Bill Paxton

ActorProducerDirectorWriterArt May 17 (died age 61) Fort Worth, Texas, USA 1962–2023 (61 year career)

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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

Film

Titanic

Brock Lovett

Film

Aliens

Private Hudson

Film

The Terminator

Punk Leader

Film

Edge of Tomorrow

Master Sergeant Farell

Film

Nightcrawler

Joe Loder

Film

Apollo 13

Fred Haise

Film

True Lies

Simon

Film

Tombstone

Morgan Earp

Filmography

Acting (116)

Movies (91)

Titanic: Stories from the Heart

2023

as Self / Brock Lovett (archive footage)

7.0

The Circle

2017

as Vinnie Holland

5.5

Tom Hanks: A League of His Own

as Self

Term Life

as Detective Keenan

Mean Dreams

as Wayne Caraway

Pixies

as Eddie Beck (voice)

The Gamechangers

as Jack Thompson

Edge of Tomorrow

as Master Sergeant Farell

Nightcrawler

as Joe Loder

Million Dollar Arm

as Tom House

2 Guns

as Earl

JFK: The Final Hours

as Narrator (voice)

The Colony

as Mason

Red Wing

as Jim Verret

Shanghai Calling

as Donald

Reflections on Titanic

as Self

Haywire

as John Kane

Tornado Alley

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.4

13 Scarier Movie Moments

2009

as Self

9.0

His Highness Hollywood

as Self

The Good Life

as Robbie

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

2005

as Ed Mitchell (voice)

5.8

Derailroaded

2005

as Self (archive footage)

7.6

The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'

2005

as Self (archive footage)

Haven

as Carl Ridley

Thunderbirds

as Jeff Tracy

Club Dread

as Coconut Pete

No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds

2004

as Self

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

as Dinky Winks

Resistance

as Ted Brice

Ghosts of the Abyss

as Self

Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'

as Self

Frailty

as Dad Meiks

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

as Dinky Winks

Living in Darkness

as Himself

The Alien Saga

as Self (archive footage)

6.6

The Making of 'Tombstone'

2002

as Self

U-571

2000

as Lt. Cmdr. Mike Dahlgren

Vertical Limit

as Elliot Vaughn

Mighty Joe Young

as Gregg O'Hara

A Simple Plan

as Hank Mitchell

A Bright Shining Lie

as John Paul Vann

Titanic

as Brock Lovett

Traveller

as Bokky

Twister

as Bill

The Evening Star

as Jerry Bruckner

Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13

as Self

Apollo 13

as Fred Haise

The Last Supper

as Zachary Cody

Future Shock

as Vince

True Lies

as Simon

Frank & Jesse

as Frank James

Tombstone

as Morgan Earp

Boxing Helena

as Ray O'Malley

Monolith

as Tucker

Indian Summer

as Jack Belston

Trespass

as Vince

The Vagrant

as Graham Krakowski

One False Move

as Dale "Hurricane" Dixon

The Dark Backward

as Gus

Predator 2

as Jerry Lambert

Navy Seals

as Floyd Dane

Brain Dead

as Jim Reston

The Last of the Finest

1990

as Howard 'Hojo' Jones

5.9

Next of Kin

1989

as Gerald Gates

5.9

The Making of Slipstream

The Roommate

Slipstream

as Matt Owens

Back to Back

as Bo Brand

Pass the Ammo

as Jesse Wilkes

Martini Ranch: Reach

as The Outlaw

Near Dark

as Severen

Zabagabee

Aliens

as Private Hudson

Commando

as Intercept Officer

Weird Science

as Chet

An Early Frost

as Bob Maracek

The Terminator

as Punk Leader

Streets of Fire

as Clyde the Bartender

Impulse

as Eddie

Great Day

as Rudy

The Lords of Discipline

as Gilbreath

Deadly Lessons

as Eddie Fox

Riding Fast

as Bobo

Mortuary

as Paul Andrews

Taking Tiger Mountain

as Billy Hampton

Stripes

as Soldier

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

1981

as Eddie

6.5

Fish Heads

1980

The Egyptian Princess

1977

as The Man

Crazy Mama

1975

as John

5.5

Television (25)

The Movies That Made Us

2019

as Self (archive footage)

Training Day

as Frank Rourke

Texas Rising

as Sam Houston

Texas Rising

as Sam Houston

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

as John Garrett

Hatfields & McCoys

as Randall McCoy

Who Do You Think You Are?

2010

as Self

6.6

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

as Self - Guest

Big Love

as Bill Henrickson

The Reichen Show

as Self

The View

as Self

Frasier

as Ernie (voice)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

HBO First Look

as Self

Tales from the Crypt - Uncut

Tales from the Crypt

as Billy DeLuca

American Experience

as Self - Reader (voice)

6.6

Fresno

1986

as Billy Joe Bobb

6.4

The Atlanta Child Murders

as Campbell

Miami Vice

as Vic Romano

The Hitchhiker

as Trout

The Six O'Clock Follies

1980

Saturday Night Live

1975

as Man in Fish Heads (uncredited)

7.0

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

Golden Globe Awards

1944

as Self - Nominee / Presenter

7.2

Bill Paxton

Biography

Known For

Titanic

Aliens

The Terminator

Edge of Tomorrow

Nightcrawler

Apollo 13

True Lies

Tombstone

Filmography

Acting (116)

Movies (91)

Television (25)

Crew (20)

Movies (19)

Television (1)