Will Patton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-06-14 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Will Patton

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?.

Acting

1998

Armageddon

as Chick

1991

The Rapture

as Deputy Foster

1993

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

1985

After Hours

as Horst

1990

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

2000

Gone in Sixty Seconds

as Atley Jackson

1997

Inventing the Abbotts

as Lloyd Abbott

1997

The Postman

as Bethlehem

2008

1990

2007

The List

as Harriston

2004

The Last Ride

as Aaron Purnell

2010

Princess Kaiulani

as Sanford B. Dole

1996

The Spitfire Grill

as Nahum Goddard

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

1992

In the Deep Woods

as Eric Gaines

2012

The Girl

as Tommy

1992

Cold Heaven

as Father Niles

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

1993

Midnight Edition

as Jack Travers

1986

Belizaire the Cajun

as Matthew Perry

2006

1998

2010

Knucklehead

as Vic Sullivan

1984

1981

Kent State

as Peter

2016

American Honey

as Back Seat Cowboy

1992

In the Soup

as Skippy

2017

1999

Breakfast of Champions

as Moe The Truck Driver

2018

1985

1994

Natural Causes

as Michael Murphy

2000

Jesus' Son

as John Smith

2018

Halloween

as Officer Hawkins

2018

Boarding School

as Dr. Sherman

2020

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

2020

2008

Lucky Days

as J.C.

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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

2021

Safe

as Francis

2021

Halloween Kills

as Officer Hawkins

2025

Train Dreams

as Narrator

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