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Bill Paxton

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Bill Paxton

May 17, 1955 – Feb 25, 2017122 titles 98 movies · 24 TV
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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.

Also known as

William Paxton · William "Bill" Paxton · Білл Пекстон · بیل پکستون

Born

May 17, 1955 – Feb 25, 2017

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

115

Acting credits

7

Directing

2

Writing

10

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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1944 1 title(s)

1962 1 title(s)

1974 1 title(s)

1975 2 title(s)

1976 1 title(s)

1977 2 title(s)

1980 2 title(s)

1981 3 title(s)

1982 2 title(s)

1983 5 title(s)

1984 4 title(s)

1985 4 title(s)

1986 2 title(s)

1987 2 title(s)

1988 3 title(s)

1989 6 title(s)

1990 4 title(s)

1991 1 title(s)

1992 5 title(s)

1993 5 title(s)

1994 3 title(s)

1995 2 title(s)

1996 3 title(s)

1997 3 title(s)

1998 3 title(s)

2000 2 title(s)

2002 5 title(s)

2003 4 title(s)

2004 4 title(s)

2005 5 title(s)

2006 1 title(s)

2007 1 title(s)

2008 1 title(s)

2009 2 title(s)

2010 2 title(s)

2011 3 title(s)

2012 3 title(s)

2013 6 title(s)

2014 3 title(s)

2015 3 title(s)

2016 3 title(s)

2017 2 title(s)

2019 1 title(s)

2023 1 title(s)