Will Patton

Acting

Born June 14, 1954, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

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?.

Filmography

• 2026You Can't Win — Foot and a Half George
• 2025Train Dreams — Narrator (voice)
• 2024Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 — Owen Kittredge
• 2024Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 — Owen Kittredge
• 2024Janet Planet — Wayne
• Silo — Deputy Sam Marnes
• 2022Halloween Ends — Frank
• Outer Range — Wayne Tillerson
• 2021Halloween Kills — Officer Hawkins
• 2021Minari — Paul
• 2021Safe — Francis
• 2021The Devil Below — Schuttmann
• 2021The Forever Purge — Caleb Tucker
• 2020Blood on Her Name — Richard
• 2020Sweet Thing — Adam
• 2019Hammer — Stephen Davis
• 2019Radioflash — Frank
• Swamp Thing — Avery Sunderland
• 2018An Actor Prepares — Wisdom
• 2018Boarding School — Dr. Sherman
• 2018Halloween — Officer Hawkins
• 2018Salvage — Guy Hill
• 2018The Scent of Rain & Lightning — Senior
• Yellowstone — Garrett Randle
• 2017Megan Leavey — Jim
• Shots Fired — Sheriff Daniel Platt
• 2016American Honey — Back Seat Cowboy
• 2014The November Man — Perry Weinstein
• 2013Abigail Harm — The Visitor/Narrator
• 2012The Girl — Tommy
• Falling Skies — Captain Daniel 'Dan' Weaver
• 2011Meek's Cutoff — Soloman Tetherow
• 2011Waking Madison — Steven Walker
• 2010Brooklyn's Finest — Lt. Bill Hobarts
• 2010Knucklehead — Vic Sullivan
• 2010Princess Kaiulani — Sanford B. Dole
• 2009The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln — John Wilkes Booth (Voice)
• 2009The Canyon — Henry
• 2009The Fourth Kind — Sheriff August
• The Good Wife — Mike Tascioni
• 2008American Violet — Sam Conroy
• 2008Lucky Days — J.C.
• 2008The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond — Old Man Dobyne
• 2008Wendy and Lucy — Mechanic
• 2007A Mighty Heart — Randall Bennett
• 2007Code Name: The Cleaner — Riley
• 2007Dog Days of Summer — Eli Cottonmouth
• 2007The List — Michael Harriston
• 2006Road House 2: Last Call — Nate Tanner
• Into the West — James Fletcher
• Numb3rs — Det. Gary Walker
• 2004Family Sins — Philip Rothman
• 2004The Last Ride — Aaron Purnell
• 2004The Punisher — Quentin Glass
• 2002The Mothman Prophecies — Gordon Smallwood
• 2002The Rough South of Larry Brown
• 24 — Alan Wilson
• The Agency — Jackson Haisley
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Craig Halliday
• 2000Gone in Sixty Seconds — Atley Jackson
• 2000Jesus' Son — John Smith
• 2000Remember the Titans — Coach Bill Yoast
• 2000Trixie — W. 'Red' Rafferty
• 1999Breakfast of Champions — Moe The Truck Driver
• 1999Entrapment — Hector Cruz
• 1998All Revved Up — Sean
• 1998Armageddon — Chick
• 1998I Woke Up Early the Day I Died — Preacher
• 1997Inventing the Abbotts — Lloyd Abbott
• 1997The Postman — Bethlehem
• 1997This World, Then the Fireworks — Lt. Morgan
• 1996Fled — Gibson
• 1996The Spitfire Grill — Nahum Goddard
• 1995Copycat — Nicoletti
• VR.5 — Dr. Frank Morgan
• 1994Judicial Consent — Alan Warwick
• 1994Natural Causes — Michael Murphy
• 1994The Client — Sergeant Hardy
• 1994The Puppet Masters — Dr. Lawrence Graves
• 1994Tollbooth — Dash
• 1993Midnight Edition — Jack Travers
• 1993Romeo Is Bleeding — Martie
• 1993Taking the Heat — Hadley
• 1993The Paint Job — Wesley
• 1992A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story — Frank Maxwell
• 1992Cold Heaven — Father Niles
• 1992In the Deep Woods — Eric Gaines
• 1992In the Soup — Skippy
• 1992Lincoln and the War Within
• 1991Deadly Desire — Giles Menteer
• 1991Dillinger — Melvin Purvis
• 1991The Rapture — Deputy Foster
• 1990A Shock to the System — Lieutenant Laker
• 1990Bright Angel — Woody (uncredited)
• 1990Everybody Wins — Jerry
• Nasty Boys — Batiste
• 1990Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice
• 1989Signs of Life — Owen's Father
• 1988Stars & Bars — Duane Gage
• 1988Wildfire — Mike
• 1987A Gathering of Old Men — Lou Dimes
• 1987No Way Out — Scott Pritchard
• 1986Belizaire the Cajun — Matthew Perry
• 1985After Hours — Horst
• 1985Desperately Seeking Susan — Wayne Nolan
• The Equalizer — Officer Nick Braxton
• 1985Variety — Mark
• 1984Chinese Boxes — Marsh
• 1984The Beniker Gang — Forest Ranger
• 1983King Blank — Bar Customer
• 1983Silkwood — Joe
• American Playhouse — Matthew Perry, Owen's Father
• Nature — Narrator (voice)
• 1981Kent State — Peter
• 1979Minus Zero — Schreiber
• Search for Tomorrow
• Ruby Road — Executive Producer
• The Ice at the Bottom of the World
• The Magnificent Seven — Cyrus T. Clemons