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Bill Paxton is an American actor, producer, screen writer. Bill Paxton was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He is the son of a businessman and actor. Bill grew up in an orthodox Catholic family. He entered the State University of Texas in San Marcos. Bill moved to Los Angeles and landed a job with the film director Roger Corman, becoming a designer in his team. Bill Paxton thought about becoming an actor after work "on the other side of the court". He moved to New York where he took private lessons. So Bill began to search the work in cinematographic world. Thanks to his connections in the industry soon, Bill received his first role. One of his first films was "Crazy Mama" in 1975, directed by Jonathan Demme. Then followed a long break, after which in 1980 the actor starred in a music video. In 1984 Bill Paxton took part in the legendary film "The Terminator" director James Cameron, playing a mobster in the film. Then he participated in the movie “Commando" in 1986, where he also played a small role. Also he played in famous horror film of James Cameron's "Aliens" (1986), in which he appeared as Private Hudson. After that Bill brilliantly played a vampire in Kathryn Bigelow film "With the coming of darkness." In 2006, Bill became the star of the television series "Big Love," the fifth season which will air on American television in January 2011.

Here you can learn about the movies Bill Paxton acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
Titanic - Brock Lovett	$200M	1997	$28.6M	$601M
True Lies - Simon	$120M	1994		$146M
Mighty Joe Young - Professor Gregory 'Gregg' O'Hara	$90M	1998	$10.6M	$50.6M
Vertical Limit - Elliot Vaughn	$75M	2000	$15.5M	$68.5M
Twister - Bill Harding	$70M	1996	$1.07M	$242M
Apollo 13 - Fred Haise	$62M	1995	$201K	$172M
U-571 - Lt. Cmdr. Mike Dahlgren	$62M	2000	$19.6M	$79.1M
Thunderbirds - Jeff Tracy	$57M	2004	$2.77M	$6.77M
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams - Dinky Winks	$39M	2002	$16.7M	$85.6M
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over - Dinky Winks	$39M	2003	$33.4M	$112M
Predator 2 - Jerry Lambert	$35M	1990		$30.7M
Tombstone - Morgan Earp	$25M	1993		$56.5M
Aliens - Pvt. Hudson	$18.5M	1986		$85.2M
A Simple Plan - Hank	$17M	1998	$391K	$16.3M
Streets of Fire - Clyde the Bartender	$14.5M	1984		$5.6M
Next of Kin - Gerald Gates	$12M	1989		$15.9M
Frailty - Dad Meiks, Director	$11M	2001	$4.21M	$13.1M
Commando - Intercept Officer	$10M	1985
Stripes - Soldier	$10M	1981		$85.3M
Club Dread - Coconut Pete, Soundtrack (performer: "Pleasure Island", "Ponytails Cocktails", "Pina Coladaburg", "Naughty Cal")	$8.55M	2004	$3.04M	$4.99M