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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 17, 1955
Died
February 25, 2017
Place of Birth
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Also Known As
- William Paxton
- William "Bill" Paxton
- Білл Пекстон
- بیل پکستون
Bill Paxton
2.2 Popularity
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
7.0
Self / Brock Lovett (archive footage)
Titanic: Stories from the Heart
2023
7.2
Self (archive footage)
The Movies That Made Us
2019
5.5
Vinnie Holland
The Circle
2017
5.6
Frank Rourke
Training Day
2017
6.4
Wayne Caraway
Mean Dreams
2016
8.0
Self
Tom Hanks: A League of His Own
2016
6.0
Detective Keenan
Term Life
2016
6.0
Jack Thompson
The Gamechangers
2015
5.0
Eddie Beck (voice)
Pixies
2015
6.1
Sam Houston
Texas Rising
2015
Credits
Titanic: Stories from the Heart
as Self / Brock Lovett (archive footage)
2023
7.0
The Movies That Made Us
as Self (archive footage)
2019
7.2
The Circle
as Vinnie Holland
2017
5.5
Training Day
as Frank Rourke
2017
5.6
Mean Dreams
as Wayne Caraway
2016
6.4
Tom Hanks: A League of His Own
as Self
2016
8.0
Term Life
as Detective Keenan
2016
6.0
The Gamechangers
as Jack Thompson
2015
6.0
Pixies
as Eddie Beck (voice)
2015
5.0
Texas Rising
as Sam Houston
2015
6.1
Nightcrawler
as Joe Loder
2014
7.7
Edge of Tomorrow
as Master Sergeant Farell
2014
7.6
Million Dollar Arm
as Tom House
2014
6.7
JFK: The Final Hours
as Narrator (voice)
2013
8.7
Red Wing
as Jim Verret
2013
6.3
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as John Garrett
2013
7.5
2 Guns
as Earl
2013
6.5
The Colony
as Mason
2013
5.4
Reflections on Titanic
as Self
2012
7.3
Titanic: 100 Years On
as Self
2012
6.5
Hatfields & McCoys
as Randall McCoy
2012
7.5
Shanghai Calling
as Donald
2012
6.3
Haywire
as John Kane
2011
5.7
Tornado Alley
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2011
6.4
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2010
6.6
13 Scarier Movie Moments
as Self
2009
9.0
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2009
6.1
His Highness Hollywood
as Self
2008
7.0
The Good Life
as Robbie
2007
6.5
Big Love
as Bill Henrickson
2006
6.9
The Reichen Show
as Self
2005
4.8
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Ed Mitchell (voice)
2005
5.8
Derailroaded
as Self (archive footage)
2005
7.6
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
as Self (archive footage)
2005
6.0
Haven
as Carl Ridley
2004
5.2
🎬
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
as Self
2004
0.0
Thunderbirds
as Jeff Tracy
2004
5.0
Club Dread
as Coconut Pete
2004
5.2
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
as Self
2003
7.6
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
as Dinky Winks
2003
5.1
Resistance
as Ted Brice
2003
4.8
Ghosts of the Abyss
as Self
2003
6.9
The Alien Saga
as Self (archive footage)
2002
6.6
Living in Darkness
as Himself
2002
9.0
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
as Dinky Winks
2002
5.7
Frailty
as Dad Meiks
2002
7.0
The Making of 'Tombstone'
as Self
2002
0.0
Vertical Limit
as Elliot Vaughn
2000
6.0
U-571
as Lt. Cmdr. Mike Dahlgren
2000
6.5
Mighty Joe Young
as Gregg O'Hara
1998
6.3
A Simple Plan
as Hank Mitchell
1998
7.2
A Bright Shining Lie
as John Paul Vann
1998
5.5
Titanic
as Brock Lovett
1997
7.9
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Traveller
as Bokky
1997
5.6
The Evening Star
as Jerry Bruckner
1996
6.1
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
as Self
1996
5.8
Twister
as Bill
1996
6.5
The Last Supper
as Zachary Cody
1995
6.5
Apollo 13
as Fred Haise
1995
7.5
Frank & Jesse
as Frank James
1994
5.1
True Lies
as Simon
1994
7.1
Future Shock
as Vince
1994
3.8
Tombstone
as Morgan Earp
1993
7.6
Frasier
as Ernie (voice)
1993
7.7
Monolith
as Tucker
1993
4.4
Indian Summer
as Jack Belston
1993
6.3
Boxing Helena
as Ray O'Malley
1993
5.0
Trespass
as Vince
1992
6.3
Tales from the Crypt - Uncut
1992
0.0
HBO First Look
as Self
1992
4.9
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.4
The Vagrant
as Graham Krakowski
1992
5.8
One False Move
as Dale "Hurricane" Dixon
1991
6.6
The Dark Backward
as Gus
1991
5.6
Predator 2
as Jerry Lambert
1990
6.3
Navy Seals
as Floyd Dane
1990
5.4
The Last of the Finest
as Howard 'Hojo' Jones
1990
5.9
Brain Dead
as Jim Reston
1990
5.6
The Making of Slipstream
1989
0.0
Next of Kin
as Gerald Gates
1989
5.9
Slipstream
as Matt Owens
1989
4.3
Tales from the Crypt
as Billy DeLuca
1989
8.0
🎬
The Roommate
1989
0.0
Back to Back
as Bo Brand
1989
2.8
American Experience
as Self - Reader (voice)
1988
6.9
Pass the Ammo
as Jesse Wilkes
1988
4.1
Martini Ranch: Reach
as The Outlaw
1988
0.0
Near Dark
as Severen
1987
6.8
Zabagabee
1987
0.0
Fresno
as Billy Joe Bobb
1986
6.4
Aliens
as Private Hudson
1986
8.0
Commando
as Intercept Officer
1985
6.7
Weird Science
as Chet
1985
6.5
An Early Frost
as Bob Maracek
1985
5.7
The Atlanta Child Murders
as Campbell
1985
5.6
The Terminator
as Punk Leader
1984
7.7
Impulse
as Eddie
1984
5.1
Miami Vice
as Vic Romano
1984
7.5
Streets of Fire
as Clyde the Bartender
1984
6.9
The Hitchhiker
as Trout
1983
6.1
Deadly Lessons
as Eddie Fox
1983
5.2
The Lords of Discipline
as Gilbreath
1983
6.6
Great Day
as Rudy
1983
0.0
Riding Fast
as Bobo
1983
5.0
Taking Tiger Mountain
as Billy Hampton
1982
4.2
Mortuary
as Paul Andrews
1982
5.2
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
as Eddie
1981
6.6
Stripes
as Soldier
1981
6.6
Fish Heads
1980
0.0
🎬
The Six O'Clock Follies
1980
0.0
The Egyptian Princess
as The Man
1977
0.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Man in Fish Heads (uncredited)
1975
7.0
Crazy Mama
as John
1975
5.4
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2