Bill Paxton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-05-17 (62 years old)

Deathday

2017-02-25

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.

Acting

1990

Predator 2

as Jerry Lambert

1984

The Terminator

as Punk Leader

1995

Apollo 13

as Fred Haise

1996

Twister

as Bill

1986

Aliens

as Private Hudson

1998

A Simple Plan

as Hank Mitchell

2000

U-571

as Lt. Cmdr. Mike Dahlgren

1996

The Evening Star

as Jerry Bruckner

1991

One False Move

as Dale "Hurricane" Dixon

2004

Club Dread

as Coconut Pete

1990

Brain Dead

as Jim Reston

1992

Trespass

as Vince

2000

Vertical Limit

as Elliot Vaughn

1989

Slipstream

as Matt Owens

2007

The Good Life

as Robbie

1997

Traveller

as Bokky

1985

1993

Tombstone

as Morgan Earp

1987

Near Dark

as Severen

2002

Frailty

as Dad Meiks

2003

1993

Indian Summer

as Jack Belston

1998

Mighty Joe Young

as Gregg O'Hara

2004

Haven

as Carl Ridley

1995

The Last Supper

as Zachary Cody

1989

Next of Kin

as Gerald Gates

1998

A Bright Shining Lie

as John Paul Vann

1984

Impulse

as Eddie

2004

Thunderbirds

as Jeff Tracy

1994

Frank & Jesse

as Frank James

1984

Streets of Fire

as Clyde the Bartender

1994

True Lies

as Simon

2005

Derailroaded

as Self (archive footage)

1982

Mortuary

as Paul Andrews

1983

1993

Boxing Helena

as Ray O'Malley

2011

Haywire

as John Kane

2003

Resistance

as Ted Brice

2011

Tornado Alley

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1988

Pass the Ammo

as Jesse Wilkes

1994

Future Shock

as Vince

1985

An Early Frost

as Bob Maracek

1993

Monolith

as Tucker

1990

The Last of the Finest

as Howard 'Hojo' Jones

2012

2013

2 Guns

as Earl

2014

Edge of Tomorrow

as Master Sergeant Farell

1992

The Vagrant

as Graham Krakowski

2014

Million Dollar Arm

as Tom House

2013

The Colony

as Mason

1989

Back to Back

as Bo Brand

1982

Taking Tiger Mountain

as Billy Hampton

2013

Red Wing

as Jim Verret

2014

Nightcrawler

as Joe Loder

2016

Term Life

as Detective Keenan

1983

1981

Stripes

as Soldier

2015

Pixies

as Eddie Beck (voice)

2015

The Gamechangers

as Jack Thompson

2017

The Circle

as Vinnie Holland

1977

2024

Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2016

Mean Dreams

as Wayne Caraway

2002

The Alien Saga

as Self (archive footage)

1990

Navy Seals

as Floyd Dane

1983

Deadly Lessons

as Eddie Fox

1985

Commando

as Intercept Officer

1983

Great Day

as Rudy

2013

JFK: The Final Hours

as Narrator (voice)

2002

1987

1975

Crazy Mama

as John

1997

Titanic

as Brock Lovett

2005

$200,000,001: A Ship's Odyssey (The Titanic Crew Video)

as Self / Brock Lovett (archive footage)

Production

2002

Frailty

as Director

1981

Galaxy of Terror

as Set Decoration

1977

Death Game

as Assistant Art Director

2013

Parkland

as Producer

1975

Beach Blanket Bango

as Art Direction

1977

1976

Eat My Dust

as Set Decoration

2007

The Good Life

as Executive Producer

2011

Tattoo

as Director

2011

Tattoo

as Story

1974

Big Bad Mama

as Set Dresser

1997

Traveller

as Producer

1982

Taking Tiger Mountain

as Production Design

1980

Fish Heads

as Director

1980

Fish Heads

as Producer

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