Will Patton
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?.
Read bio at tmdb | Read bio at Wikipedia
- Born:
- Jun 14, 1954 In Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 111
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Safe
- Latest Project:
- Movie Minus Zero 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | You Can't Win | Foot and a Half George | 2025 |
| Movie | Minus Zero | Schreiber | 2025 |
| Movie | Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 | 2024-06-26 | |
| Movie | Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 | 2024-08-15 | |
| Movie | Safe | Francis | 2023 |
| Movie | Halloween Ends | Frank Hawkins | 2022-10-12 |
| Series | Outer Range | Wayne Tillerson | 2022-04-14 |
| Movie | Minari | Paul | 2021-02-12 |
| Movie | Safe | Unknown | 2021-07-15 |
| Movie | The Devil Below | Schuttmann | 2021-03-05 |
| Movie | Halloween Kills | Officer Hawkins | 2021-10-14 |
| Movie | The Forever Purge | Caleb Tucker | 2021-06-30 |
| Movie | Blood on Her Name | Richard | 2020-02-28 |
| Movie | Sweet Thing | Adam | 2020-10-22 |
| Series | Swamp Thing | Avery Sunderland | 2019-05-31 |
| Movie | Radioflash | Frank | 2019-11-15 |
| Movie | Hammer | Stephen Davis | 2019-12-05 |
| Movie | Salvage | 2018-01-01 | |
| Movie | Halloween | Deputy Frank Hawkins | 2018-10-18 |
| Series | Yellowstone | Garrett Randle | 2018-06-20 |
| Movie | An Actor Prepares | Wisdom | 2018-08-31 |
| Movie | Boarding School | Dr. Sherman | 2018-08-30 |
| Movie | The Scent of Rain & Lightning | Senior | 2018-02-16 |
| Movie | Megan Leavey | Jim | 2017-06-09 |
| Series | Shots Fired | Sheriff Daniel Platt | 2017-03-22 |
| Movie | American Honey | Backseat | 2016-09-30 |
| Movie | The November Man | Perry Weinstein | 2014-08-27 |
| Movie | Abigail Harm | The Visitor/Narrator | 2013-08-30 |
| Movie | The Girl | Tommy | 2012-01-15 |
| Series | Falling Skies | Captain Daniel 'Dan' Weaver | 2011-06-19 |
| Movie | Meek's Cutoff | Soloman Tetherow | 2011-04-08 |
| Movie | Knucklehead | Vic Sullivan | 2010-10-22 |
| Movie | Brooklyn's Finest | Lt. Bill Hobarts | 2010-03-04 |
| Movie | Princess Ka'iulani | Sanford B. Dole | 2010-05-14 |
| Movie | The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln | John Wilkes Booth (Voice) | 2009-02-09 |
| Movie | Wendy and Lucy | Mechanic | 2009-04-08 |
| Movie | The Fourth Kind | Sheriff August | 2009-11-05 |
| Movie | The Canyon | Henry | 2009-10-23 |
| Movie | American Violet | Sam Conroy | 2008-08-28 |
| Movie | The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond | Old Man Dobyne | 2008-09-12 |
| Movie | Lucky Days | J.C. | 2008-04-25 |
| Movie | The List | Harriston | 2007-01-01 |
| Movie | Code Name: The Cleaner | Riley | 2007-01-05 |
| Movie | A Mighty Heart | Randall Bennett | 2007-06-22 |
| Movie | Dog Days of Summer | Eli Cottonmouth | 2007-09-14 |
| Movie | Road House 2: Last Call | Nate Tanner | 2006-07-18 |
| Series | Numb3rs | Unknown | 2005-01-23 |
| Movie | Kiki and Herb Reloaded | Hotel Manager | 2005-04-09 |
| Series | Into the West | James Fletcher | 2005-06-10 |
| Movie | Family Sins | Philip Rothman | 2005-02-07 |
| Movie | The Last Ride | Aaron Purnell | 2004-06-02 |
| Movie | The Punisher | Quentin Glass | 2004-04-15 |
| Movie | The Mothman Prophecies | Gordon Smallwood | 2002-01-25 |
| Series | 24 | Unknown | 2001-11-06 |
| Series | The Agency | Jackson Haisley | 2001-09-27 |
| Movie | Gone in Sixty Seconds | Atley Jackson | 2000-06-09 |
| Movie | Trixie | W. 'Red' Rafferty | 2000-06-28 |
| Series | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | CIA Associate Director Craig Halliday | 2000-10-06 |
| Movie | Remember the Titans | Coach Bill Yoast | 2000-09-29 |
| Movie | Jesus' Son | John Smith | 2000-06-16 |
| Movie | Breakfast of Champions | Moe The Truck Driver | 1999-02-18 |
| Movie | Entrapment | Hector Cruz | 1999-04-29 |
| Movie | I Woke Up Early the Day I Died | Preacher | 1998-09-13 |
| Movie | Armageddon | Chick | 1998-07-01 |
| Movie | All Revved Up | Sean | 1998-04-19 |
| Movie | The Postman | General Bethlehem | 1997-12-25 |
| Movie | This World, Then the Fireworks | Lt. Morgan | 1997-07-11 |
| Movie | Inventing the Abbotts | Lloyd Abbott | 1997-04-04 |
| Movie | Fled | Gibson | 1996-07-19 |
| Movie | The Spitfire Grill | Nahum Goddard | 1996-08-23 |
| Series | VR.5 | 1995-03-10 | |
| Movie | Copycat | Nicoletti | 1995-10-27 |
| Movie | The Puppet Masters | Dr. Lawrence Graves | 1994-10-21 |
| Movie | Tollbooth | Dash | 1994-11-01 |
| Movie | Natural Causes | Michael Murphy | 1994-04-01 |
| Movie | Judicial Consent | Alan Warwick | 1994-10-21 |
| Movie | The Client | Sergeant Hardy | 1994-07-20 |
| Movie | Midnight Edition | Jack Travers | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | Romeo Is Bleeding | Martie | 1993-09-13 |
| Movie | Taking the Heat | Hadley | 1993-06-06 |
| Movie | The Paint Job | Wesley | 1993-09-30 |
| Movie | In the Soup | Skippy | 1992-10-23 |
| Movie | Cold Heaven | Father Niles | 1992-05-29 |
| Movie | Lincoln and the War Within | 1992-12-01 | |
| Movie | A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story | Frank Maxwell | 1992-11-16 |
| Movie | In the Deep Woods | Eric Gaines | 1992-10-26 |
| Movie | Dillinger | Melvin Purvis | 1991-01-06 |
| Movie | Deadly Desire | Giles Menteer | 1991-10-13 |
| Movie | The Rapture | Deputy Foster | 1991-10-04 |
| Movie | Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice | 1990-01-01 | |
| Movie | Everybody Wins | Jerry | 1990-01-19 |
| Movie | A Shock to the System | Lt. Laker | 1990-03-23 |
| Movie | Bright Angel | Woody (uncredited) | 1990-11-01 |
| Movie | Signs of Life | Owen's Father | 1989-01-01 |
| Series | Nasty Boys | Batiste | 1989-09-21 |
| Movie | Wildfire | Mike | 1988-09-02 |
| Movie | Stars & Bars | Duane Gage | 1988-03-18 |
| Movie | A Gathering of Old Men | Lou Dimes | 1987-05-10 |
| Movie | No Way Out | Scott Pritchard | 1987-08-14 |
| Movie | Belizaire the Cajun | Matthew Perry | 1986-06-13 |
| Series | The Equalizer | Officer Nick Braxton | 1985-09-18 |
| Movie | The Beniker Gang | Forest Ranger | 1985-01-01 |
| Movie | Variety | Mark | 1985-02-27 |
| Movie | After Hours | Horst | 1985-08-16 |
| Movie | Desperately Seeking Susan | Wayne Nolan | 1985-03-29 |
| Movie | Chinese Boxes | Marsh | 1984-11-29 |
| Movie | Silkwood | Joe | 1983-12-14 |
| Movie | King Blank | Bar Customer | 1983-03-10 |
| Series | Nature | Unknown | 1982-10-10 |
| Movie | Kent State | Peter | 1981-02-08 |
| Series | Search for Tomorrow | Kentucky Bluebird | 1951-09-03 |
