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Bill Pullman (December 17, 1953) is an American actor born in Hornell, New York to Dr. James Pullman, and Johanna Blass. He is the sixth of seven children. He graduated from Glenbard West High School in Chicago and went on to attend the University of New York at Delhi and and the State University of New York at Oneonta. He later received his Masters in Fine Arts from the University of Massachusetts.

Pullman joined a theater company and performed in South Dakota and Montana. He also taught theater at Delhi and Montana State University. At 28, he moved to New York to further his acting career.

Career

In the early eighties he worked primarily in theater in New York. He moved to Los Angeles in 1985 where he continued working on stage. He made his film debut in Ruthless People. A year later he won the starring role of Lone Starr in the Mel Brooks Star Wars spoof, Spaceballs. Other noteworthy roles include The Accidental Tourist, Brain Dead, Newsies with Christian Bale, A League of Their Own, Sommersby, While You Were Sleeping with Sandra Bullock, Casper, Independence Day, Lost Highway, Lake Placid, Titan A. E., The Grudge , Revelations, Alien Autopsy, and Scary Movie 4. Upcoming roles include Your Name Here, Nobel Son and You Kill Me.

Personal Life

Pullman married dancer Tamara Hurwitz in 1987 and they have three children: Maesa (b. 1988), Jack (b. 1989) and Lewis (b. 1993).

Pullman lost his sense of smell in college after an injury put him in a coma for two days.