About
| Birth Name: | William Pullman |
| Birth Notes: | 17 December 1953, Hornell, New York, USA |
| Height: | 6' 1 1/2" |
| Family: | * 'Tamara Hurwitz' (1987 - present); 3 children |
| Biography: | Born in Hornell, New York, Bill Pullman is one of seven children. He received his undergraduate degree from the State University of New York College at Oneonta and later attended University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He worked with various theater companies, most notably the Folger Theater Groupe and the Los Angeles Theater Center. He made his big-screen debut in the Danny DeVito/'Bette Midler' (qv) comedy Ruthless People (1986) and followed that with lead roles in Spaceballs (1987) and The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988). He is married to Tamara Hurwitz and they have three children. |
Filmography
| A League of Their Own (1992) as Bob Hinson |
| Alien Autopsy (2006) as Morgan Banner |
| Casper (1995) as Dr. James Harvey |
| Igby Goes Down (2002) as Jason |
| Independence Day (1996) as President Thomas J. Whitmore |
| Lake Placid (1999) as Jack Wells |
| Lost Highway (1997) as Fred Madison |
| Lucky Numbers (2000) as Det. Pat Lakewood |
| Newsies (1992) as Bryan Denton |
| Nobel Son (2007) as Det. Max Mariner |
| Peacock (2010) as Edmund French |
| Phoebe in Wonderland (2008) as Peter Lichten |
| Scary Movie 4 (2006) as Henry Hale |
| Singles (1992) as Dr. Jeffrey Jamison |
| Sleepless in Seattle (1993) as Walter |
| Sommersby (1993) as Orin Meecham |
| Surveillance (2008) as Sam Hallaway |
| The End of Violence (1997) as Mike Max |
| The Grudge (2004) as Peter |
| The Killer Inside Me (2010) as Billy Boy Walker |
| The Last Seduction (1994) as Clay Gregory |
| Titan A.E. (2000) as Capt. Joseph Korso |
| You Kill Me (2007) as Dave |
| 29 Palms (2002) as The Ticket Clerk |
| A Man Is Mostly Water (2000) as Parking Fascist |
| Bottle Shock (2008) as Jim Barrett |
| Brain Dead (1990) as Dr. Rex Martin |
| Bright Angel (1990) as Bob |
| Bringing Up Bobby (2011) as Kent |
| Brokedown Palace (1999) as Hank Greene |
| Celestina (2009) as Wayne |
| Celestina (2010) as Wayne |
| Cold Feet (1989) as Buck Latham |
| Dear Wendy (2005) as Krugsby |
| Going Under (1990) as Biff Banner |
| History Is Made at Night (1999) as Harry Howe/Ernie Halliday |
| Ignition (2001) as Deputy Marshal Conor Gallagher |
| Kerosene Cowboys (2010) as Webster |
| Liebestraum (1991) as Paul Kessler |
| Malice (1993) as Andy Safian |
| Mr. Jones (1993) as Construction Site Foreman |
| Mr. Wrong (1996) as Whitman Crawford |
| Nervous Ticks (1992) as York Daley |
| Phone (1993) |
| Rick (2003) as Rick O'Lette |
| Rio Sex Comedy (2010) as William |
| Rocket Gibraltar (1988) as Crow Black |
| Ruthless People (1986) as Earl Mott |
| Sibling Rivalry (1990) as Nicholas Meany |
| Spaceballs (1987) as Lone Starr |
| The Accidental Tourist (1988) as Julian |
| The Favor (1994) as Peter |
| The Guilty (2000) as Callum Crane |
| The Orphan King (2005) as Jack Bennett |
| The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) as Dennis Alan |
| While You Were Sleeping (1995) as Jack Callaghan |
| Wild Oats (2011) |
| Wyatt Earp (1994) as Ed Masterson |
| Your Name Here (2008) as William J. Frick |
| Zero Effect (1998) as Daryl Zero |
Trivia
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* When promoting Independence Day (1996) in South America, some people actually thought he was the President of the United States, * Brother teaches English at Ithaca High School in Ithaca, NY * While teaching at Montana State University one of his students was director John Dahl . Later Dahl gave him a role in his film The Last Seduction (1994). * Received an honorary doctorate of fine arts on 24 May 2008 from The University of Massachusetts at Amherst. * Currently co-owns a ranch in Montana with his brother. * Lost his sense of smell after a head injury and two-day coma. * Children: Maesa (b. 1988), Jack (b. 1989), Lewis (b. 1993) * Attended the State University of New York at Oneonta in the mid-'70s, but did not graduate. However, he was guest speaker for the Oneonta graduating class of 1992. * Appeared in both Cold Feet (1989) and Bright Angel (1990) during the time he was teaching at Montana State University in Bozeman. "Bright Angel" is one of the few films in which he played a bad guy. "Cold Feet" was shot in Livingston, MT, only 30 miles or so from Bozeman, and "Bright Angel" was shot entirely in and around Billings, MT. * Is the sixth of seven children. His father was a doctor and his mother a nurse. |
Quotes
| * [on watching Independence Day with President Bill Clinton ] Oh, great. This is going to be like shooting baskets with 'Magic Johnson' watching. |
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