Bill Pullman
Birthday: 1953-12-17
Birthplace: Hornell, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
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Killing Faith | Ross | |
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Everybody Digs Bill Evans | Harry | |
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2020-07-30 | Yellowstone | (voice) |
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2020-06-10 | The High Note | Max |
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2019-11-22 | Dark Waters | Harry Dietzler |
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2019-11-08 | The Coldest Game | Joshua Mansky |
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2019-05-14 | National Theatre Live: All My Sons | Joe Keller |
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2018-12-20 | Trouble | Ben |
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2018-07-19 | The Equalizer 2 | Brian Plummer |
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2017-12-15 | The Ballad of Lefty Brown | Lefty Brown |
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2017-11-03 | LBJ | Ralph Yarborough |
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2017-09-22 | Battle of the Sexes | Jack Kramer |
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2017-07-24 | A Thousand Junkies | Bill Pullman |
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2017-01-21 | Walking Out | Clyde |
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2016-10-18 | The War of 1996: A United World News Special | President Whitmore |
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2016-09-09 | Brother Nature | Jerry Turley |
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2016-06-22 | Independence Day: Resurgence | President Whitmore |
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2015-08-19 | American Ultra | Krueger |
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2014-09-24 | The Equalizer | Brian Plummer |
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2014-09-03 | Cymbeline | Sicilius Leonatus |
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2014-05-07 | May in the Summer | Edward |
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2014-03-12 | Red Sky | John Webster |
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2012-04-24 | Lola Versus | Lenny |
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2011-11-29 | Innocent | Rusty Sabich |
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2011-11-25 | Too Big to Fail | Jamie Dimon |
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2011-11-25 | Bringing Up Bobby | Kent |
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2010-09-16 | Rio Sex Comedy | William |
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2010-04-20 | Peacock | Edmund French |
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2010-02-19 | The Killer Inside Me | Billy Boy Walker |
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2008-09-05 | Bottle Shock | Jim Barrett |
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2008-06-13 | Your Name Here | William J. Frick |
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2008-02-08 | Surveillance | Sam Hallaway |
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2008-02-07 | Phoebe in Wonderland | Peter Lichten |
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2007-04-28 | Nobel Son | Det. Max Mariner |
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2007-02-09 | You Kill Me | Dave |
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2006-04-12 | Scary Movie 4 | Henry Hale |
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2006-04-07 | Alien Autopsy | Morgan Banner |
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2005-02-04 | Dear Wendy | Krugsby |
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2004-10-22 | The Grudge | Peter Kirk |
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2004-08-06 | Tiger Cruise | Gary Dolan |
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2003-09-06 | Rick | Rick O'Lette |
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2002-09-13 | Igby Goes Down | Jason |
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2002-07-29 | 29 Palms | The Ticket Clerk |
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2002-01-17 | Ignition | Conor Gallagher |
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2000-10-27 | Lucky Numbers | Detective Pat Lakewood |
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2000-10-12 | A Man Is Mostly Water | Parking Fascist |
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2000-06-16 | Titan A.E. | Captain Korso (voice) |
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2000-06-01 | The Guilty | Callum Crane |
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2000-01-09 | The Virginian | The Virginian |
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1999-09-10 | Spy Games | Harry Howe / Ernie Halliday |
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1999-08-13 | Brokedown Palace | Hank Greene |
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1999-07-15 | Lake Placid | Jack Wells |
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1998-01-30 | Zero Effect | Daryl Zero |
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1997-12-25 | Merry Christmas, George Bailey! | George Bailey |
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1997-09-12 | The End of Violence | Mike |
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1997-01-15 | Lost Highway | Fred Madison |
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1996-11-02 | Mistrial | Steve Donohue |
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1996-06-25 | Independence Day | President Thomas J. Whitmore |
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1996-02-16 | Mr. Wrong | Whitman Crawford |
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1995-05-26 | Casper | Dr. James Harvey |
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1995-04-21 | While You Were Sleeping | Jack Callaghan |
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1994-06-24 | Wyatt Earp | Ed Masterson |
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1994-05-26 | The Last Seduction | Clay Gregory |
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1994-04-29 | The Favor | Peter |
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1993-10-08 | Mr. Jones | Construction Site Foreman |
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1993-09-29 | Malice | Andy Sarafian |
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1993-06-24 | Sleepless in Seattle | Walter |
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1993-02-05 | Sommersby | Orin Meecham |
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1992-09-18 | Singles | Dr. Jeffrey Jamison |
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1992-08-10 | Crazy in Love | Nick Symonds |
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1992-07-01 | A League of Their Own | Bob Hinson |
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1992-05-12 | Phone | Duke |
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1992-04-10 | Newsies | Bryan Denton |
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1992-03-01 | Nervous Ticks | York Daley |
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1991-09-13 | Liebestraum | Paul Kessler |
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1991-08-23 | Going Under | Biff Banner |
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1990-11-01 | Bright Angel | Bob |
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1990-10-26 | Sibling Rivalry | Nicholas Meany |
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1990-01-16 | Brain Dead | Dr. Rex Martin |
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1989-05-19 | Cold Feet | Buck |
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1989-01-29 | Home Fires Burning | Lt. Henry Tibbettes |
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1988-12-23 | The Accidental Tourist | Julian Hedge |
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1988-09-02 | Rocket Gibraltar | Crow Black |
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1988-02-05 | The Serpent and the Rainbow | Dennis Alan |
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1987-06-24 | Spaceballs | Lone Starr |
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1986-06-26 | Ruthless People | Earl James Mott |