William Sadler

Acting · Born 1950-04-13 · 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.

Known for

• The Yeti (2026)
• The Last Day of Byron Bray (2026)
• The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide (2025)
• Salem's Lot (2024)
• A Stage of Twilight (2024)
• She Came from the Woods (2023)
• Alice Fades Away (2021)
• The Unholy (2021)
• Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
• The Grudge (2019)
• The Highwaymen (2019)
• VFW (2019)
• Living Among Us (2018)
• Deadly Crush (2018)
• Melvin Smarty (2018)
• Shoot Me Nicely (2017)
• The Duel (2016)
• The Hollow (2016)
• Ava's Possessions (2015)
• Frank the Bastard (2015)
• Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015)
• Freeheld (2015)
• Edge (2015)
• That Guy Dick Miller (2014)