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Acting

Bill Paxton

Career: Active from 1975 to 2017, busiest in 1990 and 2013 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 38
top three billing

Average score: 55/100

Highest rated: Aliens
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 80 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Bill Paxton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Wholesome
2.7, average 3.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Psychological Thriller 5
Gritty Realism 5
Body Horror 3
Gritty Crime Thriller 3
Character-Driven 3
Dark Humor 2
Over-the-Top 2
Explosive Set Pieces 2
Coming-of-Age Themes 2
Family Dynamics 2
1980s Aesthetic 2
Survival Thriller 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

95

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

20 titles · average score 56

Training Day

44

TV show · as Frank Rourke

Term Life

30

as Detective Keenan

Texas Rising

45

TV show · as Sam Houston

Pixies

51

as Eddie Beck (voice)

The Gamechangers

51

as Jack Thompson

Nightcrawler

83

as Joe Loder

Edge of Tomorrow

80

as Master Sergeant Farell

The Colony

34

as Mason

2 Guns

62

as Earl

Hatfields & McCoys

75

TV show · as Randall McCoy

Haywire

63

as John Kane

Tattoo

Director, Story

2000s

13 titles · average score 54

Big Love

75

TV show · as Bill Henrickson

The Greatest Game Ever Played

67

Director

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

63

as Ed Mitchell (voice)

Thunderbirds

36

as Jeff Tracy

Haven

41

as Carl Ridley

Club Dread

44

as Coconut Pete

Resistance

37

as Ted Brice

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

48

as Dinky Winks

Frailty

70

as Dad Meiks

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

62

as Dinky Winks

Vertical Limit

51

as Elliot Vaughn

U-571

64

as Lt. Cmdr. Mike Dahlgren

1990s

26 titles · average score 56

A Simple Plan

81

as Hank Mitchell

Mighty Joe Young

56

as Gregg O'Hara

Titanic

79

as Brock Lovett

Twister

66

as Bill

Apollo 13

82

as Fred Haise

True Lies

71

as Simon

Frank & Jesse

38

as Frank James

Boxing Helena

34

as Ray O'Malley

Trespass

61

as Vince

One False Move

80

as Dale "Hurricane" Dixon

Predator 2

49

as Jerry Lambert

Brain Dead

31

as Jim Reston

1980s

30 titles · average score 62

Next of Kin

48

as Gerald Gates

Slipstream

40

as Matt Owens

Back to Back

as Bo Brand

Pass the Ammo

57

as Jesse Wilkes

Near Dark

74

as Severen

Aliens

87

as Private Hudson

Weird Science

59

as Chet

Streets of Fire

66

as Clyde the Bartender

Impulse

50

as Eddie

The Terminator

84

as Punk Leader

Mortuary

46

as Paul Andrews

Taking Tiger Mountain

48

as Billy Hampton

1970s

6 titles · average score 58

Death Game

53

Assistant Art Director

The Egyptian Princess

as The Man

Eat My Dust

45

Set Decoration

Saturday Night Live

69

TV show · as Self - Host / Man in Fish Heads (uncredited)

Crazy Mama

70

as John

Big Bad Mama

55

Set Dresser