Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1954-06-14
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Jesus' Son.
- Dancing With the Devil : Sex, Espionage and the U.S. Marines
- Robicheaux
- Nobody Move
- Light of the World
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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…
Known for
- You Can't Win — Foot and a Half George2026
- Train Dreams — Narrator (voice)2025
- Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2 — Owen Kittredge2024
- Janet Planet — Wayne2024
- Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 — Owen Kittredge2024
- Silo — Deputy Sam Marnes2023
- Halloween Ends — Frank2022
- Outer Range — Wayne Tillerson2022
- Minari — Paul2021
- The Forever Purge — Caleb Tucker2021
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 373
- Total plays
- 5,746
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,771x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 7,671x
- Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 6,071x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
· 2017 · cited 6,068x
via Crossref · CC0
Key dates
- Born
- 14 June 1954
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Will
- Family name
- Patton
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Charleston
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Will Patton in Blood on Her Name (2019).jpg
Show 1 more fact
- P6886
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Categories
1954 births20th-century American male actors21st-century American male actorsAmerican male film actorsAmerican male stage actorsAmerican male television actorsAudiobook narratorsBLP articles lacking sources from May 2023Internet Off-Broadway Database person ID same as WikidataLiving peopleMale actors from Charleston, South CarolinaObie Award recipients