Will Patton

Known for: Acting

Born: 1954-06-14 (age 72)

From: Charleston, South Carolina, USA

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?.

Filmography (119)

MOVIE★ 5.0
You Can't Win
2026
as Foot and a Half George
MOVIE★ 7.3
Train Dreams
2025
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024
as Owen Kittredge
MOVIE★ 6.8
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
2024
as Owen Kittredge
MOVIE★ 6.0
Janet Planet
2024
as Wayne
TV★ 8.2
Silo
2023
as Deputy Sam Marnes
MOVIE★ 6.0
Halloween Ends
2022
as Frank
TV★ 6.9
Outer Range
2022
as Wayne Tillerson
MOVIE★ 6.4
Halloween Kills
2021
as Officer Hawkins
MOVIE★ 5.0
Safe
2021
as Francis
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Forever Purge
2021
as Caleb Tucker
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Devil Below
2021
as Schuttmann
MOVIE★ 7.3
Minari
2021
as Paul
MOVIE★ 6.7
Sweet Thing
2020
as Adam
MOVIE★ 5.6
Blood on Her Name
2020
as Richard
MOVIE★ 5.4
Hammer
2019
as Stephen Davis
MOVIE★ 5.1
Radioflash
2019
as Frank
TV★ 7.4
Swamp Thing
2019
as Avery Sunderland
MOVIE★ 6.6
Halloween
2018
as Officer Hawkins
MOVIE★ 5.8
An Actor Prepares
2018
as Wisdom
MOVIE★ 6.3
Boarding School
2018
as Dr. Sherman
TV★ 8.3
Yellowstone
2018
as Garrett Randle
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Scent of Rain & Lightning
2018
as Senior
MOVIE
Salvage
2018
MOVIE★ 7.3
Megan Leavey
2017
as Jim
TV★ 5.7
Shots Fired
2017
as Sheriff Daniel Platt
MOVIE★ 6.8
American Honey
2016
as Back Seat Cowboy
MOVIE★ 6.1
The November Man
2014
as Perry Weinstein
MOVIE★ 4.0
Abigail Harm
2013
as The Visitor/Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Girl
2012
as Tommy
TV★ 7.1
Falling Skies
2011
as Captain Daniel 'Dan' Weaver
MOVIE★ 5.5
Waking Madison
2011
as Steven Walker
MOVIE★ 6.5
Meek's Cutoff
2011
as Soloman Tetherow
MOVIE★ 5.7
Knucklehead
2010
as Vic Sullivan
MOVIE★ 5.7
Princess Kaiulani
2010
as Sanford B. Dole
MOVIE★ 6.3
Brooklyn's Finest
2010
as Lt. Bill Hobarts
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Fourth Kind
2009
as Sheriff August
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Canyon
2009
as Henry
TV★ 7.6
The Good Wife
2009
as Mike Tascioni
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
2009
as John Wilkes Booth (Voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Wendy and Lucy
2008
as Mechanic
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
2008
as Old Man Dobyne
MOVIE★ 6.7
American Violet
2008
as Sam Conroy
MOVIE
Lucky Days
2008
as J.C.
MOVIE★ 4.8
Dog Days of Summer
2007
as Eli Cottonmouth
MOVIE★ 6.4
A Mighty Heart
2007
as Randall Bennett
MOVIE★ 5.1
Code Name: The Cleaner
2007
as Riley
MOVIE★ 3.5
The List
2007
as Harriston
MOVIE★ 5.3
Road House 2: Last Call
2006
as Nate Tanner
TV★ 8.0
Into the West
2005
as James Fletcher
MOVIE★ 5.8
Family Sins
2005
as Philip Rothman
TV★ 7.0
Numb3rs
2005
as Det. Gary Walker
MOVIE★ 4.3
The Last Ride
2004
as Aaron Purnell
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Punisher
2004
as Quentin Glass
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Rough South of Larry Brown
2002
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Mothman Prophecies
2002
as Gordon Smallwood
TV★ 7.8
24
2001
as Alan Wilson
TV★ 6.9
The Agency
2001
as Jackson Haisley
TV★ 7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Craig Halliday
MOVIE★ 7.7
Remember the Titans
2000
as Coach Bill Yoast
MOVIE★ 4.8
Trixie
2000
as W. 'Red' Rafferty
MOVIE★ 6.2
Jesus' Son
2000
as John Smith
MOVIE★ 6.5
Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000
as Atley Jackson
MOVIE★ 6.2
Entrapment
1999
as Hector Cruz
MOVIE★ 5.0
Breakfast of Champions
1999
as Moe The Truck Driver
MOVIE★ 5.0
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
1998
as Preacher
MOVIE★ 6.8
Armageddon
1998
as Chick
MOVIE★ 5.6
All Revved Up
1998
as Sean
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Postman
1997
as Bethlehem
MOVIE★ 5.2
This World, Then the Fireworks
1997
as Lt. Morgan
MOVIE★ 6.3
Inventing the Abbotts
1997
as Lloyd Abbott
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Spitfire Grill
1996
as Nahum Goddard
MOVIE★ 5.7
Fled
1996
as Gibson
MOVIE★ 6.5
Copycat
1995
as Nicoletti
TV★ 6.7
VR.5
1995
as Dr. Frank Morgan
MOVIE★ 6.2
Tollbooth
1994
as Dash
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Puppet Masters
1994
as Dr. Lawrence Graves
MOVIE★ 5.6
Judicial Consent
1994
as Alan Warwick
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Client
1994
as Sergeant Hardy
MOVIE★ 5.3
Natural Causes
1994
as Michael Murphy
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Paint Job
1993
as Wesley
MOVIE★ 6.3
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993
as Martie
MOVIE★ 5.0
Taking the Heat
1993
as Hadley
MOVIE★ 7.5
Midnight Edition
1993
as Jack Travers
MOVIE★ 8.0
Lincoln and the War Within
1992
MOVIE★ 7.3
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
1992
as Frank Maxwell
MOVIE★ 5.5
In the Deep Woods
1992
as Eric Gaines
MOVIE★ 6.7
In the Soup
1992
as Skippy
MOVIE★ 4.4
Cold Heaven
1992
as Father Niles
MOVIE★ 3.3
Deadly Desire
1991
as Giles Menteer
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Rapture
1991
as Deputy Foster
MOVIE★ 5.6
Dillinger
1991
as Melvin Purvis
MOVIE★ 4.9
Bright Angel
1990
as Woody (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
A Shock to the System
1990
as Lt. Laker
TV★ 6.4
Nasty Boys
1990
as Batiste
MOVIE★ 4.1
Everybody Wins
1990
as Jerry
MOVIE★ 6.7
Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice
1990
MOVIE★ 4.9
Signs of Life
1989
as Owen's Father
MOVIE★ 4.0
Wildfire
1988
as Mike
MOVIE★ 4.4
Stars & Bars
1988
as Duane Gage
MOVIE★ 6.9
No Way Out
1987
as Scott Pritchard
MOVIE★ 6.2
A Gathering of Old Men
1987
as Lou Dimes
MOVIE★ 5.9
Belizaire the Cajun
1986
as Matthew Perry
TV★ 7.1
The Equalizer
1985
as Officer Nick Braxton
MOVIE★ 7.5
After Hours
1985
as Horst
MOVIE★ 6.1
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
as Wayne Nolan
MOVIE★ 5.4
Variety
1985
as Mark
MOVIE★ 6.0
Chinese Boxes
1984
as Marsh
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Beniker Gang
1984
as Forest Ranger
MOVIE★ 6.9
Silkwood
1983
as Joe
MOVIE★ 6.5
King Blank
1983
as Bar Customer
TV★ 7.9
Nature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Matthew Perry
MOVIE★ 6.0
Kent State
1981
as Peter
MOVIE
Minus Zero
1979
as Schreiber
TV★ 7.5
Search for Tomorrow
1951
TV
The Magnificent Seven
—
as Cyrus T. Clemons
MOVIE
Ruby Road
—
MOVIE
The Ice at the Bottom of the World
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