William Sadler

William Sadler

Acting

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.

Filmography

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The Last Day of Byron Bray The Last Day of Byron Bray 2026 The Yeti ★ 6.4 The Yeti 2026 The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide 2025 Salem's Lot ★ 6.0 Salem's Lot 2024 A Stage of Twilight ★ 4.5 A Stage of Twilight 2024 Full Circle ★ 6.5 Full Circle 2023 She Came from the Woods ★ 5.5 She Came from the Woods 2023 The Unholy ★ 6.6 The Unholy 2021 Alice Fades Away ★ 4.9 Alice Fades Away 2021 The Comey Rule ★ 6.9 The Comey Rule 2020 Bill & Ted Face the Music ★ 5.9 Bill & Ted Face the Music 2020 Hunters ★ 7.1 Hunters 2020 The Grudge ★ 5.4 The Grudge 2019 VFW ★ 5.8 VFW 2019 When They See Us ★ 8.2 When They See Us 2019 The Highwaymen ★ 6.8 The Highwaymen 2019 The Rookie ★ 8.5 The Rookie 2018 God Friended Me ★ 7.7 God Friended Me 2018 Deadly Crush ★ 3.7 Deadly Crush 2018 Melvin Smarty ★ 3.5 Melvin Smarty 2018 Living Among Us ★ 6.1 Living Among Us 2018 Our Cartoon President ★ 5.2 Our Cartoon President 2018 Shoot Me Nicely Shoot Me Nicely 2017 The Good Fight ★ 7.5 The Good Fight 2017 The Hollow ★ 4.8 The Hollow 2016 Bull ★ 7.0 Bull 2016 The Duel ★ 5.4 The Duel 2016 Edge ★ 5.0 Edge 2015 Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise ★ 6.6 Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise 2015 Freeheld ★ 7.2 Freeheld 2015 Frank the Bastard ★ 2.5 Frank the Bastard 2015 WHIH Newsfront ★ 6.2 WHIH Newsfront 2015 Ava's Possessions ★ 5.8 Ava's Possessions 2015 Walking the Mile ★ 5.0 Walking the Mile 2014 The Historian ★ 3.3 The Historian 2014 The Flash ★ 7.8 The Flash 2014 Madam Secretary ★ 7.0 Madam Secretary 2014 Z Nation ★ 7.3 Z Nation 2014 Freedom ★ 5.5 Freedom 2014 Delirium ★ 9.7 Delirium 2014 Power ★ 7.7 Power 2014 That Guy Dick Miller ★ 7.0 That Guy Dick Miller 2014 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ★ 7.5 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2013 The Blacklist ★ 7.6 The Blacklist 2013 Machete Kills ★ 5.6 Machete Kills 2013 Greetings from Tim Buckley ★ 5.2 Greetings from Tim Buckley 2013 Gilded Lilys ★ 8.0 Gilded Lilys 2013 Onion News Empire ★ 6.8 Onion News Empire 2013 Iron Man 3 ★ 6.9 Iron Man 3 2013 Golden Boy ★ 6.1 Golden Boy 2013 The Suspect ★ 5.4 The Suspect 2013 Riddle ★ 4.6 Riddle 2013 Elementary ★ 7.6 Elementary 2012 Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt ★ 6.8 Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt 2012 Future Weather ★ 6.1 Future Weather 2012 See Girl Run ★ 5.0 See Girl Run 2012 Being Flynn ★ 6.2 Being Flynn 2012 Man on a Ledge ★ 6.4 Man on a Ledge 2012 Nothing Sacred Nothing Sacred 2012 Silent But Deadly ★ 3.8 Silent But Deadly 2011 Restitution ★ 3.5 Restitution 2011 Homeland ★ 7.6 Homeland 2011 Person of Interest ★ 8.1 Person of Interest 2011 Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost ★ 6.4 Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost 2011 The Making of Fallout: New Vegas ★ 8.7 The Making of Fallout: New Vegas 2010 Hawaii Five-0 ★ 7.7 Hawaii Five-0 2010 Jesse Stone: No Remorse ★ 6.9 Jesse Stone: No Remorse 2010 The Pacific ★ 7.8 The Pacific 2010 Beyond All Boundaries ★ 6.8 Beyond All Boundaries 2009 Last Day of Summer ★ 4.5 Last Day of Summer 2009 White Collar ★ 8.2 White Collar 2009 Three Rivers ★ 7.0 Three Rivers 2009 The Hills Run Red ★ 5.8 The Hills Run Red 2009 It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making THE HILLS RUN RED It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making THE HILLS RUN RED 2009 Shadowheart ★ 4.5 Shadowheart 2009 Jesse Stone: Thin Ice ★ 6.9 Jesse Stone: Thin Ice 2009 Stream Stream 2009 Eagle Eye ★ 6.5 Eagle Eye 2008 Fringe ★ 8.1 Fringe 2008 When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' ★ 8.2 When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' 2008