Will Patton
Department: Acting
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
Armageddon
1998
The Rapture
1991
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993
Copycat
1995
Entrapment
1999
No Way Out
1987
Remember the Titans
2000
The Mothman Prophecies
2002
The Client
1994
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
1998
After Hours
1985
A Shock to the System
1990
American Violet
2008
The Fourth Kind
2009
Trixie
2000
The Punisher
2004
The Canyon
2009
The Puppet Masters
1994
Brooklyn's Finest
2010
Halloween Ends
2022
Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000
Inventing the Abbotts
1997
The Postman
1997
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
2008
Everybody Wins
1990
The List
2007
The Last Ride
2004
This World, Then the Fireworks
1997
Princess Kaiulani
2010
The Spitfire Grill
1996
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024
Fled
1996
Dog Days of Summer
2007
Tollbooth
1994
Signs of Life
1989
Variety
1985
Meek's Cutoff
2011
A Gathering of Old Men
1987
In the Deep Woods
1992
The Girl
2012
Cold Heaven
1992
Lincoln and the War Within
1992
Stars & Bars
1988
Judicial Consent
1994
Family Sins
2005
Abigail Harm
2013
Janet Planet
2024
The Beniker Gang
1984
The Paint Job
1993
Deadly Desire
1991
Dillinger
1991
The November Man
2014
Wildfire
1988
The Rough South of Larry Brown
2002
Midnight Edition
1993
Belizaire the Cajun
1986
Road House 2: Last Call
2006
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
2024
All Revved Up
1998
Knucklehead
2010
Salvage
2018
Chinese Boxes
1984
Kent State
1981
American Honey
2016
In the Soup
1992
The Scent of Rain & Lightning
2018
Megan Leavey
2017
Breakfast of Champions
1999
Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice
1990
An Actor Prepares
2018
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
1992
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
Natural Causes
1994
Halloween
2018
Jesus' Son
2000
Boarding School
2018
Blood on Her Name
2020
Minari
2021
A Mighty Heart
2007
Radioflash
2019
King Blank
1983
The Forever Purge
2021
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
2009
Taking the Heat
1993
Sweet Thing
2020
Lucky Days
2008
You Can't Win
2026
Hammer
2019
Silkwood
1983
Bright Angel
1990
The Devil Below
2021
Wendy and Lucy
2008
Minus Zero
1979
Code Name: The Cleaner
2007
Safe
2021
Halloween Kills
2021
Train Dreams
2025
Ruby Road
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The Ice at the Bottom of the World
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Waking Madison
2011
Numb3rs
2005
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
The Agency
2001
VR.5
1995
24
2001
The Equalizer
1985
Into the West
2005
Nature
1982
Nasty Boys
1989
Silo
2023
Falling Skies
2011
Search for Tomorrow
1951
Shots Fired
2017
Outer Range
2022
Swamp Thing
2019
Yellowstone
2018
The Good Wife
2009
Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey
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