Bill Pullman
Acting
Biography
William Pullman (born December 17, 1953) is an American actor. After graduating with a Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre, he was an adjunct professor at Montana State University before deciding to pursue acting. Pullman made his film debut in Ruthless People (1986), and starred in Spaceballs (1987), The Accidental Tourist and The Serpent and the Rainbow (both 1988), Newsies (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Wyatt Earp (1994), While You Were Sleeping (1995), Independence Day (1996), Lost Highway (1997), and Lake Placid (1999). He also voiced Captain Joseph Korso in Titan A.E. (2000). He has also appeared frequently on television, usually in TV films. Since the 21st century began, Pullman has also acted in miniseries and regular series such as Torchwood (2011), playing starring roles in 1600 Penn (2012–13) and The Sinner (2017–2021). In 2021, he had a recurring role in the miniseries Halston. Pullman also has a long stage-acting career. He has appeared on Broadway several times, including in Edward Albee's The Goat or Who Is Sylvia? (2002).
Born: December 17, 1953
Place of Birth: Hornell, New York, USA
Known For
American Horses
American horses are icons. Mustang. Appaloosa. Morgan. Quarter Horse. Each breed has a unique story to tell, and each story is a deep part of the American experience. Grounded in historical moments and charismatic people, American Horses traces the emergence of these remarkable horses and introduces contemporary trainers who are continuing in the long tradition of caring for them.
Epic Yellowstone
Bill Pullman introduces and narrates this four-part documentary on the world's first national park, Yellowstone.
Yellowstone
This documentary is in fact the theatrically released episode of 'Epic Yellowstone: Return of the Predators'. For decades, Yellowstone National Park's ecosystem was out of balance. Its wolves had vanished, and its grizzly bears were pushed to the edge of extinction. Now, through conservation efforts and one of the most ambitious restoration projects in history, the carnivores have returned in record numbers. Host Bill Pullman gives you an up-close look into nature's dramas over the course of a year.
Blood Drips Heavily on Newsie Square
Washed up actor Don Knotts shows up on the back lot of Universal Studios in Hollywood, California in hopes of landing a role in the new Disney movie, Newsies. Unfortunately director Kenny Ortega quickly dismisses Mr. Knotts and has him thrown off the lot. Mr. Knotts is quite upset by the turn of events, so decides to go on a killing spree, believing that if he can't have a role in the movie no one can. He knocks off one newsie after the next, each in a different and unique way.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
National Theatre Live: All My Sons
America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. They have built a home, raised two sons and established a thriving business. But nothing lasts forever and their contented lives, already shadowed by the loss of their eldest boy to war, are about to shatter. With the return of a figure from the past, long buried truths are forced to the surface and the price of their American dream is laid bare.
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live television — with Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows — to the film genres he so successfully satirized in Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety, and Spaceballs — to the groundbreaking Broadway musical version of his first film, The Producers. The documentary also delves into his professional and personal ups and downs — his childhood, his first wife and subsequent 41-year marriage to Anne Bancroft — capturing a never-before-heard sense of reflection and confession.
Phone
One late Saturday night In Los Angeles a phone call embroils two couples in an uncanny stalking match over a mutual object of desire, a rare bacon and egg Swatch watch.
Roland Emmerich - Weltenzerstörer, Weltenerbauer
Roland Emmerich himself and many of his companions provide insights into his life. With films such as Independence Day, 2012, and The Day After Tomorrow, he probably became the most successful director of disaster movies. But there were also failures.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Filmography
as Self - actor
as Ross
as Alex Murdaugh
as Curtis
as Narrator (voice)
as David Mahoney
as (voice)
as Max
as Self
as Harry Dietzler
as Joshua Mansky
as Joe Keller
as Narrator (voice)
as Ben
as Brian Plummer
as Lefty Brown
as Ralph Yarborough
as Jack Kramer
as Harry Ambrose
as Bill Pullman
as Clyde
as President Whitmore
as Jerry Turley
as President Whitmore
as Krueger
as Self
as Brian Plummer
as Sicilius Leonatus
as Edward
as John Webster
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as President Dale Gilchrist
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Lenny
as Rusty Sabich
as Jamie Dimon
as Kent
as William
as Edmund French
as Billy Boy Walker
as Self - Guest
as Jim Barrett
as William J. Frick
as Sam Hallaway
as Peter Lichten
as Max Mariner
as Self - Guest
as Dave
as Oswald Danes
as Henry Hale
as Morgan Banner
as Self
as Dr. Richard Massey
as Krugsby
as Peter Kirk
as Gary Dolan
as Rick O'Lette
as Jason
as The Ticket Clerk
as Conor Gallagher
as Major Ben Darnell (segment "A View Through the Window")
as Detective Pat Lakewood
as Parking Fascist
as Korso (voice)
as Callum Crane
as The Virginian
as Kurt Moss
as Harry Howe / Ernie Halliday
as Hank Greene
as Jack Wells
as Daryl Zero
as George Bailey
as Mike
as Fred Madison
as Steve Donohue
as President Thomas J. Whitmore
as Self
as Whitman Crawford
as Dr. James Harvey
as Jack Callaghan
as Ed Masterson
as Clay Gregory
as Peter
as Construction Site Foreman (uncredited)
as Andy Sarafian
as Rich Thurber
as Walter
as Orin Meecham
as Dr. Jeffrey Jamison
as Nick Symonds
as Bob Hinson
as Duke
as Bryan Denton
as York Daley
as Paul Kessler
as Biff Banner
as Bob
as Nicholas Meany
as Dr. Rex Martin
as Buck
as Lt. Henry Tibbettes
as Julian Hedge
as Self - Guest
as Crow Black
as Dennis Alan
as Lone Starr
as Earl James Mott
as Narrator (voice)
as Self - Host
as Henry Tibbetts
as Harry
as Lone Starr