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Bill Paxton

William Paxton was an American actor, film director and producer. He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for portraying Randall McCoy in the History channel miniseries Hatfields & McCoys (2012) and as Detective Frank Roarke in the CBS television series Training Day (2017).

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Filmography

2 Guns

2013
as Earl

A Bright Shining Lie

1998
as Colonel John Paul Vann

A Simple Plan

1998
as Hank Mitchell

Aliens

1986
as Pvt. William L. Hudson

An Early Frost

1985
as Bob Maracek

Apollo 13

1995
as Fred Haise

Back to Back

1989
as Bo Brand

Big Love

2006
as Bill Henrickson

Boxing Helena

1993
as Ray O'Malley

Brain Dead

1990
as Jim Reston

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

1982
as Eddie

Club Dread

2004
as Coconut Pete

Commando

1985
as Intercept Officer

Deadly Lessons

1983
as Eddie Fox

Edge of Tomorrow

2014
as Msg. Farell

Edge of Tomorrow: Weapons of the Future

2014
as Bill Paxton

Fish Heads

1980
as Main Character (uncredited)

Frailty

2001
as Father Meiks

Frank & Jesse

1995
as Frank James

Future Shock

1994
as Vince

Ghosts of the Abyss

2003
as Himself

Hatfields & McCoys

2012
as Randall McCoy

Haven

2004
as Carl Ridley

Haywire

2011
as John Kane

His Highness Hollywood

2008
as Himself

Impulse

1984
as Eddie

Indian Summer

1993
as Jack Belston

JFK: The Final Hours

2013
as Narrator

Living in Darkness

2002
as Bill Paxton

Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13

1996
as Himself

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

2005
as Ed Mitchell

Mean Dreams

2016
as Wayne Caraway

Mighty Joe Young

1998
as Gregg O'Hara

Million Dollar Arm

2014
as Tom House

Monolith

1993
as Tucker

Mortuary

1983
as Paul Andrews

Navy Seals

1990
as Floyd Dane

Near Dark

1987
as Severen

Next of Kin

1989
as Gerald Gates

Nightcrawler

2014
as Joe Loder

One False Move

1992
as Dale 'Hurricane' Dixon

Pass the Ammo

1988
as Jesse Wilkes

Pat Benatar: Choice Cuts - The Complete Video Collection

2003
as Radio Operator (sRadio Operator (segment "Shadows of the Night")

Pixies

2015
as Eddie Beck (voice)

Predator 2

1990
as Jerry Lambert

Red Wing

2013
as Jim Verret

Resistance

2003
as Maj. Theodore 'Ted' Brice

Riding Fast

1983
as Bobo

Slipstream

1989
as Matt Owens

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

2002
as Dinky Winks

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

2003
as Dinky Winks

Streets of Fire

1984
as Clyde the Bartender

Stripes

1981
as Soldier

Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'

2003
as Himself

Taking Tiger Mountain

1982
as Billy Hampton

Term Life

2016
as Detective Keenan

Texas Rising

2015
as Sam Houston

The Circle

2017
as Vinnie Holland

The Colony

2013
as Mason

The Dark Backward

1991
as Gus

The Evening Star

1996
as Jerry Bruckner

The Gamechangers

2015
as Jack Thompson

The Good Life

2007
as Robbie

The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'

2005
as Bill Paxton

The Last Supper

1995
as Zachary Cody

The Last of the Finest

1990
as Howard 'Hojo' Jones

The Lords of Discipline

1983
as Gilbreath

The Making of 'Alien³'

1992
as Bill Paxton

The Making of the Terminator

1984
as Bill Paxton

The Six O' Clock Follies

1980

The Terminator

1984
as Punk Leader

The Vagrant

1992
as Graham Krakowski

Thunderbirds

2004
as Jeff Tracy

Titanic

1997
as Brock Lovett

Titanic: 100 Years On

2012
as Bill Paxton

Tombstone

1993
as Morgan Earp

Tornado Alley

2011
as Himself - Narrator

Training Day

2017
as Frank Rourke

Traveller

1997
as Bokky

Trespass

1992
as Vince

True Lies

1994
as Simon

Twister

1996
as Bill Harding

U-571

2000
as Lt. Cmdr. Mike Dahlgren

Vertical Limit

2000
as Elliot Vaughn

Weird Science

1985
as Chet Donnelly

纽约客@上海

2012
as Donald

Director

Movie Fish Heads 1980
Movie Frailty 2001
Movie The Greatest Game Ever Played 2005

Writer

Movie Fish Heads 1980

Producer

Movie Fish Heads 1980
Movie Parkland 2013

Crew

Movie Taking Tiger Mountain 1982

Guest Star

Episode Frasier
Analyzed Kiss 		2003
Episode Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Beginning of the End 		2014
Episode Saturday Night Live
Bill Paxton/Beck 		1999
Episode Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
End of the Beginning 		2014
Episode The Late Late Show with James Corden
Mindy Kaling, Bill Paxton 		2017
Episode Tales from the Crypt
People Who Live in Brass Hearses 		1993
Episode Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Providence 		2014
Episode Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Ragtag 		2014
Episode The Schlocky Horror Picture Show
Slipstream (1989) 		2009
Episode Miami Vice
Streetwise 		1986
Episode Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
T.A.H.I.T.I. 		2014
Episode BBC Drama
The Gamechangers 		2015
Episode Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
The Only Light in the Darkness 		2014
Episode Modern Marvels
Titanic Tech 		2003
Episode Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Turn, Turn, Turn 		2014
Episode Curiosity
What Sank Titanic? 		2011