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

• 2017The Circle — Vinnie Holland
• Training Day — Frank Rourke
• 2016Mean Dreams — Wayne Caraway
• 2016Term Life — Detective Keenan
• 2015Pixies — Eddie Beck (voice)
• Texas Rising — Sam Houston
• 2015The Gamechangers — Jack Thompson
• 2014Edge of Tomorrow — Master Sergeant Farell
• 2014Million Dollar Arm — Tom House
• 2014Nightcrawler — Joe Loder
• 20132 Guns — Earl
• 2013JFK: The Final Hours — Narrator (voice)
• Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. — John Garrett
• 2013Parkland — Producer
• 2013Red Wing — Jim Verret
• 2013The Colony — Mason
• Hatfields & McCoys — Randall McCoy
• 2012Shanghai Calling — Donald
• 2011Haywire — John Kane
• 2011Tattoo — Director, Story
• 2007The Good Life — Robbie, Executive Producer
• Big Love — Bill Henrickson
• 2005Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon — Ed Mitchell (voice)
• 2005The Greatest Game Ever Played — Director
• 2004Club Dread — Coconut Pete
• 2004Haven — Carl Ridley
• 2004Thunderbirds — Jeff Tracy
• 2003Resistance — Ted Brice
• 2003Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over — Dinky Winks
• 2002Frailty — Dad Meiks, Director
• 2002Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams — Dinky Winks
• 2000U-571 — Lt. Cmdr. Mike Dahlgren
• 2000Vertical Limit — Elliot Vaughn
• 1998A Bright Shining Lie — John Paul Vann
• 1998A Simple Plan — Hank Mitchell
• 1998Mighty Joe Young — Gregg O'Hara
• 1997Titanic — Brock Lovett
• 1997Traveller — Bokky, Producer
• 1996The Evening Star — Jerry Bruckner
• 1996Twister — Bill
• 1995Apollo 13 — Fred Haise
• 1995The Last Supper — Zachary Cody
• 1994Frank & Jesse — Frank James
• 1994Future Shock — Vince
• 1994True Lies — Simon
• 1993Boxing Helena — Ray O'Malley
• Frasier — Ernie (voice)
• 1993Indian Summer — Jack Belston
• 1993Monolith — Tucker
• 1993Tombstone — Morgan Earp
• 1992One False Move — Dale "Hurricane" Dixon
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• 1992The Vagrant — Graham Krakowski
• 1992Trespass — Vince
• 1991The Dark Backward — Gus
• 1990Brain Dead — Jim Reston
• 1990Navy Seals — Floyd Dane
• 1990Predator 2 — Jerry Lambert
• 1990The Last of the Finest — Howard 'Hojo' Jones
• 1989Back to Back — Bo Brand
• 1989Next of Kin — Gerald Gates
• 1989Slipstream — Matt Owens
• Tales from the Crypt — Billy DeLuca
• 1989The Making of Slipstream
• 1989The Roommate
• 1988Martini Ranch: Reach — The Outlaw, Writer, Producer
• 1988Pass the Ammo — Jesse Wilkes
• 1987Near Dark — Severen
• 1987Zabagabee — Director
• 1986Aliens — Private Hudson
• Fresno — Billy Joe Bobb
• 1985An Early Frost — Bob Maracek
• 1985Commando — Intercept Officer
• The Atlanta Child Murders — Campbell
• 1985Weird Science — Chet
• 1984Impulse — Eddie
• Miami Vice — Vic Romano
• 1984Streets of Fire — Clyde the Bartender
• 1984The Terminator — Punk Leader
• 1983Deadly Lessons — Eddie Fox
• 1983Great Day — Rudy
• 1983Riding Fast — Bobo
• The Hitchhiker — Trout
• 1983The Lords of Discipline — Gilbreath
• 1982Mortuary — Paul Andrews
• 1982Taking Tiger Mountain — Billy Hampton, Production Design
• 1981Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker — Eddie
• 1981Galaxy of Terror — Set Decoration
• 1981Stripes — Soldier
• 1980Fish Heads — Director, Producer, Cinematography, Editor
• The Six O'Clock Follies
• 1977Death Game — Assistant Art Director
• 1977The Egyptian Princess — The Man, Producer
• 1976Eat My Dust — Set Decoration
• 1975Beach Blanket Bango — Art Direction
• 1975Crazy Mama — John
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Man in Fish Heads (uncredited), Director
• 1974Big Bad Mama — Set Dresser

Appearances as themselves (26)

• 2023Titanic: Stories from the Heart — Self (archive footage)
• The Movies That Made Us — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Tom Hanks: A League of His Own — Self
• 2012Reflections on Titanic — Self
• 2011Tornado Alley — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Overheard with Evan Smith — Self
• Who Do You Think You Are? — Self
• 200913 Scarier Movie Moments — Self
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• 2008His Highness Hollywood — Self
• 2005Derailroaded — Self (archive footage)
• 2005The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' — Self (archive footage)
• The Reichen Show — Self
• 2004No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds — Self
• 2003Ghosts of the Abyss — Self
• 2003Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens' — Self
• 2002Living in Darkness — Himself
• 2002The Alien Saga — Self (archive footage)
• 2002The Making of 'Tombstone' — Self
• The View — Self
• 1996Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 — Self
• 1995Sci-Fi Channel: The Making of Apollo 13 — Self
• HBO First Look — Self
• American Experience — Self - Reader (voice)
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee / Presenter