Most Recent Role: Kurt Moss on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Hornell, New York, USA
Birthday: 12-17-1953
Birth Name: William Pullman
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Hornell, New York, USA
Birthday: 12-17-1953
Birth Name: William Pullman
Bill was born in New York state to James and Joanna Pullman, his father is a physician. Bill lived in suburban Chicago for awhile where he went to college. He obtained his Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Massachusetts and taught theater at Montana State University. Bill was twenty-eight when he moved to New York searching for an acting career which paid off, Bill has been a regular...
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- external: Live with Regis and Kelly 2005-05-10
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In 1998, Bill served as an "Ambassador" for the MS Society.
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Bill's first film directorial job was the remake of the classic western The Virginian in which he also played the title role. It won the Wrangler Award for Best Picture in 2000.
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In September 2007, Bill Pullman's play Expedition 6 was produced at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco, California.
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Bill grows exotic fruit trees in his backyard. Among them are cherimoyas and jujubes.
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Bill Pullman was once chairperson of the Theater Department at Montana State University.
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Bill Pullman: (on hoping his celebrity status helps the MS Society) I think that there's probably people who wouldn't look at a brochure, that wouldn't stop at a newspaper article unless there's some pictures of a bunch of celebrities yuckin' it up in Hollywood. So we're hoping maybe something like that comes out of this.
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Bill Pullman: I didn't really think I was going to be an actor for a long time-or only an actor... You're at point A, and you can't imagine how you're going to get to Z. When you do get there, you can look back and see the connections, A to B to C, but you can't project it at the beginning. I actually trained as a theater director.
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Bill Pullman: American history and world history, is a lot about what the mysteries of world peace are. The kind of perspectives you can get, not Republican or Democrat, but rather the larger issue of the overarching need to call every aspect of this Earth home.
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Bill Pullman: (on his children becoming actors) They're all involved with the arts; music is strong for them. You never know, but I'm hoping they don't.
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Bill Pullman: (when told he was going to watch Independence Day with President Clinton) Oh, great. This is going to be like shooting baskets with Magic Johnson watching.
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Tiger Cruise
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Cagney & Lacey
A Safe Place Dr. Giordano |
Fallen Angels
Tomorrow I Die Rich Thurber |
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Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Home Fires Burning Henry Tibbetts |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Closet Kurt Moss |
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Live with Regis and Kelly
Evangeline Lilly / Bill Pullman / Aaron Carter Himself |
Live with Regis and Kelly
Jon Cryer/Bill Pullman/Bobby Valentino Himself |
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Night Visions
A View Through the Window |
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The End is Here... From executive producer Gavin Polone ( Panic Room ) and writer/creator David Seltzer ( The Omen ), comes this six-hour event series starring Bill Pullman ( Independence... more
Hayden Panettiere (Heroes) plays Maddie Dolan, a girl who misses her dad. Her dad, Commander Gary Dolan played by Bill Pullman (Independence Day) cannot be around as much as Maddie would like as he... more




