Bill Moseley
Actor
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
Halloween
as Zach "Z-Man" Garrett 2007
Grindhouse
as Dr. Heinrich von Strasser (segment "Werewolf Women of the SS") 2007
Texas Chainsaw 3D
as Drayton Sawyer 2013
House of 1000 Corpses
as Otis B. Driftwood 2003
The Devil's Rejects
as Otis B. Driftwood 2005
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
as Federal Marshall 1992
The Blob
as Soldier #2 1988
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
as Chop-Top 1986
Night of the Living Dead
as Johnnie 1990
Prisoners of the Ghostland
as Governor 2021
White Fang
as Luke 1991
3 from Hell
as Otis Driftwood 2019
Repo! The Genetic Opera
as Luigi Largo 2008
Pink Cadillac
as Darrell 1989
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
as Otis Driftwood (voice) 2009
The Alphabet Killer
as Carl Tanner 2008