Bill Pullman
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1953-12-17 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Hornell, New York, USA
Bill Pullman
Biography
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.
Acting
Killing Faith
as Ross
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
as Harry
(2023)
Lynch/Oz
as Fred Madison (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2022)
American Horses
as Narrator (voice)
(2020)
The High Note
as Max
(2020)
Yellowstone
as (voice)
(2019)
Dark Waters
as Harry Dietzler
(2019)
The Coldest Game
as Joshua Mansky
(2019)
(2019)
National Theatre Live: All My Sons
as Joe Keller
(2018)
The Equalizer 2
as Brian Plummer
(2018)
Trouble
as Ben
(2017)
Battle of the Sexes
as Jack Kramer
(2017)
The Ballad of Lefty Brown
as Lefty Brown
(2017)
LBJ
as Ralph Yarborough
(2017)
Walking Out
as Clyde
(2017)
A Thousand Junkies
as Bill Pullman
(2016)
Independence Day: Resurgence
as President Whitmore
(2016)
Brother Nature
as Jerry Turley
(2016)
(2016)
The War of 1996: A United World News Special
as President Whitmore
(2015)
American Ultra
as Krueger
(2015)
Parables of War
as Self
(2014)
The Equalizer
as Brian Plummer
(2014)
Cymbeline
as Sicilius Leonatus
(2014)
Red Sky
as John Webster
(2014)
May in the Summer
as Edward
(2013)
The Unbelievers
as Self
(2013)
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
Lola Versus
as Lenny
(2012)
Kingdom Come
as Self
(2012)
The Fruit Hunters
as Narrator (voice)
(2011)
Too Big to Fail
as Jamie Dimon
(2011)
Innocent
as Rusty Sabich
(2011)
Bringing Up Bobby
as Kent
(2010)
The Killer Inside Me
as Billy Boy Walker
(2010)
Peacock
as Edmund French
(2010)
Rio Sex Comedy
as William
(2008)
Bottle Shock
as Jim Barrett
(2008)
Surveillance
as Sam Hallaway
(2008)
Phoebe in Wonderland
as Peter Lichten
(2008)
Your Name Here
as William J. Frick
(2007)
Nobel Son
as Det. Max Mariner
(2007)
You Kill Me
as Dave
(2006)
Scary Movie 4
as Henry Hale
(2006)
Alien Autopsy
as Morgan Banner
(2005)
Dear Wendy
as Krugsby
(2005)
John Candy: Comic Spirit
as Self
(2004)
The Grudge
as Peter Kirk
(2004)
Tiger Cruise
as Gary Dolan
(2003)
Rick
as Rick O'Lette
(2002)
Igby Goes Down
as Jason
(2002)
29 Palms
as The Ticket Clerk
(2002)
Ignition
as Conor Gallagher
(2000)
Titan A.E.
as Captain Korso (voice)
(2000)
Lucky Numbers
as Detective Pat Lakewood
(2000)
The Guilty
as Callum Crane
(2000)
The Virginian
as The Virginian
(2000)
(2000)
A Man Is Mostly Water
as Parking Fascist
(1999)
Lake Placid
as Jack Wells
(1999)
Brokedown Palace
as Hank Greene
(1999)
Spy Games
as Harry Howe / Ernie Halliday
(1998)
Zero Effect
as Daryl Zero
(1997)
Lost Highway
as Fred Madison
(1997)
The End of Violence
as Mike
(1997)
(1997)
Merry Christmas, George Bailey!
as George Bailey
(1996)
Independence Day
as President Thomas J. Whitmore
(1996)
(1996)
Mr. Wrong
as Whitman Crawford
(1996)
Mistrial
as Steve Donohue
(1996)
(1995)
Casper
as Dr. James Harvey
(1995)
While You Were Sleeping
as Jack Callaghan
(1994)
Wyatt Earp
as Ed Masterson
(1994)
The Last Seduction
as Clay Gregory
(1994)
The Favor
as Peter
(1993)
Sleepless in Seattle
as Walter
(1993)
Sommersby
as Orin Meecham
(1993)
Mr. Jones
as Construction Site Foreman
(1993)
Malice
as Andy Sarafian
(1992)
A League of Their Own
as Bob Hinson
(1992)
Singles
as Dr. Jeffrey Jamison
(1992)
Newsies
as Bryan Denton
(1992)
Nervous Ticks
as York Daley
(1992)
Crazy in Love
as Nick Symonds
(1992)
Phone
as Duke
(1991)
Liebestraum
as Paul Kessler
(1991)
Going Under
as Biff Banner
(1991)
(1990)
Sibling Rivalry
as Nicholas Meany
(1990)
Brain Dead
as Dr. Rex Martin
(1990)
Bright Angel
as Bob
(1989)
Cold Feet
as Buck
(1989)
Home Fires Burning
as Lt. Henry Tibbettes
(1988)
The Serpent and the Rainbow
as Dennis Alan
(1988)
The Accidental Tourist
as Julian Hedge
(1988)
Rocket Gibraltar
as Crow Black
(1987)
Spaceballs
as Lone Starr
(1986)
Ruthless People
as Earl James Mott
Crew
(2009)
The Cove
Thanks
(2000)
The Virginian
Director