Bill Pullman

Date of Birth: 17 Dec 1953
Country: USA
Total Credits at Criticker: 84 (Actor), 1 (Director)
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After the death of his son, Macon Leary, a travel writer, seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife, seems to be having trouble too, and thinks it would be best if the two would just split up. After the break up, Macon meets a strange outgoing woman, who seems to bring him back down to earth. After starting a relationship with the outgoing woman, Macon's wife seems to think that their marriage is still worth a try. Macon is then forced to deal many decisions (imdb)
Alice and Darlene, best friends, decide to take a trip to Thailand to celebrate high-school graduation. While there, they are befriended by charming Australian rogue Nick Parks. Nick convinces them to take a weekend side trip to Hong Kong, but at the airport, they are busted for smuggling drugs. They are convicted in a show trial and sentenced to 33 years; in desperation, they contact Yankee Hank, an American lawyer based in Thailand who has been reported to be helpful if you've got the cash. (imdb)
Karen Davis (Gellar) is an American Nurse moves to Tokyo and encounter a supernatural spirit who is vengeful and often possesses its victims. A series of horrifying and mysterious deaths start to occur, with the spirit passing its curse onto each victim. Karen must now find away to break this spell, before she becomes its next victim. (imdb)
Igby Slocumb (Culkin), a rebellious and sarcastic seventeen-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of "old money" privilege he was born in to. (MGM/UA)
Mysterious and powerful aliens launch an all-out invasion against the human race. The spectacle begins when massive spaceships appear in Earth's skies. But wonder turns to terror as the ships blast destructive beams of fire down on cities all over the planet. Now the world's only hope lies with a determined band of survivors, uniting for one last strike against the invaders - before it's the end of all mankind. (20th Century Fox)
Its placid waters complement the pristine Maine wilderness it borders. This tranquil setting is probably the last place you'd expect a gruesome fatality. But then it's also the last place you'd expect to find a 30-foot, narrow-snouted, multi-toothed, reptilian of the species Crocodylus. An eating machine more commonly known as a crocodile. (20th Century Fox)
Bridget Gregory has a lot going for her: she's beautiful, she's intelligent, she's married to a doctor. But all of this isn't enough, as her husband Clay finds out. After she persuaded him to sell medicinal cocaine to some drugdealers, she takes off with the money, almost a million dollars, and goes undercover in a mid-American smalltown. Because Clay has to pay off a loan shark who'll otherwise damage him severely, he keeps sending detectives after her, trying to retrieve the money... (imdb)
A jazz musician, tortured by the notion that his wife is having an affair, suddenly finds himself accused of her murder. In a parallel story, a young mechanic is drawn into a web of deceit by a temptress who is cheating on her gangster boyfriend.
"Rigoletto" retold at Christmas time in Manhattan's corporate world. Rick, an executive at Image, is a jerk to a woman applying for a job. That evening, he's out for drinks with his much younger boss, Duke, and the same women is their waitress. Rick's continued rudeness leads to her getting fired. She puts a curse on him. A potential rift with Duke quickly surfaces; Rick is approached by the hail-fellow Buck, who runs His Own Company, offering to rid Rick of Duke... (imdb)
The year is 3028 and mankind has conquered space. However, with new freedom comes new enemies, forcing Earth to prepare for an attack by the Drej, a vicious alien race.
Focusing on a group of young people in a poverty-stricken coal mining town somewhere in the American south-east, Dear Wendy is an audacious and stylish exploration of guns and violence in America. (Wellspring Media)
Planet Spaceball's President Scroob sends Lord Dark Helmet to steal Planet Druidia's abundant supply of air to replenish their own, and only Lone Starr can stop them.
Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry (imdb)
A group of twenty-something friends, most of whom live in the same apartment complex, search for love and success in grunge-era Seattle. (imdb)
Ticket collecting romantic pretends to be engaged to an unconscious man but can't fool his brother (imdb)
Set in the south of the United States just after the Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband Jack... (imdb)
An anthropologist goes to Haiti after hearing rumors about a drug used by black magic practitioners to turn people in zombies. (imdb)
A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retalitation, without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did. (imdb)
What do you get when you mix fearless comedic genius with the latest box-office blockbusters? You guessed it. The Scary Movie gang is back with the most hilarious and irreverent installment yet. (The Weinstein Company)
A paranormal expert and his daughter bunk in an abandoned house populated by 3 mischievous ghosts and one friendly one. (imdb)
A psychological thriller from the writer of the original "Twilight Zone!" In a showdown of man vs. machine, Martin plunges into a chaotic nightmare trying to save his mind from the megalomaniacal corporation (imdb)
A recently-widowed man's son calls a radio talk show in an attempt to find his father a partner.
Two affairs, a generation apart. Nick, a professor of architecture in upstate New York, comes to an Illinois town to be with his birth mother in the final days of her illness; he was adopted and has never known her. (imdb)
Wyatt Earp is a movie about a man and his family. More of a documentary than Hollywood tinsel, this movie shows us the good times and the bad times of one of the West's greatest heros. (imdb)
A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor. (imdb)
Mike Max is a Hollywood producer who became powerful and rich thanks to brutal and bloody action films... (imdb)
The world's greatest detective Daryl Zero aided by his associate Steve Arlo investigates a complex and mysterious case of blackmail and missing keys for shady tycoon Gregory Stark who is less than forthcoming about what is really happening! (imdb)
July, 1899: When Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise the distribution price one-tenth of a cent per paper, ten cents per hundred, the newsboys, poor enough already, are outraged. Inspired by the strike put on by the trolley workers, Jack "Cowboy" Kelly (Christian Bale) organizes a newsboys' strike. (imdb)
For 90 minutes, York Daley's life will be a living hell... And you get to watch! (tagline)
A single and lonely woman finds the seemingly perfect man to date, but soon regrets it when his deranged and possessive other personality emerges and worst still, she cannot convince anyone else of his Jekyll/Hyde true nature. (imdb)
Kathy is married to Peter. Now she can't help but wonder how things could have been if she got together with her old boyfriend, Tom. Being married prevents from doing that so she asks her friend, Emily to go to him and see if she can sleep with him then tell Kathy how it was... (imdb)
A romantic suspense-comedy about CIA agent Harry (Bill Pullman) and SVR agent Natasha (Irene Jacob) fighting to save the world, their lives and secret love in the post cold war Helsinki. (imdb)
Humouristic reconstruction of the 1995 scandal when two British lads where accused of having faked a documentary from the Roswell incident in 1947. (imdb)
This street-smart mob comedy is the story of what happens when two mismatched people find a common calling. (IFC Films)
A man's family comes for his 77th birthday and while he loves all of his children and their children, he and his children don't exactly connect. However, he connects with his grandchildren. And he tells them what he wants for his birthday and they do what they can to give it to him. (imdb)
A man gets himself in trouble, then a doctor discovers he suffers from manic-depressive illness and tries to help him. But the man, Mr. Jones, refuses to give up on his freedom and lifestyle.
This is the story of a bag of money and the people who come into contact with it. (imdb)
The story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as "Judgment of Paris".
A young person gets hired to kill someone completely unknown, by someone equally unknown. Or is that true? Nothing is what it seems... (imdb)
Inernational disaster looms as the USS Sub Standard has to race to get a nuclear weapon ahead of the Russian forces. (imdb)
Confounded by her clashes with the seemingly rule-obsessed world, a little girl seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher.
When Federal Officers Elizabeth Anderson and Sam Hallaway arrive at Captain Billing's office, they have three sets of stories to figure out and a string of vicious murders to consider.
NOBEL SON is a venomous tale of familial dysfunction, lust, betrayal and ultimately revenge. Barkley Michaelson is struggling to finish his Ph.D. thesis when his father, the learned Eli Michaelson, wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. But Eli's past indiscretions begin to collide with the present. When Barkley is kidnapped on the eve of his father accepting the prize, Eli refuses to pay the ransom. So starts a game of intrigue and deception that proves that payback's a bitch.
Tiger Cruise (2004) - TV Movie
Hayden Panettiere and Bill Pullman star in "Tiger Cruise," a poignant movie about a young girl who, tired of the military life that takes her father away from her, boards his ship with the intention of persuading him to come home, until tragic events help her understand what her dad's commitment really means. (imdb)
Marjorie Turner is suffocating. Her younger sister Jeanine has no ambition, and her 8 year marriage to Harry puts her in constant competition with his family (all doctors), whom he is also competing for the affections of. One day, she snaps while food shopping, and beds a mysterious man, who die during the moment of passion. When she forgets her wallet, a vertical-blinds salesman finds it, and things get complicated from there... (imdb)
Written by Richard Ford based on two of his own stories ("Children" and "Great Falls"), Bright Angel follows George (Mulroney) and Lucy (Taylor) on a road trip through Badlands country, Montana to Wyoming ("Casper the Friendly Wyoming"), to get Lucy's brother out of jail.
John Skillpa, a quiet bank clerk living in tiny Peacock, Nebraska, prefers to live an invisible life. This might have to do with John's secret: he has another personality no one knows about, a woman who each morning does his chores and cooks him breakfast before he starts his day. Then, in a moment, everything changes.
A web of intrigue and conspiracy lies beneath the euphoria as the U.S. is about to put a man on the moon for the first time in over thirty years. (imdb)
Mistrial (1996) - TV Movie
A community activist charged with the of killing two cops, one of them his ex-wife, is found not guilty due to lack of evidence. The arresting detective takes the judge, jury, and defendant hostage, and decides to have a new trial, presenting the evidence that was not allowed. (imdb)
Charts the misadventures of expatriates in Rio in their bungled search for both personal pleasures and social justice. Each character reveals a different aspect of the fabled city, from Rio high society to favelas. (imdb)
Too Big to Fail (2011) - TV Movie
Chronicles the financial meltdown of 2008 and centers on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. (imdb)
Bringing Up Bobby is the story of a European con-artist and her son Bobby, who find themselves in Oklahoma in an effort to escape her past and build a better future... (imdb)
The Virginian (2000) - TV Movie
A cowboy finds himself betrayed by his best friend and must choose between bringing him to justice and alienating the pretty schoolteacher he is in love with. (imdb)
Dumped by her boyfriend just three weeks before their wedding, Lola enlists her close friends for a series of adventures she hopes will help her come to terms with approaching 30 as a single woman. (imdb)
A bride-to-be is forced to reevaluate her life when she reunites with her family in Jordan and finds herself confronted with the aftermath of her parents' divorce. (imdb)
Robert McCall is a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by. He has to help her. (imdb)
An epic battle between dirty cops and a drug dealing biker gang set in a corruption-riddled 21st century America. (imdb)
Revelations (2005) - TV Mini-Series
Harvard professor Dr. Richard Massey is an astrophysicist who's certain that all worldly events can be explained by science. He is challenged by Sister Josepha Montafiore, a devout nun who leads him on a quest through a world of true believers, heretics and Satanists. Drawn together by personal tragedy, they are swept into a deepening mystery when they discover evidence that the world, as predicted by The Book of Revelations, has reached The End of Days. (amazon.comela)
A stoner and his girlfriend's sleepy, small-town existence is disrupted when his past comes back to haunt him in the form of a government operation set to wipe him out. (imdb)
Disgraced Top Gun fighter pilot Butch Masters leads a rogue squad in recovery of a WMD. Masters must navigate a fractured friendship, a love triangle, and must take to the skies to reclaim his military and personal honor.
Torchwood (2006) - TV Series
The members of the Torchwood Institute, a secret organization founded by the British Crown, fight to protect the Earth from extraterrestrial and supernatural threats. (imdb)
1600 Penn (2012) - TV Series
President Gilcrest and his trophy wife are living in the White House, with their overachieving daughter sidetracked by pregnancy, a couch potato hopeless son, a genius young son, and an odd middle school girl. (imdb)
The lines between reality and perception blur in this comic journey into the life and mind (literally!) of one of sci-fi's most brilliant authors. Paranoid conspiracies of the highest order, drug-fueled interdimensional shifts, and 1970's pop culture combine for the mind-bending adventure of the century. (imdb)
Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with a new extra-Solar threat. But will mankind's new space defenses be enough? (imdb)
The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House. (imdb)
Roger, a politician, has big plans to propose to his dream girl at her family's lake house. But everything goes awry when he meets his potential brother-in-law Todd: a full-time camp counselor with a heart of gold and a wild sense of fun, pining to be Roger's best friend, and ultimately catapulting him into a series of unfortunate events. (imdb)
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs. (imdb)
An urban teenager journeys to Montana to hunt big game with his estranged father. Father and son struggle to connect, until a brutal encounter in the heart of the wilderness changes everything. (imdb)
The Sinner (2017) - TV Series
Bill Pullman stars as brooding detective Harry Ambrose, investigating a different strange case each season. It began as a mini-series with Jessica Biel as a woman who spontaneously stabs a man to death on the beach, but was eventually expanded into an anthology series.
Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, but how far will he go when that is someone he loves?
Brilliant mathematician with alcohol issues Josh Mansky is sent to Poland to play a series of chess matches against a Soviet champion. With Cuban missile crisis happening at the same time he is forced into espionage world.
A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against a chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.
Innocent (2011) - TV Movie
Twenty years after being cleared in the death of his mistress, Judge Rusty Sabich is charged with the murder of his late wife. During the trial, a secret affair from Rusty's recent past threatens to hamper his defense and fracture his relationship with his son.
A superstar singer and her overworked personal assistant are presented with a choice that could alter the course of their respective careers.
Halston (2021) - TV Mini-Series
From designing Jackie Kennedy's "pillbox" hat, to a blockbuster deal with J.C. Penney, this miniseries follows the life of the designer Halston. Adapted from the biography be Steven Gaines.
- Putting Out Fires (2012) - Season 1
- The Skiplantic Ocean (2013) - Season 1
- So You Don't Want to Dance (2013) - Season 1
- Meet the Parent (2013) - Season 1
- Frosting/Nixon (2013) - Season 1
- Skip the Tour (2013) - Season 1
- To the Ranch (2013) - Season 1
- Live from the Lincoln Bedroom (2013) - Season 1
- Game Theory (2013) - Season 1
- The Short Happy Life of Reba Cadbury (2013) - Season 1
- Dinner, Bath, Puzzle (2013) - Season 1
- Bursting the Bubble (2013) - Season 1
- Marry Me, Baby (2013) - Season 1
Crazy in Love (1992) - TV Movie
Three generations of women live together with their husbands on a small island off the coast of Washington State. But Georgie (Holly Hunter), who lives with her grandmother, mother and sister on the island she has never left in her life, is becoming increasingly jealous of her successful husband working in Washington . She then decides to find a new life away from the island.