William Sadler

Age: 59
Height: 5' 8"

Birth Place: Buffalo, New York, USA
Born: Apr. 13th, 1950

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William Sadler's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Roswell	Sheriff Jim…
Traveler	Carlton Fog
Wonderfalls	Darrin Tyler
The Pacific	Colonel Lew…
Hooperman	Lanny Hardin
Nurse	Dr. George …
Assaulted Nuts (UK)	Various (10)
Cadets	Colonel Tom…
Gideon Oliver	Franklin Fi…
Private Eye	Lieutenant …

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

William Sadler began his acting career in New York theatres, appearing in more than 75 productions in just 12 years. His final role was as Sgt. Toomey in the Tony winning show "Biloxi Blues". He is best remembered for his roles in Die Hard 2 (1990) and The Shawshank Redemption (1994). He is also a television star, appearing in such sitcoms as "Roseanne" (1988) and "Murphy Brown" (1988) and such movies-of-the weeks as Charlie and the Great Balloon Chase (1981) (TV). Sadler is currently starring on the WB's weekly dramatic series "Roswell" (1999), in the role of Sheriff Jim Valenti.

TRIVIA:

He has been in three movies adapted from 'Stephen King (I)' (qv)'s work: _The Shawshank Redemption (1994)_ (qv), _The Green Mile (1999)_ (qv) and _The Mist (2007)_ (qv).
_The Mist (2007)_ (qv) is not his first experience with the story as he played the main character, "David Drayton", in the audio-book version.
Attended Cornell University.
Has played 'Shia LaBeouf' (qv)'s father in two films: _The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003)_ (qv) and _Eagle Eye (2008)_ (qv).
Attended Orchard Park High School in Orchard Park, New York, a suburb of Buffalo.
Born on the exact same day as 'Ron Perlman' (qv) (they have both appeared in the stage play "The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui").
A graduate of SUNY Geneseo.
Was featured as "The Grim Reaper" in both _Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)_ (qv) and _"Tales from the Crypt" (1989)_ (qv).