Bill Paxton

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 114

Gender Male

Birthday 1955-05-17

Day of Death 2017-02-25 (61 years old)

Place of Birth Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Also Known As

William Paxton
William "Bill" Paxton

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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

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as The Man

2019		The Movies That Made Us (1 episode) as Self (Archival Footage)
2019		Taking Tiger Mountain Revisited as Billy Hampton

2017		The Circle as Vinnie Holland
2017		Training Day (13 episodes) as Frank Rourke

2016		Mean Dreams as Wayne Caraway
2016		Term Life as Detective Keenan

2015		The Gamechangers as Jack Thompson
2015		Pixies as Eddie Beck (voice)
2015		Texas Rising (5 episodes) as Sam Houston

2014		Nightcrawler as Joe Loder
2014		Edge of Tomorrow as Master Sergeant Farell
2014		Million Dollar Arm as Tom House

2013		JFK: The Final Hours as Narrator (voice)
2013		Red Wing as Jim Verret
2013		Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (6 episodes) as John Garrett
2013		2 Guns as Earl
2013		The Colony as Mason

2012		Reflections on Titanic as Self
2012		Titanic: 100 Years On as Self
2012		Hatfields & McCoys (3 episodes) as Randall McCoy
2012		Shanghai Calling as Donald

2011		Haywire as John Kane
2011		Tornado Alley as Himself - Narrator

2009		13 Scarier Movie Moments as Self
2009		Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (1 episode) as Self

2008

as Self

2007

as Robbie

2006

(53 episodes) as Bill Henrickson

2005		The Reichen Show (1 episode) as Self
2005		Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Ed Mitchell (voice)
2005		Derailroaded as Self (archive footage) as Self
2005		The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' as (archive footage)

2004		Haven as Carl Ridley
2004		No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
2004		Thunderbirds as Jeff Tracy
2004		Club Dread as Coconut Pete

2003		Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' as Self
2003		Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over as Dinky Winks
2003		Resistance as Ted Brice
2003		Ghosts of the Abyss as Self

2002		Living in Darkness as Himself
2002		Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams as Dinky Winks

2001

as Dad Meiks

2000		Vertical Limit as Elliot Vaughn
2000		U-571 as Lt. Cmdr. Mike Dahlgren

1998		Mighty Joe Young as Gregg O'Hara
1998		A Simple Plan as Hank Mitchell
1998		A Bright Shining Lie as John Paul Vann

1997		Titanic as Brock Lovett
1997		The View (1 episode) as Self
1997		Traveller as Bokky

1996		The Evening Star as Jerry Bruckner
1996		Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 as Himself
1996		Twister as Bill Harding

1995		The Last Supper as Zachary Cody
1995		Apollo 13 as Fred Haise

1994		Frank & Jesse as Frank James
1994		True Lies as Simon
1994		Future Shock as Vince

1993		Tombstone as Morgan Earp
1993		Frasier (1 episode) as Ernie (voice)
1993		Monolith as Tucker
1993		Indian Summer as Jack Belston
1993		Boxing Helena as Ray O'Malley

1992		Trespass as Vince
1992		HBO First Look (1 episode) as Self
1992		The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2 episodes)
1992		The Vagrant as Graham Krakowski
1992		One False Move as Dale 'Hurricane' Dixon

1991

as Gus

1990		Predator 2 as Jerry Lambert
1990		Navy Seals as Floyd Dane
1990		The Last of the Finest as Howard 'Hojo' Jones
1990		Brain Dead as Jim Reston

1989		Next of Kin as Gerald Gates
1989		Slipstream as Matt Owens
1989		Tales from the Crypt (1 episode) as Billy DeLuca
1989		The Roommate
1989		Back to Back as Bo Brand

1988		Pass the Ammo as Jesse Wilkes
1988		Martini Ranch: Reach as The Outlaw

1987		Near Dark as Severen
1987		Touched by the Hand of God as Running Man

1986		Fresno (5 episodes) as Billy Joe Bobb
1986		Aliens as Pvt. William L. Hudson

1985		Commando as Intercept Officer
1985		Weird Science as Chet Donnelly
1985		An Early Frost as Bob Maracek
1985		The Atlanta Child Murders (2 episodes) as Campbell

1984		The Terminator as Punk Leader
1984		Impulse as Eddie
1984		Miami Vice (1 episode) as Vic Romano
1984		Streets of Fire as Clyde the Bartender

1983		The Hitchhiker (1 episode) as Trout
1983		Mortuary as Paul Andrews
1983		Deadly Lessons as Eddie Fox
1983		The Lords of Discipline as Gilbreath
1983		Great Day as Rudy
1983		Riding Fast as Bobo

1982

as Billy Hampton

1981		Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker as Eddie
1981		Stripes as Soldier

1980

(6 episodes)

1975		Saturday Night Live (1 episode) as Self - Host
1975		Crazy Mama as John

Art

2019

… Production Design

1982

… Production Design

1981

… Set Decoration

1977

… Assistant Art Director

1976

… Set Decoration

1975

… Art Direction

1974

… Set Dresser

Production

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… Producer

2013

… Producer

2007

… Executive Producer

1997

… Producer

1988

… Producer

Directing

2011

… Director

2005

… Director

2001

… Director

Writing

2011

… Story

1988

… Writer

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