1. William Pullman was born on December 17,1953 and is an American actor.
15 Facts About Bill Pullman
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Bill Pullman made his film debut in Ruthless People, and starred in Spaceballs, The Accidental Tourist and The Serpent and the Rainbow, Newsies, Sleepless in Seattle, Wyatt Earp, While You Were Sleeping, Independence Day, Lost Highway, and Lake Placid.
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Bill Pullman has appeared frequently on television, usually in TV films.
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Since the 21st century began in 2001, Bill Pullman acted in miniseries and regular series, such as Torchwood, starring roles in 1600 Penn and The Sinner.
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Bill Pullman was born December 17,1953, in Hornell, New York, the son of James Bill Pullman Jr.
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Bill Pullman eventually received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1980.
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Bill Pullman taught theater at SUNY Delhi and was an adjunct professor at Montana State University's School of Film and Photography in Bozeman, Montana, where his students persuaded him to pursue film roles.
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Bill Pullman was nominated for the 2002 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Play.
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Bill Pullman starred as Dr Richard Massey in the miniseries Revelations and in Albee's play Peter and Jerry at off-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre in New York for which he received a second Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Play in 2008.
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Bill Pullman appeared in the Broadway production of David Mamet's Oleanna, co-starring Julia Stiles.
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Bill Pullman is a jury member for the digital studio Filmaka, a platform for undiscovered filmmakers to show their work to industry professionals.
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From 2012 to 2013, Bill Pullman portrayed the president of the United States in the television comedy series 1600 Penn.
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Bill Pullman played detective Harry Ambrose in the USA Network mystery series The Sinner, which premiered in 2017 and has aired for four seasons.
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In 2023 Bill Pullman portrayed Alex Murdaugh, a South Carolina attorney convicted of murdering his wife and son.
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Bill Pullman serves on the board of trustees at Alfred University and was awarded an honorary doctorate there on May 14,2011.