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?.
Filmography
The Rough South of Larry Brown
2002 · 10.0
Yellowstone
2018 · 8.3
Silo
2023 · 8.2
Into the West
2005 · 8.0
Search for Tomorrow
1951 · 8.0
Lincoln and the War Within
1992 · 8.0
Nature
1982 · 7.9
24
2001 · 7.8
Remember the Titans
2000 · 7.7
The Good Wife
2009 · 7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · 7.6
Midnight Edition
1993 · 7.5
After Hours
1985 · 7.5
Swamp Thing
2019 · 7.4
Train Dreams
2025 · 7.3
Minari
2020 · 7.3
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
1992 · 7.3
Megan Leavey
2017 · 7.3
The Equalizer
1985 · 7.2
Falling Skies
2011 · 7.1
Numb3rs
2005 · 7.0
The Agency
2001 · 6.9
Outer Range
2022 · 6.9
No Way Out
1987 · 6.9
Silkwood
1983 · 6.9
Armageddon
1998 · 6.8
Wendy and Lucy
2008 · 6.8
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1
2024 · 6.8
The Forever Purge
2021 · 6.8
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2
2024 · 6.8
American Honey
2016 · 6.8
VR.5
1995 · 6.7
In the Soup
1992 · 6.7
American Violet
2008 · 6.7
Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice
1990 · 6.7
Sweet Thing
2020 · 6.7
The Client
1994 · 6.7
American Playhouse
1982 · 6.6
Halloween
2018 · 6.6
A Shock to the System
1990 · 6.5
Meek's Cutoff
2011 · 6.5
The Spitfire Grill
1996 · 6.5
King Blank
1983 · 6.5
Copycat
1995 · 6.5
Gone in Sixty Seconds
2000 · 6.5
Nasty Boys
1990 · 6.4
A Mighty Heart
2007 · 6.4
Halloween Kills
2021 · 6.4
The Fourth Kind
2009 · 6.4
The Punisher
2004 · 6.4
The Postman
1997 · 6.3
Inventing the Abbotts
1997 · 6.3
Boarding School
2018 · 6.3
Brooklyn's Finest
2010 · 6.3
Entrapment
1999 · 6.2
The Mothman Prophecies
2002 · 6.2
Romeo Is Bleeding
1993 · 6.2
Jesus' Son
2000 · 6.2
Janet Planet
2024 · 6.2
A Gathering of Old Men
1987 · 6.2
The Beniker Gang
1984 · 6.2
Tollbooth
1994 · 6.2
The November Man
2014 · 6.1
The Girl
2012 · 6.1
Desperately Seeking Susan
1985 · 6.1
Halloween Ends
2022 · 6.0
Kent State
1981 · 6.0
Chinese Boxes
1984 · 6.0
Belizaire the Cajun
1986 · 5.9
The Puppet Masters
1994 · 5.8
An Actor Prepares
2018 · 5.8
Fled
1996 · 5.7
Princess Kaiulani
2010 · 5.7
The Rapture
1991 · 5.7
Family Sins
2004 · 5.7
Shots Fired
2017 · 5.6
Knucklehead
2010 · 5.6
The Canyon
2009 · 5.6
All Revved Up
1998 · 5.6
Dillinger
1991 · 5.6
Blood on Her Name
2020 · 5.6
Judicial Consent
1994 · 5.6
In the Deep Woods
1992 · 5.5
Waking Madison
2011 · 5.5
Hammer
2019 · 5.5
Variety
1985 · 5.4
Natural Causes
1994 · 5.3
Radioflash
2019 · 5.2
Road House 2: Last Call
2006 · 5.2
This World, Then the Fireworks
1997 · 5.2
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
2008 · 5.2
Code Name: The Cleaner
2007 · 5.1
Breakfast of Champions
1999 · 5.0
The Scent of Rain & Lightning
2018 · 5.0
Taking the Heat
1993 · 5.0
Safe
2021 · 5.0
You Can't Win
2026 · 4.9
Signs of Life
1989 · 4.9
Trixie
2000 · 4.8
Dog Days of Summer
2007 · 4.8
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
1998 · 4.8
Bright Angel
1990 · 4.8
The Devil Below
2021 · 4.6
The Paint Job
1993 · 4.6
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
2009 · 4.5
Stars & Bars
1988 · 4.4
Cold Heaven
1992 · 4.3
The Last Ride
2004 · 4.3
Everybody Wins
1990 · 4.1
Wildfire
1988 · 4.0
Abigail Harm
2013 · 4.0
The List
2007 · 3.4
Deadly Desire
1991 · 3.3
Ruby Road
— · 0.0
The Magnificent Seven
— · 0.0
The Ice at the Bottom of the World
— · 0.0
Salvage
2018 · 0.0
Lucky Days
2008 · 0.0
Minus Zero
1979 · 0.0