Bill Pullman

Personal Info

Birthday

December 17, 1953

(71 years old)

Place of Birth

Hornell, New York, USA

Also Known As

William Pullman

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Bill Pullman

Biography

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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Nature

The Sinner

Torchwood

The Equalizer

Fallen Angels

The Equalizer 2

Independence Day

Filmography

2025
Killing Faith
as Ross
2022
American Horses
as Narrator (voice)
2020
Yellowstone
as (voice)
The High Note
as Max
2019
Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero
as Self
Dark Waters
as Harry Dietzler
The Coldest Game
as Joshua Mansky
National Theatre Live: All My Sons
as Joe Keller
2018
Trouble
as Ben
The Equalizer 2
as Brian Plummer
2017
The Ballad of Lefty Brown
as Lefty Brown
LBJ
as Ralph Yarborough
Battle of the Sexes
as Jack Kramer
A Thousand Junkies
as Bill Pullman
Walking Out
as Clyde
2016
The War of 1996: A United World News Special
as President Whitmore
Brother Nature
as Jerry Turley
Independence Day: Resurgence
as President Whitmore
Another Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'
as Self
2015
American Ultra
as Krueger
Parables of War
as Self
2014
The Equalizer
as Brian Plummer
Cymbeline
as Sicilius Leonatus
May in the Summer
as Edward
Red Sky
as John Webster
2013
The Unbelievers
as Self
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
2012
The Fruit Hunters
as Narrator (voice)
Kingdom Come
as Self
Lola Versus
as Lenny
2011
Innocent
as Rusty Sabich
Too Big to Fail
as Jamie Dimon
Bringing Up Bobby
as Kent
2010
Rio Sex Comedy
as William
Peacock
as Edmund French
The Killer Inside Me
as Billy Boy Walker
2008
Bottle Shock
as Jim Barrett
Your Name Here
as William J. Frick
Surveillance
as Sam Hallaway
Phoebe in Wonderland
as Peter Lichten
2007
Nobel Son
as Max Mariner
You Kill Me
as Dave
2006
Scary Movie 4
as Henry Hale
Alien Autopsy
as Morgan Banner
2005
Spaceballs: The Documentary
as Self
John Candy: Comic Spirit
as Self
Dear Wendy
as Krugsby
2004
The Grudge
as Peter Kirk
Tiger Cruise
as Gary Dolan
2003
Rick
as Rick O'Lette
2002
Igby Goes Down
as Jason
29 Palms
as The Ticket Clerk
Ignition
as Conor Gallagher
2000
Lucky Numbers
as Detective Pat Lakewood
A Man Is Mostly Water
as Parking Fascist
Titan A.E.
as Korso (voice)
The Guilty
as Callum Crane
The Virginian
as The Virginian
1999
Spy Games
as Harry Howe / Ernie Halliday
Brokedown Palace
as Hank Greene
Lake Placid
as Jack Wells
1998
Zero Effect
as Daryl Zero
1997
Merry Christmas, George Bailey!
as George Bailey
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
as Self
The End of Violence
as Mike
Lost Highway
as Fred Madison
1996
Mistrial
as Steve Donohue
Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion
as Self
The Making of 'Independence Day'
as Self
Independence Day
as President Thomas J. Whitmore
Mr. Wrong
as Whitman Crawford
1995
Casper
as Dr. James Harvey
While You Were Sleeping
as Jack Callaghan
1994
Wyatt Earp
as Ed Masterson
The Last Seduction
as Clay Gregory
The Favor
as Peter
1993
Mr. Jones
as Construction Site Foreman (uncredited)
Malice
as Andy Sarafian
Sleepless in Seattle
as Walter
Sommersby
as Orin Meecham
1992
Singles
as Dr. Jeffrey Jamison
Crazy in Love
as Nick Symonds
A League of Their Own
as Bob Hinson
Phone
as Duke
Newsies
as Bryan Denton
Nervous Ticks
as York Daley
1991
Liebestraum
as Paul Kessler
Going Under
as Biff Banner
Blood Drips Heavily on Newsie Square
as Self
1990
Bright Angel
as Bob
Sibling Rivalry
as Nicholas Meany
Brain Dead
as Dr. Rex Martin
1989
Cold Feet
as Buck
Home Fires Burning
as Lt. Henry Tibbettes
1988
The Accidental Tourist
as Julian Hedge
Rocket Gibraltar
as Crow Black
The Serpent and the Rainbow
as Dennis Alan
1987
Spaceballs
as Lone Starr
1986
Ruthless People
as Earl James Mott