Born on this day – Bill Paxton:

Bill Paxton

Actor

Director

Musician

May 17, 1955 – February 25, 2017

Credits:

100 Years of the Hollywood Western (1994); 12 Mighty Orphans (2021); 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2013); 2 Guns (2013); 2 Guns: Boston Premiere Documentary (2013); 5 Things I Learned Today (2010); 8th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards (2010); A Bright Shining Lie (1998); A Simple Plan (1998); A World on the 'Edge of Tomorrow' (2014); Abducted: An MTV News Special Report (1997); Access Hollywood (1996); Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014 / 2017); Aliens (1986); Aliens vs. Pinball (2016); America in Primetime (2011); American Experience (2001); An Early Frost (1985); Anatomy of a Scene (2002); Anatomy of a 'Twister' (2000); Apollo 13 (1995); Arctic Void (2022); Avatar: The Way of Water (2022); Back to Back (1989); Barnes & Barnes: Ah A (1984); Barnes & Barnes: Fish Heads (1980); Barnes & Barnes: Love Tap (1981); Barnes & Barnes: Soak It Up (1983); Beach Blanket Bango (1975); Big Bad Mama (1974); Big Love (2006–2011); Big Love: In the Beginning (2007); Biography (1999–2008); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Boxing Helena (1993); Brain Dead (1990); Breaking the Silence: The Making of 'Hannibal' (2001); Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981); Call Me by Your Name (2017); Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare - Exo Zombies (2015); Carried Away (2009); Charlie Rose (1998); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2013); Club Dread (2004); Commando (1985); Crazy Mama (1975); Curiosity (2011); Deadly Lessons (1983); Death Game (1977); Derailroaded (2005); Directors: James Cameron (1997); Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection / Fish Heads (1991); Drift (2023); E! True Hollywood Story (2008); Eat My Dust (1976); Edge of Tomorrow (2014); Edge of Tomorrow: Storming the Beach (2014); Edge of Tomorrow: Weapons of the Future (2014); Entertainment Tonight (2008–2017); Extra (2017); Festival Pass with Chris Gore (2002); Flicks (1983); Frailty (2001); Frank & Jesse (1994); Frasier (2003); Fresno (1986); Future Shock (1994); Galaxy of Terror (1981); Ghosts of the Abyss (2003); Good Morning America (2015); Good Morning, Texas (2015); Great Day (1983); Hate* (*a comedy) (1999); Hatfields & McCoys (2012); Haven (2004); Haywire (2011); HBO First Look (1996–2000); Head Smash: The Prequel (2013); His Highness Hollywood (2008); Hollywood Today (2016–2017); Impulse (1984); Indian Summer (1993); Invasion of Independence Day (1996); JFK: The Final Hours (2013); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1995); Jurassic World Dominion (2022); Larry King Live (2000); Larry King Now (2013–2015); Last Call with Carson Daly (2005–2017); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1998); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2009–2012); Late Show with David Letterman (1995); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2007); Limp Bizkit: Eat You Alive (2003); Limp Bizkit: Greatest Videoz (2005); Live with Kelly and Mark (2007–2012); Living in Darkness (2002); Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 (1996); Made in Hollywood (2013); Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (2005); Martini Ranch: How Can the Laboring Man Find Time for Self-Culture (1988); Martini Ranch: Reach (1988); Maury (1994); McClain's Law (1982); Mean Dreams (2016); Miami Vice (1986); Mighty Joe Young (1998); Million Dollar Arm (2014); Minty Comedic Arts (2019); Modern Marvels (2003); Monolith (1993); Mortuary (1982); Movie Guide (2013); Navy Seals (1990); Near Dark (1987); Nerdist Presents: A Conversation with... Bill Paxton (2013); Next of Kin (1989); Nightcrawler (2014); No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds (2003); Nostalgia Critic (2011); Olhó Popular (1995); One False Move (1991); Overheard (2011); Parkland (2013); Pass the Ammo (1987); Pat Benatar: Choice Cuts - The Complete Video Collection (2003); Pat Benatar: Hit Videos / Shadows of the Night (1984); Pat Benatar: Shadows of the Night (1982); Pat Benatar: The Visual Music Collection / Shadows of the Night (1986); Pixies (2015); Predator 2 (1990); Rachael Ray (2010); Reckless (1983); Red Wing (2013); Reflections on Titanic (2012); Reinventando Hollywood (2008); Resistance (2003); Rumble on the Lot: Walter Hill's Streets of Fire Revisited (2013); SAG Foundation Conversations (2009); Saturday Night Live (1980 / 1999); Saturday Night Live / Fish Heads (1980); Saturday Night Live: Just Shorts (2009); Secret's Out (2007); Séries express (2009); Sexo en serie (2008); Shanghai Calling (2012); Shootout (2006); Showbiz Today (1995); Sky Soldier (2012); Slipstream (1989); Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002); Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003); Streets of Fire (1984); Stripes (1981); Superior Firepower: The Making of 'Aliens' (2003); Taking Tiger Mountain (1983); Taking Tiger Mountain: Revisited (2019); Taking Tiger Mountain: Revisited (2019); Tales from the Crypt (1993); Tattoo (2011); Tavis Smiley (2009); TCM Guest Programmer (2013); TCM Remembers 2017 (2017); Term Life (2016); Texas Rising (2015); Texas Rising: Capturing the Revolution - Filming Texas Rising (2015); Texas Rising: General Santa Anna: Leading Mexico (2015); Texas Rising: Sam Houston - A Man of the Revolution (2015); The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2001); The 21st Annual People's Choice Awards (1995); The 22nd Annual People's Choice Awards (1996); The 43rd Annual People's Choice Awards (2017); The 48th NAACP Image Awards (2017); The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1999); The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2001 (2001); The 5th Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards (2015); The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2007); The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2010); The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017); The 9th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (1994); The 'Alien' Saga (2002); The Annual 1995 ShoWest Awards (1995); The Atlanta Child Murders (1985); The Circle (2017); The Cleaner (2021); The Colony (2013); The Dark Backward (1991); The EE British Academy Film Awards (2018); The Egyptian Princess, an Unfolding Fantasy (1977); The Evening Star (1996); The Fanatic (2019); The Gamechangers (2015); The Good Life (2007); The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005); The Hitchhiker (1987); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2020); The Howard Stern Show (1991); The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' (2005); The Jay Leno Show (2010); The Last of the Finest (1990); The Last Supper (1995); The Late Late Show with James Corden (2017); The Lords of Discipline (1983); The Making of 'Alien 3' (1992); The Making of 'Frailty' (2002); The Making of 'Terminator' (1984); The Making of 'Tombstone' (2002); The Making of 'Trespass' (1992); The Making of 'True Lies' (1994); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1996); The Predator 2: International (1990); The Predator Goes to Town (2005); The Queen Latifah Show (2014); The Reichen Show (2005); The Roommate (1989); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The Talk (2017); The Terminator (1984); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1986); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1996–2005); The Vagrant (1992); The View (2006); The WIN Awards 2006 (2006); The Year in Memoriam (2017); Thunderbirds (2004); Titanic (1997); Titanic: 100 Years On (2012); Titanic: Deleted Scenes (2012); Today (2016); Tom Hanks: A League of His Own (2016); Tombstone (1993); Tornado Alley (2011); Training Day (2017); Trap (1998); Traveller (1997); Trespass (1992); Trespass: Behind the Scenes (1992); True Lies (1994); Twister (1996); Twister: Ride It Out (1998); U-571 (2000); Vedro (2017); Vertical Limit (2000); Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998); Weird Science (1985); Who Do You Think You Are? (2015); WTF with Marc Maron (2017); WWE Smackdown! (2000).