Bill Pullman
December 17, 1953 (70 years old) in Hornell, New York, USA
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
Credits
- 2023 · Murdaugh Murders: The Movie as Alex Murdaugh
- 2022 · American Horses as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Halston as David Mahoney
- 2020 · Yellowstone as (voice)
- 2020 · The High Note as Max
- 2020 · Cursed Films as Self
- 2019 · Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero as Self
- 2019 · Dark Waters as Harry Dietzler
- 2019 · The Coldest Game as Joshua Mansky
- 2019 · National Theatre Live: All My Sons as Joe Keller
- 2019 · Epic Yellowstone as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Trouble as Ben
- 2018 · The Equalizer 2 as Brian Plummer
- 2017 · The Ballad of Lefty Brown as Lefty Brown
- 2017 · LBJ as Ralph Yarborough
- 2017 · Battle of the Sexes as Jack Kramer
- 2017 · The Sinner as Harry Ambrose
- 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 · Brother Nature as Jerry Turley
- 2016 · Independence Day: Resurgence as President Whitmore
- 2016 · Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence' as Self
- 2015 · American Ultra as Krueger
- 2015 · Parables of War as Self
- 2014 · The Equalizer as Brian Plummer
- 2014 · Cymbeline as Sicilius Leonatus
- 2014 · May in the Summer as Edward
- 2014 · Red Sky as John Webster
- 2013 · The Unbelievers as Self
- 2013 · Mel Brooks: Make a Noise as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · 1600 Penn as President Dale Gilchrist
- 2012 · The Fruit Hunters as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Kingdom Come as Self
- 2012 · Lola Versus as Lenny
- 2011 · Innocent as Rusty Sabich
- 2011 · Too Big to Fail as Jamie Dimon
- 2011 · Bringing Up Bobby as Kent
- 2010 · Rio Sex Comedy as William
- 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 · Your Name Here as William J. Frick
- 2008 · Surveillance as Sam Hallaway
- 2008 · Phoebe in Wonderland as Peter Lichten
- 2007 · Nobel Son as Det. Max Mariner
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- 2007 · You Kill Me as Dave
- 2006 · Torchwood as Oswald Danes
- 2006 · Scary Movie 4 as Henry Hale
- 2006 · Alien Autopsy as Morgan Banner
- 2005 · John Candy: Comic Spirit as Self
- 2005 · Revelations as Dr. Richard Massey
- 2005 · Dear Wendy as Krugsby
- 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
- 2001 · Night Visions as Major Ben Darnell
- 2000 · Lucky Numbers as Detective Pat Lakewood
- 2000 · A Man Is Mostly Water as Parking Fascist
- 2000 · Titan A.E. as Captain Korso (voice)
- 2000 · The Guilty as Callum Crane
- 2000 · The Virginian as The Virginian
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Kurt Moss
- 1999 · Spy Games as Harry Howe / Ernie Halliday
- 1999 · Brokedown Palace as Hank Greene
- 1999 · Lake Placid as Jack Wells
- 1999 · The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self
- 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
- 1997 · Lost Highway as Fred Madison
- 1996 · Mistrial as Steve Donohue
- 1996 · Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion as Self
- 1996 · The Making of 'Independence Day' as Self
- 1996 · Independence Day as President Thomas J. Whitmore
- 1996 · The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self
- 1996 · Mr. Wrong as Whitman Crawford
- 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 · Mr. Jones as Construction Site Foreman
- 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 · Crazy in Love as Nick Symonds
- 1992 · A League of Their Own as Bob Hinson
- 1992 · Phone as Duke
- 1992 · Newsies as Bryan Denton
- 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
- 1990 · Brain Dead as Dr. Rex Martin
- 1989 · Cold Feet as Buck
- 1989 · Home Fires Burning as Lt. Henry Tibbettes
- 1988 · The Accidental Tourist as Julian Hedge
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1988 · Rocket Gibraltar as Crow Black
- 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
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Henry Tibbetts
- Future · Killing Faith as Ross
- Future · The Boroughs as Jack
- Future · Everybody Digs Bill Evans as Harry