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. (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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Movies (42)
Roland Emmerich - Weltenzerstörer, Weltenerbauer
as Self - actor
2025
Killing Faith
as Ross
2025
American Horses
as Narrator (voice)
2022
Yellowstone
as (voice)
2020
The High Note
as Max
2020
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
Trouble
as Ben
2018
The Equalizer 2
as Brian Plummer
2018
The Ballad of Lefty Brown
as Lefty Brown
2017
LBJ
as Ralph Yarborough
2017
Battle of the Sexes
as Jack Kramer
2017
A Thousand Junkies
as Bill Pullman
2017
Walking Out
as Clyde
2017
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
2016
American Ultra
as Krueger
2015
Parables of War
as Self
2015
The Equalizer
as Brian Plummer
2014
Cymbeline
as Sicilius Leonatus
2014
May in the Summer
as Edward
2014
Red Sky
as John Webster
2014
The Unbelievers
as Self
2013
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self (archive footage)
2013
The Fruit Hunters
as Narrator (voice)
2012
Kingdom Come
as Self
2012
Lola Versus
as Lenny
2012
Innocent
as Rusty Sabich
2011
Too Big to Fail
as Jamie Dimon
2011
Bringing Up Bobby
as Kent
2011
Rio Sex Comedy
as William
2010
Peacock
as Edmund French
2010
The Killer Inside Me
as Billy Boy Walker
2010
The Cove
Thanks (Crew)
2009
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
2008
