Name
Will Patton
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1954-06-14 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Biography
William Rankin Patton (born June 14, 1954) is an American actor and audiobook narrator. He starred as Colonel Dan Weaver in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies. He also appeared in the films Remember the Titans, Armageddon, Gone in 60 Seconds and The Punisher. He appeared opposite Kevin Costner in two films: No Way Out (1987) and The Postman (1997). He won two Obie Awards for best actor in Sam Shepard's play Fool for Love and the Public Theater production of What Did He See?.
Known For
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When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Pun...
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When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the on...
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All the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does...
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A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monu...
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Ex-car thief Randall Raines is forced out of retirement to save his brother Kip after a bo...
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After leading his football team to 15 winning seasons, coach Bill Yoast is demoted and rep...
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Since the 1960s, a disproportionate number of the population in and around Nome, Alaska, h...
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Michael manages to free himself from Laurie Strode's trap to resume his ritual bloodbath. ...
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- 1998 Armageddon as Chick
- 1991 The Rapture as Deputy Foster
- 1993 Romeo Is Bleeding as Martie
- 1995 Copycat as Nicoletti
- 1999 Entrapment as Hector Cruz
- 1987 No Way Out as Scott Pritchard
- 2000 Remember the Titans as Coach Bill Yoast
- 2002 The Mothman Prophecies as Gordon Smallwood
- 1994 The Client as Sergeant Hardy
- 1998 I Woke Up Early the Day I Died as Preacher
- 1985 After Hours as Horst
- 1990 A Shock to the System as Lieutenant Laker
- 2008 American Violet as Sam Conroy
- 2009 The Fourth Kind as Sheriff August
- 2000 Trixie as W. 'Red' Rafferty
- 2004 The Punisher as Quentin Glass
- 1994 The Puppet Masters as Dr. Lawrence Graves
- 2009 The Canyon as Henry
- 2010 Brooklyn's Finest as Lt. Bill Hobarts
- 2022 Halloween Ends as Frank
- 2000 Gone in Sixty Seconds as Atley Jackson
- 1997 Inventing the Abbotts as Lloyd Abbott
- 1997 The Postman as Bethlehem
- 2008 The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond as Old Man Dobyne
- 1990 Everybody Wins as Jerry
- 2007 The List as Harriston
- 2004 The Last Ride as Aaron Purnell
- 1997 This World, Then the Fireworks as Lt. Morgan
- 2010 Princess Kaiulani as Sanford B. Dole
- 1996 The Spitfire Grill as Nahum Goddard
- 2024 Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 as Owen Kittredge
- 1996 Fled as Gibson
- 2007 Dog Days of Summer as Eli Cottonmouth
- 1994 Tollbooth as Dash
- 1989 Signs of Life as Owen's Father
- 2011 Meek's Cutoff as Soloman Tetherow
- 1985 Variety as Mark
- 1987 A Gathering of Old Men as Lou Dimes
- 1992 In the Deep Woods as Eric Gaines
- 2012 The Girl as Tommy
- 1992 Cold Heaven as Father Niles
- 1992 Lincoln and the War Within
- 1988 Stars & Bars as Duane Gage
- 1994 Judicial Consent as Alan Warwick
- 2005 Family Sins as Philip Rothman
- 2013 Abigail Harm as The Visitor/Narrator
- 2024 Janet Planet as Wayne
- 1984 The Beniker Gang as Forest Ranger
- 1993 The Paint Job as Wesley
- 1991 Deadly Desire as Giles Menteer
- 1991 Dillinger as Melvin Purvis
- 2014 The November Man as Perry Weinstein
- 1988 Wildfire as Mike
- 2002 The Rough South of Larry Brown
- 1993 Midnight Edition as Jack Travers
- 1986 Belizaire the Cajun as Matthew Perry
- 2006 Road House 2: Last Call as Nate Tanner
- 2024 Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 as Owen Kittredge
- 1998 All Revved Up as Sean
- 2010 Knucklehead as Vic Sullivan
- 2018 Salvage as Guy Hill
- 1984 Chinese Boxes as Marsh
- 1981 Kent State as Peter
- 2016 American Honey as Back Seat Cowboy
- 1992 In the Soup as Skippy
- 2018 The Scent of Rain & Lightning as Senior
- 2017 Megan Leavey as Jim
- 1999 Breakfast of Champions as Moe The Truck Driver
- 1990 Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice
- 2018 An Actor Prepares as Wisdom
- 1992 A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story as Frank Maxwell
- 1985 Desperately Seeking Susan as Wayne Nolan
- 1994 Natural Causes as Michael Murphy
- 2000 Jesus' Son as John Smith
- 2018 Halloween as Officer Hawkins
- 2018 Boarding School as Dr. Sherman
- 2020 Blood on Her Name as Richard
- 2021 Minari as Paul
- 2007 A Mighty Heart as Randall Bennett
- 2019 Radioflash as Frank
- 1983 King Blank as Bar Customer
- 2021 The Forever Purge as Caleb Tucker
- 2009 The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln as John Wilkes Booth (Voice)
- 1993 Taking the Heat as Hadley
- 2020 Sweet Thing as Adam
- 2008 Lucky Days as J.C.
- 2026 You Can't Win as Foot and a Half George
- 2019 Hammer as Stephen Davis
- 1983 Silkwood as Joe
- 1990 Bright Angel as Woody (uncredited)
- 2021 The Devil Below as Schuttmann
- 2008 Wendy and Lucy as Mechanic
- 1979 Minus Zero as Schreiber
- 2007 Code Name: The Cleaner as Riley
- 2021 Safe as Francis
- 2021 Halloween Kills as Officer Hawkins
- 2025 Train Dreams as Narrator (voice)
- Soon Ruby Road
- Soon The Ice at the Bottom of the World
- 2011 Waking Madison as Steven Walker
- 2005 Numb3rs ( 4 episodes ) as Det. Gary Walker
- 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 1 episode ) as Craig Halliday
- 2001 The Agency ( 44 episodes ) as Jackson Haisley
- 1995 VR.5 ( 13 episodes ) as Dr. Frank Morgan
- 2001 24 ( 5 episodes ) as Alan Wilson
- 1985 The Equalizer ( 1 episode ) as Officer Nick Braxton
- 2005 Into the West ( 6 episodes ) as James Fletcher
- 1982 Nature ( 1 episode ) as Narrator (voice)
- 1990 Nasty Boys ( 1 episode ) as Batiste
- 2023 Silo ( 4 episodes ) as Deputy Sam Marnes
- 2011 Falling Skies ( 52 episodes ) as Captain Daniel 'Dan' Weaver
- 1951 Search for Tomorrow ( 5 episodes )
- 2017 Shots Fired ( 10 episodes ) as Sheriff Daniel Platt
- 2022 Outer Range ( 13 episodes ) as Wayne Tillerson
- 2019 Swamp Thing ( 10 episodes ) as Avery Sunderland
- 2018 Yellowstone ( 7 episodes ) as Garrett Randle
- 2009 The Good Wife ( 4 episodes ) as Mike Tascioni
- Soon The Magnificent Seven ( 8 episodes ) as Cyrus T. Clemons
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Matthew Perry
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Owen's Father
