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3 | William Thomas Sadler (born April 13, 1950 in Buffalo, New York) is an American film and television actor. He's an incredibly prolific character actor who you likely recognize from ''Film/DieHard2, Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney, Film/TheShawshankRedemption, Film/IronMan3'', and others. |
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5 | He appeared in two episodes of ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' (including its pilot) and both of its film spinoffs. He's also a collaborator with Creator/FrankDarabont and Creator/StephenKing, having appeared in ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption, Film/TheGreenMile'' and ''Film/TheMist''. |
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7 | !!Film Roles |
8 | * ''[[Film/{{K91989}} K-9]]'' (1989) as Car Salesman Don |
9 | * ''Film/DieHard2'' (1990) as Colonel Stuart |
10 | * ''Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney'' (1991) as Grim Reaper/English Family Member |
11 | ** ''Film/BillAndTedFaceTheMusic'' (2020) |
12 | * ''Film/{{Rush|1991}}'' (1991) as Monroe |
13 | * ''Film/{{Trespass|1992}}'' (1992) as Don |
14 | * ''Film/{{Freaked}}'' (1993) as Dick Brian |
15 | * ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' (1994) as Heywood |
16 | * ''Film/DemonKnight'' (1995) as Brayker |
17 | * ''Film/BordelloOfBlood'' (1996) as The Mummy |
18 | * ''[[Film/RocketMan1997 RocketMan]]'' (1997) as Wild Bill Overbeck |
19 | * ''Film/DisturbingBehavior'' (1998) as Dorian Newberry |
20 | * ''Film/TheGreenMile'' (1999) as Klaus Detterick |
21 | * ''Film/{{Kinsey}}'' (2004) as Kenneth Braun |
22 | * ''Film/TheMist'' (2007) as Jim Grondin |
23 | ** Amusingly, he had earlier played the main character, David, in an audio adaptation of the story. |
24 | * ''Film/AugustRush'' (2007) as Thomas Novacek |
25 | * ''Film/EagleEye'' (2008) as William Shaw |
26 | * ''Film/ManOnALedge'' (2012) as Frank Cassidy/Valet |
27 | * ''Film/IronMan3'' (2013) as President Matthew Ellis |
28 | ** Reprises the role in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' |
29 | * ''Film/MacheteKills'' (2013) as Sheriff Doakes |
30 | * ''Film/TheHighwaymen'' (2019) as Henry Barrow |
31 | * ''[[Film/TheGrudge2020 The Grudge]]'' (2020) as Detective Wilson |
32 | * ''Film/{{VFW}}'' (2020) as Walter Reed |
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34 | !!Television Roles |
35 | * 1983 ''Series/AfterMash'' as Joe Warner |
36 | * 1987-88 ''Series/PrivateEye'' as Charlie Fontana |
37 | * 1988 ''Series/DearJohn'' as Ben |
38 | * 1995 ''Series/{{The Outer Limits|1995}}'' as Frank Hellner (episode "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S1E3Valerie23 Valerie 23]]") |
39 | * 1996 ''Series/PoltergeistTheLegacy'' as Shamus Bloom (4 episodes) |
40 | * 1998–99 ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' as Luther Sloan |
41 | * 1999-2002 ''Series/{{Roswell}}'' as Sheriff Jim Valenti |
42 | * 2003 ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' as Kevin Devlin |
43 | * 2004 ''Series/{{Wonderfalls}}'' as Darren Tyler |
44 | * 2004 ''Series/{{JAG}}'' as Saul Wainwright |
45 | * 2005 ''Series/LawAndOrderTrialByJury'' as Paul Rice |
46 | * 2005 ''Series/LawAndOrder'' as Kevin Drucker |
47 | * 2006 ''Series/CSICrimeSceneInvestigation'' as Karl "Red" Cooper |
48 | * 2007 ''Series/Numb3rs'' as J. Everett Tuttle |
49 | * 2008, 2011 ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' as Doctor Sumner |
50 | * 2009 ''Series/CriminalMinds'' as Ray Finnegan |
51 | * 2010, 2013, 2014 ''Series/HawaiiFive0'' as John [=McGarrett=] |
52 | * 2011 ''Series/WhiteCollar'' as Brett Gelles |
53 | * 2011 ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' as Seamus O'Mara |
54 | * 2012 ''Series/{{Damages}}'' as Helmut Torben |
55 | * 2014 ''Series/TheFlash2014'' as Simon Stagg |
56 | * 2014, 2015 ''Series/MadamSecretary'' as George Peters |
57 | * 2017 ''WesternAnimation/OurCartoonPresident'' as various officials |
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59 | !!Video Games |
60 | * 2010 ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' as Victor |
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62 | !!Web Roles |
63 | * 2017 ''Series/Day5'' as Bob/Sandman |
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