Will Patton
Acting1954Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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 History
2025
Train Dreams
as Narrator (voice)
2024
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
as Owen Kittredge
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
as Owen Kittredge
2023
Silo
TVas Deputy Sam Marnes• 4 eps
2022
Halloween Ends
as Frank
Outer Range
TVas Wayne Tillerson• 13 eps
2021
Halloween Kills
as Officer Hawkins
The Devil Below
as Schuttmann
Safe
as Francis
Minari
as Paul
The Forever Purge
as Caleb Tucker
2020
Sweet Thing
as Adam
Yellowstone
TVas Garrett Randle• 7 eps
2019
2018
Halloween
as Officer Hawkins
An Actor Prepares
as Wisdom
The Scent of Rain & Lightning
as Senior
Boarding School
as Dr. Sherman
2017
Megan Leavey
as Jim
Shots Fired
TVas Sheriff Daniel Platt
2016
American Honey
as Back Seat Cowboy
The Good Wife
TVas Mike Tascioni• 4 eps
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
TVas Captain Daniel 'Dan' Weaver• 52 eps
2010
Brooklyn's Finest
as Lt. Bill Hobarts
Princess Kaiulani
as Sanford B. Dole
Knucklehead
as Vic Sullivan
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TVas Craig Halliday• 1 eps
2009
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
as John Wilkes Booth (Voice)
The Canyon
as Henry
The Fourth Kind
as Sheriff August
24
TVas Alan Wilson• 5 eps
2008
Lucky Days
as J.C.
Wendy and Lucy
as Mechanic
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
as Old Man Dobyne
American Violet
as Sam Conroy
2007
Dog Days of Summer
as Eli Cottonmouth
The List
as Harriston
A Mighty Heart
as Randall Bennett
Code Name: The Cleaner
as Riley
2006
Road House 2: Last Call
as Nate Tanner
Numb3rs
TVas Det. Gary Walker• 4 eps
Nature
TVas Narrator (voice)• 1 eps
2005
Family Sins
as Philip Rothman
Into the West
TVas James Fletcher• 6 eps
2004
The Punisher
as Quentin Glass
The Last Ride
as Aaron Purnell
2002
The Mothman Prophecies
as Gordon Smallwood
2001
The Agency
TVas Jackson Haisley• 44 eps
2000
Remember the Titans
as Coach Bill Yoast
Gone in Sixty Seconds
as Atley Jackson
Trixie
as W. 'Red' Rafferty
Jesus' Son
as John Smith
1999
Entrapment
as Hector Cruz
Breakfast of Champions
as Moe The Truck Driver
1998
1997
Inventing the Abbotts
as Lloyd Abbott
The Postman
as Bethlehem
This World, Then the Fireworks
as Lt. Morgan
1996
Fled
as Gibson
The Spitfire Grill
as Nahum Goddard
1994
Tollbooth
as Dash
The Client
as Sergeant Hardy
The Puppet Masters
as Dr. Lawrence Graves
Judicial Consent
as Alan Warwick
Natural Causes
as Michael Murphy
1993
Midnight Edition
as Jack Travers
Romeo Is Bleeding
as Martie
The Paint Job
as Wesley
Taking the Heat
as Hadley
1992
In the Soup
as Skippy
In the Deep Woods
as Eric Gaines
Cold Heaven
as Father Niles
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
as Frank Maxwell
1991
1990
1989
Signs of Life
as Owen's Father
Nasty Boys
TVas Batiste
1988
Stars & Bars
as Duane Gage
Wildfire
as Mike
1987
A Gathering of Old Men
as Lou Dimes
No Way Out
as Scott Pritchard
1986
Belizaire the Cajun
as Matthew Perry
1985
Variety
as Mark
Desperately Seeking Susan
as Wayne Nolan
After Hours
as Horst
The Equalizer
TVas Officer Nick Braxton• 1 eps
1984
The Beniker Gang
as Forest Ranger
Chinese Boxes
as Marsh
1983
Silkwood
as Joe
1981
Kent State
as Peter
1979
Minus Zero
as Schreiber