William Sadler
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.
165 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 165
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Rookie
2018
Law & Order
1990
Criminal Minds
2005
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
The Blacklist
2013
The Flash
2014
Person of Interest
2011
Hawaii Five-0
2010
Homeland
2011
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Elementary
2012
The Shawshank Redemption
1994
JAG
1995
Fringe
2008
Medium
2005
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
Third Watch
1999
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
White Collar
2009
Numb3rs
2005
The Equalizer
1985
St. Elsewhere
1982
Bull
2016
The Good Fight
2017
Madam Secretary
2014
Damages
2007
The Green Mile
1999
The Outer Limits
1995
Power
2014
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Newhart
1982
Z Nation
2014
Iron Man 3
2013
Murphy Brown
1988
Roswell
1999
Ed
2000
Tour of Duty
1987
The Pacific
2010
The Mist
2007
Dear John
1988
Hunters
2020
Tru Calling
2003
God Friended Me
2018
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
The Yeti
2026
Die Hard 2
1990
HBO First Look
1992
When They See Us
2019
Wonderfalls
2004
Rebel Highway
1994
Poltergeist: The Legacy
1996
Three Rivers
2009
Full Circle
2023
Golden Boy
2013
Roseanne
1988
Eagle Eye
2008
Salem's Lot
2024
August Rush
2007
Deadly Crush
2018
Traveler
2007
The Comey Rule
2020
The Hot Spot
1990
Machete Kills
2013
Hard to Kill
1990
Man on a Ledge
2012
The Grudge
2019
The Unholy
2021
WHIH Newsfront
2015
Our Cartoon President
2018
Bordello of Blood
1996
Delirium
2014
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995
Bill & Ted Face the Music
2020
The Path to 9/11
2006
The Highwaymen
2019
The Hills Run Red
2009
RocketMan
1997
Private Eye
1987
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991
Freaked
1993
Trespass
1992
K-9
1989
Rush
1991
Freeheld
2015
Kinsey
2004
DeVour
2005
Project X
1987
Disturbing Behavior
1998
VFW
2019
Frank the Bastard
2015
The Duel
2016
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
2000
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
2015
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
Confess
2005
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
2011
Roadracers
1994
Being Flynn
2012
Solo
1996
Walking the Mile
2014
Edge
2015
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
2007
Hanky Panky
1982
The Battle of Shaker Heights
2003
Stealth Fighter
1999
The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
2025
Ambushed
1998
Off Beat
1986
Jesse Stone: No Remorse
2010
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
2009
See Girl Run
2012
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
2012
Shadowheart
2009
Witness Protection
1999
Two-Fisted Tales
1992
Living Among Us
2018
Unconquered
1989
The Suspect
2013
Freedom
2014
Premium
2006
The Hollow
2016
Riddle
2013
A Night to Die For
1995
Ava's Possessions
2015
Gilded Lilys
2013
Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase
1981
Last Day of Summer
2009
She Came from the Woods
2023
Future Weather
2012
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
1993
Melvin Smarty
2018
Jimmy and Judy
2006
That Guy Dick Miller
2014
Restitution
2011
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
2008
The Good Student
2006
The Omen
1995
Silent But Deadly
2011
Stream
2009
The Historian
2014
A New Wave
2007
Purple Heart
2005
The Face of Fear
1990
The Other Side of Victory
1979
Tagget
1991
Reach the Rock
1998
Onion News Empire
2013
New England Toys
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It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making THE HILLS RUN RED
2009
A Stage of Twilight
2024
Unspoken
2006
Alice Fades Away
2021
The Last to Go
1991
Bermuda Grace
1994
The Great Wallendas
1978
Another Life
2002
Nothing Sacred
2012
The Making of Fallout: New Vegas
2010
Valerie 23
1995
Shoot Me Nicely
2017
Skippy
2001
Abandoned in the Arctic
2007
The Last Day of Byron Bray
2026
Greetings from Tim Buckley
2013