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?.
Filmography (119)
You Can't Win
2026
Train Dreams
2025
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024
Janet Planet
2024
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
2024
Silo
2023
Halloween Ends
2022
Outer Range
2022
Minari
2021
The Forever Purge
2021
The Devil Below
2021
Safe
2021
Halloween Kills
2021
Blood on Her Name
2020
Sweet Thing
2020
Radioflash
2019
Hammer
2019
Swamp Thing
2019
Salvage
2018
The Scent of Rain & Lightning
2018
An Actor Prepares
2018
Halloween
2018
Boarding School
2018
Yellowstone
2018
Megan Leavey
2017
Shots Fired
2017
American Honey
2016
The November Man
2014
Abigail Harm
2013
The Girl
2012
Meek's Cutoff
2011
Waking Madison
2011
Falling Skies
2011
Brooklyn's Finest
2010
Princess Kaiulani
2010
Knucklehead
2010
The Fourth Kind
2009
The Canyon
2009
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
2009
The Good Wife
2009
American Violet
2008
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
2008
Lucky Days
2008
Wendy and Lucy
2008
The List
2007
Dog Days of Summer
2007
A Mighty Heart
2007
Code Name: The Cleaner
2007
Road House 2: Last Call
2006
Family Sins
2005
Numb3rs
2005
Into the West
2005
The Punisher
2004
The Last Ride
2004
The Mothman Prophecies
2002
The Rough South of Larry Brown
2002
The Agency
2001
24
2001
Remember the Titans
2000
Trixie
2000
Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000
Jesus' Son
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Entrapment
1999
Breakfast of Champions
1999
Armageddon
1998
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
1998
All Revved Up
1998
Inventing the Abbotts
1997
The Postman
1997
This World, Then the Fireworks
1997
The Spitfire Grill
1996
Fled
1996
Copycat
1995
VR.5
1995
The Client
1994
The Puppet Masters
1994
Tollbooth
1994
Judicial Consent
1994
Natural Causes
1994
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993
The Paint Job
1993
Midnight Edition
1993
Taking the Heat
1993
In the Deep Woods
1992
Cold Heaven
1992
Lincoln and the War Within
1992
In the Soup
1992
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
1992
The Rapture
1991
Deadly Desire
1991
Dillinger
1991
A Shock to the System
1990
Everybody Wins
1990
Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice
1990
Bright Angel
1990
Nasty Boys
1990
Signs of Life
1989
Stars & Bars
1988
Wildfire
1988
No Way Out
1987
A Gathering of Old Men
1987
Belizaire the Cajun
1986
After Hours
1985
Variety
1985
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985
The Equalizer
1985
The Beniker Gang
1984
Chinese Boxes
1984
King Blank
1983
Silkwood
1983
Nature
1982
Kent State
1981
Minus Zero
1979
Search for Tomorrow
1951
Ruby Road
The Ice at the Bottom of the World
Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenΓ©t Ramsey
The Magnificent Seven
English
EspaΓ±ol
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