Bill Paxton Biography

Birthday: 1955-05-17
Place of Birth: Fort Worth, Texas USA
Height: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
Wiki Biography: Bill Paxton moved to Los Angeles at 18, where he found work in the film industry as a set dresser for Roger Corman's New World Pictures. He made his film debut in the Corman film Crazy Mama (1975), directed by Jonathan Demme. Moving to New York, Paxton studied acting under Stella Adler at New York University. After landing a small role in Stripes (1981), he found steady work in low-budget films and TV. He also directed, wrote and produced award-winning short films including Fish Heads (1980), which aired on "Saturday Night Live" (1975). His first appearance in a James Cameron film was a small role in The Terminator (1984), followed by his very memorable performance as Pvt. Hudson in Aliens (1986) and as the nomadic vampire Severen in Kathryn Bigelow's Near Dark (1987). Bill also appeared in John Hughes' Weird Science (1985), as Wyatt's sadistic older brother Chet. Although he continued to work steadily in film and TV, his big break did not come until his lead role in the critically acclaimed film-noir One False Move (1992). This quickly led to strong supporting roles as Wyatt Earp's naive younger brother Morgan in Tombstone (1993) and as Fred Haise, one of the three astronauts, in Apollo 13 (1995), as well as in James Cameron's offering True Lies (1994).
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Filmography
TV Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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Weird Science | Chet Donnelly | 1985 | Comedy |
One False Move | 1992 | Thriller | |
Next of Kin | 1995 - 1997 | Action | |
Big Love | Bill Henrickson | 2006 | Drama |
Curiosity | Himself - Host | 2011 | Documentary |
America In Primetime | 2011 | ||
Hatfields And Mccoys | Randall McCoy | 2012 | Drama |
Best Parks Ever | Randall McCoy | 2012 | Documentary |
The United States of Television: America in Primetime | Himself | 2013 |
Movies Title | Appeared As | Year | Genre |
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BigLove | Bill Henrickson | 0000 | |
Titanic | Brock Lovett | 1943 | 0, 0 |
Mighty Joe Young | Professor Gregory 'Gregg' O'Hara | 1949 | 0, 0, Sport |
Next of Kin | 1982 | Game Show, 0 | |
The Lords of Discipline | 1983 | Thriller | |
The Terminator | Punk Leader | 1984 | Sport, 0, Game Show |
Streets of Fire | 1984 | ||
Impulse | Eddie | 1984 | Horror, Mystery |
Weird Science | Chet Donnelly | 1985 | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance |
An Early Frost | 1985 | Drama | |
Aliens | Pvt. Hudson | 1986 | Action, Adventure, Sci Fi |
Near Dark | Severen | 1987 | Drama, Horror, Thriller |
Pass the Ammo | Jesse Wilkes | 1988 | |
Riding Fast | Bobo | 1988 | Action, Drama |
Slipstream | Matt Owens | 1989 | Adventure |
Navy Seals | 1990 | 0 | |
Brain Dead | Jim Reston | 1990 | |
The Last of the Finest | Howard 'Hojo' Jones | 1990 | Action, Crime, Drama |
Predator 2 | Jerry Lambert | 1990 | Action, Sci Fi, Thriller |
The Dark Backward | Gus | 1991 | Comedy |
The Vagrant | 1992 | 0, Reality Tv | |
One False Move | 1992 | Thriller, Crime, Drama | |
Trespass | Vince | 1992 | Action, Thriller |
Indian Summer | Jack Belston | 1993 | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
Boxing Helena | Ray O'Malley | 1993 | Drama, Mystery, Romance |
Tombstone | Morgan Earp | 1993 | Action, Drama, History |
True Lies | Simon | 1994 | 0 |
Frank and Jesse | Frank James | 1994 | |
Apollo 13 | Fred Haise | 1995 | 0, 0 |
Monolith | Tucker | 1995 | Action |
Back to Back | Bo Brand | 1996 | 0 |
Twister | Bill Harding | 1996 | Action, Adventure, Drama |
The Evening Star | Jerry Bruckner | 1996 | Comedy, Drama |
Traveller | 1997 | Crime, Drama, Romance | |
A Simple Plan | Hank | 1998 | Game Show, Comedy |
Vertical Limit | Elliot Vaughn | 2000 | 0 |
U-571 | Lt. Cmdr. Mike Dahlgren | 2000 | 0, 0, Game Show |
Frailty | Dad Meiks | 2001 | Game Show, Comedy, 0 |
Ghosts of the Abyss | 2003 | 0 | |
Resistance | Maj. Theodore 'Ted' Brice | 2003 | Drama |
Thunderbirds | Jeff Tracy | 2004 | Action, Adventure, Comedy |
Haven | Carl Ridley | 2004 | |
Titanic: 100 Years On | Himself | 2012 | |
Red Wing | Jim Verret | 2013 | Drama, Romance |
Shanghai Calling | Donald | 2013 | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
2 Guns | Earl | 2013 | Action, Comedy, Crime |
The Colony | Mason | 2013 | Action, Thriller |
Million Dollar Arm | Tom House | 2014 | 0 |
Pixies | Eddie Beck | 2015 | Animation, Comedy |
The Traveller | Bokky Sherlock | 2016 | |
The Last Supper | 2017 |