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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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 G... more

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  

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.

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The Shawshank Redemption
(1994)
Crime, Drama
Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -...
Runtime:
142 min
Director:
Frank Darabont
Cast:
Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown
9.3
91%
80
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The Green Mile
(1999)
Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
Runtime:
189 min
Director:
Frank Darabont
Cast:
Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse, Bonnie Hunt, James Cromwell
8.6
78%
61
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The Pacific
(2010)
Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
A 10-part mini-series from the creators of "Band of Brothers" telling the intertwined stories of three Marines during America's battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II.
Runtime:
540 min
Director:
Jeremy Podeswa, Tim Van Patten, David Nutter, Graham Yost, Carl Franklin, Tony To
Cast:
James Badge Dale, Joseph Mazzello, Jon Seda, Ashton Holmes, William Sadler
8.3
N/A
N/A
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Iron Man 3
(2013)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
Runtime:
130 min
Director:
Shane Black
Cast:
Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Guy Pearce, Don Cheadle, Ben Kingsley
7.2
79%
62
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Die Hard 2
(1990)
Action, Thriller
Off-duty cop John McClane is gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when, on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation’s capital, terrorists seize a major international airport, holding thousands of holiday travelers hostage. Renegade military commandos led by a murderous rogue officer plot to rescue a drug lord from justice and are prepared for ...
Runtime:
124 min
Director:
Renny Harlin, Paul Abascal
Cast:
Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Sadler, Franco Nero, Franco Nero
7.1
69%
67
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The Mist
(2007)
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.
Runtime:
126 min
Director:
Frank Darabont
Cast:
Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Toby Jones, Jeffrey DeMunn
7.1
72%
58
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August Rush
(2007)
Drama, Family, Music
An orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents.
Runtime:
114 min
Director:
Kirsten Sheridan
Cast:
Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Terrence Howard, Robin Williams
7.5
37%
38
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Eagle Eye
(2008)
Action, Mystery, Thriller
Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers whose lives are suddenly thrown into turmoil by a mysterious woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, the unseen caller uses everyday technology to control their actions and push them into increasing danger. As events escalate, Jerry and Rachel become the country's ...
Runtime:
118 min
Director:
D. J. Caruso
Cast:
Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis, Anthony Mackie
6.6
26%
43
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Man on a Ledge
(2012)
Action, Crime, Thriller
An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled.
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Asger Leth
Cast:
Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Ed Harris, Edward Burns
6.6
31%
40
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Kinsey
(2004)
Drama
Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What begins for Kinsey as a scientific endeavor soon takes on an intensely personal relevance, ultimately becoming an unexpected journey into the mystery of human behavior.
Runtime:
118 min
Director:
Bill Condon
Cast:
Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard, Timothy Hutton
7.1
90%
79
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Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
(1991)
Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
Amiable slackers Bill and Ted are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos, a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicates of the two lads to terminate and replace them. The robot doubles actually succeed in killing Bill and Ted, but the two are determined to escape the afterlife, challenging the Grim Reape...
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Peter Hewitt
Cast:
Keanu Reeves, Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Alex Winter, George Carlin
6.3
56%
60
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Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
(1995)
Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A man on the run is hunted by a demon known as the Collector.
Runtime:
92 min
Director:
Ernest R. Dickerson
Cast:
Billy Zane, William Sadler, Jada Pinkett Smith, Brenda Bakke, CCH Pounder
6.7
38%
48
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K-9
(1989)
Action, Comedy, Crime
The extravagant cop Michael Dooley needs some help to fight a drug dealer who has tried to kill him. A "friend" gives him a dog named Jerry Lee (Officer Lewis), who has been trained to smell drugs. With his help, Dooley sets out to put his enemy behind the bars, but Jerry Lee has a personality of his own and works only when he wants to...
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Rod Daniel
Cast:
Jim Belushi, Jim Belushi, Mel Harris, Kevin Tighe, Ed O'Neill
6.0
22%
44
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Machete Kills
(2013)
Action, Crime, Thriller
Ex-Federale agent Machete is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man – he must take down a madman revolutionary and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who has hatched a plan to spread war and anarchy across the planet.
Runtime:
107 min
Director:
Robert Rodriguez
Cast:
Danny Trejo, Mel Gibson, Amber Heard, Michelle Rodriguez, Sofía Vergara
5.6
28%
41
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Hard to Kill
(1990)
Action
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. Mason is secretly taken to a hospital where he spends several years in a coma. His son meanwhile is growing up thinking his father is dead. When Mason wakes up, everyone is in danger - himself, his...
Runtime:
96 min
Director:
Bruce Malmuth
Cast:
Steven Seagal, Kelly LeBrock, William Sadler, Frederick Coffin, Bonnie Burroughs
5.8
36%
41
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The Hot Spot
(1990)
Crime, Romance
A loner moves in to a small Texas town, finds himself a job, and sets about plotting to rob the local bank.
Runtime:
130 min
Director:
Dennis Hopper
Cast:
Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly, Charles Martin Smith, William Sadler
6.4
N/A
56
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Trespass
(1992)
Action, Crime, Thriller
Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis. What they don't know is that the factory is in the turf of a local gang, who come by to execute one of their enemies. Vince sees the shooting, the gang spots Vince, and extended mayhem ensues. As Vince ...
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Walter Hill
Cast:
Bill Paxton, Ice-T, William Sadler, Ice Cube, Art Evans
6.3
70%
N/A
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Rush
(1991)
Crime, Drama
Undercover cop Jim Raynor (Jason Patric) is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates (Jennifer Jason Leigh), is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his next case with him: a deep cover assignment to bring down the notoriously hard-to-capture drug lord Gaines (Gregg Allman). While their relationship tur...
Runtime:
120 min
Director:
Lili Fini Zanuck
Cast:
Jason Patric, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Elliott, Max Perlich, Gregg Allman
6.8
71%
66
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Disturbing Behavior
(1998)
Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
Steve Clark is a newcomer in the town of Cradle Bay, and he quickly realizes that there's something odd about his high school classmates. The clique known as the "Blue Ribbons" are the eerie embodiment of academic excellence and clean living. But, like the rest of the town, they're a little too perfect. When Steve's rebellious friend G...
Runtime:
84 min
Director:
David Nutter
Cast:
James Marsden, Katie Holmes, Nick Stahl, Steve Railsback, Bruce Greenwood
5.6
34%
N/A
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Project X
(1987)
Comedy, Drama
A young inductee into the military is given the task of looking after some chimpanzees used in the mysterious 'Project X'. Getting to know the chimps fairly well, he begins to suspect there is more to the secret project than he is being told.
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Jonathan Kaplan
Cast:
Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, Willie, William Sadler, Johnny Ray McGhee
6.1
75%
61
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Freaked
(1993)
Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
Runtime:
86 min
Director:
Alex Winter, Tom Stern
Cast:
Brooke Shields, William Sadler, Alex Winter, Randy Quaid, Michael Stoyanov
6.4
50%
58
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Bordello of Blood
(1996)
Comedy, Horror
Private eye Rafe Guttman is hired by repressed, born-again Katherine to find her missing bad-boy brother. The trail leads him to a whorehouse run by a thousand-year-old vampire and secretly backed by Katherine's boss, televangelist Jimmy Current.
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
Gilbert Adler
Cast:
Dennis Miller, Erika Eleniak, Angie Everhart, John Kassir, Whoopi Goldberg
5.4
15%
36
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RocketMan
(1997)
Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
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.
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Stuart Gillard
Cast:
Harland Williams, Jessica Lundy, William Sadler, Beau Bridges
5.9
24%
N/A
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Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
(2009)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie, Thriller
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.
Runtime:
88 min
Director:
Robert Harmon
Cast:
Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth, Leslie Hope, Stephen McHattie
7.2
N/A
N/A
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The Hills Run Red
(2009)
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of young horror fans go searching for a film that mysteriously vanished years ago but instead find that the demented killer from the movie is real, and he's thrilled to meet fans who will die gruesomely for his art.
Runtime:
81 min
Director:
Dave Parker
Cast:
Sophie Monk, William Sadler, Tad Hilgenbrink, Janet Montgomery, Mike Straub
5.4
57%
N/A
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The Duel
(2016)
Drama, Western
A Texas Ranger investigates a series of unexplained deaths in a town called Helena.
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Kieran Darcy-Smith
Cast:
Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, William Hurt, Alice Braga, William Sadler
5.7
22%
42
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The Battle of Shaker Heights
(2003)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A quirky teen with a penchant for war reenactments, Kelly Ernswiler obsesses over military tactics with his buddy Bart. The school bully is one of Kelly's regular headaches, and he also has to deal with a frustrating situation at home, where his father is a recovering drug addict. Kelly's life gets even more complicated when he falls f...
Runtime:
79 min
Director:
Kyle Rankin, Efram Potelle
Cast:
Shia LaBeouf, Shia LaBeouf, Elden Henson, Amy Smart, Billy Kay
6.0
39%
33
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Jesse Stone: No Remorse
(2010)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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 h...
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
Robert Harmon
Cast:
Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth, Stephen McHattie
7.3
N/A
N/A
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Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
(2012)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Jesse finds himself struggling to get his job back as the Paradise police chief, and he is forced to rely on his cop intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues and hidden meanings as he attempts to solve a shocking and horrifying mob-related double homicide.
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
Robert Harmon
Cast:
Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth, Gloria Reuben, Stephen McHattie
7.2
N/A
N/A
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Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
(2011)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie, Thriller
Jesse investigates the suspicious death of a young friend while the police force deals with the arrogant new police chief who is the son-in-law of a town councilman.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Dick Lowry
Cast:
Tom Selleck, Kathy Baker, Kohl Sudduth, William Devane, Stephen McHattie
7.1
N/A
N/A
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Roadracers
(1994)
Action, Drama, TV Movie
Cynical look at a '50s rebellious Rocker who has to confront his future, thugs with knives, and the crooked town sheriff.
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Robert Rodriguez
Cast:
David Arquette, Salma Hayek, John Hawkes, Jason Wiles, William Sadler
6.7
N/A
N/A
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The Path to 911
(2006)
Documentary
The Path to 9/11 was a two-part miniseries that aired in the United States on ABC television from September 10 – 11, 2006, and also in other countries. The film dramatizes the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York City and the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Runtime:
240 min
Cast:
Harvey Keitel, Michael Benyaer, Michael Benyaer, Michael Benyaer, Michael Benyaer
6.2
N/A
N/A
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Hanky Panky
(1982)
Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The complete innocent, Michael Jordon, 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.
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Sidney Poitier
Cast:
Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Kathleen Quinlan, Richard Widmark, Robert Prosky
5.6
40%
N/A
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Ava's Possessions
(2015)
Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Ava is recovering from demonic possession. With no memory of the past month, she must attend a Spirit Possessions Anonymous support group to figure out what happened. Ava's life was hijacked by a demon, now it's time to get it back.
Runtime:
89 min
Director:
Jordan Galland
Cast:
Louisa Krause, Whitney Able, Deborah Rush, William Sadler, Zachary Booth
5.6
64%
53
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Jimmy and Judy
(2006)
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two misunderstood suburban kids challenge society and run from the police while documenting all of their deeds with a digital camera.
Runtime:
99 min
Director:
Randall Rubin, Jon Schroder
Cast:
Edward Furlong, Rachael Bella, William Sadler, Chaney Kley, A.J. Buckley
6.0
50%
N/A
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Witness Protection
(1999)
Crime, Drama, TV Movie
Would you be willing to walk away from everyone and everything you've ever known in exchange for your safety? This is the question facing career criminal Bobby "Bats" Batton (Tom Sizemore); on the outs with the mob and facing prosecution for a number of serious crimes, Batton is offered a deal by the FBI in which he will be given immun...
Runtime:
105 min
6.4
N/A
N/A
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Greetings from Tim Buckley
(2013)
Drama
A chronicle of the days leading up to Jeff Buckley's performance at his father's tribute concert in 1991.
Runtime:
99 min
Director:
Daniel Algrant
Cast:
Penn Badgley, Imogen Poots, William Sadler, Norbert Leo Butz, Frank Wood
6.1
71%
57
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DeVour
(2005)
Horror
Friends become increasingly addicted to a video game that has an evil agenda.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
David Winkler
Cast:
Jensen Ackles, Jensen Ackles, Shannyn Sossamon, Shannyn Sossamon, Dominique Swain
4.8
20%
N/A
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Freedom
(2014)
Drama, Music
Two men separated by 100 years are united in their search for freedom. In 1856 a slave, Samuel Woodward and his family, escape from the Monroe Plantation near Richmond, Virginia. A secret network of ordinary people known as the Underground Railroad guide the family on their journey north to Canada. They are relentlessly pursued by the ...
Runtime:
98 min
6.2
N/A
30
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The Suspect
(2013)
Thriller
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 turn.
Runtime:
89 min
Director:
Stuart Connelly
Cast:
Mekhi Phifer, William Sadler, Derek Roché, James McCaffrey, Rebecca Creskoff
5.8
75%
N/A