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William Sadler (actor)

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William Sadler
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William Sadler (born April 13,1950 in Buffalo, New York) is an American actor. He attended high school in Orchard Park, New York, and went to college at SUNY Geneseo.

Sadler is well known for his role in the 1990 action film Die Hard 2: Die Harder as "Colonel Stuart", as "Heywood" in the 1994 prison drama The Shawshank Redemption and as the Grim Reaper in the 1991 comedy Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. He also appeared on the television series Roswell as "Sheriff Jim Valenti," and Wonderfalls as "Darrin Tyler".

His film credits include Trespass, K-9, Project X, Disturbing Behavior, the upcoming films Purple Heart and Jimmy and Judy.

Summer 2005 saw him in the title role of Julius Caesar on Broadway with actor Denzel Washington playing Brutus.

Sadler's TV guest appearances include In the Heat of the Night, Roseanne, Tru Calling, CSI, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. He had a recurring role on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Luther Sloan, a member of a covert organization called Section 31.

He has one child with wife Marni Joan Bakst, to whom he has been married since 1977.