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.
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Known For
Acting History
2023
Titanic: Stories from the Heart as Self / Brock Lovett (archive footage)
2019The Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)
2017The Circle as Vinnie Holland
2017Training Day as Frank Rourke
2016Mean Dreams as Wayne Caraway
2016Tom Hanks: A League of His Own as Self
2016Term Life as Detective Keenan
2015The Gamechangers as Jack Thompson
2015Pixies as Eddie Beck (voice)
2015Texas Rising as Sam Houston
2014Nightcrawler as Joe Loder
2014Edge of Tomorrow as Master Sergeant Farell
2014Million Dollar Arm as Tom House
2013JFK: The Final Hours as Narrator (voice)
2013Red Wing as Jim Verret
2013Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as John Garrett
20132 Guns as Earl
2013The Colony as Mason
2012Reflections on Titanic as Self
2012Titanic: 100 Years On as Self
2012Hatfields & McCoys as Randall McCoy
2012Shanghai Calling as Donald
2011Haywire as John Kane
2011Tornado Alley as Self - Narrator (voice)
2010Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
200913 Scarier Movie Moments as Self
2009Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
2008His Highness Hollywood as Self
2007The Good Life as Robbie
2006Big Love as Bill Henrickson
2005The Reichen Show as Self
2005Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Ed Mitchell (voice)
2005Derailroaded as Self (archive footage)
2005The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' as Self (archive footage)
2004Haven as Carl Ridley
2004No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds as Self
2004Thunderbirds as Jeff Tracy
2004Club Dread as Coconut Pete
2003Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' as Self
2003Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over as Dinky Winks
2003Resistance as Ted Brice
2003Ghosts of the Abyss as Self
2002The Alien Saga as Self (archive footage)
2002Living in Darkness as Himself
2002Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams as Dinky Winks
2002Frailty as Dad Meiks
2002The Making of 'Tombstone' as Self
2000Vertical Limit as Elliot Vaughn
2000U-571 as Lt. Cmdr. Mike Dahlgren
1998Mighty Joe Young as Gregg O'Hara
1998A Simple Plan as Hank Mitchell
1998A Bright Shining Lie as John Paul Vann
1997Titanic as Brock Lovett
1997The View as Self
1997Traveller as Bokky
1996The Evening Star as Jerry Bruckner
1996Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 as Self
1996Twister as Bill
1995The Last Supper as Zachary Cody
1995Apollo 13 as Fred Haise
1994Frank & Jesse as Frank James
1994True Lies as Simon
1994Future Shock as Vince
1993Tombstone as Morgan Earp
1993Frasier as Ernie (voice)
1993Monolith as Tucker
1993Indian Summer as Jack Belston
1993Boxing Helena as Ray O'Malley
1992Trespass as Vince
1992Tales from the Crypt - Uncut
1992HBO First Look as Self
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992The Vagrant as Graham Krakowski
1991One False Move as Dale "Hurricane" Dixon
1991The Dark Backward as Gus
1990Predator 2 as Jerry Lambert
1990Navy Seals as Floyd Dane
1990The Last of the Finest as Howard 'Hojo' Jones
1990Brain Dead as Jim Reston
1989The Making of Slipstream
1989Next of Kin as Gerald Gates
1989Slipstream as Matt Owens
1989Tales from the Crypt as Billy DeLuca
1989The Roommate
1989Back to Back as Bo Brand
1988American Experience as Self - Reader (voice)
1988Pass the Ammo as Jesse Wilkes
1988Martini Ranch: Reach as The Outlaw
1987Near Dark as Severen
1987Zabagabee
1986Fresno as Billy Joe Bobb
1986Aliens as Private Hudson
1985Commando as Intercept Officer
1985Weird Science as Chet
1985An Early Frost as Bob Maracek
1985The Atlanta Child Murders as Campbell
1984The Terminator as Punk Leader
1984Impulse as Eddie
1984Miami Vice as Vic Romano
1984Streets of Fire as Clyde the Bartender
1983The Hitchhiker as Trout
1983Deadly Lessons as Eddie Fox
1983The Lords of Discipline as Gilbreath
1983Great Day as Rudy
1983Riding Fast as Bobo
1982Taking Tiger Mountain as Billy Hampton
1982Mortuary as Paul Andrews
1981Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker as Eddie
1981Stripes as Soldier
1980Fish Heads
1980The Six O'Clock Follies
1977The Egyptian Princess as The Man
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live as Man in Fish Heads (uncredited)
1975Crazy Mama as John
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee