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