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William Sadler

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William Sadler

Born Apr 13, 1950 · 76 years167 titles 109 movies · 58 TV
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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.

Also known as

William Thomas Sadler · Bill Sadler · 威廉·托馬斯·桑德勒

Born

Apr 13, 1950

Buffalo, New York, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

167

Acting credits

1

Directing

0

Writing

3

Other crew

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Career timeline

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1978 1 title(s)

1979 1 title(s)

1981 1 title(s)

1982 3 title(s)

1985 1 title(s)

1986 1 title(s)

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1995 7 title(s)

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1999 6 title(s)

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2009 9 title(s)

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2011 5 title(s)

2012 7 title(s)

2013 10 title(s)

2014 9 title(s)

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2017 2 title(s)

2018 6 title(s)

2019 4 title(s)

2020 3 title(s)

2021 2 title(s)

2023 2 title(s)

2024 2 title(s)

2025 1 title(s)

2026 2 title(s)

Undated 2 title(s)