Nationality American Role Actor Occupation Actor Height 1.78 m | Years active 1979–present Parents Bill Patton Name Will Patton | |
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Full Name William Rankin Patton Education University of North Carolina School of the Arts Upcoming movie The Scent of Rain and Lightning Movies and TV shows Similar People Maxim Knight, Noah Wyle, Colin Cunningham, Moon Bloodgood, Olatunde Osunsanmi | ||
Will patton
William Rankin "Will" Patton (June 14, 1954) is an American actor. He starred as Colonel Dan Weaver in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies. He also appeared in films such as 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). Patton’s father, Bill Patton, was a playwright and acting/directing instructor. Patton has been in many films, starting in 1981. He has done many television appearances as well, starting in 1982 and he has done a great deal of voice work with audio books. 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?.
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Meet the actor will patton dan weaver from falling skies
Early life
Patton was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the eldest of three children. His father is Bill Patton, a playwright and acting/directing instructor who was a Lutheran minister and served as a chaplain at Duke University. Patton was raised on a farm, where his parents ran a foster home for wayward teenagers. He attended the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem and The Actors' Studio in New York City, New York.
Career
Patton won two Obie Awards for best actor for his performances in Sam Shepard's play Fool for Love and the Public Theater production of What Did He See?. He portrayed the evil antagonist in Desperately Seeking Susan, and had a significant role in No Way Out, his first major film. He was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of General Bethlehem in The Postman. He also portrayed coach Bill Yoast in Remember the Titans and FBI agent Melvin Purvis in the 1991 made-for-Television film Dillinger. Patton provided the voice for the audio version of The Assault on Reason by Al Gore, as well as the role of Alan Wilson on the TV show 24. He has also recorded the audio version for 22 books written by best-selling mystery writer James Lee Burke. Patton plays the character of Sam Conroy in the film American Violet.
From 2011-2015 Patton starred as Colonel Weaver in the TNT sci-fi television series Falling Skies, executive-produced by Steven Spielberg.
Filmography
Actor
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Horizon: An American Saga 2 (filming)
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Horizon: An American Saga (post-production)
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You Can't Win (post-production) as
Foot and A Half George
2023
Janet Planet as
Wayne
2023
Silo (TV Series) as
Deputy Marnes
- Truth (2023) - Deputy Marnes
- Machines (2023) - Deputy Marnes
- Holston's Pick (2023) - Deputy Marnes
- Freedom Day (2023) - Deputy Marnes
2022
Halloween Ends as
Frank
-2022
Outer Range (TV Series) as
Wayne Tillerson
- The Unknown (2022) - Wayne Tillerson
- The West (2022) - Wayne Tillerson
- The Soil (2022) - Wayne Tillerson
- The Family (2022) - Wayne Tillerson
- The Loss (2022) - Wayne Tillerson
- The Time (2022) - Wayne Tillerson
- The Land (2022) - Wayne Tillerson
- The Void (2022) - Wayne Tillerson
- Episode #2.1
2020
Yellowstone (TV Series) as
Garrett Randle / Garrett Randall
- Grass on the Streets and Weeds on the Rooftops (2022) - Garrett Randle
- No Such Thing as Fair (2021) - Garrett Randle
- No Kindness for the Coward (2021) - Garrett Randle
- Keep the Wolves Close (2021) - Garrett Randall
- I Want to Be Him (2021) - Garrett Randle
- Under a Blanket of Red (2021) - Garrett Randle
- Winning or Learning (2021) - Garrett Randle
- Phantom Pain (2021) - Garrett Randle
- The World Is Purple (2020) - Garrett Randall
- Meaner Than Evil (2020) - Garrett Randall
2021
Halloween Kills as
Officer Hawkins
2021
Safe (Short) as
Francis
2021
The Forever Purge as
Caleb Tucker
2021
The Devil Below as
Schuttmann
2020
Sweet Thing as
Adam
2020
Minari as
Paul
2019
Hammer as
Stephen Davis
2019
Radioflash as
Frank
2019
Swamp Thing (TV Series) as
Avery Sunderland
- Loose Ends (2019) - Avery Sunderland
- The Anatomy Lesson (2019) - Avery Sunderland
- Long Walk Home (2019) - Avery Sunderland
- Brilliant Disguise (2019) - Avery Sunderland
- The Price You Pay (2019) - Avery Sunderland
- Drive All Night (2019) - Avery Sunderland
- Darkness on the Edge of Town (2019) - Avery Sunderland
- He Speaks (2019) - Avery Sunderland
- Worlds Apart (2019) - Avery Sunderland
- Pilot (2019) - Avery Sunderland
2019
Blood on Her Name as
Richard Tiller
2018
Salvage (TV Movie) as
Guy Hill
2018
Halloween as
Officer Hawkins
2018
An Actor Prepares as
Wisdom
2018
Boarding School as
Dr. Sherman
2017
Shots Fired (TV Series) as
Sheriff Daniel Platt
- Hour Ten: Last Dance (2017) - Sheriff Daniel Platt
- Hour Nine: Come to Jesus (2017) - Sheriff Daniel Platt
- Hour Eight: Rock Bottom (2017) - Sheriff Daniel Platt
- Hour Seven: Content of Their Character (2017) - Sheriff Daniel Platt
- Hour Six: The Fire This Time (2017) - Sheriff Daniel Platt
- Hour Five: Before the Storm (2017) - Sheriff Daniel Platt
- Hour Four: Truth (2017) - Sheriff Daniel Platt
- Hour Three: Somebody's Son (2017) - Sheriff Daniel Platt
- Hour Two: Betrayal of Trust (2017) - Sheriff Daniel Platt
- Hour One: Pilot (2017) - Sheriff Daniel Platt
2017
Megan Leavey as
Jim
2017
The Scent of Rain & Lightning as
Hugh 'Senior' Linder
2016
American Honey as
Backseat
2016
The Good Wife (TV Series) as
Mike Tascioni
- Landing (2016) - Mike Tascioni
- Shoot (2016) - Mike Tascioni
- Hearing (2016) - Mike Tascioni
- Targets (2016) - Mike Tascioni
2011
Falling Skies (TV Series) as
Captain Weaver / Colonel Dan Weaver / Colonel Weaver
- Reborn (2015) - Colonel Dan Weaver
- Reunion (2015) - Captain Weaver
- Stalag 14th Virginia (2015) - Captain Weaver
- Everybody Has Their Reasons (2015) - Captain Weaver
- Respite (2015) - Captain Weaver
- Non-Essential Personnel (2015) - Captain Weaver
- Pope Breaks Bad (2015) - Captain Weaver
- Hatchlings (2015) - Captain Weaver
- Hunger Pains (2015) - Captain Weaver
- Find Your Warrior (2015) - Captain Weaver
- Shoot the Moon (2014) - Captain Weaver
- Space Oddity (2014) - Captain Weaver
- Drawing Straws (2014) - Captain Weaver
- Till Death Do Us Part (2014) - Captain Weaver
- A Thing with Feathers (2014) - Captain Weaver
- Saturday Night Massacre (2014) - Colonel Weaver
- Door Number Three (2014) - Captain Weaver
- Mind Wars (2014) - Captain Weaver
- Evolve or Die (2014) - Captain Weaver
- Exodus (2014) - Captain Weaver
- The Eye (2014) - Captain Weaver
- Ghost in the Machine (2014) - Captain Weaver
- Brazil (2013) - Captain Weaver
- Journey to Xibalba (2013) - Captain Weaver
- Strange Brew (2013) - Captain Weaver
- The Pickett Line (2013) - Captain Weaver
- Be Silent and Come Out (2013) - Captain Weaver
- Search and Recover (2013) - Captain Weaver
- At All Costs (2013) - Captain Weaver
- Badlands (2013) - Captain Weaver
- Collateral Damage (2013) - Captain Weaver
- On Thin Ice (2013) - Captain Weaver
- A More Perfect Union (2012) - Captain Weaver
- The Price of Greatness (2012) - Captain Weaver
- Death March (2012) - Captain Weaver
- Molon Labe (2012) - Captain Weaver
- Homecoming (2012) - Captain Weaver
- Love and Other Acts of Courage (2012) - Captain Weaver
- Young Bloods (2012) - Captain Weaver
- Compass (2012) - Captain Weaver
- Shall We Gather at the River (2012) - Captain Weaver
- Worlds Apart (2012) - Captain Weaver
- Eight Hours (2011) - Captain Weaver
- Mutiny (2011) - Captain Weaver
- What Hides Beneath (2011) - Captain Weaver
- Sanctuary: Part 2 (2011) - Captain Weaver
- Sanctuary: Part 1 (2011) - Captain Weaver
- Silent Kill (2011) - Captain Weaver
- Grace (2011) - Captain Weaver
- Prisoner of War (2011) - Captain Weaver
- The Armory (2011) - Captain Weaver
- Live and Learn (2011) - Captain Weaver
2014
The November Man as
Perry Weinstein (as William Patton)
2012
Abigail Harm as
The Visitor / Narrator
2012
The Girl as
Tommy
2010
Waking Madison as
Steven Walker
2010
Knucklehead as
Vic
2010
Ka'iulani: Crown Princess of Hawai'i (Documentary short) as
Sanford Dole
2010
Meek's Cutoff as
Soloman Tetherow
2010
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) as
CIA Associate Director Craig Halliday
- Unshockable (2010) - CIA Associate Director Craig Halliday
2009
The Fourth Kind as
Sheriff August
2009
The Canyon as
Henry
2009
Princess Kaiulani as
Sanford Dole
2009
Looking at Animals (Short) as
Raymond
2009
24 (TV Series) as
Alan Wilson
- Day 7: 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. (2009) - Alan Wilson
- Day 7: 6:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m. (2009) - Alan Wilson
- Day 7: 5:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m. (2009) - Alan Wilson
- Day 7: 3:00 a.m.-4:00 a.m. (2009) - Alan Wilson
- Day 7: 2:00 a.m.-3:00 a.m. (2009) - Alan Wilson
2009
American Experience (TV Series documentary) as
John Wilkes Booth
- The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (2009) - John Wilkes Booth (voice)
2009
Brooklyn's Finest as
Lt. Bill Hobarts
2008
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond as
Mr. Dobyne
2008
American Violet as
Sam Conroy
2008
Wendy and Lucy as
Mechanic
2008
Lucky Days as
J.C.
2006
Numb3rs (TV Series) as
Lt. Gary Walker / Det. Gary Walker
- Robin Hood (2007) - Lt. Gary Walker
- End of Watch (2007) - Lt. Gary Walker
- Backscatter (2006) - Det. Gary Walker
- The OG (2006) - Det. Gary Walker
2007
Dog Days of Summer as
Eli Cottonmouth
2007
A Mighty Heart as
Randall Bennett
2007
The List as
Michael Harriston
2007
Code Name: The Cleaner as
Riley
2006
The Way (TV Movie)
2006
Road House 2: Last Call (Video) as
Nate Tanner
2005
Into the West (TV Mini Series) as
James Fletcher
- Wheel to the Stars (2005) - James Fletcher
2004
The Last Ride (TV Movie) as
Aaron Purnell
2004
The Punisher as
Quentin Glass
2004
Family Sins (TV Movie) as
Philip Rothman
2001
The Agency (TV Series) as
Jackson Haisley
- Our Man in Washington (2003) - Jackson Haisley
- Our Man in Korea (2003) - Jackson Haisley
- Mi Cena con Andrei (2003) - Jackson Haisley
- War, Inc. (2003) - Jackson Haisley
- Spy Finance (2003) - Jackson Haisley
- Soft Kills (2003) - Jackson Haisley
- Unholy Alliances (2003) - Jackson Haisley
- Absolute Bastard (2003) - Jackson Haisley
- Coventry (2003) - Jackson Haisley
- Debbie Does Djakarta (2003) - Jackson Haisley
- An Isolated Incident (2003) - Jackson Haisley
- Elite Meat to Eat (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- Trust (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- Thanksgiving (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- First Born (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- Heartless (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- Home Grown (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- The Prisoner (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- C.S. Lie (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- The Great Game (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- Air Lex (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- French Kiss (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- Finale (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- Doublecrossover (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- The Understudy (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- Peacemakers (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- The Greater Good (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- Moo (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- The Plague Year (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- Sleeping Dogs Lie (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- The Gauntlet (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- The Golden Hour (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- The Enemy Within (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- Son Set (2002) - Jackson Haisley
- Deadline (2001) - Jackson Haisley
- Rules of the Game (2001) - Jackson Haisley
- Nocturne (2001) - Jackson Haisley
- Closure (2001) - Jackson Haisley
- Anthrax (2001) - Jackson Haisley
- Pilot (2001) - Jackson Haisley
- In Our Own Backyard (2001) - Jackson Haisley
- The Year of Living Dangerously (2001) - Jackson Haisley
- God's Work (2001) - Jackson Haisley
- Viva Fidel (2001) - Jackson Haisley
- The Agency (2001) - Jackson Haisley
2002
The Mothman Prophecies as
Gordon Smallwood
2000
Remember the Titans as
Coach Bill Yoast
2000
Trixie as
W. 'Red' Rafferty
2000
Gone in 60 Seconds as
Atley Jackson
1999
Jesus' Son as
John Smith
1999
Entrapment as
Cruz
1999
Breakfast of Champions as
Moe the Truck Driver
1998
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died as
Preacher
1998
Armageddon as
Chick
1998
O.K. Garage as
Sean
1997
The Protector (TV Series) as
Jeff
1997
The Postman as
General Bethlehem
1997
Inventing the Abbotts as
Lloyd Abbott
1995
VR.5 (TV Series) as
Dr. Frank Morgan
- Parallel Lives (1997) - Dr. Frank Morgan
- Sisters (1997) - Dr. Frank Morgan
- Love and Death (1995) - Dr. Frank Morgan
- Dr. Strangechild (1995) - Dr. Frank Morgan
- Pilot (1995) - Dr. Frank Morgan
1997
This World, Then the Fireworks as
Lt. Morgan
1996
Plain Pleasures (Short)
1996
Fled as
Gibson
1996
The Spitfire Grill as
Nahum Goddard
1995
Copycat as
Nicoletti
1995
Judicial Consent as
Alan / husband
1994
Tollbooth as
Dash Pepper
1994
The Puppet Masters as
Dr. Graves
1994
The Client as
Sgt. Hardy
1994
Natural Causes as
Michael Murphy
1993
Midnight Edition as
Jack Travers
1993
Romeo Is Bleeding as
Martie
1993
Taking the Heat (TV Movie) as
Hadley
1993
Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice (TV Movie) as
Batiste
1992
Lincoln and the War Within (TV Movie) as
Leland Ward
1992
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story (TV Movie) as
Frank Maxwell
1992
In the Deep Woods (TV Movie) as
Eric Gaines
1992
The Paint Job as
Wesley
1992
In the Soup as
Skippy
1991
Cold Heaven as
Father Niles
1991
The Rapture as
Foster
1991
Deadly Desire (TV Movie) as
Giles Menteer
1991
Dillinger (TV Movie) as
Melvin Purvis
1990
Bright Angel as
Woody (uncredited)
1990
Nasty Boys (TV Series) as
Raymond Batiste
- Flesh and Blood (1990) - Raymond Batiste
1990
A Shock to the System as
Lt. Laker
1990
Everybody Wins as
Jerry
1989
Signs of Life as
Owen's Father
1988
Wildfire as
Mike
1988
Stars and Bars as
Duane Gage
1987
No Way Out as
Scott Pritchard
1987
A Gathering of Old Men (TV Movie) as
Lou Dimes
1986
Belizaire the Cajun as
Matthew Perry
1984
Search for Tomorrow (TV Series) as
Kentucky Bluebird (1984-1985) / Kentucky Bluebird
1985
The Equalizer (TV Series) as
Officer Nick Braxton
- Lady Cop (1985) - Officer Nick Braxton
1985
After Hours as
Horst
1985
Desperately Seeking Susan as
Wayne Nolan
1984
Chinese Boxes as
Marsh
1984
The Beniker Gang as
Forest Ranger
1983
Silkwood as
Joe
1983
Variety as
Mark
1983
King Blank as
Bar Customer
1982
Ryan's Hope (TV Series) as
Ox Knowles
- Episode #1.1778 (1982) - Ox Knowles
- Episode dated 18 March 1982 (1982) - Ox Knowles
1982
CBS Library (TV Series) as
Ben Moody
- Robbers, Rooftops and Witches (1982) - Ben Moody
1981
Kent State (TV Movie) as
Peter
1979
Minus Zero as
Schreiber
Soundtrack
2022
Outer Range (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Loss (2022) - (performer: "Home on the Range" - uncredited)
Self
2016
Behind the Storm: The Making of the Scent of Rain and Lightning (Documentary)
2011
The Presence of Joseph Chaikin (Documentary) as
Self
2010
MindFlux (Documentary) as
Self
2009
The Making of 'Dog Days of Summer' (Video) as
Self
2003
Day by Day: A Director's Journey Part II (Video documentary short) as
Self
2002
The Rough South of Larry Brown (Documentary) as
Frank in 'Samaritans'
1999
HBO First Look (TV Series documentary short) as
Self / Cruz
- The Making of 'Entrapment' (1999) - Self / Cruz
Archive Footage
2022
MTV 80s - Top 50 1985 Vs 1989! (TV Special) as
Wayne Nolan (uncredited)
2021
The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (TV Series) as
Self
- BJ Korros The Hollywood Moment with 93rd Academy Award Nominated Diane Warren (2021) - Self
2011
Conan (TV Series) as
Weaver
- Savage. Fred Savage. (2011) - Weaver
1998
Aerosmith: I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing (Music Video) as
Chick
1986
Sex Violence & Values: Changing Images (TV Special) as
Kidnapper (uncredited)
References
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