living Among Us

2018

as Samuel

6.2
Acting

Vampires have just made themselves public! Now a group of documentarians have been granted access to spend some time with them and learn how they live...

Shoot Me Nicely

Shoot Me Nicely

2017

as Roy Barnes

Acting

When photographer Sean Wheeler inadvertently exposes a conservative talk show host's "little" secret, his already complicated life gets unhinged.

The Hollow

The Hollow

2016

as Sheriff Beau McKinney

4.8
Acting

When a U.S. congressman's daughter passing through a small town in Mississippi dies in a mysterious triple homicide, a team of F.B.I. agents descends ...

The Duel

The Duel

2016

as Governor Ross

5.4
Acting

A Texas Ranger investigates a series of unexplained deaths in a town called Helena.

Edge

Edge

2015

as Big Bill

5.2
Acting

Missouri, 1865. Josiah Hedges aka "Edge" returns home from the Civil War to discover his closest comrades-in-arms have betrayed him, sparking a bloody...

Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise

Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise

2015

as Gino Fish

6.5
Acting

Police Chief Jesse Stone now presides over the quiet, seaside village of Paradise, Massachusetts. When the facts don't add up in a brutal Boston-area ...

Freeheld

Freeheld

2015

as Peter Santucci

7.2
Acting

New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits after she was ...

Frank the Bastard

Frank the Bastard

2015

as Cyrus Gast

2.5
Acting

A young woman returns to her birthplace after her father's death and unearths distant memories and long-buried secrets that change everything she thou...

Ava's Possessions

Ava's Possessions

2015

as Bernard

5.8
Acting

Ava is recovering from demonic possession. With no memory of the past month, she must attend a Spirit Possessions Anonymous support group to figure ou...

Walking the Mile

Walking the Mile

2014

as Self

5.0
Acting

Full-length documentary about the making of Frank Darabont's drama, The Green Mile, based on Stephen King's novel.

The Historian

The Historian

2014

as Valerian Hadley

4.0
Acting

A troubled, young history professor tries to escape his past by taking a job at a new university, where he struggles with an entrenched and equally-tr...

Freedom

Freedom

2014

as Plimpton

5.5
Acting

Two men separated by 100 years are united in their search for freedom. In 1856 a slave, Samuel Woodward and his family, escape from the Monroe Plantat...

That Guy Dick Miller

That Guy Dick Miller

2014

as Self

7.0
Acting

Documentary about veteran character actor Dick Miller, whose career in and outside of Hollywood has spanned almost 200 films across six decades, featu...

Machete Kills

Machete Kills

2013

as Sheriff Doakes

5.6
Acting

Ex-Federale agent Machete is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man – he must take...

Greetings from Tim Buckley

Greetings from Tim Buckley

2013

as Lee Underwood

5.2
Acting

A chronicle of the days leading up to Jeff Buckley's performance at his father's tribute concert in 1991.

Gilded Lilys

Gilded Lilys

2013

Acting

Set in 1895, show revolves around the opening of the first luxury hotel in New York City and all the intermingling of love, treachery, and disdain bet...

Onion News Empire

Onion News Empire

2013

as Ed Musgrove

6.8
Acting

The journalists at the Onion News Network will do anything to stay at the top of their game. And if they can't find a great story, they'll create one.

Iron Man 3

Iron Man 3

2013

as President Ellis

6.9
Acting

When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.

The Suspect

The Suspect

2013

as Sheriff Dixon

5.4
Acting

Two African American social scientists pose as bank robbers in an effort to understand the racial dynamics of small-town law enforcement. However, the...

Riddle

Riddle

2013

as Western Man / Jack Abel

4.6
Acting

Holly & Nathan Teller live in a small town in Pennsylvania. Holly is on the cheerleading team and has a close relationship with her younger brothe...

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt

2012

as Gino Fish

6.8
Acting

Jesse finds himself struggling to get his job back as the Paradise police chief, and he is forced to rely on his cop intuition to sort through a maze ...

Future Weather

Future Weather

2012

as Ed

6.2
Acting

Abandoned by her dreamer single mom, a teenage loner becomes obsessed with ecological disaster, forcing her and her grandmother, a functioning alcohol...

See Girl Run

See Girl Run

2012

as Marty

4.9
Acting

What happens when a 30-something woman allows life's "what ifs" to overwhelm her appreciation for what life actually is. Disregarding her current obli...

Being Flynn

Being Flynn

2012

as Ray

6.2
Acting

Working in a Boston homeless shelter, Nick Flynn re-encounters his father, a con man and self-proclaimed poet. Sensing trouble in his own life, Nick w...

Man on a Ledge

Man on a Ledge

2012

as Valet

6.4
Acting

An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. H...

Nothing Sacred

Nothing Sacred

2012

as Chambers

Acting

A pair of twins named Blue and Delilah, separated at birth, meet for the first time at their mother's death bed. Their mother tells the twins that it ...

Silent But Deadly

Silent But Deadly

2011

as John Capper

4.0
Acting

Thomas Capper is an unconventional and mysterious serial killer who takes aim at a Hollywood film set, by unleashing his own brand of retribution on t...

Restitution

Restitution

2011

as George Youngstown

3.5
Acting

A true crime writer investigating a small town murder spree uncovers the devastating truth that changes the town forever.

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost

2011

as Gino Fish

6.4
Acting

Jesse investigates the suspicious death of a young friend while the police force deals with the arrogant new police chief who is the son-in-law of a t...

Jesse Stone: No Remorse

Jesse Stone: No Remorse

2010

as Gino Fish

6.8
Acting

Police Chief Jesse Stone, who was suspended by the Paradise, Mass. Town Council, begins moonlighting for his friend, State Homicide Commander Healy, b...

Beyond All Boundaries

Beyond All Boundaries

2009

as Lt. Colonel Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller

6.8
Acting

A visual, 4-D experience of the battles of World War II featuring stories, archival footage and advanced special effects.

Last Day of Summer

Last Day of Summer

2009

as Mr. Crolick

4.7
Acting

This unpredictable story follows an agitated fast-food employee, Joe, who's reached his breaking point from being harassed and tormented by his boss.....

The Hills Run Red

The Hills Run Red

2009

as Wilson Wyler Concannon

5.7
Acting

A group of young horror fans go searching for a film that mysteriously vanished years ago but instead find that the demented killer from the movie is ...

Shadowheart

Shadowheart

2009

as Thomas Conners

4.9
Acting

James Conners comes home to the town of Legend, New Mexico in 1865 to avenge his fathers death against the ruthless Will Tunney. Along the way he re-c...

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice

Jesse Stone: Thin Ice

2009

as Gino Fish

6.8
Acting

Jesse Stone and Captain Healy are shot during an unauthorized stake-out in Boston. Meanwhile, a cryptic letter sent from Paradise leads the mother of ...

Stream

2009

as Dr. Shelby

Acting

Thanks to a drug she took when she was seventeen, moments from various points in Jodi's life become intertwined, effectively letting her experience tw...

Eagle Eye

Eagle Eye

2008

as Jerry's Dad

6.5
Acting

Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers whose lives are suddenly thrown into turmoil by a mysterious woman they have never met. Threatening t...

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

2008

as Self

8.2
Acting

Behind the scenes documentary on the making of the film.

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

2008

Thanks

8.2

Behind the scenes documentary on the making of the film.

August Rush

August Rush

2007

as Thomas Novacek

7.4
Acting

Lyla and Louis, a singer and a musician, fall in love, but are soon compelled to separate. Lyla is forced to give up her newborn but unknown to her, h...

A New Wave

A New Wave

2007

as Roger Dewitt

3.4
Acting

A frustrated artist is convinced by his eccentric roommate to rob a bank. Having planned the crime by watching bank-robber films, the amateur heist is...

Jesse Stone: Sea Change

Jesse Stone: Sea Change

2007

as Gino Fish

6.9
Acting

Police Chief Jesse Stone's relationship with his ex-wife worsens, and he fears he's relapsing into alcoholism. To get his mind off his problems, Jesse...

The Mist

The Mist

2007

as Jim

6.9
Acting

After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store wi...

Unspoken

Unspoken

2006

as Dad

Acting

The world outside has ceased to exist. Brandon, his girlfriend Katie and his younger brother Guy have finally decided that it is better to die at thei...

Jimmy and Judy

Jimmy and Judy

2006

as Uncle Rodney

4.7
Acting

Two misunderstood suburban kids challenge society and run from the police while documenting all of their deeds with a digital camera.

Premium

Premium

2006

as Cole Carter

4.8
Acting

Reginald "Cool" Coolidge is a struggling actor, fed up with taking stereotypical African American roles and waiting for his big break in a legitimate ...

The Good Student

The Good Student

2006

as Phil Palmer

4.6
Acting

When Ally, a popular teen and local celebrity goes missing, her small suburban town erupts in panic.

DeVour

DeVour

2005

as Ivan Reisz

5.2
Acting

Friends become increasingly addicted to a video game that has an evil agenda.

Confess

Confess

2005

as Senator Lampert

4.1
Acting

A young ex-hacker, disgruntled with his life, lashes back at those deemed responsible, uploading unfavorable video footage of them on the internet.

Purple Heart

Purple Heart

2005

as Colonel Allen

4.6
Acting

PURPLE HEART tells of a clean-up effort after a covert mission gone wrong. It is the story of Colonel Allen, the leader of a new, elite military unit ...

Kinsey

Kinsey

2004

as Kenneth Braun

6.6
Acting

Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What begins for Kinsey as a scientific endea...

The Battle of Shaker Heights

The Battle of Shaker Heights

2003

as Abe

5.6
Acting

A quirky teen with a penchant for war reenactments, Kelly Ernswiler obsesses over military tactics with his buddy Bart. The school bully is one of Kel...

Another Life

Another Life

2002

as Man

2.0
Acting

Within the walls of a desolate cabin, a man and a woman discover that thin line between love and hatred. Is this the last throes of a romance gone wro...

Skippy

Skippy

2001

as Ringo

3.7
Acting

A half-wit falls in love with a beautiful movie star.

Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile

2000

as Self - 'Klaus Detterick'

7.0
Acting

Frank Darabont explains how this new project was introduced thru a phone call from Stephen King as "another prison tale" if he was interested to make ...

Witness Protection

Witness Protection

1999

as Sharp

6.4
Acting

Would you be willing to walk away from everyone and everything you've ever known in exchange for your safety? This is the question facing career crimi...

The Green Mile

The Green Mile

1999

as Klaus Detterick

8.5
Acting

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. Wh...

Stealth Fighter

Stealth Fighter

1999

as Adm. Frank Petersen

4.1
Acting

A navy pilot fakes his own death and steals a stealth fighter plane from a U.S.A.F base. He then acts as a mercenary, targeting military installations...

Reach the Rock

Reach the Rock

1998

as Quinn

6.5
Acting

A small town troublemaker, directionless and alienated, ends up spending a night in a jail cell, where he and the police chief engage in a battle of w...

Disturbing Behavior

Disturbing Behavior

1998

as Newberry

5.8
Acting

Steve Clark is a newcomer in the town of Cradle Bay, and he quickly realizes that there's something odd about his high school classmates. The clique k...

Ambushed

Ambushed

1998

as Jim Natter

4.9
Acting

Jim Natter, the leader of a violent Kuk Klux Klan lodge, is shot dead. His teenage son Eric Natter is found nearby, and taken into police custody for ...

RocketMan

RocketMan

1997

as Wild Bill Overbeck

5.2
Acting

An accident-prone and obnoxious geek joins a NASA space mission to Mars. During the flight, he manages to put himself and the entire crew in jeopardy,...

Solo

Solo

1996

as Colonel Frank Madden / Improved Solo

4.8
Acting

An android fighting-machine is charged with destroying a small brigade of rebels in a Latin American war who are fighting to maintain their freedom an...

Bordello of Blood

Bordello of Blood

1996

as Mummy

5.9
Acting

Private eye Rafe Guttman is hired by repressed, born-again Katherine to find her missing bad-boy brother. The trail leads him to a whorehouse run by a...

The Omen

The Omen

1995

as Dr. Linus

4.0
Acting

Jack Mann is a writer reporter for the Associated Press. Annalisse Summer is an ER nurse dedicated to help people: Dr Linus is a doctor who has seen w...

A Night to Die For

A Night to Die For

1995

as Self

Acting

TV special worth watching if only for the incongruous interviews with Wayne Newton, Wayne Gretzky, Kareem Abdul Jabar, Rudolph Giuliani, Mike Ditka, a...

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

1995

as Frank Brayker

6.9
Acting

Ex-soldier Frank Brayker is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister Collector is a demon who wants the key so he ...

The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994

as Heywood

8.7
Acting

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, wh...

Roadracers

Roadracers

1994

as Sarge

5.9
Acting

Cynical look at a 1950s rebellious Rocker who has to confront his future, thugs with knives, and the crooked town sheriff.

Bermuda Grace

Bermuda Grace

1994

Acting
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor

Jack Reed: Badge of Honor

1993

as David Anatole

5.3
Acting

When a young mother is murdered, Chicago police sergeant Jack Reed sets out to find her killer. But the secret world of undercover operations rears it...

Freaked

Freaked

1993

as Dick Brian

6.1
Acting

A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.

Trespass

Trespass

1992

as Don

6.3
Acting

Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis. What they don't...

Two-Fisted Tales

Two-Fisted Tales

1992

as Mr. Rush (Presenter)

5.0
Acting

The foul-mouthed, wheelchair-bound Mr. Rush introduces three adventure tales inspired by the EC Comics of the 1950s: "Showdown," "King of the Road," a...

Rush

Rush

1991

as Monroe

6.6
Acting

Undercover cop Jim Raynor is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates, is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his ne...

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

1991

as Grim Reaper

6.3
Acting

Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicate...

Tagget

Tagget

1991

as Yuri Chelenkoff

Acting

A disabled Vietnam veteran investigates an attempt on his life.

The Last to Go

The Last to Go

1991

as Treat

5.0
Acting

Tyne Daly plays a woman who sees the dreams of her youth change over a 22-year period as, first, her surgeon husband leaves her for another relationsh...

The Hot Spot

The Hot Spot

1990

as Frank Sutton

6.3
Acting

Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.

The Face of Fear

The Face of Fear

1990

as Anthony Prine

6.6
Acting

Graham Harris was once one of the world's foremost mountain climbers, until a fall five years earlier left him with a lame leg, a fear of heights...an...

Die Hard 2

Die Hard 2

1990

as Stuart

7.0
Acting

One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Chris...

Hard to Kill

Hard to Kill

1990

as Senator Vernon Trent

6.0
Acting

Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too. Mason is s...

K-9

K-9

1989

as Salesman Don

6.1
Acting

The extravagant cop Michael Dooley needs some help to fight a drug dealer who has tried to kill him. A "friend" gives him a dog named Jerry Lee (Offic...

Unconquered

Unconquered

1989

as Coach Dickey

10.0
Acting

In 1962 in Montgomery, Alabama, State Attorney Richmond Flowers, Sr. is one of few willing to fight racial injustices even if it costs him his family'...

Project X

Project X

1987

as Dr. Carroll (as Bill Sadler)

6.3
Acting

A young inductee into the military is given the task of looking after some chimpanzees used in the mysterious 'Project X'. Getting to know the chimps ...

Off Beat

Off Beat

1986

as Dickson

4.7
Acting

Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance perform...

Hanky Panky

Hanky Panky

1982

as Hotel Clerk

5.3
Acting

Naïve Michael Jordon is drawn into a web of government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she's later m...

Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase

1981

as Joey

Acting

Charlie Bartlett is a retired railroad worker whose dream of crossing the country in a hot air balloon is encouraged by his grandson Morris O'Neill, w...

The Other Side of Victory

1979

as Captain Rogers

Acting

This film dramatizes the problems facing ordinary American soldiers during the Revolutionary War, explaining why most ultimately chose to stay and fig...

The Great Wallendas

The Great Wallendas

1978

as Dieter Schmidt

6.0
Acting

Drama based on the legendary circus family, its spectacular but tragic career, and its unique aerial act that includes the seven-member pyramid that l...

It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making HILLS RUN RED

It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making HILLS RUN RED

N/A

as Self

Acting

Documentary on the making of Warner Premiere and Dark Castle's The Hills Run Red

The Yeti

The Yeti

N/A

Acting

Oil tycoon Merriell Sunday Sr. and renowned adventurer Hollis Bannister have disappeared without a trace. Their last known location is northern Alaska...