William Sadler
Acting
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.
As actor 166
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
Hawaii Five-0
2010
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Person of Interest
2011
JAG
1995
Elementary
2012
The Shawshank Redemption
1994
Homeland
2011
Fringe
2008
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
Newhart
1982
White Collar
2009
Third Watch
1999
Numb3rs
2005
Damages
2007
Medium
2005
Murphy Brown
1988
Bull
2016
The Green Mile
1999
Madam Secretary
2014
The Good Fight
2017
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Iron Man 3
2013
St. Elsewhere
1982
Power
2014
The Outer Limits
1995
Z Nation
2014
Tru Calling
2003
The Equalizer
1985
Dear John
1988
Tour of Duty
1987
Roswell
1999
Hunters
2020
The Pacific
2010
God Friended Me
2018
The Mist
2007
Die Hard 2
1990
Wonderfalls
2004
Ed
2000
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
Eagle Eye
2008
The Hot Spot
1990
The Unholy
2021
Salem's Lot
2024
Rebel Highway
1994
When They See Us
2019
Full Circle
2023
HBO First Look
1992
Our Cartoon President
2018
Roseanne
1988
Golden Boy
2013
Man on a Ledge
2012
The Grudge
2019
August Rush
2007
The Highwaymen
2019
Poltergeist: The Legacy
1996
Machete Kills
2013
Hard to Kill
1990
Bill & Ted Face the Music
2020
Traveler
2007
K-9
1989
The Comey Rule
2020
WHIH Newsfront
2015
The Yeti
2026
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
1991
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995
Private Eye
1987
Bordello of Blood
1996
Three Rivers
2009
The Duel
2016
Kinsey
2004
Freaked
1993
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
2015
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
2007
Trespass
1992
Project X
1987
Freeheld
2015
Rush
1991
The Hills Run Red
2009
Off Beat
1986
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
2012
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
2009
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
2011
Jesse Stone: No Remorse
2010
RocketMan
1997
DeVour
2005
Delirium
2014
Walking the Mile
2014
Disturbing Behavior
1998
Solo
1996
Being Flynn
2012
Hanky Panky
1982
The Last to Go
1991
The Hollow
2016
Witness Protection
1999
The Path to 9/11
2006
The Battle of Shaker Heights
2003
VFW
2019
Confess
2005
Skippy
2001
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
1993
Beyond All Boundaries
2009
Restitution
2011
Riddle
2013
Stream
2009
Two-Fisted Tales
1992
The Omen
1995
Unconquered
1989
Deadly Crush
2018
Ambushed
1998
She Came from the Woods
2023
Jimmy and Judy
2006
The Good Student
2006
Nothing Sacred
2012
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile
2000
The Summer They Came
Bermuda Grace
1994
That Guy Dick Miller
2014
Roadracers
1994
See Girl Run
2012
Stealth Fighter
1999
Shadowheart
2009
A Night to Die For
1995
Living Among Us
2018
Gilded Lilys
2013
Edge
2015
The Omen
1995
Premium
2006
Frank the Bastard
2015
Melvin Smarty
2018
The Great Wallendas
1978
A New Wave
2007
Valerie 23
1995
Future Weather
2012
Freedom
2014
A Stage of Twilight
2024
The Other Side of Victory
1979
New England Toys
Last Day of Summer
2009
It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making THE HILLS RUN RED
2009
The Suspect
2013
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
2008
Reach the Rock
1998
Ava's Possessions
2015
The Historian
2014
The Making of Fallout: New Vegas
2010
Silent but Deadly
2011
Another Life
2002
Shoot Me Nicely
2017
The Last Day of Byron Bray
2026
Alice Fades Away
2021
The Face of Fear
1990
Unspoken
2006
Purple Heart
2005
Tagget
1991
Abandoned in the Arctic
2007
Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase
1981
Onion News Empire
2013
Greetings from Tim Buckley
2013