Harvey Brownstone Interviews Multi-Award-Winning Actor, William Sadler

About this episode

Harvey Brownstone interviews multi-award-winning actor William Sadler about his extensive career in film, television, and theater.

Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Multi-Award-Winning Actor, William Sadler About Harvey's guest: Today’s special guest, William Sadler, is a multi-award-winning actor who’s delivered dozens of memorable performances in a career spanning 5 decades. On Broadway, he originated the role of “Sgt. Merwin J. Toomey” in Neil Simon's Tony Award winning play "Biloxi Blues", for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play. On the big screen, he’s perhaps best remembered for his stellar performances in “Die Hard 2”, “Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey”, “Rush”, “The Shawshank Redemption”, “The Green Mile”, “Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight”, “Kinsey”, “Purple Heart”, “August Rush”, “Iron Man 3”, “A Stage of Twilight”, “The Historian”, and the highly acclaimed short film, “Shoot me Nicely”, which won a whole slew of prestigious film festival awards. On television, he was “Lieutenant Charlie Fontana” in “Private Eye”, he was “Sheriff Jim Valenti” in “Rosswell”, he was “Darrin Tyler” in “Wonderfalls”, he was “Tony Teresi” in “Power”, he played “Gino Fish” in 6 “Jessie Stone” movies, and of course, every Trekkie knows that our guest…

People in this episode

Host: Harvey Brownstone

Guest: William Sadler

Topics covered

• acting
• interview
• film
• television
• theater
• performances

Keywords

• William Sadler
• acting
• interview
• film career
• television roles
• theater performances
• awards

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Biloxi Blues, Die Hard 2, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, Rush, The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight, Kinsey, Purple Heart, August Rush

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