Bill Paxton

Acting · Born 1955-05-17 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Biography

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.

Filmography

• The Terminator as Punk Leader
• Apollo 13 as Fred Haise
• Aliens as Private Hudson
• A Simple Plan as Hank Mitchell
• Weird Science as Chet
• Tombstone as Morgan Earp
• Frailty as Dad Meiks
• True Lies as Simon
• Edge of Tomorrow as Master Sergeant Farell
• Nightcrawler as Joe Loder

TV

• Tales from the Crypt as Billy DeLuca
• Frasier as Ernie (voice)
• The View as Self
• Miami Vice as Vic Romano
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Big Love as Bill Henrickson
• The Hitchhiker as Trout
• Fresno as Billy Joe Bobb
• Hatfields & McCoys as Randall McCoy
• Saturday Night Live as Self - Host