Bill Pullman

Career timeline

1. 1951 · Screen debut

   Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV)

2. 1953 · Born

   Born in Hornell, New York, USA

3. 1996 · Breakthrough

   Independence Day (Movie)

4. 2001 · Directing debut

   Night Visions (TV)

5. 2026 · Latest release

   Everybody Digs Bill Evans (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1950s

7 1980s

25 1990s

17 2000s

21 2010s

7 2020s

• Drama43
• Comedy31
• Thriller23
• Crime15
• Mystery15
• Romance13

Highest-rated title Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 8.0 Most popular title Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 8.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Bill Pullman in our catalogue.

John Leguizamo

2 titles together

Campbell Scott

2 titles together

Dakota Johnson

2 titles together

Topher Grace

2 titles together

Tom Hanks

2 titles together

Antoine Fuqua

2 titles together

Ed O'Neill

2 titles together

Mariska Hargitay

2 titles together

1. 2027 Spaceballs: The New One Upcoming as Lone Starr Movie
2. 2026 Everybody Digs Bill Evans as Harry Movie
3. 2026 The Boroughs as Jack Willard 7.2 TV
4. 2025 Killing Faith as Ross 6.4 Movie
5. 2023 Murdaugh Murders: The Movie as Alex Murdaugh TV
6. 2022 This Fool as Curtis 7.4 TV
7. 2021 Halston as David Mahoney 7.0 TV
8. 2020 The High Note as Max 7.0 Movie
9. 2019 Dark Waters as Harry Dietzler 7.5 Movie
10. 2019 The Coldest Game as Joshua Mansky 6.2 Movie
11. 2018 The Equalizer 2 as Brian Plummer 6.8 Movie
12. 2017 The Ballad of Lefty Brown as Lefty Brown 6.3 Movie
13. 2017 LBJ as Ralph Yarborough 6.4 Movie
14. 2017 Battle of the Sexes as Jack Kramer 6.8 Movie
15. 2017 The Sinner as Harry Ambrose 7.5 TV
16. 2017 Walking Out as Clyde 5.9 Movie
17. 2016 Brother Nature as Jerry Turley 5.0 Movie
18. 2016 Independence Day: Resurgence as President Whitmore 5.4 Movie
19. 2015 American Ultra as Krueger 6.1 Movie
20. 2014 The Equalizer as Brian Plummer 7.3 Movie
21. 2014 Cymbeline as Sicilius Leonatus 3.9 Movie
22. 2014 Red Sky as John Webster 4.3 Movie
23. 2012 1600 Penn as President Dale Gilchrist 4.8 TV
24. 2012 Lola Versus as Lenny 5.0 Movie
25. 2011 Innocent as Rusty Sabich 5.7 Movie
26. 2011 Too Big to Fail as Jamie Dimon 6.9 Movie
27. 2011 Bringing Up Bobby as Kent 4.9 Movie
28. 2010 Peacock as Edmund French 6.1 Movie
29. 2010 The Killer Inside Me as Billy Boy Walker 5.8 Movie
30. 2008 Bottle Shock as Jim Barrett 6.4 Movie
31. 2008 Surveillance as Sam Hallaway 6.0 Movie
32. 2008 Phoebe in Wonderland as Peter Lichten 7.2 Movie
33. 2007 Nobel Son as Max Mariner 6.0 Movie
34. 2007 You Kill Me as Dave 6.2 Movie
35. 2006 Torchwood as Oswald Danes 7.3 TV
36. 2006 Scary Movie 4 as Henry Hale 5.5 Movie
37. 2006 Alien Autopsy as Morgan Banner 5.7 Movie
38. 2005 Revelations as Dr. Richard Massey 5.9 TV
39. 2005 Dear Wendy as Krugsby 5.8 Movie
40. 2004 The Grudge as Peter Kirk 5.9 Movie
41. 2004 Tiger Cruise as Gary Dolan 6.0 Movie
42. 2002 Igby Goes Down as Jason 6.6 Movie
43. 2001 Night Visions as Major Ben Darnell (segment "A View Through the Window") 7.1 TV
44. 2000 Lucky Numbers as Detective Pat Lakewood 5.2 Movie
45. 2000 Titan A.E. as Korso (voice) 6.6 Movie
46. 2000 The Guilty as Callum Crane 5.7 Movie
47. 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Kurt Moss 8.0 TV
48. 1999 Spy Games as Harry Howe / Ernie Halliday Movie
49. 1999 Brokedown Palace as Hank Greene 6.4 Movie
50. 1999 Lake Placid as Jack Wells 6.0 Movie
51. 1998 Zero Effect as Daryl Zero 6.2 Movie
52. 1997 The End of Violence as Mike 5.4 Movie
53. 1997 Lost Highway as Fred Madison 7.6 Movie
54. 1996 Mistrial as Steve Donohue 5.3 Movie
55. 1996 Independence Day as President Thomas J. Whitmore 6.9 Movie
56. 1996 Mr. Wrong as Whitman Crawford 4.1 Movie
57. 1995 Casper as Dr. Harvey 6.4 Movie
58. 1995 While You Were Sleeping as Jack Callaghan 7.0 Movie
59. 1994 Wyatt Earp as Ed Masterson 6.8 Movie
60. 1994 The Last Seduction as Clay Gregory 6.7 Movie
61. 1994 The Favor as Peter 4.9 Movie
62. 1993 Mr. Jones as Construction Site Foreman (uncredited) 5.8 Movie
63. 1993 Malice as Andy Sarafian 6.3 Movie
64. 1993 Fallen Angels as Rich Thurber TV
65. 1993 Sleepless in Seattle as Walter 6.7 Movie
66. 1993 Sommersby as Orin Meecham 6.4 Movie
67. 1992 Singles as Dr. Jeffrey Jamison 6.4 Movie
68. 1992 A League of Their Own as Bob Hinson 7.2 Movie
69. 1992 Newsies as Bryan Denton 6.7 Movie
70. 1990 Sibling Rivalry as Nicholas Meany 5.2 Movie
71. 1990 Brain Dead as Dr. Rex Martin 5.6 Movie
72. 1988 The Accidental Tourist as Julian Hedge 6.3 Movie
73. 1988 Rocket Gibraltar as Crow Black 6.0 Movie
74. 1988 The Serpent and the Rainbow as Dennis Alan 6.4 Movie
75. 1987 Spaceballs as Lone Starr 6.9 Movie
76. 1986 Ruthless People as Earl James Mott 6.6 Movie
77. 1982 Nature as Narrator (voice) 8.0 TV
78. 1982 Cagney & Lacey 7.0 TV
79. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame as Henry Tibbetts TV

1. 2001 Night Visions 7.1 TV

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