One of seven children, boyishly handsome Bill Pullman was born Dec. 17, 1953, in bucolic Hornell, N.Y. A trip to a drama club led Pullman to attend the University of Massachusetts at Amherst to acquire a Master of Fine Arts degree in directing.Pullman moved to the Big Apple in 1980 to pursue acting and performed in off-Broadway productions before making his film debut in Ruthless People (1986). The next year, director Mel Brooks cast Pullman as the lead in the sci-fi spoof Spaceballs; subsequent films included A League of Their Own (1992) and Sleepless in Seattle (1993).
In 1994 Pullman displayed his protean talents as Linda Fiorentino's slimy spouse in The Last Seduction, and in 1995 he bagged his breakout role in the crowd-pleaser While You Were Sleeping. One year later, he played the president in the box-office smash Independence Day, and in 1999 he starred in Lake Placid.
Lost HighwaySoon after saxophonist Fred Madison (Bill Pullman) suspects his wife (Patricia Arquette) of cheating on him, he is mysteriously framed for her murder and sent to death row, in this surreal, non-linear film by director David Lynch. In prison, Madison inexplicably transforms into a young mechanic... Read More
SpaceballsIn this spoof of the Star Wars trilogy, nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air. Space bum Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue, with help from Yogurt and the power of "The Schwartz." Read More
The Serpent and the RainbowAnthropologist Dennis Alan travels to Haiti in search of a mysterious voodoo powder that turns the living into semiconscious zombies. But as he comes closer to finding the mystical drug, the natives turn Alan's life into a nightmare. Read More
The GuiltyBy all outward appearances, attorney Callum Crane has a perfect life, with a thriving career and beautiful family. But that image is shattered after a night of binge drinking when he sexually assaults his secretary, and she threatens to go public. Read More
The End of ViolenceDirector Wim Wenders splices the seemingly unrelated stories of an action flick producer (Bill Pullman) who retreats from the violence he's exploited in his films when it hits home, and a surveillance whiz (Gabriel Byrne) involved in a secret government plan to end street crime. An unsettling... Read More
