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