Will Patton

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

Armageddon Not in library

Armageddon

1998

Halloween Not in library

Halloween

2018

Gone in Sixty Seconds Not in library

Gone in Sixty Seconds

2000

The Punisher Not in library

The Punisher

2004

Yellowstone Not in library

Yellowstone

2018

Remember the Titans Not in library

Remember the Titans

2000

Halloween Kills Not in library

Halloween Kills

2021

The Forever Purge Not in library

The Forever Purge

2021

Entrapment Not in library

Entrapment

1999

Halloween Ends Not in library

Halloween Ends

2022

Acting

2026 You Can't Win as Foot and a Half George
2025 Train Dreams as Narrator (voice) In Library
2024 Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 as Owen Kittredge
2024 Janet Planet as Wayne
2024 Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 as Owen Kittredge
2023 Silo as Deputy Sam Marnes (4 episodes)
2022 Halloween Ends as Frank
2022 Outer Range as Wayne Tillerson (13 episodes)
2021 Minari as Paul
2021 The Forever Purge as Caleb Tucker
2021 The Devil Below as Schuttmann
2021 Safe as Francis
2021 Halloween Kills as Officer Hawkins
2020 Blood on Her Name as Richard
2020 Sweet Thing as Adam
2019 Radioflash as Frank
2019 Hammer as Stephen Davis
2019 Swamp Thing as Avery Sunderland (10 episodes)
2018 Salvage
2018 The Scent of Rain & Lightning as Senior
2018 An Actor Prepares as Wisdom
2018 Halloween as Officer Hawkins
2018 Boarding School as Dr. Sherman
2018 Yellowstone as Garrett Randle (7 episodes)
2017 Megan Leavey as Jim
2017 Shots Fired as Sheriff Daniel Platt (10 episodes)
2016 American Honey as Back Seat Cowboy
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
2011 Waking Madison as Steven Walker
2011 Falling Skies as Captain Daniel 'Dan' Weaver (52 episodes)
2010 Brooklyn's Finest as Lt. Bill Hobarts
2010 Princess Kaiulani as Sanford B. Dole
2010 Knucklehead as Vic Sullivan
2009 The Fourth Kind as Sheriff August
2009 The Canyon as Henry
2009 The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln as John Wilkes Booth (Voice)
2009 The Good Wife as Mike Tascioni (4 episodes)
2008 American Violet as Sam Conroy
2008 The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond as Old Man Dobyne
2008 Lucky Days as J.C.
2008 Wendy and Lucy as Mechanic
2007 The List as Harriston
2007 Dog Days of Summer as Eli Cottonmouth
2007 A Mighty Heart as Randall Bennett
2007 Code Name: The Cleaner as Riley
2006 Road House 2: Last Call as Nate Tanner
2005 Family Sins as Philip Rothman
2005 Numb3rs as Det. Gary Walker (4 episodes)
2005 Into the West as James Fletcher (6 episodes)
2004 The Punisher as Quentin Glass
2004 The Last Ride as Aaron Purnell
2002 The Mothman Prophecies as Gordon Smallwood
2002 The Rough South of Larry Brown
2001 The Agency as Jackson Haisley (44 episodes)
2001 24 as Alan Wilson (5 episodes)
2000 Remember the Titans as Coach Bill Yoast
2000 Trixie as W. 'Red' Rafferty
2000 Gone in Sixty Seconds as Atley Jackson
2000 Jesus' Son as John Smith
2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Craig Halliday (1 episode)
1999 Entrapment as Hector Cruz
1999 Breakfast of Champions as Moe The Truck Driver
1998 Armageddon as Chick
1998 I Woke Up Early the Day I Died as Preacher
1998 All Revved Up as Sean
1997 Inventing the Abbotts as Lloyd Abbott
1997 The Postman as Bethlehem
1997 This World, Then the Fireworks as Lt. Morgan
1996 The Spitfire Grill as Nahum Goddard
1996 Fled as Gibson
1995 Copycat as Nicoletti
1995 VR.5 as Dr. Frank Morgan (13 episodes)
1994 The Client as Sergeant Hardy
1994 The Puppet Masters as Dr. Lawrence Graves
1994 Tollbooth as Dash
1994 Judicial Consent as Alan Warwick
1994 Natural Causes as Michael Murphy
1993 Romeo Is Bleeding as Martie
1993 The Paint Job as Wesley
1993 Midnight Edition as Jack Travers
1993 Taking the Heat as Hadley
1992 In the Deep Woods as Eric Gaines
1992 Cold Heaven as Father Niles
1992 Lincoln and the War Within
1992 In the Soup as Skippy
1992 A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story as Frank Maxwell
1991 The Rapture as Deputy Foster
1991 Deadly Desire as Giles Menteer
1991 Dillinger as Melvin Purvis
1990 A Shock to the System as Lt. Laker
1990 Everybody Wins as Jerry
1990 Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice
1990 Bright Angel as Woody (uncredited)
1989 Signs of Life as Owen's Father
1989 Nasty Boys as Batiste (1 episode)
1988 Stars & Bars as Duane Gage
1988 Wildfire as Mike
1987 No Way Out as Scott Pritchard
1987 A Gathering of Old Men as Lou Dimes
1986 Belizaire the Cajun as Matthew Perry
1985 After Hours as Horst
1985 Variety as Mark
1985 Desperately Seeking Susan as Wayne Nolan
1985 The Equalizer as Officer Nick Braxton (1 episode)
1984 The Beniker Gang as Forest Ranger
1984 Chinese Boxes as Marsh
1983 King Blank as Bar Customer
1983 Silkwood as Joe
1982 Nature as Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
1981 Kent State as Peter
1979 Minus Zero as Schreiber
1951 Search for Tomorrow
Ruby Road
The Ice at the Bottom of the World
Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey as Lou Smith (1 episode)

Production

Ruby Road Executive Producer