Acting · Hornell, New York, USA · Born December 17, 1953
William James Pullman (born December 17, 1953) is an American actor. After graduating with a Master of Fine Arts degree in theatre, he was an adjunct professor at Montana State University before deciding to pursue acting. Pullman made his film debut in Ruthless People (1986), and starred in Spaceballs (1987), The Accidental Tourist and The Serpent and the Rainbow (both 1988), Newsies (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Wyatt Earp (1994), While You Were Sleeping (1995), Independence Day (1996), Lost Highway (1997), and Lake Placid (1999). He also voiced Captain Joseph Korso in Titan A.E. (2000). He has also appeared frequently on television, usually in TV films. Since the 21st century began, Pullman has also acted in miniseries and regular series such as Torchwood (2011), playing starring roles in 1600 Penn (2012–13) and The Sinner (2017–2021). In 2021, he had a recurring role in the miniseries Halston. Pullman also has a long stage-acting career. He has appeared on Broadway several times, including in Edward Albee's The Goat or Who Is Sylvia? (2002).
MovieSpaceballs: The New One
2027
as Lone Starr
MovieEverybody Digs Bill Evans
2026
as Harry
TVThe Boroughs
2026
as Jack Willard
TVMel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
2026
as Self - Actor
MovieRoland Emmerich - Weltenzerstörer, Weltenerbauer
2025
as Self - actor
MovieKilling Faith
2025
as Ross
TVMurdaugh Murders: The Movie
2023
as Alex Murdaugh
TVThis Fool
2022
as Curtis
MovieAmerican Horses
2022
as Narrator (voice)
TVHalston
2021
as David Mahoney
MovieCharlie Russell's Old West
2020
as Charles M. Russell
MovieYellowstone
2020
as (voice)
MovieThe High Note
2020
as Max
TVCursed Films
2020
as Self
Dark Waters: The Cost of Being a Hero
2019
as Self
MovieDark Waters
2019
as Harry Dietzler
MovieThe Coldest Game
2019
as Joshua Mansky
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
MovieNational Theatre Live: All My Sons
2019
as Joe Keller
TVEpic Yellowstone
2019
as Narrator (voice)
MovieTrouble
2018
as Ben
MovieThe Equalizer 2
2018
as Brian Plummer
MovieThe Ballad of Lefty Brown
2017
as Lefty Brown
MovieLBJ
2017
as Ralph Yarborough
MovieBattle of the Sexes
2017
as Jack Kramer
TVSteve
2017
as Self
TVThe Sinner
2017
as Harry Ambrose
MovieA Thousand Junkies
2017
as Bill Pullman
MovieWalking Out
2017
as Clyde
MovieThe War of 1996: A United World News Special
2016
as President Whitmore
MovieBrother Nature
2016
as Jerry Turley
MovieIndependence Day: Resurgence
2016
as President Whitmore
MovieAnother Day: The Making of 'Independence Day: Resurgence'
2016
as Self
MovieAmerican Ultra
2015
as Krueger
MovieParables of War
2015
as Self
MovieThe Equalizer
2014
as Brian Plummer
MovieCymbeline
2014
as Sicilius Leonatus
MovieMay in the Summer
2014
as Edward
MovieRed Sky
2014
as John Webster
MovieThe Unbelievers
2013
as Self
MovieMel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
as Self (archive footage)
TV1600 Penn
2012
as President Dale Gilchrist
MovieThe Fruit Hunters
2012
as Narrator (voice)
MovieKingdom Come
2012
as Self
MovieLola Versus
2012
as Lenny
MovieInnocent
2011
as Rusty Sabich
MovieToo Big to Fail
2011
as Jamie Dimon
MovieBringing Up Bobby
2011
as Kent
MovieRio Sex Comedy
2010
as William
MoviePeacock
2010
as Edmund French
MovieThe Killer Inside Me
2010
as Billy Boy Walker
TVSkavlan
2009
as Self - Guest
MovieBottle Shock
2008
as Jim Barrett
MovieYour Name Here
2008
as William J. Frick
MovieSurveillance
2008
as Sam Hallaway
MoviePhoebe in Wonderland
2008
as Peter Lichten
MovieNobel Son
2007
as Max Mariner
TVThe Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self - Guest
MovieYou Kill Me
2007
as Dave
TVTorchwood
2006
as Oswald Danes
MovieScary Movie 4
2006
as Henry Hale
MovieAlien Autopsy
2006
as Morgan Banner
MovieSpaceballs: The Documentary
2005
as Self
John Candy: Comic Spirit
2005
as Self
TVRevelations
2005
as Dr. Richard Massey
MovieDear Wendy
2005
as Krugsby
MovieThe Grudge
2004
as Peter Kirk
MovieTiger Cruise
2004
as Gary Dolan
MovieRick
2003
as Rick O'Lette
MovieIgby Goes Down
2002
as Jason
Movie29 Palms
2002
as The Ticket Clerk
MovieIgnition
2002
as Conor Gallagher
TVNight Visions
2001
as Major Ben Darnell (segment "A View Through the Window")
MovieLucky Numbers
2000
as Detective Pat Lakewood
MovieA Man Is Mostly Water
2000
as Parking Fascist
MovieTitan A.E.
2000
as Korso (voice)
MovieThe Guilty
2000
as Callum Crane
Opening the Tombs of the Golden Mummies: Live
2000
MovieThe Virginian
2000
as The Virginian
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Kurt Moss
MovieSpy Games
1999
as Harry Howe / Ernie Halliday
MovieBrokedown Palace
1999
as Hank Greene
MovieLake Placid
1999
as Jack Wells
TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999
as Self
MovieZero Effect
1998
as Daryl Zero
MovieMerry Christmas, George Bailey
1997
as George Bailey
MoviePretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
1997
as Self
MovieThe End of Violence
1997
as Mike
MovieLost Highway
1997
as Fred Madison
MovieMistrial
1996
as Steve Donohue
MovieIndependence Day
1996
as President Thomas J. Whitmore
MovieIndependence Day: The ID4 Invasion
1996
as Self
MovieThe Making of 'Independence Day'
1996
as Self
TVThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self
MovieMr. Wrong
1996
as Whitman Crawford
MovieCasper
1995
as Dr. James Harvey
MovieWhile You Were Sleeping
1995
as Jack Callaghan
MovieWyatt Earp
1994
as Ed Masterson
MovieThe Last Seduction
1994
as Clay Gregory
MovieThe Favor
1994
as Peter
MovieMr. Jones
1993
as Construction Site Foreman (uncredited)
MovieMalice
1993
as Andy Sarafian
TVFallen Angels
1993
as Rich Thurber
MovieSleepless in Seattle
1993
as Walter
MovieSommersby
1993
as Orin Meecham
MovieSingles
1992
as Dr. Jeffrey Jamison
MovieCrazy in Love
1992
as Nick Symonds
MovieA League of Their Own
1992
as Bob Hinson
MoviePhone
1992
as Duke
MovieNewsies
1992
as Bryan Denton
MovieNervous Ticks
1992
as York Daley
MovieLiebestraum
1991
as Paul Kessler
MovieGoing Under
1991
as Biff Banner
MovieBlood Drips Heavily on Newsie Square
1991
as Self
MovieBright Angel
1990
as Bob
MovieSibling Rivalry
1990
as Nicholas Meany
MovieBrain Dead
1990
as Dr. Rex Martin
MovieCold Feet
1989
as Buck
MovieHome Fires Burning
1989
as Lt. Henry Tibbettes
MovieThe Accidental Tourist
1988
as Julian Hedge
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
MovieRocket Gibraltar
1988
as Crow Black
MovieThe Serpent and the Rainbow
1988
as Dennis Alan
MovieSpaceballs
1987
as Lone Starr
MovieRuthless People
1986
as Earl James Mott
TVNature
1982
as Narrator (voice)
TVCagney & Lacey
1982
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self - Presenter
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Henry Tibbetts
Famous
A Bridge Between
as Bobby Verdun
The Basics of Philosophy
as Melvyn Jorrisen
