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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Jesus' Son.
- Dancing With the Devil : Sex, Espionage and the U.S. Marines
- Robicheaux
- Nobody Move
- Light of the World
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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
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 373
- Total plays
- 5,746
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Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 1
- Cited by
- 10
Research areas
Most cited works
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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 15,380x
- 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 10,810x
- 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 7,746x
- 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 6,092x
- 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 6,091x
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Key facts
- Born
- William Rankin Patton , ( 1954-06-14 ) June 14, 1954 (age 71) , Charleston, South Carolina , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1981–present
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Will Patton in Blood on Her Name (2019).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1954-06-14
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
- Commons category
- Will Patton
- birth name
- William Rankin Patton
- name in native language
- Will Patton
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William Rankin Patton (born June 14, 1954) is an American actor. He starred as Colonel Dan Weaver in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies. He also appeared in the films The Client (1994), Armageddon (1998), Gone in 60 Seconds (2000), Remember the Titans (2000), The Punisher (2004), American Honey (2016), Halloween (2018), and Minari (2020). He appeared opposite Kevin Costner in four films: No Way Out (1987), The Postman (1997), and Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 (both 2024), as well as having a guest role in seasons 3 and 4 of Costner's Paramount Network series Yellowstone (2020–2022). Patton played Deputy Marnes in season one of the 2023 TV series Silo.
Patton was nominated alongside castmates for his ensemble work in Minari and Yellowstone at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in 2020 and 2021, and 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?.