Biography

BILL PULLMAN is perhaps best known for his performance as the President of the United States in the international blockbuster Independence Day, but his career is comprised of a wide variety of eclectic roles for some of the most respected directors working in film today, including Wim Wenders, Mike Figgis, Nora Ephron and David Lynch.

Pullman made his feature film debut in 1986 opposite Bette Midler in the hugely popular Ruthless People, before going on to appear in such films as Spaceballs, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Rocket Gibraltar, The Accidental Tourist, Sibling Rivalry, Liebstraum, Singles and A League of Their Own.

Pullman subsequently appeared in several hugely popular films, including Sleepless in Seattle, While You Were Sleeping, Casper and Malice. Other feature credits include Wyatt Earp, The Last Seduction, Sommersby, Mr. Wrong, Lost Highway, The End of Violence, Zero Effect and most recently Brokedown Palace and Lake Placid, both released by Twentieth Century Fox.

Pullman's Big Town Productions has several feature projects in development. He recently made his directorial debut with an adaptation of Owen Wister's classic novel "The Virginian" for TNT, in which he also starred. His upcoming feature film releases include Numbers, The Guilty and History Is Made At Night.

Born in Hornell, New York to parents in the medical profession, Pullman was raised with six siblings. While most of his brothers and sisters followed in his parents' footsteps, he abandoned technical school for drama, earning a Master of Fine Arts degree in directing from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Pullman subsequently produced plays and taught at Montana State University, where he ran the theater department for two years.

He then moved to New York City to continue his acting studies, and began to appear in off-Broadway and regional theater productions, including "Curse of the Starving Class" and "Life and Limb." Pullman next moved to Los Angeles, where he worked extensively at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, appearing in productions of "All My Sons," "Demon Wine," "Barabbas" and "Nanawatai."

Filmography

29 Palms (2002/I) .... Bus Clerk
Igby Goes Down (2002) .... Jason
Ignition (2001) .... Conor Gallagher
Opening the Tombs of the Golden Mummies: Live (2000) (TV) .... Co-Host
Lucky Numbers (2000) .... Lakewood
... aka Bon numéro, Le (2001) (France)
Titan A.E. (2000)(voice) .... Korso
... aka Titan: After Earth (2000) (USA: promotional title)
Guilty, The (2000) .... Callum Crane
Coming to Light: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians (2000) (TV)(voice) .... Edward Curtis
... aka American Masters: Coming to Light: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians (2000) (TV) (USA)
Virginian, The (2000) (TV) .... The Virginian
Man Is Mostly Water, A (1999) .... Parking Fascist
History Is Made at Night (1999) .... Harry Howe/Ernie Halliday
... aka Historiaa tehdään öisin (1999) (Finland)
... aka History Is Made at Night (1999) (France)
... aka Spy Games (2000) (USA: DVD title)
Brokedown Palace (1999) .... 'Yankee' Hank Green
Lake Placid (1999) .... Jack Wells
Zero Effect (1998) .... Daryl Zero
Merry Christmas, George Bailey (1997) (TV) .... George Bailey
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch (1997) (TV) .... Himself
End of Violence, The (1997) .... Mike Max
... aka Am Ende der Gewalt (1997) (Germany: informal literal title)
... aka Am.Ende.der.Gew@lt. (1997) (Germany)
Independence Day (1997) (VG)
Lost Highway (1997) .... Fred Madison
Mistrial (1996) (TV) .... Steve Donohue
Independence Day (1996) .... President Thomas J. Whitmore
... aka ID4 (1996) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
Mr. Wrong (1996) .... Whitman Crawford
Casper (1995) .... Dr. James Harvey
While You Were Sleeping (1995) .... Jack Callaghan
Last Seduction, The (1994) .... Clay Gregory
Wyatt Earp (1994) .... Ed Masterson
Favor, The (1994) .... Peter
... aka Indecent Favour, The (1994) (Australia)
Mr. Jones (1993)(uncredited) .... Construction Site Foreman
Malice (1993) .... Andy Safian
Sleepless in Seattle (1993) .... Walter
Sommersby (1993) .... Orin Meecham
Nervous Ticks (1992) .... York Daley
Singles (1992) .... Doctor Jamison
Crazy in Love (1992) (TV) .... Nick Symonds
League of Their Own, A (1992) .... Bob Hinson
Newsies (1992) .... Bryan Denton
... aka Newsboys (1992)
Liebestraum (1991) .... Paul Kessler
Bright Angel (1991) .... Bob
Going Under (1990) .... Captain Biff Banner
Sibling Rivalry (1990) .... Nicholas Meany
Brain Dead (1990) .... Dr. Rex Martin
... aka Paranoia (1990) (USA)
Cold Feet (1989) .... Buck Latham
Home Fires Burning (1989) (TV) .... Lieutenant Henry Tibbetts
Accidental Tourist, The (1988) .... Julian
Rocket Gibraltar (1988) .... Crow Black
Serpent and the Rainbow, The (1988) .... Dennis Alan
Spaceballs (1987) .... Captain Lone Starr
Ruthless People (1986) .... Earl Mott, Carol's Boyfriend