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