Will Patton
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?.
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Movies (42)
You Can't Win
as Foot and a Half George
2026
Train Dreams
as Narrator (voice)
2025
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
as Owen Kittredge
2024
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
as Owen Kittredge
2024
Janet Planet
as Wayne
2024
Halloween Ends
as Frank
2022
Halloween Kills
as Officer Hawkins
2021
Safe
as Francis
2021
The Forever Purge
as Caleb Tucker
2021
The Devil Below
as Schuttmann
2021
Minari
as Paul
2021
Sweet Thing
as Adam
2020
Blood on Her Name
as Richard
2020
Hammer
as Stephen Davis
2019
Radioflash
as Frank
2019
Halloween
as Officer Hawkins
2018
An Actor Prepares
as Wisdom
2018
Boarding School
as Dr. Sherman
2018
The Scent of Rain & Lightning
as Senior
2018
Salvage
2018
Megan Leavey
as Jim
2017
American Honey
as Back Seat Cowboy
2016
The November Man
as Perry Weinstein
2014
Abigail Harm
as The Visitor/Narrator
2013
The Girl
as Tommy
2012
Meek's Cutoff
as Soloman Tetherow
2011
Knucklehead
as Vic Sullivan
2010
Princess Kaiulani
as Sanford B. Dole
2010
Brooklyn's Finest
as Lt. Bill Hobarts
2010
The Fourth Kind
as Sheriff August
2009
The Canyon
as Henry
2009
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
as John Wilkes Booth (Voice)
2009
Wendy and Lucy
as Mechanic
2008
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
as Old Man Dobyne
2008
American Violet
as Sam Conroy
2008
Lucky Days
as J.C.
2008
Dog Days of Summer
as Eli Cottonmouth
2007
A Mighty Heart
as Randall Bennett
2007
Code Name: The Cleaner
as Riley
2007
The List
as Harriston
2007
Road House 2: Last Call
as Nate Tanner
2006
Family Sins
as Philip Rothman
2005
TV Shows (8)
Silo
as Deputy Sam Marnes
2023
Outer Range
as Wayne Tillerson
2022
Swamp Thing
as Avery Sunderland
2019
Yellowstone
as Garrett Randle
2018
Shots Fired
as Sheriff Daniel Platt
2017
Falling Skies
as Captain Daniel 'Dan' Weaver
2011
The Good Wife
as Mike Tascioni
2009
Into the West
as James Fletcher
2005