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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

The Circle

2017
as Vinnie Holland

Training Day

2017
as Frank Rourke

Mean Dreams

2016
as Wayne Caraway

Term Life

2016
as Detective Keenan

The Gamechangers

2015
as Jack Thompson

Texas Rising

2015
as Sam Houston

Pixies

2015
as Eddie Beck (voice)

Edge of Tomorrow

2014
as Msg. Farell

Edge of Tomorrow: Weapons of the Future

2014
as Bill Paxton

Nightcrawler

2014
as Joe Loder

Million Dollar Arm

2014
as Tom House

The Colony

2013
as Mason

JFK: The Final Hours

2013
as Narrator

Red Wing

2013
as Jim Verret

2 Guns

2013
as Earl

Hatfields & McCoys

2012
as Randall McCoy

纽约客@上海

2012
as Donald

Titanic: 100 Years On

2012
as Bill Paxton

Haywire

2011
as John Kane

Tornado Alley

2011
as Himself - Narrator

His Highness Hollywood

2008
as Himself

The Good Life

2007
as Robbie

Big Love

2006
as Bill Henrickson

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

2005
as Bill Paxton

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

2005
as Ed Mitchell

Thunderbirds

2004
as Jeff Tracy

Haven

2004
as Carl Ridley

Club Dread

2004
as Coconut Pete

Ghosts of the Abyss

2003
as Himself

Pat Benatar: Choice Cuts - The Complete Video Collection

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

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

2003
as Dinky Winks

Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'

2003
as Himself

Resistance

2003
as Maj. Theodore 'Ted' Brice

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

2002
as Dinky Winks

Living in Darkness

2002
as Bill Paxton

Frailty

2001
as Father Meiks

Vertical Limit

2000
as Elliot Vaughn

U-571

2000
as Lt. Cmdr. Mike Dahlgren

A Simple Plan

1998
as Hank Mitchell

A Bright Shining Lie

1998
as Colonel John Paul Vann

Mighty Joe Young

1998
as Gregg O'Hara

Traveller

1997
as Bokky

Titanic

1997
as Brock Lovett

Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13

1996
as Himself

The Evening Star

1996
as Jerry Bruckner

Twister

1996
as Bill Harding

Apollo 13

1995
as Fred Haise

The Last Supper

1995
as Zachary Cody

Frank & Jesse

1995
as Frank James

Future Shock

1994
as Vince

True Lies

1994
as Simon

Monolith

1993
as Tucker

Indian Summer

1993
as Jack Belston

Boxing Helena

1993
as Ray O'Malley

Tombstone

1993
as Morgan Earp

One False Move

1992
as Dale 'Hurricane' Dixon

Trespass

1992
as Vince

The Vagrant

1992
as Graham Krakowski

The Making of 'Alien³'

1992
as Bill Paxton

The Dark Backward

1991
as Gus

Brain Dead

1990
as Jim Reston

The Last of the Finest

1990
as Howard 'Hojo' Jones

Predator 2

1990
as Jerry Lambert

Navy Seals

1990
as Floyd Dane

Next of Kin

1989
as Gerald Gates

Slipstream

1989
as Matt Owens

Back to Back

1989
as Bo Brand

Pass the Ammo

1988
as Jesse Wilkes

Near Dark

1987
as Severen

Aliens

1986
as Pvt. William L. Hudson

Commando

1985
as Intercept Officer

Weird Science

1985
as Chet Donnelly

An Early Frost

1985
as Bob Maracek

The Making of the Terminator

1984
as Bill Paxton

Impulse

1984
as Eddie

The Terminator

1984
as Punk Leader

Streets of Fire

1984
as Clyde the Bartender

Riding Fast

1983
as Bobo

Deadly Lessons

1983
as Eddie Fox

The Lords of Discipline

1983
as Gilbreath

Mortuary

1983
as Paul Andrews

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

1982
as Eddie

Taking Tiger Mountain

1982
as Billy Hampton

Stripes

1981
as Soldier

Fish Heads

1980
as Main Character (uncredited)

The Six O' Clock Follies

1980

Director

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

Writer

Movie Fish Heads 1980

Producer

Movie Parkland 2013
Movie Fish Heads 1980

Crew

Movie Taking Tiger Mountain 1982

Guest Star

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