Illustrated portrait of William SadlerFLM.RED

WILLIAM
SADLER

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A character actor across genres

From Die Hard 2 and Bill & Ted to The Shawshank Redemption.

Buffalo, New York, USA

Comedy, action and a prison ensemble

William Sadler is an American actor born in Buffalo, New York. He studied acting at Cornell University and has worked across theatre, film and television.

His screen roles range from Colonel Stuart in the action film Die Hard 2 to Death in the comedy Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey. He later returned to the latter character in Bill & Ted Face the Music.

In The Shawshank Redemption, Sadler plays Heywood, a member of the group of prisoners around Red. The ensemble follows friendships and changes over many years inside Shawshank.

He also appeared in The Green Mile and The Mist, both directed by Frank Darabont and adapted from Stephen King’s writing.

The list below shows films currently available on FLM.RED and is not his complete filmography.

Selected screen roles

1990

Die Hard 2

Colonel Stuart

1991

Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey

Death

1994

The Shawshank Redemption

Heywood

Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.

Films in FLM.RED

Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.

Sources & image notes

Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.