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Bill Pullman: Biography

Bill Pullman

Birth Place: Hornell, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 12/17/1953, Sagittarius
Profession: Actor; director; producer

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Bill Pullman Fast Facts:

Is one of seven children.
Was interested in pursuing a career in construction before becoming an actor.
Slipped into a three-day coma after a fall from a ladder in college, leaving him with a dulled sense of smell.
Performed in various theater groups in Los Angeles and New York.
Made feature debut in 1986's Ruthless People.
Formed production company, Big Town, in the mid-1990s.
Worked as a theater instructor at Montana State University; one of his students was aspiring director John Dahl, who later cast Pullman in his films The Last Seduction (1994) and You Kill Me (2007).
Is on the Board of Trustees at New York's Alfred University, where he received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree in 2011, when he was the keynote graduation speaker.
Fond of joking about the fact that he is sometimes mistaken for another actor, Bill Paxton.
Received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Television for his work on Torchwood: Miracle Day (2011).

Bill Pullman Relationships:
Tamara Hurwitz - Wife
Jack Pullman - Son
Louis Pullman - Son
Maesa Pullman - Daughter
College:
State University of New York at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY (BA in Theater Arts, 1975); University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA (MFA in Theater, 1980)

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