Birthday:
Dec 17, 1953
Place of Birth: Hornell, New York, USA
Place of Birth: Hornell, New York, USA
Bill Pullman
William Pullman (born December 17, 1953) is an American actor. After graduating with a Master of Fine Arts degree in theater, he was an adjunct professor at Montana State University before deciding to pursue acting. He made his film debut in Ruthless People (1986), and starred in Spaceballs (1987), The Accidental Tourist (1988), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), While You Were Sleeping (1995), Casper (1995), Independence Day (1996), Lost Highway (1997), and Lake Placid (1999). He has appeared frequently on television, usually in TV films. Starting in the 2000s he has also acted in miniseries and regular series, such as Torchwood (2011), starring roles in 1600 Penn (2012–13) and The Sinner (2017–2021). In 2021, he had a recurring role in the miniseries Halston.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Sleepless in Seattle | Walter | 1993 |
| Spaceballs | Lone Starr | 1987 |
| Sommersby | Orin Meecham | 1993 |
| While You Were Sleeping | Jack Callaghan | 1995 |
| Independence Day | President Thomas J. Whitmore | 1996 |
| Lost Highway | Fred Madison | 1997 |
| Malice | Andy Sarafian | 1993 |
| The Grudge | Peter Kirk | 2004 |
| Surveillance | Sam Hallaway | 2008 |
| Scary Movie 4 | Henry Hale | 2006 |
| Lucky Numbers | Detective Pat Lakewood | 2000 |
| Dear Wendy | Krugsby | 2005 |
| Singles | Dr. Jeffrey Jamison | 1992 |
| Brain Dead | Dr. Rex Martin | 1990 |
| The Accidental Tourist | Julian Hedge | 1988 |
| Titan A.E. | Captain Korso (voice) | 2000 |
| Peacock | Edmund French | 2010 |
| The Serpent and the Rainbow | Dennis Alan | 1988 |
| You Kill Me | Dave | 2007 |
| Casper | Dr. James Harvey | 1995 |
| Ruthless People | Earl James Mott | 1986 |
| Wyatt Earp | Ed Masterson | 1994 |
| The Last Seduction | Clay Gregory | 1994 |
| Alien Autopsy | Morgan Banner | 2006 |
| Lake Placid | Jack Wells | 1999 |
| Igby Goes Down | Jason | 2002 |
| Rick | Rick O'Lette | 2003 |
| Bottle Shock | Jim Barrett | 2008 |
| Mel Brooks: Make a Noise | Self (archive footage) | 2013 |
| The Killer Inside Me | Billy Boy Walker | 2010 |
| Newsies | Bryan Denton | 1992 |
| Liebestraum | Paul Kessler | 1991 |
| Spy Games | Harry Howe / Ernie Halliday | 1999 |
| Nobel Son | Det. Max Mariner | 2007 |
| Parables of War | Self | 2015 |
| Phone | Duke | 1992 |
| Zero Effect | Daryl Zero | 1998 |
| Too Big to Fail | Jamie Dimon | 2011 |
| The End of Violence | Mike | 1997 |
| Mr. Wrong | Whitman Crawford | 1996 |
| Brokedown Palace | Hank Greene | 1999 |
| Phoebe in Wonderland | Peter Lichten | 2008 |
| Rio Sex Comedy | William | 2010 |
| The Favor | Peter | 1994 |
| Tiger Cruise | Gary Dolan | 2004 |
| Bringing Up Bobby | Kent | 2011 |
| Innocent | Rusty Sabich | 2011 |
| The Guilty | Callum Crane | 2000 |
| Ignition | Conor Gallagher | 2002 |
| Rocket Gibraltar | Crow Black | 1988 |
| 29 Palms | The Ticket Clerk | 2002 |
| Bright Angel | Bob | 1990 |
| Lola Versus | Lenny | 2012 |
| Cold Feet | Buck | 1989 |
| Crazy in Love | Nick Symonds | 1992 |
| Sibling Rivalry | Nicholas Meany | 1990 |
| The Fruit Hunters | Narrator (voice) | 2012 |
| May in the Summer | Edward | 2014 |
| Your Name Here | William J. Frick | 2008 |
| Kingdom Come | Self | 2012 |
| American Horses | Narrator (voice) | 2022 |
| Going Under | Biff Banner | 1991 |
| The Virginian | The Virginian | 2000 |
| Nervous Ticks | York Daley | 1992 |
| Cymbeline | Sicilius Leonatus | 2014 |
| Red Sky | John Webster | 2014 |
| The Equalizer | Brian Plummer | 2014 |
| Brother Nature | Jerry Turley | 2016 |
| Merry Christmas, George Bailey! | George Bailey | 1997 |
| Independence Day: Resurgence | President Whitmore | 2016 |
| Mistrial | Steve Donohue | 1996 |
| Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence' | Self | 2016 |
| American Ultra | Krueger | 2015 |
| The Unbelievers | Self | 2013 |
| LBJ | Ralph Yarborough | 2017 |
| Mr. Jones | Construction Site Foreman | 1993 |
| Home Fires Burning | Lt. Henry Tibbettes | 1989 |
| Killing Faith | Ross | 1970 |
| Walking Out | Clyde | 2017 |
| The Ballad of Lefty Brown | Lefty Brown | 2017 |
| Trouble | Ben | 2018 |
| Battle of the Sexes | Jack Kramer | 2017 |
| A Thousand Junkies | Bill Pullman | 2017 |
| The Equalizer 2 | Brian Plummer | 2018 |
| Blood Drips Heavily on Newsie Square | Self | 1991 |
| Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch | Self | 1997 |
| Dark Waters | Harry Dietzler | 2019 |
| The Coldest Game | Joshua Mansky | 2019 |
| National Theatre Live: All My Sons | Joe Keller | 2019 |
| The High Note | Max | 2020 |
| Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion | Self | 1996 |
| The Making of 'Independence Day' | Self | 1996 |
| John Candy: Comic Spirit | Self | 2005 |
| The War of 1996: A United World News Special | President Whitmore | 2016 |
| Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero | Self | 2019 |
| Yellowstone | (voice) | 2020 |
| A League of Their Own | Bob Hinson | 1992 |
| A Man Is Mostly Water | Parking Fascist | 2000 |
| Everybody Digs Bill Evans | Harry | 1970 |
| Famous | 1970 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Torchwood | Oswald Danes | 2006 |
| The Tracey Ullman Show | Sheldon Moss | 1987 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Kurt Moss | 1999 |
| Cagney & Lacey | 1982 | |
| Night Visions | Major Ben Darnell | 2001 |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame | Henry Tibbetts | 1951 |
| Revelations | Dr. Richard Massey | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Self | 1999 |
| 1600 Penn | President Dale Gilchrist | 2012 |
| Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1975 |
| LIVE with Kelly and Mark | 1988 | |
| Skavlan | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Nature | Narrator (voice) | 1982 |
| The Sinner | Harry Ambrose | 2017 |
| Murdaugh Murders: The Movie | Alex Murdaugh | 2023 |
| Cursed Films | Self | 2020 |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self | 1996 |
| Fallen Angels | Rich Thurber | 1993 |
| Epic Yellowstone | Narrator (voice) | 2019 |
| Halston | David Mahoney | 2021 |
| The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest | 2007 |
| The Boroughs | Jack | 1970 |
| This Fool | Curtis | 2022 |
