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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-05-17 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Bill Paxton

Biography:

Bill Paxton (May 17, 1955 – February 25, 2017) was an American actor. He appeared in films including Aliens and Titanic and starred as practising polygamist Bill Henrickson in the HBO series Big Love. On February 25, 2017 he died from complications following heart surgery.

Known For

Acting

2024

Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2019

The Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)

2017

The Circle as Vinnie Holland

Training Day as Frank Rourke

2016

Term Life as Detective Keenan

Mean Dreams as Wayne Caraway

2015

Pixies as Eddie Beck (voice)

The Gamechangers as Jack Thompson

Texas Rising as Sam Houston

2014

Edge of Tomorrow as Master Sergeant Farell

Million Dollar Arm as Tom House

Nightcrawler as Joe Loder

2013

2 Guns as Earl

The Colony as Mason

Red Wing as Jim Verret

JFK: The Final Hours as Narrator (voice)

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as John Garrett

2012

Shanghai Calling as Donald

Titanic: 100 Years On as Self

Reflections on Titanic as Self

Hatfields & McCoys as Randall McCoy

Honest Trailers as Brock Lovett (archive footage)

2011

Haywire as John Kane

Tornado Alley as Self - Narrator (voice)

2010

Who Do You Think You Are? as Self

2009

13 Scarier Movie Moments as Self

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest

2008

His Highness Hollywood as Self

2007

The Good Life as Robbie

2006

Big Love as Bill Henrickson

2005

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Ed Mitchell (voice)

Derailroaded as Self (archive footage)

The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' as Self (archive footage)

$200,000,001: A Ship's Odyssey (The Titanic Crew Video) as Self / Brock Lovett (archive footage)

The Reichen Show as Self

2004

Club Dread as Coconut Pete

Haven as Carl Ridley

Thunderbirds as Jeff Tracy

No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds as Self

2003

Ghosts of the Abyss as Self

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over as Dinky Winks

Resistance as Ted Brice

Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' as Self

2002

Frailty as Dad Meiks

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams as Dinky Winks

The Alien Saga as Self (archive footage)

Living in Darkness as Himself

2000

U-571 as Lt. Cmdr. Mike Dahlgren

Vertical Limit as Elliot Vaughn

1998

A Simple Plan as Hank Mitchell

Mighty Joe Young as Gregg O'Hara

A Bright Shining Lie as John Paul Vann

1997

Traveller as Bokky

Titanic as Brock Lovett

Heart of the Ocean: The Making of Titanic as Self / Brock Lovett

The View as Self

1996

Twister as Bill

The Evening Star as Jerry Bruckner

Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 as Self

1995

Apollo 13 as Fred Haise

The Last Supper as Zachary Cody

1994

Frank & Jesse as Frank James

True Lies as Simon

Future Shock as Vince

1993

Tombstone as Morgan Earp

Indian Summer as Jack Belston

Boxing Helena as Ray O'Malley

Monolith as Tucker

Frasier as Ernie (voice)

1992

Trespass as Vince

The Vagrant as Graham Krakowski

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

HBO First Look as Self

1991

One False Move as Dale "Hurricane" Dixon

The Dark Backward as Gus

1990

Predator 2 as Jerry Lambert

Brain Dead as Jim Reston

The Last of the Finest as Howard 'Hojo' Jones

Navy Seals as Floyd Dane

1989

Slipstream as Matt Owens

Next of Kin as Gerald Gates

Back to Back as Bo Brand

The Making of Slipstream

Tales from the Crypt as Billy DeLuca

1988

Pass the Ammo as Jesse Wilkes

American Experience as Self - Reader (voice)

1987

Near Dark as Severen

Touched by the Hand of God as Running Man

1986

Aliens as Private Hudson

Fresno as Billy Joe Bobb

1985

Weird Science as Chet

An Early Frost as Bob Maracek

Commando as Intercept Officer

The Atlanta Child Murders as Campbell

1984

The Terminator as Punk Leader

Impulse as Eddie

Streets of Fire as Clyde the Bartender

Miami Vice as Vic Romano

1983

The Lords of Discipline as Gilbreath

Riding Fast as Bobo

Deadly Lessons as Eddie Fox

Great Day as Rudy

The Hitchhiker as Trout

1982

Mortuary as Paul Andrews

Taking Tiger Mountain as Billy Hampton

1981

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker as Eddie

Stripes as Soldier

1980

The Six O'Clock Follies

1977

The Egyptian Princess as The Man

1975

Crazy Mama as John

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee/Presenter

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee

Directing

2011

Tattoo as Director

2005

The Greatest Game Ever Played as Director

2002

Frailty as Director

Art

1982

Taking Tiger Mountain as Production Design

1981

Galaxy of Terror as Set Decoration

1977

Death Game as Assistant Art Director

1976

Eat My Dust as Set Decoration

1975

Beach Blanket Bango as Art Direction

1974

Big Bad Mama as Set Dresser

Production

2013

Parkland as Producer

2007

The Good Life as Executive Producer

1997

Traveller as Producer

1977

The Egyptian Princess as Producer

Writing

2011

Tattoo as Story