Bill Paxton
Name
William Paxton
Birthplace
Fort Worth, Texas
Birth date
May 17, 1955
Death date
February 25, 2017 (aged 61)
Occupation
Actor and Director
Active Years
1975–2017
Bill Paxton (May 17, 1955 – February 25, 2017) was an actor and director best known for his roles in Aliens, Titanic, Twister, Big Love, Weird Science, Spy Kids, Tombstone, and Apollo 13.
Early life[]
Paxton was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, the son of Mary Lou (née Gray) and John Lane Paxton. Paxton was an eight-year-old being lifted in a crowd when President John F. Kennedy emerged from the Hotel Texas on the morning of his assassination on November 22, 1963.
Career[]
Filmography[]
- Crazy Mama (1975)
- Stripes (1981)
- Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981)
- Deadly Lessons (1983)
- Taking Tiger Mountain (1983)
- Mortuary (1983)
- Impulse (1984)
- The Terminator (1984)
- Commando (1985)
- Weird Science (1985)
- Aliens (1986)
- Near Dark (1987)
- Next of Kin (1989)
- Brain Dead (1990)
- Navy SEALs (1990)
- Predator 2 (1990)
- The Vagrant (1992)
- One False Move (1992)
- Trespass (1992)
- Indian Summer (1993)
- Boxing Helena (1993)
- Tombstone (1993)
- Frank and Jesse (1994)
- True Lies (1994)
- Apollo 13 (1995)
- Twister (1996)
- The Evening Star (1996)
- Titanic (1997)
- A Simple Plan (1998)
- Mighty Joe Young (1998)
- U-571 (2000)
- Verical Limit (2000)
- Frailty (2001)
- Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
- Spy Kids 3-D:Game Over (2003)
- Club Dread (2004)
- Haven (2004)
- Thunderbirds (2004)
- The Good Life (2007)
- Haywire (2011)
- The Colony (2013)
- 2 Guns (2013)
- Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
- Million Dollar Arm (2014)
- Nightcrawler (2014)
- Term Life (2016)
- Mean Dreams (2016)
- The Circle (2017)
External links[]
- Bill Paxton on Wikipedia