William Sadler

Acting · Born 1950-04-13 in Buffalo, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

• The Shawshank Redemption as Heywood
• Die Hard 2 as Stuart
• The Mist as Jim
• August Rush as Thomas Novacek
• Iron Man 3 as President Ellis
• The Green Mile as Klaus Detterick
• Freeheld as Peter Santucci
• Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey as Grim Reaper
• Rush as Monroe
• Shadowheart as Thomas Conners

TV

• Third Watch as Scotty Murray
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Red Cooper
• Tales from the Crypt as Niles Talbot (segment "The Man Who Was Death")
• Wonderfalls as Darrin Tyler
• Criminal Minds
• Roswell as Jim Valenti
• Tour of Duty as Major Rigby
• The Pacific as Lt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller
• Elementary as Ian Gale
• The Outer Limits as Frank Hellner