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

Title	Character	Year	Rating
Halloween Ends	Frank	2022	6.03
Brooklyn's Finest	Lt. Bill Hobarts	2010	6.319
Princess Kaiulani	Sanford B. Dole	2010	5.7
The Fourth Kind	Sheriff August	2009	6.341
The Canyon	Henry	2009	5.6
American Violet	Sam Conroy	2008	6.7
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond	Old Man Dobyne	2008	5.3
The List	Harriston	2007	3.522
The Punisher	Quentin Glass	2004	6.361
The Last Ride	Aaron Purnell	2004	4.273
The Mothman Prophecies	Gordon Smallwood	2002	6.2
Remember the Titans	Coach Bill Yoast	2000	7.641
Trixie	W. 'Red' Rafferty	2000	4.75
Gone in Sixty Seconds	Atley Jackson	2000	6.456
Entrapment	Hector Cruz	1999	6.235
Armageddon	Chick	1998	6.83
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died	Preacher	1998	5.095
Inventing the Abbotts	Lloyd Abbott	1997	6.304
The Postman	Bethlehem	1997	6.26
This World, Then the Fireworks	Lt. Morgan	1997	5.226
The Spitfire Grill	Nahum Goddard	1996	6.455
Copycat	Nicoletti	1995	6.477
The Client	Sergeant Hardy	1994	6.686
The Puppet Masters	Dr. Lawrence Graves	1994	5.784
Romeo Is Bleeding	Martie	1993	6.277
The Rapture	Deputy Foster	1991	5.737
A Shock to the System	Lt. Laker	1990	6.462
Everybody Wins	Jerry	1990	4.044
No Way Out	Scott Pritchard	1987	6.855
After Hours	Horst	1985	7.498

Known for	Acting
Credits	30
Born	1954
From	Charleston, South Carolina, …

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