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Bill Paxton

1955 - 2017

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William Paxton (May 17, 1955 – February 25, 2017) was an American actor, filmmaker and musician. A versatile character actor known for his distinctive Texan drawl and everyman screen persona, he was a four-time Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award nominee, among other accolades. Paxton starred in films Near Dark (1987), Tombstone (1993), Apollo 13 (1995), Twister (1996), Mighty Joe Young (1998), and A Simple Plan (1998), and played supporting roles in Weird Science (1985), Edge of Tomorrow (2014), and Nightcrawler (2014). He was a close collaborator of director James Cameron, appearing in his films The Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986), True Lies (1994), and Titanic (1997). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Paxton is the 118th most popular actor (up from 1,157th in 2019), the 283rd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,985th in 2019) and the 66th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bill Paxton ranks 118 out of 13,578. Before him are Gary Cooper, Samuel L. Jackson, Roger Moore, Cary Grant, Jane Fonda, and Burt Lancaster. After him are Keanu Reeves, Jean Gabin, John Travolta, Tony Curtis, Val Kilmer, and Leslie Howard.

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Among people born in 1955, Bill Paxton ranks 12. Before him are Alain Prost, Friedrich Merz, Michel Platini, Kevin Costner, Rowan Atkinson, and Pietro Parolin. After him are Jair Bolsonaro, Tim Berners-Lee, Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Ornella Muti, and Akira Toriyama. Among people deceased in 2017, Bill Paxton ranks 9. Before him are Michael I of Romania, Gene Cernan, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, Stanislav Petrov, Zygmunt Bauman, and Roger Moore. After him are Tom Petty, Raymond Kopa, Jalal Talabani, Jeanne Moreau, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and Salvatore Riina.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Paxton ranks 283 out of 20,380. Before him are Carl David Anderson (1905), Joe Jackson (1928), Ray Charles (1930), Fred Trump (1905), Jane Fonda (1937), and Burt Lancaster (1913). After him are James Buchanan (1791), Carl Sagan (1934), John Travolta (1954), Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803), Barry Barish (1936), and Tony Curtis (1925).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Bill Paxton ranks 66. Before him are Diane Keaton (1946), Peter Falk (1927), Gary Cooper (1901), Samuel L. Jackson (1948), Jane Fonda (1937), and Burt Lancaster (1913). After him are John Travolta (1954), Tony Curtis (1925), Val Kilmer (1959), Gwyneth Paltrow (1972), Orson Welles (1915), and Tommy Lee Jones (1946).

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