William Sadler: movies and TV shows
William Sadler has 173 credits in the archive: 112 films and 61 TV series, from 1978 to 2026. Highest rated: Unconquered (9.3/10).
Career timeline
1978 – 2026 · busiest year: 2013 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Yeti | Hollis Bannister | Film | 6.2 | 76 |
| 2026 | The Last Day of Byron Bray | Byron Bray | Film | — | 76 |
| 2025 | The Evolution of Horror Cinema Worldwide | Horror Film Expert | Film | — | 75 |
| 2024 | Salem's Lot | Parkins Gillespie | Film | 6.0 | 74 |
| 2024 | A Stage of Twilight | Barry | Film | 4.5 | 74 |
| 2023 | Full Circle | Gene McCusker | TV | 6.5 | 73 |
| 2023 | She Came from the Woods | Gilbert McCalister | Film | 5.5 | 73 |
| 2023 | She Came from the Woods | Film | 5.5 | 73 | |
| 2021 | The Unholy | Father Hagan | Film | 6.5 | 71 |
| 2021 | Alice Fades Away | James | Film | 4.9 | 71 |
| 2020 | Hunters | Dr. Friedrich Mann | TV | 7.1 | 70 |
| 2020 | Bill & Ted Face the Music | Death | Film | 5.9 | 70 |
| 2020 | Bill & Ted Face the Music | Film | 5.9 | 70 | |
| 2020 | The Comey Rule | Michael Flynn | TV | 6.9 | 70 |
| 2019 | When They See Us | Detective Michael Sheehan | TV | 8.2 | 69 |
| 2019 | The Highwaymen | Henry Barrow | Film | 6.8 | 69 |
| 2019 | The Grudge | Detective Wilson | Film | 5.4 | 69 |
| 2019 | VFW | Walter Reed | Film | 5.8 | 69 |
| 2018 | The Rookie | Walter Fields | TV | 8.5 | 68 |
| 2018 | God Friended Me | Rev. Elias | TV | 7.7 | 68 |
| 2018 | Our Cartoon President | General Kelly / Mitch McConnell / Jeff Sessions (voice) | TV | 5.4 | 68 |
| 2018 | Deadly Crush | Sheriff Dusty Hawkins | Film | 3.7 | 68 |
| 2018 | Living Among Us | Samuel | Film | 6.1 | 68 |
| 2018 | Melvin Smarty | Bob | Film | 3.5 | 68 |
| 2017 | The Good Fight | Judge Nilsson | TV | 7.6 | 67 |
| 2017 | Shoot Me Nicely | Roy Barnes | Film | — | 67 |
| 2016 | Bull | Father Andy | TV | 7.1 | 66 |
| 2016 | The Duel | Governor Ross | Film | 5.4 | 66 |
| 2016 | The Hollow | Sheriff Beau McKinney | Film | 4.8 | 66 |
| 2015 | WHIH Newsfront | President Ellis | TV | 6.2 | 65 |
| 2015 | Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise | Gino Fish | Film | 6.6 | 65 |
| 2015 | Freeheld | Peter Santucci | Film | 7.2 | 65 |
| 2015 | Ava's Possessions | Bernard | Film | 5.8 | 65 |
| 2015 | Frank the Bastard | Cyrus Gast | Film | 2.3 | 65 |
| 2015 | Edge | Big Bill | Film | 5.0 | 65 |
| 2014 | The Flash | Simon Stagg | TV | 7.8 | 64 |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary | George Peters | TV | 7.0 | 64 |
| 2014 | Power | Tony Teresi | TV | 7.7 | 64 |
| 2014 | Z Nation | Sam Custer | TV | 7.3 | 64 |
| 2014 | Delirium | John (archive footage) | TV | 9.7 | 64 |
| 2014 | That Guy Dick Miller | Self | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 2014 | Walking the Mile | Self | Film | 5.0 | 64 |
| 2014 | Freedom | Plimpton | Film | 5.5 | 64 |
| 2014 | The Historian | Valerian Hadley | Film | 3.3 | 64 |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Sam Milhoan | TV | 7.6 | 63 |
| 2013 | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | President Ellis | TV | 7.5 | 63 |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 | President Ellis | Film | 6.9 | 63 |
| 2013 | Machete Kills | Sheriff Doakes | Film | 5.6 | 63 |
| 2013 | Golden Boy | Police Commissioner Jack Dowdell | TV | 6.1 | 63 |
| 2013 | Gilded Lilys | Film | 8.0 | 63 | |
| 2013 | Onion News Empire | Ed Musgrove | Film | 6.8 | 63 |
| 2013 | The Suspect | Sheriff Dixon | Film | 5.3 | 63 |
| 2013 | Riddle | Western Man / Jack Abel | Film | 4.6 | 63 |
| 2013 | Greetings from Tim Buckley | Lee Underwood | Film | 5.2 | 63 |
| 2012 | Elementary | Ian Gale | TV | 7.6 | 62 |
| 2012 | Man on a Ledge | Valet | Film | 6.4 | 62 |
| 2012 | Being Flynn | Ray | Film | 6.1 | 62 |
| 2012 | See Girl Run | Marty | Film | 5.0 | 62 |
| 2012 | Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt | Gino Fish | Film | 6.9 | 62 |
| 2012 | Future Weather | Ed | Film | 6.1 | 62 |
| 2012 | Nothing Sacred | Chambers | Film | — | 62 |
| 2011 | Homeland | Michael Higgins | TV | 7.6 | 61 |
| 2011 | Person of Interest | Anton's Father | TV | 8.1 | 61 |
| 2011 | Restitution | George Youngstown | Film | 3.5 | 61 |
| 2011 | Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost | Gino Fish | Film | 6.5 | 61 |
| 2011 | Silent but Deadly | John Capper | Film | 3.8 | 61 |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | John McGarrett | TV | 7.7 | 60 |
| 2010 | The Pacific | Lt Col. Lewis 'Chesty' Puller | TV | 7.8 | 60 |
| 2010 | Jesse Stone: No Remorse | Gino Fish | Film | 6.9 | 60 |
| 2010 | The Making of Fallout: New Vegas | Self | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 2009 | White Collar | Brett Gelles | TV | 8.2 | 59 |
| 2009 | Three Rivers | TV | 7.0 | 59 | |
| 2009 | Stream | Dr. Shelby | Film | — | 59 |
| 2009 | The Hills Run Red | Wilson Wyler Concannon | Film | 5.8 | 59 |
| 2009 | Beyond All Boundaries | Lt. Colonel Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller | Film | 6.8 | 59 |
| 2009 | Jesse Stone: Thin Ice | Gino Fish | Film | 6.9 | 59 |
| 2009 | Last Day of Summer | Mr. Crolick | Film | 4.5 | 59 |
| 2009 | Shadowheart | Thomas Conners | Film | 4.5 | 59 |
| 2009 | It's Not Real Until You Shoot It: Making THE HILLS RUN RED | Self | Film | — | 59 |
| 2008 | Fringe | Dr. Sumner | TV | 8.1 | 58 |
| 2008 | Eagle Eye | Jerry's Dad | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 2008 | When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' | Self | Film | 8.2 | 58 |
| 2008 | When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' | Film | 8.2 | 58 | |
| 2007 | Damages | McClarenTruth.org's Financier | TV | 7.4 | 57 |
| 2007 | Damages | Helmut Torben | TV | 7.4 | 57 |
| 2007 | The Mist | Jim | Film | 6.9 | 57 |
| 2007 | August Rush | Thomas Novacek | Film | 7.4 | 57 |
| 2007 | Traveler | Carlton Fog | TV | 6.6 | 57 |
| 2007 | Jesse Stone: Sea Change | Gino Fish | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2007 | A New Wave | Roger Dewitt | Film | 4.3 | 57 |
| 2007 | Abandoned in the Arctic | Adolphus Greely (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 2006 | The Path to 9/11 | Neil Herman | TV | 7.3 | 56 |
| 2006 | Unspoken | Dad | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2006 | The Good Student | Phil Palmer | Film | 4.7 | 56 |
| 2006 | Jimmy and Judy | Uncle Rodney | Film | 4.7 | 56 |
| 2006 | Premium | Cole Carter | Film | 5.4 | 56 |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | TV | 8.3 | 55 | |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | Ray Finnegan | TV | 8.3 | 55 |
| 2005 | Medium | John Edgemont | TV | 7.5 | 55 |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | J. Everett Tuttle | TV | 7.0 | 55 |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Paul Rice | TV | 8.1 | 55 |
| 2005 | DeVour | Ivan Reisz | Film | 5.2 | 55 |
| 2005 | Confess | Senator Lampert | Film | 4.3 | 55 |
| 2005 | Purple Heart | Colonel Allen | Film | 5.2 | 55 |
| 2004 | Wonderfalls | Darrin Tyler | TV | 7.7 | 54 |
| 2004 | Kinsey | Kenneth Braun | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 2003 | Tru Calling | Travis | TV | 7.3 | 53 |
| 2003 | The Battle of Shaker Heights | Abe | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 2002 | Another Life | Man | Film | 5.5 | 52 |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Kyle Devlin | TV | 7.6 | 51 |
| 2001 | Skippy | Ringo | Film | 4.8 | 51 |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Red Cooper | TV | 7.6 | 50 |
| 2000 | Ed | Lee Leetch | TV | 7.7 | 50 |
| 2000 | Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile | Self - 'Klaus Detterick' | Film | 7.2 | 50 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Gary Dolan | TV | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1999 | The Green Mile | Klaus Detterick | Film | 8.5 | 49 |
| 1999 | Third Watch | Scotty Murray | TV | 7.9 | 49 |
| 1999 | Roswell | Jim Valenti | TV | 7.7 | 49 |
| 1999 | Roswell | TV | 7.7 | 49 | |
| 1999 | Witness Protection | Sharp | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1999 | Stealth Fighter | Adm. Frank Petersen | Film | 4.3 | 49 |
| 1998 | Disturbing Behavior | Newberry | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1998 | Ambushed | Jim Natter | Film | 5.1 | 48 |
| 1998 | Reach the Rock | Quinn | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1997 | RocketMan | Wild Bill Overbeck | Film | 5.2 | 47 |
| 1996 | Poltergeist: The Legacy | Shamus Bloom | TV | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1996 | Bordello of Blood | Mummy | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1996 | Solo | Colonel Frank Madden / Improved Solo | Film | 5.0 | 46 |
| 1995 | JAG | Saul Wainright | TV | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Frank Hellner | TV | 7.7 | 45 |
| 1995 | Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight | Frank Brayker | Film | 6.9 | 45 |
| 1995 | Valerie 23 | Frank Hellner | Film | — | 45 |
| 1995 | A Night to Die For | Self | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1995 | The Omen | Dr. Linus | Film | 5.0 | 45 |
| 1994 | The Shawshank Redemption | Heywood | Film | 8.7 | 44 |
| 1994 | Rebel Highway | Sarge | TV | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1994 | Bermuda Grace | Film | 10.0 | 44 | |
| 1994 | Roadracers | Sarge | Film | 5.9 | 44 |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Sloan | TV | 7.9 | 43 |
| 1993 | Freaked | Dick Brian | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1993 | Jack Reed: Badge of Honor | Anatole | Film | 5.9 | 43 |
| 1992 | HBO First Look | TV | 5.6 | 42 | |
| 1992 | Trespass | Don | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1992 | Two-Fisted Tales | Mr. Rush (Presenter) | Film | 5.1 | 42 |
| 1991 | Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | Grim Reaper | Film | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1991 | Rush | Monroe | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1991 | The Last to Go | Treat | Film | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1991 | Tagget | Yuri Chelenkoff | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Kevin Drucker | TV | 7.3 | 40 |
| 1990 | Die Hard 2 | Stuart | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1990 | The Hot Spot | Frank Sutton | Film | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1990 | Hard to Kill | Senator Vernon Trent | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1990 | The Face of Fear | Anthony Prine | Film | 6.9 | 40 |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Niles Talbot (segment "The Man Who Was Death") | TV | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | The Grim Reaper | TV | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1989 | K-9 | Salesman Don | Film | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1989 | Unconquered | Coach Dickey | Film | 9.3 | 39 |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown | Colonel Fitzpatrick | TV | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1988 | Dear John | Ken | TV | 5.7 | 38 |
| 1988 | Roseanne | TV | 6.8 | 38 | |
| 1987 | Tour of Duty | Major Rigby | TV | 8.1 | 37 |
| 1987 | Private Eye | TV | 4.8 | 37 | |
| 1987 | Project X | Dr. Carroll | Film | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1986 | Off Beat | Dickson | Film | 4.8 | 36 |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Rick Dillon / Kevin Moore | TV | 7.1 | 35 |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | J.J. Oppenheimer | TV | 5.7 | 32 |
| 1982 | Newhart | Clumsy Guest | TV | 7.1 | 32 |
| 1982 | Hanky Panky | Hotel Clerk | Film | 5.3 | 32 |
| 1981 | Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase | Joey | Film | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1979 | The Other Side of Victory | Captain Rogers | Film | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1978 | The Great Wallendas | Dieter Schmidt | Film | 6.3 | 28 |
| solo | estrella | Film | — | — | |
| New England Toys | Film | — | — |