William Rankin "Will" 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 films such as
Remember the Titans,
Armageddon,
Gone in 60 Seconds and
The Punisher. Patton’s father, Bill Patton, was a playwright and acting/directing instructor. Patton has been in many films, starting in 1981. He has done many television appearances as well, starting in 1982 and he has done a great deal of voice work with audio books. 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?.