William Thomas Sadler (born April 13, 1950) is an American stage, film
and television actor. His television and motion picture roles have
included Chesty Puller in The Pacific, Luther Sloan in Star Trek: Deep
Space Nine, Sheriff Jim Valenti in Roswell, convict Heywood in The
Shawshank Redemption, Senator Vernon Trent in Hard to Kill, and the
Grim Reaper in Assaulted Nuts, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (winning the
Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor), Tales from the Crypt and Bill
& Ted Face the Music, and his role as Colonel Stuart opposite Bruce
Willis in Die Hard 2. He played the character of President of the
United States, Matthew Ellis, in Iron Man 3, Marvel's Agents of
S.H.I.E.L.D., and WHIH Newsfront, all set in the Marvel Cinematic
Universe. He also recurs as Steve McGarrett's murdered father, John
McGarrett, in the 2010 remake of the 1968 television series Hawaii
Five-O, and the Boston boxing promoter and suspected drug dealer Gino
Fish in the Jesse Stone television film series, opposite Tom Selleck,
as a small-town police chief.Sadler was born in Buffalo, New York, the
son of Jane and William Sadler. He is of mostly Scottish descent, with
smaller amounts of English and German ancestry.From an early age, he
took to performing in front of an audience. Playing a variety of
stringed instruments, Sadler found hometown success during his
high-school years at Orchard Park High School. He took on the persona
of Banjo Bill Sadler, a banjo-playing singer who cracked jokes while
playing.After graduating from high school, he enrolled in SUNY
Geneseo. Following that, he spent two years at Cornell University
where he earned his master's degree in Acting with a minor in Speech
Communications. He is a certified speech teacher and practiced in
accents.
and television actor. His television and motion picture roles have
included Chesty Puller in The Pacific, Luther Sloan in Star Trek: Deep
Space Nine, Sheriff Jim Valenti in Roswell, convict Heywood in The
Shawshank Redemption, Senator Vernon Trent in Hard to Kill, and the
Grim Reaper in Assaulted Nuts, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (winning the
Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor), Tales from the Crypt and Bill
& Ted Face the Music, and his role as Colonel Stuart opposite Bruce
Willis in Die Hard 2. He played the character of President of the
United States, Matthew Ellis, in Iron Man 3, Marvel's Agents of
S.H.I.E.L.D., and WHIH Newsfront, all set in the Marvel Cinematic
Universe. He also recurs as Steve McGarrett's murdered father, John
McGarrett, in the 2010 remake of the 1968 television series Hawaii
Five-O, and the Boston boxing promoter and suspected drug dealer Gino
Fish in the Jesse Stone television film series, opposite Tom Selleck,
as a small-town police chief.Sadler was born in Buffalo, New York, the
son of Jane and William Sadler. He is of mostly Scottish descent, with
smaller amounts of English and German ancestry.From an early age, he
took to performing in front of an audience. Playing a variety of
stringed instruments, Sadler found hometown success during his
high-school years at Orchard Park High School. He took on the persona
of Banjo Bill Sadler, a banjo-playing singer who cracked jokes while
playing.After graduating from high school, he enrolled in SUNY
Geneseo. Following that, he spent two years at Cornell University
where he earned his master's degree in Acting with a minor in Speech
Communications. He is a certified speech teacher and practiced in
accents.
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