William Sadler (actor)

William Sadler
Sadler in 2019
Born	William Thomas Sadler (1950-04-13) April 13, 1950 (age 74) Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Education	State University of New York, Geneseo (BA) Cornell University (MFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1977–present
Spouse	Marni Joan Bakst ​ (m. 1977)​
Children	1

William Thomas Sadler (born April 13, 1950)^[1] 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, Death in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey and Bill & Ted Face the Music,^[2] and Colonel Stuart in Die Hard 2. He played Matthew Ellis in Iron Man 3, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and WHIH Newsfront. He also recurs as 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. He also played Don in the 1992 movie Trespass.