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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

Titanic

1997
as Brock Lovett

Edge of Tomorrow

2014
as Msg. Farell

Nightcrawler

2014
as Joe Loder

The Circle

2017
as Vinnie Holland

Aliens

1986
as Pvt. William L. Hudson

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

2002
as Dinky Winks

Twister

1996
as Bill Harding

The Terminator

1984
as Punk Leader

2 Guns

2013
as Earl

Predator 2

1990
as Jerry Lambert

Apollo 13

1995
as Fred Haise

Training Day

2017
as Frank Rourke

Mighty Joe Young

1998
as Gregg O'Hara

The Colony

2013
as Mason

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

2003
as Dinky Winks

True Lies

1994
as Simon

Hatfields & McCoys

2012
as Randall McCoy

Commando

1985
as Intercept Officer

Big Love

2006
as Bill Henrickson

Texas Rising

2015
as Sam Houston

Frank & Jesse

1995
as Frank James

Club Dread

2004
as Coconut Pete

纽约客@上海

2012
as Donald

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

2005
as Bill Paxton

Pass the Ammo

1988
as Jesse Wilkes

The Vagrant

1992
as Graham Krakowski

Haywire

2011
as John Kane

The Good Life

2007
as Robbie

Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'

2003
as Himself

The Dark Backward

1991
as Gus

Pat Benatar: Choice Cuts - The Complete Video Collection

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

Navy Seals

1990
as Floyd Dane

Pixies

2015
as Eddie Beck (voice)

Mean Dreams

2016
as Wayne Caraway

U-571

2000
as Lt. Cmdr. Mike Dahlgren

Riding Fast

1983
as Bobo

Boxing Helena

1993
as Ray O'Malley

The Last Supper

1995
as Zachary Cody

A Simple Plan

1998
as Hank Mitchell

JFK: The Final Hours

2013
as Narrator

Tornado Alley

2011
as Himself - Narrator

An Early Frost

1985
as Bob Maracek

Titanic: 100 Years On

2012
as Bill Paxton

Fish Heads

1980
as Main Character (uncredited)

A Bright Shining Lie

1998
as Colonel John Paul Vann

Near Dark

1987
as Severen

Stripes

1981
as Soldier

One False Move

1992
as Dale 'Hurricane' Dixon

The Evening Star

1996
as Jerry Bruckner

Vertical Limit

2000
as Elliot Vaughn

Brain Dead

1990
as Jim Reston

Future Shock

1994
as Vince

Streets of Fire

1984
as Clyde the Bartender

Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13

1996
as Himself

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

2005
as Ed Mitchell

Resistance

2003
as Maj. Theodore 'Ted' Brice

Back to Back

1989
as Bo Brand

Weird Science

1985
as Chet Donnelly

Trespass

1992
as Vince

The Making of the Terminator

1984
as Bill Paxton

Frailty

2001
as Father Meiks

The Gamechangers

2015
as Jack Thompson

Indian Summer

1993
as Jack Belston

Next of Kin

1989
as Gerald Gates

Impulse

1984
as Eddie

Tombstone

1993
as Morgan Earp

Taking Tiger Mountain

1982
as Billy Hampton

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

1982
as Eddie

Term Life

2016
as Detective Keenan

The Six O' Clock Follies

1980

Deadly Lessons

1983
as Eddie Fox

The Last of the Finest

1990
as Howard 'Hojo' Jones

Thunderbirds

2004
as Jeff Tracy

Living in Darkness

2002
as Bill Paxton

Traveller

1997
as Bokky

Ghosts of the Abyss

2003
as Himself

Mortuary

1983
as Paul Andrews

Red Wing

2013
as Jim Verret

Million Dollar Arm

2014
as Tom House

The Making of 'Alien³'

1992
as Bill Paxton

Slipstream

1989
as Matt Owens

His Highness Hollywood

2008
as Himself

Edge of Tomorrow: Weapons of the Future

2014
as Bill Paxton

The Lords of Discipline

1983
as Gilbreath

Haven

2004
as Carl Ridley

Monolith

1993
as Tucker

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