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Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman

Birthday: 1953-12-17 | Place of Birth: Hornell, New York, USA

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).

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
Casper

as    Dr. James Harvey

2025
Killing Faith

as    Ross

2024
threads of despair

as    Fred Madison

2023
Murdaugh Murders: The Movie

as    Alex Murdaugh

2022
American Horses

as    Narrator (voice)

2020
The High Note

as    Max

2019
Dark Waters

as    Harry Dietzler

2019
National Theatre Live: All My Sons

as    Joe Keller

2019
The Coldest Game

as    Joshua Mansky

2019
Epic Yellowstone

as    Narrator (voice)

2018
Trouble

as    Ben

2018
The Equalizer 2

as    Brian Plummer

2017
Walking Out

as    Clyde

2017
The Sinner

as    Harry Ambrose

2017
Battle of the Sexes

as    Jack Kramer

2017
The Ballad of Lefty Brown

as    Lefty Brown

2017
LBJ

as    Ralph Yarborough

2016
Brother Nature

as    Jerry Turley

2016
Independence Day: Resurgence

as    President Whitmore

2016
The War of 1996: A United World News Special

as    President Whitmore

2015
American Ultra

as    Krueger

2015
Cymbeline

as    Sicilius Leonatus

2014
The Equalizer

as    Brian Plummer

2014
May in the Summer

as    Edward

2014
Red Sky

as    John Webster