William Sadler is an American theater and film actor, director, producer, winner of the Saturn Award for his supporting role in the movie "The New Adventures of Bill and Tedd." He began his creative career on the stage in the 1980s.
The actor has almost two hundred roles in television and film projects. Basically, he got the role of negative characters in action films, thrillers, dramas and comedies. He gained the greatest fame thanks to the filming of the films: "Shawshank Redemption", "Die Hard 2", "Tales from the Crypt", "Third Shift", "Darkness", "The Green Mile".
Facts from the biography
William was born in the USA in the spring of 1950. His ancestors were emigrants from England and Scotland. Also in his family tree there are representatives of Germany.
Even before school, the boy showed a genuine interest in music and by the age of 8 he learned to play the ukulele. In his youth, he played in the teenage group Knight Ryders, but left it shortly before the musicians had a terrible car accident. None of the members of the group survived in it.
William received his primary education at Orchard Park High School in New York, then went to SUNY Geneseo College. Later he studied at the graduate school of Cornell University.
Theatrical career
Sadler began his acting career with performances in theaters in New York. He played on stage for 12 years and appeared in 75 performances. In 1985, he received the Clarence Derwent Award and the Drama-Logue Award for his role as Sergeant Tumi in the Broadway production of N. Simon's “Biloxi Blues”.
In 2005, William reappeared on Broadway in the play "Julius Caesar", playing a major role. A few years later, together with the famous actors S. Sarandon and J. Rush, appeared in the play by Y. Ionesco “The King's Exit”.
Film career
Sadler appeared on the screen in the 1980s. At first, these were inconspicuous roles in television films and series. In 1982, he got a cameo in the comedy action movie Fraud.
A few years later he starred in the comedy "K-9: Dog Work", where the main role was played by James Belushi. In the action movie "Death Against" William appeared in the role of a negative hero - Senator Trent. His opponent was Mason Storn performed by Stephen Seagal.
In 1990, Sadler got the role of Colonel Stewart in the cult action movie Die Hard 2 with Bruce Willis in the title role.
After 2 years, William starred in the fantastic comedy "The New Adventure of Bill and Ted, " where Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter became his partners on the set. For the excellent work in this film, the actor was awarded the Saturn Prize.
Sadler worked with director F. Darabont in all of his films based on the works of the horror king Stephen King: "Shawshank Redemption, " "The Green Mile, " and "The Darkness."
Since 2000, the actor has played in numerous projects, among which it is worth noting: “Doctor Kinsey”, “Medium”, “Think like a criminal”, “Blackmail”, “Missing”, “Struggle”, “August Rush”, “Edge”, “On the hook”, “White collar”, “Pacific Ocean”, “Hawaii 5.0”, “In sight”, “On the brink”, “Elementary”, “Iron man 3”, “Agents S.H.I. ", " Power in the night city, "" When they see us."
