# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-paxton
# Generated: 2026-09-01T05:03:43.879Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in Texas in 1955, Paxton moved through bit parts in the early eighties before James Cameron cast him as a panicky Colonial Marine in Aliens, launching a collaboration that spanned four films. The Texan drawl and lived-in presence made him a natural for ensemble disaster pictures — he chased tornadoes in Twister, fought U-boats in U-571, rode out Apollo 13's near-catastrophe — and darker turns in A Simple Plan and his own directorial debut Frailty showed he could carry weight. HBO's Big Love gave him a lead role as a polygamist husband trying to hold three families together, earning three Golden Globe nominations across five seasons. He died in February 2017, a month shy of sixty-two, following complications from heart surgery.