Bill Paxton

1955 - 2017 (age 61) • Acting

Born: 5/17/1955 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Died: 2/25/2017 (age 61)

Known for: Acting

Bill Paxton

Bill Paxton (May 17, 1955 – February 25, 2017) was an American actor. He appeared in films including Aliens and Titanic and starred as practising polygamist Bill Henrickson in the HBO series Big Love. On February 25, 2017 he died from complications following heart surgery.

Known For

Titanic

79%

Brock Lovett

1997

Edge of Tomorrow

76%

Master Sergeant Farell

2014

Nightcrawler

77%

Joe Loder

2014

Aliens

80%

Private Hudson

1986

Apollo 13

75%

Fred Haise

1995

True Lies

71%

Simon

1994

2 Guns

65%

Earl

2013

Twister

66%

Bill

1996

Titanic: Stories from the Heart

70%

Self (archive footage)

2023

The Movies That Made Us

73%

Self (archive footage)

2019

The Circle

55%

Vinnie Holland

2017

Training Day

57%

Frank Rourke

2017

Mean Dreams

64%

Wayne Caraway

2016

Tom Hanks: A League of His Own

80%

Self

2016

Term Life

60%

Detective Keenan

2016

The Gamechangers

59%

Jack Thompson

2015

Pixies

47%

Eddie Beck (voice)

2015

Texas Rising

64%

Sam Houston

2015

Nightcrawler

77%

Joe Loder

2014

Edge of Tomorrow

76%

Master Sergeant Farell

2014

Million Dollar Arm

67%

Tom House

2014

JFK: The Final Hours

87%

Narrator (voice)

2013

Red Wing

60%

Jim Verret

2013

Parkland

62%

Producer

2013

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

75%

John Garrett

2013

2 Guns

65%

Earl

2013

The Colony

55%

Mason

2013

Reflections on Titanic

72%

Self

2012

Hatfields & McCoys

75%

Randall McCoy

2012

Shanghai Calling

63%

Donald

2012

Haywire

57%

John Kane

2011

Tattoo

60%

Director

2011

Tattoo

60%

Story

2011

Tornado Alley

64%

Self - Narrator (voice)

2011

Who Do You Think You Are?

69%

Self

2010

13 Scarier Movie Moments

90%

Self

2009