Bill Moseley
William “Bill” Moseley (born November 11, 1951) is an American film actor and musician who has starred in a number of cult classic horror films, including House of 1000 Corpses, Repo! The Genetic Opera and The Devil’s Rejects. His first big role was in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as Chop Top. He has also released records with guitarist Buckethead, in the band Cornbugs.
Moseley was born in Stamford, Connecticut, and grew up in Barrington Hills, Illinois. He is the son of Virginia Gillette (Kleitz), a journalist, and S. D. Moseley (Spencer Dumaresq Moseley), who was a member of the Yale Corporation, All-American captain and center of the 1942 Yale football team, and chairman and chief executive of the Railway Express Agency. His grandfather, George Moseley, also played football at Yale and was an All-American. He is a graduate of Yale University. For a period of time, Moseley operated as a journalist, writing for such magazines as Omni, National Lampoon and Psychology Today.
Known For
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Army of Darkness
1992
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Halloween
2007
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Grindhouse
2007
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Texas Chainsaw 3D
2013
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House of 1000 Corpses
2003
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The Devil's Rejects
2005
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Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
1992
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The Blob
1988
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
1986
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Z Nation
2014
Acting
2026
The Ascent
as Erasmus
2025
The Fetus
as Maddox
2024
Red Night at Skye's
as William Boyd
2024
They Turned Us into Killers
2024
Night Talkers
as Ari Hall
2024
Stream
as Jimmy
2024
Orum
as Leonard
2024
The Devil's Disciples
as Dread
2024
Ice Nine Kills Presents: Welcome to Horrorwood
as Captain Harris
2023
Natty Knocks
as Abner Honeywell
2023
Night of the Missing
as The Caller (segment "Nite Flirt")
2023
Hayride to Hell
as Farmer Sam
2022
In Search of Darkness: Part III
as Self
2022
Bad Girl Boogey
as Radio DJ (voice)
2022
Sin Eater
2022
Dead by Midnight (Y2Kill)
as Jasper
2022
Murders
as Sal Bernando
2022
Nite Flirt
as The Devil
2022
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
as Self
2022
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2021
The History of Metal and Horror
as Self
2021
Ice Nine Kills: The Silver Stream
as Host
2021
Prisoners of the Ghostland
as Governor
2021
Texas Carlos Massacre
as Self
2020
I Am Fear
as Steve Mccreedy
2020
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
as Self
2020
In Search of Darkness: Part II
as Self
2019
To Your Last Death
as Pavel (voice)
2019
3 from Hell
as Otis Driftwood
2019
Shed of the Dead
as Doc
2019
In Search of Darkness
as Self
2019
Big Top Evil
as Mr. Kharver
2019
Handy Dandy
as Richard Crane
2019
Gothic Harvest
as Detective Hollis
2019
Slayer: The Repentless Killogy
as Nazi Dad
2019
To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell
as Self
2019
Exorcism at 60,000 Feet
as Garvan
2018
Death House
as Giger
2018
The Church
as Pastor James
2018
Minutes to Midnight
as Gimple
2018
American Exorcist
as Mr. Snowfeather
2018
Cynthia
as Buttercup
2018
Boar
as Bruce
2018
Crepitus
as Crepitus
2018
The Great American Mud Wrestle
as Special Guest Judge
2018
Mugworth
as Bellousinni
2018
Toy Box
as David Parker Ray
2018
Hangover in Death Valley
as Lemmas (archive footage)
2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror
as Self
(1 episode)
2017
Alcoholist
as Grey Speckled Man
2017
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
as Self
2017
Fish
as Fisherman
2016
Arlo: The Burping Pig
as Ernie Dorko
2016
Smothered
as Soggy Christian
2016
The Horde
as Jacob Sutter
2016
The Possession Experiment
as Father Mark Campbell
2016
Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival
as The Magician
2015
Old 37
as Darryl
2015
The Devil Dogs of Kilo Company
as Capt. Morrison (Voice)
2015
Silently Within Your Shadow
as Hugo
2015
Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini
as Self
2015
Almost Mercy
as Pastor Johnson
2015
Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn
as Johnny
2015
Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness"
as Self
2014
House of the Witchdoctor
as Peter Van Hooten
2014
Charlie's Farm
as John Wilson
2014
Disciples
as Dread
2014
Z Nation
as General McCandles
(1 episode)
2013
Texas Chainsaw 3D
as Drayton Sawyer
2013
Uncle Grandpa
as Additional Voices (voice)
(1 episode)
2012
Rogue River
as Jon
2012
The Devil's Carnival
as The Magician
2012
Dead Souls
as Sheriff Depford
2012
The Inflicted
as Mr. O'Hara
2012
I Heart Monster Movies
as Himself
2012
Eldorado
as Lemmas
2012
Holliston
as Crazy Max
(4 episodes)
2012
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Bernie (voice)
(1 episode)
2011
Exit Humanity
as General Williams
2011
Night of the Little Dead
as Kickstand
2011
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
as Bill
2011
FEARnet's Movies with More Brains
as Self
2010
The Graves
as Caleb
2010
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
as Mayor Buckman
2010
The Tortured
as Kozlowski
2010
Anderson's Cross
as Mr. Daniels
2010
Godkiller: Walk Among Us
as Dr. West (voice)
2009
Dead Air
as Logan Burnhardt
2009
Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet
as Graveyard Gus
2009
The Devil's Tomb
as Prof. Duncan
2009
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
as Otis Driftwood (voice)
2008
Alone in the Dark 2
as Dexter
2008
Repo! The Genetic Opera
as Luigi Largo
2008
House
as Stewart
2008
A Perfect Place
as Eddie
2008
The Alphabet Killer
as Carl Tanner
2008
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
as Self
2007
Halloween
as Zach "Z-Man" Garrett
2007
Home Sick
as Mr. Suitcase
2007
Thr3e
as Slater
2007
Babysitter Wanted
as Chief Dinelli
2007
Fallen Angels
as Westin
2007
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
as Self
2007
Grindhouse
as Dr. Heinrich von Strasser (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
2007
Headcheese
as Self (as Chop Top)
2006
Evil Bong
as Bong World Patron
2006
Vampira: The Movie
as Himself
2006
A Dead Calling
as Chief Murken
2006
It Runs in the Family
as Himself
2006
Quackers!
as Self (as Chop Top)
2005
The Devil's Rejects
as Otis B. Driftwood
2005
30 Days in Hell: The Making of 'The Devil's Rejects'
as Self
2004
UnConventional
as Self
2003
House of 1000 Corpses
as Otis B. Driftwood
2003
Vicious
as Walace
2003
Carnivàle
as Possum
(7 episodes)
2002
Essence of Echoes
as Dr. Hilcott
2002
Point of Origin
as Task Force Officer
2002
Live from Baghdad
as Rex
2000
The Convent
as Officer Ray
2000
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
as Self
1998
All American Massacre
as Chop-Top
1997
The Practice
as Jake Spooner
(1 episode)
1995
Prehysteria! 3
as Director
1995
Evil Ed
as Special Voice Appearance
1994
Blood Run
as Hank
1994
ER
as Charlie
(1 episode)
1993
Mr. Jones
as Worker
1993
James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction
as Self
1993
Fallen Angels
as Customer #1
(1 episode)
1992
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
as Federal Marshall
1992
Inside Out 2
as Dave (segment "I've Got a Crush on You")
1992
Army of Darkness
as Deadite Captain
1991
White Fang
as Luke
1990
Crash and Burn
as Quinn
1990
Night of the Living Dead
as Johnnie
1990
The End of Innocence
as Man on the Hill
1990
The First Power
as Bartender
1989
Pink Cadillac
as Darrell
1989
Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!
as Ricky
1988
The Blob
as Soldier #2
1988
Fair Game
as Frank
1988
Freddy's Nightmares
as Buzz
(1 episode)
1987
Tour of Duty
1986
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
as Chop-Top
1986
Osa
as Quilt Face
1986
Nightmare Angel
as Dr. William de Freis
1982
Endangered Species
as Cab Driver
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Manson Girls
as Charles Manson
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The Mangled
as Bill Bates
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Chastise
as Bronco
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Subscriber
as Jim
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Blades in the Darkness 2
as Victor
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Covet
as Sheriff Troy
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Spawn of the Living Dead
as Dr. Harold Ornsby
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Organism 46-B The Unseen
as Dr. Lincoln Tucker
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Baltigore
as The Traveler
Production
2018
American Exorcist
Producer
2009
Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet
Associate Producer
Crew
2009
The Green Monster
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