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Bill Paxton

Bill Paxton

Total Box Office:
 $506.6M
Highest Rated:
100% The Terminator (1984)
Lowest Rated:
13% The Groove Tube (1972)
Birthday:
May 17
Birthplace:
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Bio:
Possessing a special talent for totally immersing himself in his roles, Bill Paxton does not always get the recognition he deserves. Tall, rangy, and boyishly good looking, Paxton's career is a curiosity that has found the character actor turned filmmaker succeeding in intermittently pulling the rug…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies | TV series

MOVIES   

Rating Title Credit Box Office Year
Edge of Tomorrow
  • Actor
-- 2014
Million Dollar Arm
  • Tom House
-- 2014
63% 2 Guns
  • Earl
$75.0M 2013
Red Wing
  • Actor
-- 2013
57% Shanghai Calling
  • Donald
-- 2013
14% The Colony
  • Mason
-- 2013
80% Haywire
  • Eric
$18.9M 2012
His Highness Hollywood
  • Actor
-- 2008
20% The Good Life
  • Robbie
  • Producer
-- 2007
62% The Greatest Game Ever Played
  • Director
$15.3M 2005
88% Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D
  • Actor
$32.5M 2005
13% Haven
  • Carl Ridley
$0.1M 2004
20% Thunderbirds
  • Jeff Tracy
$6.8M 2004
29% Club Dread
  • Coconut Pete
$4.6M 2004
45% Spy Kids 3-D - Game Over
  • Dinky Winks
$111.7M 2003
80% Ghosts of the Abyss
  • Himself
$16.3M 2003
73% Frailty
  • Dad
  • Director
$13.1M 2002
Festival Pass with Chris Gore
  • Actor
-- 2002
Resistance
  • Ted
-- 2002
74% Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
  • Theme Park Owner
$85.6M 2002
48% Vertical Limit
  • Elliot Vaughn
$67.8M 2000
68% U-571
  • Lt. Commander Mike Dahlgren
-- 2000
52% Mighty Joe Young
  • Gregg O'Hara
-- 1998
89% A Simple Plan
  • Hank
-- 1998
A Bright Shining Lie
  • John Paul Vann
-- 1998
88% Titanic
  • Brock Lovett
$57.9M 1997
23% The Evening Star
  • Jerry
-- 1996
79% Traveller
  • Bokky Sherlock
-- 1996
65% The Last Supper
  • Zack
-- 1996
58% Twister
  • Bill Harding
-- 1996
95% Apollo 13
  • Fred Haise
$1.1M 1995
72% True Lies
  • Simon
-- 1994
Frank and Jesse
  • Frank James
-- 1994
65% Indian Summer
  • Jack Belston
-- 1993
Future Shock
  • The Roommate
-- 1993
Monolith
  • Tucker
-- 1993
73% Tombstone
  • Morgan Earp
-- 1993
19% Boxing Helena
  • Ray O'Malley
-- 1993
The Vagrant
  • Graham Krakowski
-- 1992
98% One False Move
  • Dale "Hurricane" Dixon
-- 1992
68% Trespass
  • Vince
-- 1992
45% The Dark Backward (The Man with Three Arms)
  • Gus
-- 1991
25% Predator 2
  • Jerry Lambert
-- 1990
19% Navy Seals
  • Dane
-- 1990
Back to Back
  • Bo Brand
-- 1990
The Last Of The Finest
  • Howard "Hojo" Jones
-- 1990
50% Next of Kin
  • Gerald Gates
-- 1989
20% Slipstream
  • Matt Owen
-- 1989
17% Brain Dead
  • Jim Reston
-- 1989
Pass The Ammo
  • Jesse Wilkes
-- 1988
89% Near Dark
  • Severen
-- 1987
98% Aliens
  • Pvt. Hudson
-- 1986
Aliens (Special Edition)
  • Actor
-- 1986
69% Commando
  • Intercept Officer
-- 1985
Atlanta Child Murders
  • Campbell
-- 1985
56% Weird Science
  • Chet Donnelly
-- 1985
An Early Frost
  • Bob Maracek
-- 1985
20% Impulse
  • Eddie
-- 1984
100% The Terminator
  • Punk Leader
-- 1984
60% Streets of Fire
  • Clyde
-- 1984
17% Nightmares
  • Actor
-- 1983
38% The Lords of Discipline
  • Gilbreath
-- 1983
Night Warning
  • Actor
-- 1982
Mortuary
  • Paul Andrews
-- 1981
88% Stripes
  • Soldier
-- 1981
86% Crazy Mama
  • John
-- 1975
13% The Groove Tube
  • Actor
-- 1972
Warnings from Space
  • Actor
-- 1966

Movies | TV series

TV SERIES   

Rating Title Credit Year
88% Big Love
  • Bill Henrickson
2006-2011
67% Hatfields And Mccoys, Miniseries
  • Randall McCoy
2012-2012

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Quotes from Bill Paxton's Characters

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    1. Earl: Where's the money
    2. Robert "Bobby" Trench: It ain't down there I'll guarantee that.
    From 2 Guns. Submitted by joseph j (58 days ago)
    1. Pvt. Hudson: Hey Vasquez have you ever been mistaken for a man?
    2. Pvt. Vasquez: No. Have you?
    From Aliens. Submitted by Benji P (3 months ago)

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Bill Paxton News

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Bill Paxton's Best Movies Opens in new window
August 2

Bill Paxton Talks Kung Fu Opens in new window
March 12, 2012

Bill Paxton In Talks to Direct Kung Fu Movie Opens in new window
November 1, 2011

Bill Paxton Scores a Knockout Opens in new window
January 27, 2010

Bill Paxton Has an Idea for Twister 2 Opens in new window
January 8, 2010

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