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?.
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Acting History
2025
Train Dreams as Narrator (voice)
2024Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 as Owen Kittredge
2024Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 as Owen Kittredge
2024Janet Planet as Wayne
2023Silo as Deputy Sam Marnes
2022Halloween Ends as Frank
2022Outer Range as Wayne Tillerson
2021Halloween Kills as Officer Hawkins
2021Safe as Francis
2021The Forever Purge as Caleb Tucker
2021The Devil Below as Schuttmann
2021Minari as Paul
2020Sweet Thing as Adam
2020Blood on Her Name as Richard
2019Hammer as Stephen Davis
2019Radioflash as Frank
2019Swamp Thing as Avery Sunderland
2018Halloween as Officer Hawkins
2018An Actor Prepares as Wisdom
2018Boarding School as Dr. Sherman
2018Yellowstone as Garrett Randle
2018The Scent of Rain & Lightning as Senior
2018Salvage
2017Megan Leavey as Jim
2017Shots Fired as Sheriff Daniel Platt
2016American Honey as Back Seat Cowboy
2014The November Man as Perry Weinstein
2013Abigail Harm as The Visitor/Narrator
2012The Girl as Tommy
2011Falling Skies as Captain Daniel 'Dan' Weaver
2011Meek's Cutoff as Soloman Tetherow
2010Knucklehead as Vic Sullivan
2010Princess Kaiulani as Sanford B. Dole
2010Brooklyn's Finest as Lt. Bill Hobarts
2009The Fourth Kind as Sheriff August
2009The Canyon as Henry
2009The Good Wife as Mike Tascioni
2009The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln as John Wilkes Booth (Voice)
2008Wendy and Lucy as Mechanic
2008The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond as Old Man Dobyne
2008American Violet as Sam Conroy
2008Lucky Days as J.C.
2007Dog Days of Summer as Eli Cottonmouth
2007A Mighty Heart as Randall Bennett
2007Code Name: The Cleaner as Riley
2007The List as Harriston
2006Road House 2: Last Call as Nate Tanner
2005Into the West as James Fletcher
2005Family Sins as Philip Rothman
2005Numb3rs as Det. Gary Walker
2004The Last Ride as Aaron Purnell
2004The Punisher as Quentin Glass
2002The Rough South of Larry Brown
2002The Mothman Prophecies as Gordon Smallwood
200124 as Alan Wilson
2001The Agency as Jackson Haisley
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Craig Halliday
2000Remember the Titans as Coach Bill Yoast
2000Trixie as W. 'Red' Rafferty
2000Jesus' Son as John Smith
2000Gone in Sixty Seconds as Atley Jackson
1999Entrapment as Hector Cruz
1999Breakfast of Champions as Moe The Truck Driver
1998I Woke Up Early the Day I Died as Preacher
1998Armageddon as Chick
1998All Revved Up as Sean
1997The Postman as Bethlehem
1997This World, Then the Fireworks as Lt. Morgan
1997Inventing the Abbotts as Lloyd Abbott
1996The Spitfire Grill as Nahum Goddard
1996Fled as Gibson
1995Copycat as Nicoletti
1995VR.5 as Dr. Frank Morgan
1994Tollbooth as Dash
1994The Puppet Masters as Dr. Lawrence Graves
1994Judicial Consent as Alan Warwick
1994The Client as Sergeant Hardy
1994Natural Causes as Michael Murphy
1993The Paint Job as Wesley
1993Romeo Is Bleeding as Martie
1993Taking the Heat as Hadley
1993Midnight Edition as Jack Travers
1992Lincoln and the War Within
1992A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story as Frank Maxwell
1992In the Deep Woods as Eric Gaines
1992In the Soup as Skippy
1992Cold Heaven as Father Niles
1991Deadly Desire as Giles Menteer
1991The Rapture as Deputy Foster
1991Dillinger as Melvin Purvis
1990Bright Angel as Woody (uncredited)
1990A Shock to the System as Lt. Laker
1990Everybody Wins as Jerry
1990Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice
1989Nasty Boys as Batiste
1989Signs of Life as Owen's Father
1988Wildfire as Mike
1988Stars & Bars as Duane Gage
1987No Way Out as Scott Pritchard
1987A Gathering of Old Men as Lou Dimes
1986Belizaire the Cajun as Matthew Perry
1985The Equalizer as Officer Nick Braxton
1985After Hours as Horst
1985Desperately Seeking Susan as Wayne Nolan
1985Variety as Mark
1984Chinese Boxes as Marsh
1984The Beniker Gang as Forest Ranger
1983Silkwood as Joe
1983King Blank as Bar Customer
1982Nature as Narrator (voice)
1981Kent State as Peter
1979Minus Zero as Schreiber
1951Search for Tomorrow
—The Ice at the Bottom of the World
—You Can't Win as Foot and a Half George
—Ruby Road
—Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey as Lou Smith