Bill Paxton
American actor and filmmaker (1955–2017)
- Fame63.4
- Momentum1.6
- United States rank#195
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- Fame63.4
- Momentum1.6
- United States rank#195
- Actors rank#177
- Wikipedia203.7K
Lived 1955–2017, aged 62United States
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Updated 2026-06-08
He's the only actor killed on-screen by a Terminator, an Alien, and a Predator — but that trivia undersells the range. Bill Paxton built a thirty-year career on making ordinary guys caught in extraordinary situations feel completely real.
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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…
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- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
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Stable63.4
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