William Sadler

William Sadler

Date of Birth: 13 Apr 1950

Country: USA

Biography: William Thomas Sadler 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...(Wikipedia)

Total Credits at Criticker: 78 (Actor)

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    The Battle of Shaker Heights
    The winner of the second Project Greenlight screenwriting contest, this is a uniquely funny portrait of modern youth under siege. (Miramax Films)
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    Bill and Ted\
    Bill and Ted are killed by their evil twins -- robot agents from the future -- and find themselves transported to the fiery depths below. They gamble with the Grim Reaper and end up traveling through heaven to find a great scientist to help them blow their evil twins to smithereens. (MGM)
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    The Hot Spot
    A lowlife drifter (Johnson) who sells used cars in a Texas burg robs the local bank and gets involved with two women: one bad (Madsen), one innocent (Connelly). Based on Charles Williams' 1952 novel "Hell Hath No Fury." (MGM)
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    The Shawshank Redemption
    Andy Dufresne is a young and successful banker whose life changes drastically when he is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife and her lover. Set in the 1940's, the film shows how Andy, with the help of his friend Red, the prison entrepreneur, turns out to be a most unconventional prisoner. (imdb)
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    Die Hard 2
    John McClane is forced to battle mercenaries who sieze control of an airport's communications and threaten to cause plane crashes if their demands are not met. (imdb)
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    Freaked
    A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist. (imdb)
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    Hard to Kill
    Mason Storm, a 'go it alone' cop, is gunned down at home. The intruders kill his wife, and think they've killed both Mason and his son too... (imdb)
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    Project X
    An Air Force pilot joins a top secret military experiment involving chimps, but begins to suspect there might be something more to the mysterious "Project X".
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    Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight
    A man on the run is hunted by a demon known as the Collector. (imdb)
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    Rocketman
    Fred Z. Randall is geeky and obnoxious spacecraft designer, who gets the chance to make his dream come true and travel to Mars as a member of the first manned flight there. (imdb)
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    Disturbing Behavior
    A man moves to a new town and gets harassed by these annoyingly perfect "good kids". He makes friends with the local rejects, one of which is a conspiracy theorist, another who is an albino, and a third who soon becomes a romantic interest. Together they discover that the jocks are actually lobotomized zombies and that they're next in line. (imdb)
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    Solo
    Mario Van Peebles stars as an android killing weapon designed by the military and utilized to enter into a Latin American war to destroy the rebels - natives fighting simply to maintain their freedom. Contrary to his programming, he develops an affinity for the villagers and decides to help them fight back. This lets his creators bring him back and ultimately leads to one of them being given more powerful circuitry to defeat him. (imdb)
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    Jimmy and Judy
    Two misunderstood suburban kids challenge society and run from the police while documenting all of their deeds with a digital camera. (imdb)
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    August Rush
    The story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth. (imdb)
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    The Mist
    David Drayton and his young son Billy are among a large group of terrified townspeople trapped in a local grocery store by a strange, otherworldly mist. David is the first to realize that there are "things" lurking in the mist...deadly, horrifying things...creatures not of this world. Survival depends on everybody in the store pulling together...but is that possible, given human nature? (imdb)
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    Reach the Rock
    Two school kids who are best friends are drinking on the side of a river. One friend bets the other that he can't swim across the river and "Reach The Rock". The friend takes the bet and drowns halfway towards the rock... (imdb)
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    Trespass
    Two rural firemen find a map that seems to lead to treasure in St. Louis. But when they go, they find themselves in gang territory, and an intense standoff ensues.
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    Roadracers
    Roadracers (1994) - TV Movie
    Cynical look at a 50's rebellious Rocker who has to confront his future, thugs with knives, and the crooked town sheriff. (imdb)
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    Eagle Eye
    A young slacker and a single mom get tangled up in a terrorist cell plotting a political assassination.
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    Devour
    Devour (2005) - Direct-to-Video
    Revolves around a character named Jake Gray and his friends that have been playing a deadly game called "The Pathway", which eventually spirals out of control and threatens a worldwide epidemic of violence (imdb)
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    Stealth Fighter
    Ice-T stars as a naval pilot that fakes his own death, and later ends up employed by a Latin American arms dealer. He steals a stealth fighter from a U.S.A.F. base in the Phillippines, and uses the stealth fighter to target certain military installations around the world. A naval reserve officer is recruited to infiltrate his plans, and succeeds. (imdb)
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    Two-Fisted Tales
    A star-studded telemovie which was an attempt to launch a second series in the mould of Tales From The Crypt. When this failed to launch, the three tales were re-edited and shown as Crypt episodes.
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    Shadowheart
    James Connors returns to his hometown of Legend to avenge the death of his father by the hand of ruthless and unsavory Will Tunney. He must battle Tunney's gang and his own fading courage to save the town, his honor, and the woman he loves. (Brother Reed)
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    The Hills Run Red
    The Hills Run Red (2009) - Direct-to-Video
    A group of friends venture into the wilderness to hunt down a copy of the long-lost horror movie "The Hills Run Red".
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    The Pacific
    The Pacific (2010) - TV Mini-Series
    The intertwined stories of three Marines during America's battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II.
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    Jesse Stone: Sea Change
    When Police Chief Jesse Stone's relationship with his ex-wife worsens, he fears he will relapse into alcoholism. To get his mind off his problems, Jesse begins working on the unsolved murder of a bank teller shot during a robbery. Meanwhile, Stone's investigation of an alleged rape draws him into conflict with the town council, which hopes to preserve Paradise's reputation as an ideal seaside resort.
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    Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
    Jesse Stone and Captain Healy are shot during an unauthorized stake-out in Boston. Meanwhile, a cryptic letter sent from Paradise leads the mother of a kidnapped child to Stone. Though her son was declared dead, she hopes he will reopen the case.
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    Jesse Stone: No Remorse
    Police Chief Jesse Stone, who was suspended by the Paradise, Mass. Town Council, begins moonlighting for his friend, State Homicide Commander Healy, by investigating a series of murders in Boston, leaving Rose and Suitcase to handle a crime spree in Paradise on their own. Jesse pours his energy into his work in an effort to push away his twin demons: booze and women. When his investigation leads to notorious mob boss Gino Fish, Jesse's pursuit becomes hazardous. (imdb)
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    Last Day of Summer
    This unpredictable story follows an agitated fast-food employee, Joe, who's reached his breaking point from being harassed and tormented by his boss. Finally on the last day of summer, Joe snaps and decides to take revenge on his boss but his plans are disrupted when a quick glance from a beautiful girl catches his attention leading him to kidnapping her instead, changing both their lives forever. (imdb)
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    The Good Student
    Nerdy teacher Ronald Gibb has trouble hiding his tiny crush on gorgeous student Ally, which all starts to look very bad for Ronald once Ally is kidnapped and he's the last person to be seen with her. (Netflix)
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    Man on a Ledge
    As a police psychologist works to talk down an ex-con who is threatening to jump from a Manhattan hotel rooftop, the biggest diamond heist ever committed is in motion... (imdb)
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    Ambushed
    Jim Natter, the leader of a violent Kuk Klux Klan lodge, is shot dead. His teenage son Eric Natter is found nearby, and taken into police custody for his protection pending the investigation. While four cops drive him to a safe-house, they are ambushed. Three of them shot dead, including Deputy Lawrence, and his black partner Jerry Robinson is accused of the murders. (imdb)
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    Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
    Jesse Stone goes on a manhunt that turns into a bizarre game of cat and mouse. (metacafe.com)
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    Greetings from Tim Buckley
    A young Jeff Buckley (Penn Badgley) struggles to make peace with his late father Tim's legacy while preparing to perform at a tribute concert to the late singer-songwriter, in this stirring drama about the prelude to the tragically short-lived singer's creation of his monumental album Grace. (tiff.net)
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    Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
    Documentary looking at the film The Shawshank Redemption and the reasons why it has become a hugely acclaimed and popular film after having failed at the box office on its original release in 1994. (BFI)
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    Future Weather
    When her single mom runs off to California, Lauduree, a passionate environmentalist, clings to her rural home and a carbon sequestration experiment. But her grandmother Greta, a caustic nurse on the verge of moving in with her long-distance boyfriend, has other plans. Thrust into each other's lives, the two women must learn to trust each other and leap into the unknown. (imdb)
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    Iron Man 3
    When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, Stark starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution. (imdb)
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    Silent But Deadly
    Thomas Capper is an unconventional and mysterious serial killer who takes aim at a Hollywood film set, by unleashing his own brand of retribution on the cast and crew. (imdb)
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    Riddle
    College student Holly Teller (Elisabeth Harnois) is drawn to the mysterious small town of Riddle, Pennsylvania in search of her missing brother. Against the will of the local Sheriff (Val Kilmer) and town elder (William Sadler), she begins to unravel a mystery connected to an abandoned psychiatric hospital on the edge of town, uncovering a terrifying past the town is determined to keep hidden. (imdb)
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    The Face of Fear
    A killer traps an unarmed police detective and her husband, a former mountaineer with psychic powers, in a Manhattan office building. (imdb)
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    The Suspect
    Two African American social scientists pose as bank robbers in an effort to understand the racial dynamics of small-town law enforcement. However, their experiment takes an unplanned, deadly turn (imdb)
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    Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
    When a young mother is murdered, Chicago police sergeant Jack Reed sets out to find her killer. But the secret world of undercover operations rears its ugly head.
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    The Historian
    A history professor flees a painful personal tragedy, taking a job at a new university, where he struggles with a contentious department chair, student apathy, and new relationships that challenge his worldview. (devolverdigital.com)
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    Wonderfalls
    Wonderfalls (2004) - TV Series
    Jaye Tyler (Caroline Dhavernas) is a loner living in Niagara Falls who, after graduating college, has fallen into a care-free comfortable rut living in a trailer park and working as a retail clerk in the Falls souvenir shop of Wonderfalls - that is until the souvenirs, and anything in the world with an anamorphic face, starts talking to her... (imdb)
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    Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
    Jesse investigates another murder in Boston. (imdb)
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    Edge
    Edge (2015) - TV Movie
    A televised adaptation of the 'Edge' book series by George G. Gilman. (imdb)
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    Roswell
    Roswell (1999) - TV Series
    Living among the citizens of the infamous New Mexico city of Roswell are some who are not there by choice. They are there to follow a destiny given to them by the members of their dying race, a race that they are someday destined to save. This is the background behind the WB series "Roswell". Max Evans, Isabel Evans and Michael Guerin are teenage humans with extraordinary gifts - gifts that are "not-of-this-earth". They are human/alien hybrids, sent here to complete their destiny.
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    Ava\
    A young woman recovers from a demonic possession. (imdb)
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    The Duel
    A Texas Ranger investigates a series of unexplained deaths in a town called Helena
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    Freedom
    Pursued by a relentless tracker, Samuel Woodward and his family escape servitude on a Virginia plantation through a network of safe houses, an underground organization of ordinary citizens who smuggle runaway slaves to freedom. (Netflix)
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    Living Among Us
    After vampires make themselves public, a "family" of vampires let a crew of journalists have access to their home to make a documentary about their lives. Little by little the crew start to be afraid towards the attitude of some of the vampires in the family and their rituals.
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    The Neighborhood
    A neighborhood in Brooklyn reacts to the first black families moving into the community.
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    Freeheld
    New Jersey police lieutenant, Laurel Hester, and her registered domestic partner, Stacie Andree, both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer. (imdb)
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    Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood
    The cryptkeeper returns to tell the story of a funeral parlor that moonlights as a vampire bordello. (imdb)
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    Bermuda Grace
    Sam Grace; a Philadelphia based private detective teams up with his old friend Trevor Watkins; an English policeman who both go on the trail of an elusive murderer and jewel thief in Bermuda.
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    The Highwaymen
    A pair of police officers come out of retirement to catch the infamous outlaws Bonnie & Clyde.
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    When They See Us
    When They See Us (2019) - TV Mini-Series
    Chronicle the true story of a notorious case of five black teenagers who were convicted of a rape they did not commit. (imdb)
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    The Grudge
    A house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death. (imdb)
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    VFW
    A group of war veterans must defend their local VFW post and an innocent teen against a deranged drug dealer and his relentless army of punk mutants.
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    Premium
    Reginald "Cool" Coolidge is a struggling actor, fed up with taking stereotypical African American roles and waiting for his big break in a legitimate production. His ex-fiancée and one true love reappears after 3 years of silence, and Cool discovers that it is 36 hours until her wedding to a local lawyer. As Cool embarks on last-ditch attempts to win her back, he takes on the biggest "role" of his life while also learning the secret to mastering his craft. (imdb)
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    Rush
    Two small town Texas cops goes undercover to catch a major drug runner & end up getting caught up in the drug culture. (imdb)
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    Hanky Panky
    The complete innocent, Michael Jordan, is drawn into a web of secrecy and government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she is later murdered, Michael is the chief suspect and on the run. (imdb)
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    Confess
    A political thriller that charts the exploits of disillusioned ex-hacker Terell Lessor. (imdb)
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    The Hollow
    When a U.S. congressman's daughter passing through a small town in Mississippi dies in a mysterious triple homicide, a team of F.B.I. agents descends to investigate. They find a struggling and corrupt sheriff's department, a shadowy and much-feared figure, who seems to be pulling all of the town's strings from his mansion on the edge of town and a local victim with a strange connection to a number of the town's most prominent figures
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    Bill & Ted Face the Music
    Once told they'd save the universe during a time-traveling adventure, 2 would-be rockers from San Dimas, California find themselves as middle-aged dads still trying to crank out a hit song and fulfill their destiny.
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    The Comey Rule
    The Comey Rule (2020) - TV Mini-Series
    Jeff Daniels and Brendan Gleeson star as former FBI Dir. James Comey and President Donald J. Trump in this limited series of the story of two powerful men, whose strikingly different ethics and loyalties put them on a collision course.
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    See Girl Run
    A young adult woman decides to revisit her past relationships in order to find some guidance in her current life. (imdb)
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    Tales from the Crypt
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    The Flash
    The Flash (2014) - TV Series
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    The Unholy
    A hearing-impaired girl is visited by the Virgin Mary and can suddenly hear, speak, and heal the sick. As people flock to witness her miracles, terrifying events unfold. Are they the work of the Virgin Mary or something much more sinister? (imdb)
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    Z Nation
    Z Nation (2014) - TV Series
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    The Outer Limits
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    Frank the Bastard
    A young woman returns to her birthplace after her father's death and unearths distant memories and long-buried secrets that change everything she thought she knew about her family, past and herself.
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    666 Park Avenue
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    She Came from the Woods
    In 1987, a group of counselors accidentally unleash a decades' old evil on the last night of summer camp.
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    Rebel Highway
    Rebel Highway (1994) - TV Series
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    Full Circle
    Full Circle (2023) - TV Mini-Series
    An investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City.
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    Roseanne
    Roseanne (1988) - TV Series
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