Will Patton

ActorProducer Jun 14 (age 71) Charleston, South Carolina, USA 1979–2026 (47 year career)

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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

Film

Armageddon

Chick

Film

Remember the Titans

Coach Bill Yoast

Film

Halloween

Officer Hawkins

Film

After Hours

Horst

Film

Minari

Paul

Film

Gone in Sixty Seconds

Atley Jackson

Film

The Forever Purge

Caleb Tucker

Film

Swamp Thing

Avery Sunderland

Filmography

Acting (118)

Movies (100)

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2

2026 Upcoming

as Owen Kittredge

Jun 4

You Can't Win

2026

as Foot and a Half George

Train Dreams

as Narrator (voice)

Janet Planet

as Wayne

Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

as Owen Kittredge

Halloween Ends

as Frank

The Forever Purge

as Caleb Tucker

Halloween Kills

as Officer Hawkins

Minari

as Paul

The Devil Below

as Schuttmann

Safe

as Francis

Sweet Thing

as Adam

Blood on Her Name

as Richard

Radioflash

as Frank

Hammer

as Stephen Davis

Halloween

as Officer Hawkins

Boarding School

as Dr. Sherman

Salvage

An Actor Prepares

as Wisdom

The Scent of Rain & Lightning

as Senior

Megan Leavey

as Jim

American Honey

as Back Seat Cowboy

The November Man

as Perry Weinstein

Abigail Harm

as The Visitor/Narrator

The Girl

as Tommy

Waking Madison

as Steven Walker

Meek's Cutoff

as Soloman Tetherow

Brooklyn's Finest

as Lt. Bill Hobarts

Knucklehead

as Vic Sullivan

Princess Kaiulani

as Sanford B. Dole

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

2009

as John Wilkes Booth (Voice)

The Fourth Kind

as Sheriff August

The Canyon

as Henry

Lucky Days

as J.C.

The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond

as Old Man Dobyne

American Violet

as Sam Conroy

Wendy and Lucy

as Mechanic

The List

as Harriston

A Mighty Heart

as Randall Bennett

Code Name: The Cleaner

as Riley

Dog Days of Summer

as Eli Cottonmouth

Road House 2: Last Call

as Nate Tanner

Family Sins

as Philip Rothman

The Punisher

as Quentin Glass

The Last Ride

as Aaron Purnell

The Mothman Prophecies

2002

as Gordon Smallwood

6.2

The Rough South of Larry Brown

2002

Gone in Sixty Seconds

as Atley Jackson

Remember the Titans

as Coach Bill Yoast

Jesus' Son

as John Smith

Trixie

as W. 'Red' Rafferty

Entrapment

as Hector Cruz

Breakfast of Champions

1999

as Moe The Truck Driver

Armageddon

as Chick

All Revved Up

as Sean

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

as Preacher

The Postman

as Bethlehem

Inventing the Abbotts

1997

as Lloyd Abbott

6.3

This World, Then the Fireworks

as Lt. Morgan

Fled

as Gibson

The Spitfire Grill

as Nahum Goddard

Copycat

as Nicoletti

The Client

as Sergeant Hardy

The Puppet Masters

as Dr. Lawrence Graves

Natural Causes

as Michael Murphy

Tollbooth

as Dash

Judicial Consent

as Alan Warwick

Midnight Edition

as Jack Travers

Romeo Is Bleeding

as Martie

The Paint Job

as Wesley

Taking the Heat

as Hadley

A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story

as Frank Maxwell

Cold Heaven

as Father Niles

In the Deep Woods

as Eric Gaines

In the Soup

as Skippy

Lincoln and the War Within

The Rapture

as Deputy Foster

Dillinger

as Melvin Purvis

Deadly Desire

as Giles Menteer

A Shock to the System

1990

as Lt. Laker

6.4

Bright Angel

1990

as Woody (uncredited)

4.5

Everybody Wins

1990

as Jerry

4.0

Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice

Signs of Life

as Owen's Father

Stars & Bars

as Duane Gage

Wildfire

as Mike

No Way Out

as Scott Pritchard

A Gathering of Old Men

as Lou Dimes

Belizaire the Cajun

as Matthew Perry

After Hours

as Horst

Desperately Seeking Susan

as Wayne Nolan

Variety

as Mark

Chinese Boxes

as Marsh

The Beniker Gang

as Forest Ranger

Silkwood

as Joe

King Blank

as Bar Customer

Kent State

as Peter

Minus Zero

as Schreiber

The Ice at the Bottom of the World

Ruby Road

Television (18)

Silo

as Deputy Sam Marnes

Outer Range

as Wayne Tillerson

Swamp Thing

as Avery Sunderland

Yellowstone

as Garrett Randle

Shots Fired

as Sheriff Daniel Platt

5.8

Falling Skies

2011

as Captain Daniel 'Dan' Weaver

The Good Wife

as Mike Tascioni

Numb3rs

as Det. Gary Walker

Into the West

as James Fletcher

as Alan Wilson

The Agency

as Jackson Haisley

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Craig Halliday

VR.5

as Dr. Frank Morgan

Nasty Boys

as Batiste

The Equalizer

as Officer Nick Braxton

Nature

as Narrator (voice)

Search for Tomorrow

Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey

as Lou Smith

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Ruby Road

Executive Producer