Biography
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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
2025
as Horror Film Expert
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
2024
as Parkins Gillespie
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
2024
as Barry
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
2023
as Gilbert McCalister
In 1987, a group of counselors accidentally unleashes a decades' old evil on the last night of summer camp.

She Came from the Woods
2023
Producer
In 1987, a group of counselors accidentally unleashes a decades' old evil on the last night of summer camp.

The Unholy
2021
as Father Hagan
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
2021
as James
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
2020
as Death
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
2020
Executive Producer
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
2019
as Detective Wilson
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
2019
as Walter Reed
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
2019
as Henry Barrow
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
2018
as Sheriff Dusty Hawkins
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
2018
as Bob
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
2018
as Samuel
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
2017
as Roy Barnes
When photographer Sean Wheeler inadvertently exposes a conservative talk show host's "little" secret, his already complicated life gets unhinged.

The Hollow
2016
as Sheriff Beau McKinney
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
2016
as Governor Ross
A Texas Ranger investigates a series of unexplained deaths in a town called Helena.

Edge
2015
as Big Bill
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
2015
as Gino Fish
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
2015
as Peter Santucci
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
2015
as Cyrus Gast
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
2015
as Bernard
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
2014
as Self
Full-length documentary about the making of Frank Darabont's drama, The Green Mile, based on Stephen King's novel.

The Historian
2014
as Valerian Hadley
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
2014
as Plimpton
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
2014
as Self
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
2013
as Sheriff Doakes
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
2013
as Lee Underwood
A chronicle of the days leading up to Jeff Buckley's performance at his father's tribute concert in 1991.

Gilded Lilys
2013
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
2013
as Ed Musgrove
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
2013
as President Ellis
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
2013
as Sheriff Dixon
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
2013
as Western Man / Jack Abel
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
2012
as Gino Fish
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
2012
as Ed
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
2012
as Marty
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
2012
as Ray
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
2012
as Valet
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
2012
as Chambers
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
2011
as John Capper
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
2011
as George Youngstown
A true crime writer investigating a small town murder spree uncovers the devastating truth that changes the town forever.

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
2011
as Gino Fish
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
2010
as Gino Fish
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
2009
as Lt. Colonel Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller
A visual, 4-D experience of the battles of World War II featuring stories, archival footage and advanced special effects.

Last Day of Summer
2009
as Mr. Crolick
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
2009
as Wilson Wyler Concannon
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
2009
as Thomas Conners
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
2009
as Gino Fish
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
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
2008
as Jerry's Dad
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'
2008
as Self
Behind the scenes documentary on the making of the film.

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
2008
Thanks
Behind the scenes documentary on the making of the film.

August Rush
2007
as Thomas Novacek
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
2007
as Roger Dewitt
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
2007
as Gino Fish
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
2007
as Jim
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
2006
as Dad
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
2006
as Uncle Rodney
Two misunderstood suburban kids challenge society and run from the police while documenting all of their deeds with a digital camera.

Premium
2006
as Cole Carter
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
2006
as Phil Palmer
When Ally, a popular teen and local celebrity goes missing, her small suburban town erupts in panic.

DeVour
2005
as Ivan Reisz
Friends become increasingly addicted to a video game that has an evil agenda.

Confess
2005
as Senator Lampert
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
2005
as Colonel Allen
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
2004
as Kenneth Braun
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
2003
as Abe
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
2002
as Man
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
2001
as Ringo
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'
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
1999
as Sharp
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
1999
as Klaus Detterick
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
1999
as Adm. Frank Petersen
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
1998
as Quinn
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
1998
as Newberry
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
1998
as Jim Natter
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
1997
as Wild Bill Overbeck
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
1996
as Colonel Frank Madden / Improved Solo
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
1996
as Mummy
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
1995
as Dr. Linus
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
1995
as Self
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
1995
as Frank Brayker
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
1994
as Heywood
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
1994
as Sarge
Cynical look at a 1950s rebellious Rocker who has to confront his future, thugs with knives, and the crooked town sheriff.

Bermuda Grace
1994

Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
1993
as David Anatole
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
1993
as Dick Brian
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.

Trespass
1992
as Don
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
1992
as Mr. Rush (Presenter)
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
1991
as Monroe
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
1991
as Grim Reaper
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
1991
as Yuri Chelenkoff
A disabled Vietnam veteran investigates an attempt on his life.

The Last to Go
1991
as Treat
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
1990
as Frank Sutton
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
1990
as Anthony Prine
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
1990
as Stuart
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
1990
as Senator Vernon Trent
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
1989
as Salesman Don
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
1989
as Coach Dickey
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
1987
as Dr. Carroll (as Bill Sadler)
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
1986
as Dickson
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
1982
as Hotel Clerk
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
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
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
1978
as Dieter Schmidt
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
N/A
as Self
Documentary on the making of Warner Premiere and Dark Castle's The Hills Run Red

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