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.
Known for
2026The Yeti
Hollis Bannister
2026The Last Day of Byron Bray
Byron Bray
2025The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide
Horror Film Expert
2024Salem's Lot
Parkins Gillespie
2024A Stage of Twilight
Barry
2023She Came from the Woods
Gilbert McCalister
2021Alice Fades Away
James
2021The Unholy
Father Hagan
2020Bill & Ted Face the Music
Death
2019The Grudge
Detective Wilson
2019The Highwaymen
Henry Barrow
2019VFW
Walter Reed
2018Living Among Us
Samuel
2018Deadly Crush
Sheriff Dusty Hawkins
2018Melvin Smarty
Bob
2017Shoot Me Nicely
Roy Barnes
2016The Duel
Governor Ross
2016The Hollow
Sheriff Beau McKinney
2015Ava's Possessions
Bernard
2015Frank the Bastard
Cyrus Gast
2015Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
Gino Fish
2015Freeheld
Peter Santucci
2015Edge
Big Bill
2014That Guy Dick Miller
Self