Bill Moseley
Known for: Acting
William "Bill" Moseley (born November 11, 1951) is an American film actor and musician who has starred in a number of cult classic horror films, including House of 1000 Corpses, Repo! The Genetic Opera and The Devil's Rejects. His first big role was in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as Chop Top. He has also released records with guitarist Buckethead, in the band Cornbugs. Moseley was born in Stamford, Connecticut, and grew up in Barrington Hills, Illinois. He is the son of Virginia Gillette (Kleitz), a journalist, and S. D. Moseley (Spencer Dumaresq Moseley), who was a member of the Yale Corporation, All-American captain and center of the 1942 Yale football team, and chairman and chief executive of the Railway Express Agency. His grandfather, George Moseley, also played football at Yale and was an All-American. He is a graduate of Yale University. For a period of time, Moseley operated as a journalist, writing for such magazines as Omni, National Lampoon and Psychology Today.
Filmography
Series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Bernie (voice)
2012
Series
ER
Charlie
1994
Series
The Practice
Jake Spooner
1997
Series
Uncle Grandpa
Additional Voices (voice)
2013
Series
Z Nation
General McCandles
2014
Series
Tour of Duty
1987
Series
Fallen Angels
Customer #1
1993
Film
Army of Darkness
Deadite Captain
1992
Series
Carnivàle
Possum
2003
Series
Freddy's Nightmares
Buzz
1988
Series
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self
2018
Film
Texas Chainsaw 3D
Drayton Sawyer
2013
Film
Halloween
Zach "Z-Man" Garrett
2007
Film
The Blob
Soldier #2
1988
Film
Grindhouse
Dr. Heinrich von Strasser (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS")
2007
Film
House of 1000 Corpses
Otis B. Driftwood
2003
Film
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Chop-Top
1986
Film
The Devil's Rejects
Otis B. Driftwood
2005
Film
White Fang
Luke
1991
Film
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
Federal Marshall
1992
Film
Pink Cadillac
Darrell
1989
Film
Night of the Living Dead
Johnnie
1990
Series
Holliston
Crazy Max
2012
Film
Prisoners of the Ghostland
Governor
2021
Film
The Devil's Tomb
Prof. Duncan
2009
Film
3 from Hell
Otis Driftwood
2019
Series
Charles Band’s Full Moon Freakshow
2022
Film
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
Otis Driftwood (voice)
2009
Film
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Luigi Largo
2008
Film
Charles Band's Evil Bong
Bong World Patron
2006
Film
Mr. Jones
Worker
1993
Film
Quackers!
Self (as Chop Top)
2006
Film
Stream
Jimmy
2024
Film
Boar
Bruce
2018
Film
The Alphabet Killer
Carl Tanner
2008
Film
Evil Ed
Special Voice Appearance
1995
Film
Live from Baghdad
Rex
2002
Film
Crash and Burn
Quinn
1990
Film
The First Power
Bartender
1990
Film
House
Stewart
2008
Film
Alone in the Dark 2
Dexter
2008
Film
Charlie's Farm
John Wilson
2014
Film
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Self
2020
Film
The Graves
Caleb
2010
Film
2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
Mayor Buckman
2010
Film
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
Bill
2011
Film
The Tortured
Kozlowski
2010
Film
The Devil's Carnival
The Magician
2012
Film
Orum
Leonard
2024
Film
Smothered
Soggy Christian
2016
Film
Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!
Ricky
1989
Film
Ice Nine Kills Presents: Welcome to Horrorwood
Captain Harris
2024
Film
The Horde
Jacob Sutter
2016
Film
Dead Air
Logan Burnhardt
2009
Film
The Convent
Officer Ray
2000
Film
Death House
Giger
2018
Film
Exit Humanity
General Williams
2011
Film
Minutes to Midnight
Gimple
2018
Film
Babysitter Wanted
Chief Dinelli
2007
Film
Shed of the Dead
Doc
2019
Film
Rogue River
Jon
2012
Film
Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
Self
2020
Film
Endangered Species
Cab Driver
1982
Film
Point of Origin
Task Force Officer
2002
FEARnet's Movies with More Brains
Self
2011
Film
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
Self
2022
Film
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
Self
2017
Film
Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet
Graveyard Gus
2009
Film
Prehysteria! 3
Director
1995
Film
Thr3e
Slater
2007
Film
In Search of Darkness
Self
2019
Film
Dead Souls
Sheriff Depford
2012
Film
In Search of Darkness: Part III
Self
2022
Film
Arlo: The Burping Pig
Ernie Dorko
2016
Film
The Ascent
Erasmus
2026
Film
To Your Last Death
Pavel (voice)
2019
Film
Night Talkers
Ari Hall
2024
Film
UnConventional
Self
2004
Film
Slayer: The Repentless Killogy
Nazi Dad
2019
Film
Night of the Missing
The Caller (segment "Nite Flirt")
2023
Film
Organism 46-B The Unseen
Dr. Lincoln Tucker
Film
Eldorado
Lemmas
2012
Film
The Church
Pastor James
2018
Film
The History of Metal and Horror
Self
2021
Film
Sin Eater
2022
Film
Michael Lives: The Making of Halloween
Self
2008
Film
Medieval Times: The Making of "Army of Darkness"
Self
2015
Film
Cynthia
Buttercup
2018
Film
Vicious
Walace
2003
Film
Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini
Self
2015
Film
The Possession Experiment
Father Mark Campbell
2016
Film
Inside Out 2
Dave (segment "I've Got a Crush on You")
1992
Film
Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival
The Magician
2016
Film
Natty Knocks
Abner Honeywell
2023
Film
I Am Fear
Steve Mccreedy
2020
Film
Blood Run
Hank
1994
Film
Big Top Evil
Mr. Kharver
2019
Film
Fair Game
Frank
1988
Film
The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
Self
2007
Film
Red Night at Skye's
William Boyd
2024
Film
Old 37
Darryl
2015
Film
Manson Girls
Charles Manson
Film
Night of the Living Dead: Darkest Dawn
Johnny
2015
Film
Spawn of the Living Dead
Dr. Harold Ornsby
Film
Crepitus
Crepitus
2018
Film
They Turned Us into Killers
2024
Film
Fallen Angels
Westin
2007
Film
Exorcism at 60,000 Feet
Garvan
2019
I Heart Monster Movies
Self
2012
Film
Vampira: The Movie
Himself
2006
Film
The Fetus
Maddox
2025
Film
To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell
Self
2019
Film
Baltigore
The Traveler
Film
Handy Dandy
Richard Crane
2019
Film
Hayride to Hell
Farmer Sam
2023
Film
The Inflicted
Mr. O'Hara
2012
Film
A Perfect Place
Eddie
2008
Film
Almost Mercy
Pastor Johnson
2015
Film
Home Sick
Mr. Suitcase
2007
Film
The End of Innocence
Man on the Hill
1990
Film
American Exorcist
Mr. Snowfeather
2018
Film
Anderson's Cross
Mr. Daniels
2010
Film
Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth
Self
2000
Film
All American Massacre
Chop-Top
1998
Film
Disciples
Dread
2014
Film
Toy Box
David Parker Ray
2018
Film
A Dead Calling
Chief Murken
2006
Film
Dead by Midnight (Y2Kill)
Jasper
2022
Film
Bad Girl Boogey
Radio DJ (voice)
2022
Film
Mugworth
Bellousinni
2018
Film
The Great American Mud Wrestle
Special Guest Judge
2018
Film
Nightmare Angel
Dr. William de Freis
1986
Film
Hangover in Death Valley
Lemmas (archive footage)
2018
Film
Osa
Quilt Face
1986
Film
30 Days in Hell: The Making of 'The Devil's Rejects'
Self
2005
Film
Gothic Harvest
Detective Hollis
2019
Film
Scared to Death
Felix
2026
Film
Godkiller: Walk Among Us
Dr. West (voice)
2010
Film
Alcoholist
Grey Speckled Man
2017
Film
James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction
Self
1993
Film
It Runs in the Family
Self
2006
Film
The Devil's Disciples
Dread
2024
Film
Murders
Sal Bernando
2022
Film
The Devil Dogs of Kilo Company
Capt. Morrison (Voice)
2015
Covet
Sheriff Troy
Film
Texas Carlos Massacre
Self
2021
Film
Night of the Little Dead
Kickstand
2011
Film
The Mangled
Bill Bates
Film
Fish
Fisherman
2017
Film
Blades in the Darkness 2
Victor
Film
House of the Witchdoctor
Peter Van Hooten
2014
Film
Subscriber
Jim
Chastise
Bronco
Film
Nite Flirt
The Devil
2022
Film
Ice Nine Kills: The Silver Stream
Host
2021
Film
Silently Within Your Shadow
Hugo
2015
Film
Essence of Echoes
Dr. Hilcott
2002
Film
Headcheese
Self (as Chop Top)
2007