
Bill Pullman
William Pullman (born December 17, 1953) is an American actor. After graduating with a Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre, he was an adjunct professor at Montana State University before deciding to pursue acting. Pullman made his film debut in Ruthless People (1986), and starred in Spaceballs (1987), The Accidental Tourist and The Serpent and the Rainbow (both 1988), Newsies (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Wyatt Earp (1994), While You Were Sleeping (1995), Independence Day (1996), Lost Highway (1997), and Lake Placid (1999). He also voiced Captain Joseph Korso in Titan A.E. (2000). He has also appeared frequently on television, usually in TV films. Since the 21st century began, Pullman has also acted in miniseries and regular series such as Torchwood (2011), playing starring roles in 1600 Penn (2012–13) and The Sinner (2017–2021). In 2021, he had a recurring role in the miniseries Halston. Pullman also has a long stage-acting career. He has appeared on Broadway several times, including in Edward Albee's The Goat or Who Is Sylvia? (2002) Description above from the Wikipedia article William Pullman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2022 · This Fool as Curtis
- 2021 · Halston as David Mahoney
- 2020 · The High Note as Max
- 2020 · Cursed Films as Self
- 2019 · Dark Waters as Harry Dietzler
- 2019 · The Coldest Game as Joshua Mansky
- 2018 · The Equalizer 2 as Brian Plummer
- 2017 · Battle of the Sexes as Jack Kramer
- 2017 · The Sinner as Harry Ambrose
- 2016 · Brother Nature as Jerry Turley
- 2016 · Independence Day: Resurgence as President Whitmore
- 2015 · American Ultra as Krueger
- 2014 · The Equalizer as Brian Plummer
- 2014 · Cymbeline as Sicilius Leonatus
- 2014 · Red Sky as John Webster
- 2012 · 1600 Penn as President Dale Gilchrist
- 2012 · Lola Versus as Lenny
- 2011 · Too Big to Fail as Jamie Dimon
- 2010 · Peacock as Edmund French
- 2010 · The Killer Inside Me as Billy Boy Walker
- 2009 · Skavlan as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Bottle Shock as Jim Barrett
- 2008 · Phoebe in Wonderland as Peter Lichten
- 2007 · Nobel Son as Max Mariner
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Torchwood as Oswald Danes
- 2006 · Scary Movie 4 as Henry Hale
- 2005 · Revelations as Dr. Richard Massey
- 2004 · The Grudge as Peter Kirk
- 2002 · Igby Goes Down as Jason
- 2001 · Night Visions as Major Ben Darnell (segment "A View Through the Window")
- 2000 · Lucky Numbers as Detective Pat Lakewood
- 2000 · Titan A.E. as Korso (voice)
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Kurt Moss
- 1999 · Brokedown Palace as Hank Greene
- 1999 · Lake Placid as Jack Wells
- 1999 · The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self
- 1997 · Lost Highway as Fred Madison
- 1996 · Independence Day as President Thomas J. Whitmore
- 1996 · The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self
- 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
- 1993 · Mr. Jones as Construction Site Foreman (uncredited)
- 1993 · Malice as Andy Sarafian
- 1993 · Fallen Angels as Rich Thurber
- 1993 · Sleepless in Seattle as Walter
- 1993 · Sommersby as Orin Meecham
- 1992 · Singles as Dr. Jeffrey Jamison
- 1992 · A League of Their Own as Bob Hinson
- 1992 · Newsies as Bryan Denton
- 1990 · Brain Dead as Dr. Rex Martin
- 1988 · The Accidental Tourist as Julian Hedge
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1988 · The Serpent and the Rainbow as Dennis Alan
- 1987 · Spaceballs as Lone Starr
- 1987 · The Tracey Ullman Show as Sheldon Moss
- 1986 · Ruthless People as Earl James Mott
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Cagney & Lacey as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Future · The Boroughs as Jack
- 2025 · Killing Faith as Ross
- 2023 · Murdaugh Murders: The Movie as Alex Murdaugh
- 2022 · American Horses as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Yellowstone as (voice)
- 2019 · Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero as Self
- 2019 · National Theatre Live: All My Sons as Joe Keller
- 2019 · Epic Yellowstone as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Trouble as Ben
- 2017 · The Ballad of Lefty Brown as Lefty Brown
- 2017 · LBJ as Ralph Yarborough
- 2017 · A Thousand Junkies as Bill Pullman
- 2017 · Walking Out as Clyde
- 2016 · The War of 1996: A United World News Special as President Whitmore
- 2016 · Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence' as Self
- 2015 · Parables of War as Self
- 2014 · May in the Summer as Edward
- 2013 · The Unbelievers as Self
- 2013 · Mel Brooks: Make a Noise as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · The Fruit Hunters as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Kingdom Come as Self
- 2011 · Innocent as Rusty Sabich
- 2011 · Bringing Up Bobby as Kent
- 2010 · Rio Sex Comedy as William
- 2008 · Your Name Here as William J. Frick
- 2008 · Surveillance as Sam Hallaway
- 2007 · You Kill Me as Dave
- 2006 · Alien Autopsy as Morgan Banner
- 2005 · Spaceballs: The Documentary as Self
- 2005 · John Candy: Comic Spirit as Self
- 2005 · Dear Wendy as Krugsby
- 2004 · Tiger Cruise as Gary Dolan
- 2003 · Rick as Rick O'Lette
- 2002 · 29 Palms as The Ticket Clerk
- 2002 · Ignition as Conor Gallagher
- 2000 · A Man Is Mostly Water as Parking Fascist
- 2000 · The Guilty as Callum Crane
- 2000 · Opening the Tombs of the Golden Mummies: Live as
- 2000 · The Virginian as The Virginian
- 1999 · Spy Games as Harry Howe / Ernie Halliday
- 1998 · Zero Effect as Daryl Zero
- 1997 · Merry Christmas, George Bailey! as George Bailey
- 1997 · Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch as Self
- 1997 · The End of Violence as Mike
- 1996 · Mistrial as Steve Donohue
- 1996 · Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion as Self
- 1996 · The Making of 'Independence Day' as Self
- 1996 · Mr. Wrong as Whitman Crawford
- 1994 · The Favor as Peter
- 1992 · Crazy in Love as Nick Symonds
- 1992 · Phone as Duke
- 1992 · Nervous Ticks as York Daley
- 1991 · Liebestraum as Paul Kessler
- 1991 · Going Under as Biff Banner
- 1991 · Blood Drips Heavily on Newsie Square as Self
- 1990 · Bright Angel as Bob
- 1990 · Sibling Rivalry as Nicholas Meany
- 1989 · Cold Feet as Buck
- 1989 · Home Fires Burning as Lt. Henry Tibbettes
- 1988 · Rocket Gibraltar as Crow Black
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Henry Tibbetts
- Future · Spaceballs 2 as Lone Starr
- Future · Famous as
- Future · Everybody Digs Bill Evans as Harry
- Future · A Bridge Between as Bobby Verdun