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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-06-14 (70 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?.

Known For

Acting

2025

Train Dreams as Narrator

2024

Janet Planet as Wayne

2023

Silo as Deputy Sam Marnes

2022

Outer Range as Wayne Tillerson

2021

Minari as Paul
The Forever Purge as Caleb Tucker
The Devil Below as Schuttmann
Safe as Francis
Halloween Kills as Officer Hawkins

2020

Sweet Thing as Adam

2019

Radioflash as Frank
Hammer as Stephen Davis
Swamp Thing as Avery Sunderland

2018

Halloween as Officer Hawkins
Boarding School as Dr. Sherman
Yellowstone as Garrett Randle

2017

Shots Fired as Sheriff Daniel Platt

2016

American Honey as Back Seat Cowboy

2014

The November Man as Perry Weinstein

2013

Abigail Harm as The Visitor/Narrator

2012

The Girl as Tommy

2011

Meek's Cutoff as Soloman Tetherow
Falling Skies as Captain Daniel 'Dan' Weaver

2010

Brooklyn's Finest as Lt. Bill Hobarts
Princess Kaiulani as Sanford B. Dole
Knucklehead as Vic Sullivan

2009

The Fourth Kind as Sheriff August
The Canyon as Henry
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln as John Wilkes Booth (Voice)
The Good Wife as Mike Tascioni

2008

American Violet as Sam Conroy
Lucky Days as J.C.
Wendy and Lucy as Mechanic

2007

The List as Harriston
Dog Days of Summer as Eli Cottonmouth
A Mighty Heart as Randall Bennett

2006

2005

Family Sins as Philip Rothman
Into the West as James Fletcher

2004

The Punisher as Quentin Glass
The Last Ride as Aaron Purnell

2002

The Mothman Prophecies as Gordon Smallwood

2001

The Agency as Jackson Haisley
24 as Alan Wilson

2000

Remember the Titans as Coach Bill Yoast
Trixie as W. 'Red' Rafferty
Gone in Sixty Seconds as Atley Jackson
Jesus' Son as John Smith

1999

Entrapment as Hector Cruz
Breakfast of Champions as Moe The Truck Driver

1998

Armageddon as Chick

1997

Inventing the Abbotts as Lloyd Abbott
The Postman as Bethlehem

1996

The Spitfire Grill as Nahum Goddard
Fled as Gibson

1995

Copycat as Nicoletti
VR.5 as Dr. Frank Morgan

1994

The Client as Sergeant Hardy
The Puppet Masters as Dr. Lawrence Graves
Tollbooth as Dash
Judicial Consent as Alan Warwick
Natural Causes as Michael Murphy

1993

The Paint Job as Wesley
Midnight Edition as Jack Travers
Taking the Heat as Hadley

1992

In the Deep Woods as Eric Gaines
Cold Heaven as Father Niles
In the Soup as Skippy

1991

The Rapture as Deputy Foster
Deadly Desire as Giles Menteer
Dillinger as Melvin Purvis

1990

Bright Angel as Woody (uncredited)

1989

Signs of Life as Owen's Father
Nasty Boys as Batiste

1988

Stars & Bars as Duane Gage
Wildfire as Mike

1987

No Way Out as Scott Pritchard

1986

Belizaire the Cajun as Matthew Perry

1985

After Hours as Horst
Variety as Mark
The Equalizer as Officer Nick Braxton

1984

The Beniker Gang as Forest Ranger
Chinese Boxes as Marsh

1983

King Blank as Bar Customer
Silkwood as Joe

1982

Nature as Narrator (voice)

1981

Kent State as Peter

1979

Minus Zero as Schreiber

1951

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