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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 provides his own voice for the video game version of his movie Independence Day in which he portrays the President of the United States.
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Bill has two sons, Louis and Jack, and one daughter, Maesa.
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Bill's father was a doctor and his mother a nurse, both passed away in 1992.
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Bill has a love of hot sauce and always keeps some on hand in the refrigerator.
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Bill wears his dad's shoes to auditions for good luck and owns more than 30 pairs of shoes, including his workman's shoes from the movie While You Were Sleeping in which he starred with Sandra Bullock.
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Bill's image was made into a CGI ghost for the movie Casper.
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Bill loves construction and "a good hardware store". He built his home in which he and his family live now in California.
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Bill's first major film role was in Spaceballs.
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When Bill was in South America in 1996 promoting Independence Day some people there thought he was really the President of the United States.
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Bill was in a coma for two days after a head injury and lost his sense of smell.
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Bill has six brothers and sisters and he owns a ranch in Montana with one of his brothers.
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Bill has been in more than fifty movies.
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Bill has won several awards including a Tony on Broadway and the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for drama.
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Bill's first big movie role was in the Bette Midler, Danny DeVito movie Ruthless People alongside Helen Slater.
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Bill is married to Tamara, a dancer, since 1987. They have two sons, Louis and Jack, and one daughter, Maesa.
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He's constantly being mistaken for fellow actor Bill Paxton.