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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Hornell, New York, USA, 1953-12-17

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1986	Ruthless People	Earl James Mott	66
2	1987	Spaceballs	Lone Starr	68
3	1988	The Serpent and the Rainbow	Dennis Alan	64
4	1988	Rocket Gibraltar	Crow Black	59
5	1988	The Accidental Tourist	Julian Hedge	62
6	1989	Home Fires Burning	Lt. Henry Tibbettes	64
7	1989	Cold Feet	Buck	38
8	1990	Brain Dead	Dr. Rex Martin	57
9	1990	Sibling Rivalry	Nicholas Meany	51
10	1990	Bright Angel	Bob	48
11	1991	Blood Drips Heavily on Newsie Square	Self	82
12	1991	Going Under	Biff Banner	37
13	1991	Liebestraum	Paul Kessler	57
14	1992	Nervous Ticks	York Daley	40
15	1992	Newsies	Bryan Denton	68
16	1992	Phone	Duke	80
17	1992	A League of Their Own	Bob Hinson	72
18	1992	Crazy in Love	Nick Symonds	44
19	1992	Singles	Dr. Jeffrey Jamison	64
20	1993	Sommersby	Orin Meecham	64
21	1993	Sleepless in Seattle	Walter	67
22	1993	Malice	Andy Sarafian	63
23	1993	Mr. Jones	Construction Site Foreman	58
24	1994	The Favor	Peter	49
25	1994	The Last Seduction	Clay Gregory	68
26	1994	Wyatt Earp	Ed Masterson	68
27	1995	While You Were Sleeping	Jack Callaghan	70
28	1995	Casper	Dr. James Harvey	63
29	1996	Mr. Wrong	Whitman Crawford	39
30	1996	Independence Day	President Thomas J. Whitmore	69
31	1996	The Making of 'Independence Day'	Self	59
32	1996	Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion	Self	64
33	1996	Mistrial	Steve Donohue	50
34	1997	Lost Highway	Fred Madison	76
35	1997	The End of Violence	Mike	53
36	1997	Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch	Self	70
37	1997	Merry Christmas, George Bailey!	George Bailey	0
38	1998	Zero Effect	Daryl Zero	62
39	1999	Lake Placid	Jack Wells	59
40	1999	Brokedown Palace	Hank Greene	64
41	1999	Spy Games	Harry Howe / Ernie Halliday	46
42	2000	The Virginian	The Virginian	44
43	2000	The Guilty	Callum Crane	56
44	2000	Titan A.E.	Captain Korso (voice)	66
45	2000	A Man Is Mostly Water	Parking Fascist	20
46	2000	Lucky Numbers	Detective Pat Lakewood	51
47	2002	Ignition	Conor Gallagher	42
48	2002	29 Palms	The Ticket Clerk	49
49	2002	Igby Goes Down	Jason	65
50	2003	Rick	Rick O'Lette	50
51	2004	Tiger Cruise	Gary Dolan	60
52	2004	The Grudge	Peter Kirk	59
53	2005	Dear Wendy	Krugsby	58
54	2005	John Candy: Comic Spirit	Self	60
55	2006	Alien Autopsy	Morgan Banner	56
56	2006	Scary Movie 4	Henry Hale	55
57	2007	You Kill Me	Dave	61
58	2007	Nobel Son	Det. Max Mariner	61
59	2008	Phoebe in Wonderland	Peter Lichten	72
60	2008	Surveillance	Sam Hallaway	60
61	2008	Your Name Here	William J. Frick	45
62	2008	Bottle Shock	Jim Barrett	64
63	2010	The Killer Inside Me	Billy Boy Walker	58
64	2010	Peacock	Edmund French	62
65	2010	Rio Sex Comedy	William	45
66	2011	Too Big to Fail	Jamie Dimon	70
67	2011	Bringing Up Bobby	Kent	51
68	2011	Innocent	Rusty Sabich	56
69	2012	Lola Versus	Lenny	50
70	2012	Kingdom Come	Self	62
71	2012	The Fruit Hunters	Narrator (voice)	67
72	2013	Mel Brooks: Make a Noise	Self (archive footage)	82
73	2013	The Unbelievers	Self	64
74	2014	Red Sky	John Webster	44
75	2014	May in the Summer	Edward	60
76	2014	Cymbeline	Sicilius Leonatus	39
77	2014	The Equalizer	Brian Plummer	73
78	2015	Parables of War	Self	0
79	2015	American Ultra	Krueger	61
80	2016	Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'	Self	0
81	2016	Independence Day: Resurgence	President Whitmore	53
82	2016	Brother Nature	Jerry Turley	52
83	2016	The War of 1996: A United World News Special	President Whitmore	0
84	2017	Walking Out	Clyde	59
85	2017	A Thousand Junkies	Bill Pullman	70
86	2017	Battle of the Sexes	Jack Kramer	68
87	2017	LBJ	Ralph Yarborough	64
88	2018	The Equalizer 2	Brian Plummer	68
89	2018	Trouble	Ben	57
90	2019	National Theatre Live: All My Sons	Joe Keller	85
91	2019	The Coldest Game	Joshua Mansky	62
92	2019	Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero	Self	76
93	2020	Yellowstone	(voice)	88
94	2022	American Horses	Narrator (voice)	0
95		Killing Faith	Ross	0
96	2017	The Ballad of Lefty Brown	Lefty Brown	62
97	2019	Dark Waters	Harry Dietzler	75
98	2020	The High Note	Max	70
99		Everybody Digs Bill Evans	Harry	0
100		Famous		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Henry Tibbetts	87
2	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
3	1982	Cagney & Lacey		69
4	1982	Nature	Narrator (voice)	81
5	1987	The Tracey Ullman Show	Sheldon Moss	70
6	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark		55
7	1993	Fallen Angels	Rich Thurber	55
8	1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self	35
9	1999	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn	Self	42
10	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Kurt Moss	79
11	2001	Night Visions	Major Ben Darnell	72
12	2005	Revelations	Dr. Richard Massey	57
13	2006	Torchwood	Oswald Danes	73
14	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self - Guest	72
15	2009	Skavlan	Self - Guest	50
16	2012	1600 Penn	President Dale Gilchrist	48
17	2017	The Sinner	Harry Ambrose	75
18	2019	Epic Yellowstone	Narrator (voice)	100
19	2020	Cursed Films	Self	73
20	2021	Halston	David Mahoney	71
21	2022	This Fool	Curtis	76
22	2023	Murdaugh Murders: The Movie	Alex Murdaugh	70
23		The Boroughs	Jack	0