Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

117

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-05-17

Deathday

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

7.9%

Titanic

Nov 18, 1997

7.6%

Edge of Tomorrow

May 27, 2014

7.7%

The Terminator

Oct 26, 1984

7.7%

Nightcrawler

Oct 23, 2014

8.0%

Aliens

Jul 18, 1986

7.5%

Apollo 13

Jun 30, 1995

5.5%

The Circle

Apr 27, 2017

7.1%

True Lies

Jul 15, 1994

6.5%

2 Guns

Aug 2, 2013

7.5%

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

Sep 24, 2013

6.5%

Twister

May 10, 1996

6.3%

Predator 2

Nov 21, 1990

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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
2017		Training Day 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 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. 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 as Randall McCoy
2012		Shanghai Calling as Donald
2012		Honest Trailers as Brock Lovett (archive footage)

2011		Haywire as John Kane
2011		Tornado Alley as Self - Narrator (voice)

2010

Who Do You Think You Are? as Self

2009		13 Scarier Movie Moments as Self
2009		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		The Reichen Show as Self
2005		$200,000,001: A Ship's Odyssey (The Titanic Crew Video) as Self / Brock Lovett (archive footage)
2005		Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Ed Mitchell (voice)
2005		Derailroaded as Self (archive footage)
2005		The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' as Self (archive footage)

2004		Haven as Carl Ridley
2004		No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds as Self
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		The Alien Saga as Self (archive footage)
2002		Living in Darkness as Himself
2002		Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams as Dinky Winks
2002		Frailty 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		Heart of the Ocean: The Making of Titanic as Self / Brock Lovett
1997		Titanic as Brock Lovett
1997		The View as Self
1997		Traveller as Bokky

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

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 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 as Self
1992		The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992		The Vagrant as Graham Krakowski

1991		One False Move as Dale "Hurricane" Dixon
1991		The Dark Backward 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		The Making of Slipstream
1989		Next of Kin as Gerald Gates
1989		Slipstream as Matt Owens
1989		Tales from the Crypt as Billy DeLuca
1989		The Roommate
1989		Back to Back as Bo Brand

1988		American Experience as Self - Reader (voice)
1988		Pass the Ammo as Jesse Wilkes

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

1986		Fresno as Billy Joe Bobb
1986		Aliens as Private Hudson

1985		Commando as Intercept Officer
1985		Weird Science as Chet
1985		An Early Frost as Bob Maracek
1985		The Atlanta Child Murders as Campbell

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

1983		The Hitchhiker as Trout
1983		Deadly Lessons as Eddie Fox
1983		The Lords of Discipline as Gilbreath
1983		Riding Fast as Bobo
1983		Great Day as Rudy

1982		Taking Tiger Mountain as Billy Hampton
1982		Mortuary as Paul Andrews

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

1980

The Six O'Clock Follies

1977

The Egyptian Princess as The Man

1975		Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975		Crazy Mama as John

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self

1944		Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
1944		Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee/Presenter
1944		Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee

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

Directing

2011

Tattoo as Director

2005

The Greatest Game Ever Played as Director

2002

Frailty as Director

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