---
name: "William Sterchi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-sterchi"
fi1m_id: "william-sterchi"
imdb_id: "nm0827429"
tmdb_id: 202830
wikidata_id: "Q58125204"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T11:35:55.651229+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# William Sterchi

## Identity

William Sterchi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-sterchi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-sterchi
- **IMDb ID:** nm0827429
- **TMDB ID:** 202830
- **Wikidata ID:** Q58125204
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58125204, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827429/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/202830

Actor. Born in New Mexico.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Also known as:** Bill Sterchi
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (2), 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 73 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Crime 3, Drama 3, Western 2, Comedy 1, Music 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $99m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58125204, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827429/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/202830

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Hell or High Water*](https://film.one/film/hell-or-high-water.md) (84)

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## Biography

William Sterchi is an American actor, also credited as Bill Sterchi. Born and raised in New Mexico, he began acting at the age of eight in a local library production of a play about Mozart. He attended the University of New Mexico on a theatre scholarship and later studied film acting in Los Angeles with Charles Conrad, a teaching assistant to Sanford Meisner.

Sterchi is known for roles including the Manager in *Breaking Bad* (2008), Mr. Clauson in *Hell or High Water* (2016), Pat in *Crazy Heart* (2009), and Bob's Editor in *The Men Who Stare at Goats* (2009). Other film credits include *Gold* (2016), *The Space Between Us* (2017), *Observe and Report* (2009), *Employee of the Month* (2006) and *Rattlesnake* (2019). He has also appeared in *Outer Range* (2022–2024) and *Eddington* (2025).

A successful stage actor, Sterchi has appeared in over 45 productions in New Mexico. He is an award-winning performer who has worked alongside multiple Oscar and Emmy winners.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Eddington* (2025), Fi1m 64, as John — [page](https://film.one/film/eddington.md)
- *Hell or High Water* (2016), Fi1m 84, as Mr. Clauson — [page](https://film.one/film/hell-or-high-water.md)
- *Crazy Heart* (2009), Fi1m 71, as Pat — [page](https://film.one/film/crazy-heart.md)
- *Breaking Bad* (2008), Fi1m 91, as Manager — [page](https://film.one/tv/breaking-bad.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Eddington* (2025), as John — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/eddington.md)
- *Sunlight* (2025), as Mr. Shultz
- *The Post* (2023), as Don Alley
- *Outer Range* (2022), series, as Todd Barney
- *Interrogation* (2020), series, as Dr. Howard Berg
- *Rattlesnake* (2019), as Earl
- *The Space Between Us* (2017), as Debate Moderator
- *Graves* (2016), series, as Silas Lee
- *Hell or High Water* (2016), as Mr. Clauson — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/hell-or-high-water.md)
- *Gold* (2016), as Walt Kealer
- *Banshee Chapter* (2013), as Henry Cale
- *The Sixth Gun* (2013), as Hanged Irish Miner
- *Dead Man's Burden* (2012), as WC Claymore
- *Crazy Heart* (2009), as Pat — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/crazy-heart.md)
- *The Men Who Stare at Goats* (2009), as Bob's Editor
- *Georgia O'Keeffe* (2009), Actor
- *Observe and Report* (2009), as Department Store Manager
- *Linewatch* (2008), as Simon
- *In Plain Sight* (2008), series, as Kevin Harwood
- *Breaking Bad* (2008), series, as Manager — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/breaking-bad.md)
- *Cruel World* (2006), as Sheriff Boyle
- *Employee of the Month* (2006), as Umpire
- *Wildfire* (2005), series, as Mr. Happy
- *Elvis Has Left the Building* (2004), as Car Salesman
- *Blind Horizon* (2003), as Bottle Nose Man
- *Sweet Hostage* (1975), as Hank Smathers

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