Cast & creator
Bill Paxton
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live
Bill Paxton (May 17, 1955 – February 25, 2017) was an American actor. He appeared in films including Aliens and Titanic and starred as practising polygamist Bill Henrickson in the HBO series Big Love. On February 25, 2017 he died from complications following heart surgery.
Also known as: William Paxton , William "Bill" Paxton, Білл Пекстон, بیل پکستون
112
film credits
28
television credits
119
1944–2023 · acting roles
6.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (140)
Showing 140 of 140 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live
Man in Fish Heads (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Director
1975
The View
Self
1997
Frasier
Ernie (voice)
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
John Garrett
2013
American Experience
Self - Reader (voice)
1988
Miami Vice
Vic Romano
1984
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2009
Big Love
Bill Henrickson
2006
Titanic
Brock Lovett
1997
Tales from the Crypt
Billy DeLuca
1989
The Terminator
Punk Leader
1984The Reichen Show
Self
2005
The Hitchhiker
Trout
1983
Aliens
Private Hudson
1986
Edge of Tomorrow
Master Sergeant Farell
2014
Nightcrawler
Joe Loder
2014
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2010
True Lies
Simon
1994
The Movies That Made Us
Self (archive footage)
2019
HBO First Look
Self
1992
Predator 2
Jerry Lambert
1990
Vertical Limit
Elliot Vaughn
2000
Apollo 13
Fred Haise
1995
Tombstone
Morgan Earp
1993
Commando
Intercept Officer
1985
Twister
Bill
1996
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Dinky Winks
2002
Training Day
Frank Rourke
2017
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Dinky Winks
2003
Texas Rising
Sam Houston
2015
Haywire
John Kane
2011
2 Guns
Earl
2013
The Circle
Vinnie Holland
2017
Weird Science
Chet
1985
Near Dark
Severen
1987
Frailty
Dad Meiks
2002Frailty
Director
2002
Hatfields & McCoys
Randall McCoy
2012
Mighty Joe Young
Gregg O'Hara
1998
Stripes
Soldier
1981
Streets of Fire
Clyde the Bartender
1984
The Greatest Game Ever Played
Director
2005
A Simple Plan
Hank Mitchell
1998
The Colony
Mason
2013
U-571
Lt. Cmdr. Mike Dahlgren
2000
The Atlanta Child Murders
Campbell
1985
Boxing Helena
Ray O'Malley
1993
Big Bad Mama
Set Dresser
1974
Fresno
Billy Joe Bobb
1986
Term Life
Detective Keenan
2016
Thunderbirds
Jeff Tracy
2004
Galaxy of Terror
Set Decoration
1981
Ghosts of the Abyss
Self
2003
Next of Kin
Gerald Gates
1989
Million Dollar Arm
Tom House
2014
Parkland
Producer
2013
Club Dread
Coconut Pete
2004
Navy Seals
Floyd Dane
1990
One False Move
Dale "Hurricane" Dixon
1992The Six O'Clock Follies
1980
Reflections on Titanic
Self
2012
The Last Supper
Zachary Cody
1995
Haven
Carl Ridley
2004
Trespass
Vince
1992
The Lords of Discipline
Gilbreath
1983
Overheard with Evan Smith
Self
2010
Tornado Alley
Self - Narrator (voice)
2011
Pixies
Eddie Beck (voice)
2015
Frank & Jesse
Frank James
1994
The Last of the Finest
Howard 'Hojo' Jones
1990
The Making of 'Tombstone'
Self
2002
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
Eddie
1981
Crazy Mama
John
1975
A Bright Shining Lie
John Paul Vann
1998
Impulse
Eddie
1984
Sci-Fi Channel: The Making of Apollo 13
Self
1995
Death Game
Assistant Art Director
1977
Mortuary
Paul Andrews
1982
The Evening Star
Jerry Bruckner
1996
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Self
2003
The Vagrant
Graham Krakowski
1992
Tattoo
Director
2011Tattoo
Story
2011
13 Scarier Movie Moments
Self
2009
Shanghai Calling
Donald
2012
Indian Summer
Jack Belston
1993
Mean Dreams
Wayne Caraway
2016
Titanic: Stories from the Heart
Self (archive footage)
2023
Resistance
Ted Brice
2003
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
Self
1996
The Gamechangers
Jack Thompson
2015
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Ed Mitchell (voice)
2005
Martini Ranch: Reach
The Outlaw
1988Martini Ranch: Reach
Writer
1988Martini Ranch: Reach
Producer
1988
Eat My Dust
Set Decoration
1976
An Early Frost
Bob Maracek
1985
The Dark Backward
Gus
1991
Traveller
Bokky
1997Traveller
Producer
1997
Monolith
Tucker
1993
Slipstream
Matt Owens
1989
Brain Dead
Jim Reston
1990
Pass the Ammo
Jesse Wilkes
1988
The Good Life
Robbie
2007The Good Life
Executive Producer
2007
The Making of Slipstream
1989
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
Self (archive footage)
2005Tom Hanks: A League of His Own
Self
2016
The Alien Saga
Self (archive footage)
2002
Deadly Lessons
Eddie Fox
1983No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
Self
2004
Future Shock
Vince
1994
Red Wing
Jim Verret
2013
His Highness Hollywood
Self
2008
Fish Heads
1980Fish Heads
Director
1980Fish Heads
Producer
1980Fish Heads
Cinematography
1980Fish Heads
Editor
1980
JFK: The Final Hours
Narrator (voice)
2013
Derailroaded
Self (archive footage)
2005
Zabagabee
1987Zabagabee
Director
1987
Back to Back
Bo Brand
1989
Great Day
Rudy
1983
Living in Darkness
Himself
2002
Taking Tiger Mountain
Billy Hampton
1982Taking Tiger Mountain
Production Design
1982
The Egyptian Princess
The Man
1977The Egyptian Princess
Producer
1977
Riding Fast
Bobo
1983