<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Marni Joan Bakst (m . 1977) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> William Thomas Sadler (born April 13, 1950) is an American film and television actor . His television and motion picture roles have included Chesty Puller in The Pacific, Luther Sloan in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Sheriff Jim Valenti in Roswell, convict Heywood in The Shawshank Redemption, Senator Vernon Trent in Hard to Kill, and the Grim Reaper in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, a role for which he won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, and his role as Colonel Stuart opposite Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2 . He played the character of President of the United States, Matthew Ellis, in Iron Man 3, in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and in WHIH Newsfront . He also recurs as Steve McGarrett's murdered father, John McGarrett, in the 2010 remake of the 1968 television series, Hawaii Five - O. In 2015, Sadler had an appearance in the TV series Z Nation . </P> <P> Sadler was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Jane and William Sadler . He is of mostly Scottish descent, with smaller amounts of English and German ancestry . </P>

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