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Bill Paxton (born May 17, 1955 in Fort Worth,
Texas) is a notable United States|American actor. 
He is best-known for playing distinctive and
memorable characters, such as the sneering older
brother Chet in John Hughes' Weird Science, a
loud-mouthed space soldier in James Cameron's
Aliens (1986 movie)|Aliens, astronaut Fred Haise
in Ron Howard (American director)|Ron Howard's
Apollo 13 (movie)|Apollo 13, the sadistic vampire
Severen in Kathryn Bigelow's film Near Dark and a
tornado researcher opposite Helen Hunt in the
blockbuster Twister (movie)|Twister.

In addition to his acting career, Paxton has
produced a number of short films, including Fish
Heads, which made a splash on Saturday Night Live
in 1982. He has also moved into feature films with
Frailty and The Greatest Game Ever Played to be
released later in the year (2005).

==Filmography==
* Thunderbirds (movie)|Thunderbirds (2004)
* Club Dread (2004)
* Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
* Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)
* Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
* Frailty (2002)
* Vertical Limit (2000)
* U-571 (movie)|U-571 (2000) 
* Mighty Joe Young (1998) 
* A Simple Plan (1998) 
* A Bright Shining Lie (1998) 
* The Travellers (1997) 
* Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic (1997) 
* The Evening Star (1996) 
* Twister (movie)|Twister (1996) 
* Apollo 13 (movie)|Apollo 13 (1995) 
* The Last Supper (movie)|The Last Supper (1995) 
* True Lies (1994) 
* Frank and Jesse (1994) 
* Tombstone (movie)|Tombstone (1993) 
* Boxing Helena (1993) 
* Future Shock (1993) 
* Indian Summer (movie)|Indian Summer (1993) 
* Monolith (movie)|Monolith (1993)
* Trespass (1992) 
* The Vagrant (1992) 
* The Dark Backwards (1991) 
* One False Move (1991) 
* Predator 2 (1990) 
* Navy Seals (movie)|Navy Seals (1990) 
* Back to Back (1990) 
* Brain Dead (1990) 
* The Last of the Finest (1990) 
* Next of Kin (1989) 
* Slipstream (1989) 
* Pass the Ammo (1988) 
* Near Dark (1987) 
* Aliens (1986 movie)|Aliens (1986) 
* Fresno (1986) 
* Weird Science (1985) 
* Commando (movie)|Commando (1985) 
* The Atlanta Child Murders (1985) 
* An Early Frost (1985) 
* The Terminator (1984) 
* Streets of Fire (1984) 
* Impulse (movie)|Impulse (1984) 
* Mortuary (1984) 
* The Lords of Discipline (1983) 
* Deadly Lessons (1983) 
* Taking Tiger Mountain (1983) 
* Stripes (movie)|Stripes (1981) 
* Night Warning (1981) 
* Crazy Mama (1979)

==External links==
* imdb name|id=0000200|name=Bill Paxton
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http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800015291&cf
=gen&intl=us Bill Paxton page on Yahoo! Movies


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