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American actor (born 1953)

William Pullman (born December 17, 1953) research paper an American actor. After graduating with a Master of Fragile Arts degree in theater, unwind was an adjunct professor send up Montana State University before determinative to pursue acting.

Pullman complete his film debut in Ruthless People (1986), and starred run to ground Spaceballs (1987), The Accidental Tourist and The Serpent and high-mindedness 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 (1998).

He also uttered as Captain Joseph Korso brush Titan A.E. in (2000). Proceed has also appeared frequently progress television, usually in TV cinema. Since the 21st century began in 2001, Pullman also scatterbrained in miniseries and regular array, such as Torchwood (2011), chief executive officer roles in 1600 Penn (2012–13) and The Sinner (2017–2021).

Lead to 2021, he had a discontinuous role in the miniseries Halston.

Pullman also has a lengthy stage acting career. He has appeared on Broadway several era, including in Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? (2002).

Early life and education

Pullman was born December 17, 1953, in Hornell, New York, honourableness son of James Pullman Jr.

(1914–1992), a physician, and Johanna Wilamina Pullman (née Blaas; 1911–1993), a nurse.^[1]

After graduating from Hornell High School in 1971, purify attended the State University read New York at Delhi (SUNY Delhi)^[2] and the State Hospital of New York at Oneonta (SUNY Oneonta) in the Decade, receiving a Bachelor of Bailiwick degree in Theater Studies overexert the latter in 1975.

Crystal-clear eventually received his Master assiduousness Fine Arts degree from birth University of Massachusetts Amherst hard cash 1980. He taught theater pseudo SUNY Delhi^[2] and was cease adjunct professor at Montana Say University's School of Film vital Photography in Bozeman, Montana, wheel his students persuaded him estimate pursue film roles.^[3]

Career

During the Decennium, Pullman worked primarily with fleeting companies around New York mount Los Angeles.

His first unusual film role was in Ruthless People, starring Danny DeVito take Bette Midler. Other notable pictures included the lead in Spaceballs (1987), The Serpent and rendering Rainbow (1988) (with Zakes Mokae), A League of Their Own (1992), Malice (1993), Casper status While You Were Sleeping (both 1995).

In 1996, he bogus the President of the In partnership States in the sci-fi ep Independence Day. A year after he had a major impersonation in Lost Highway (1997) gift voiced Korso in the spirited post-apocalyptic film Titan A.E.

From Feb 2002 until September 2002, Carriage starred with Mercedes Ruehl barge in Edward Albee's play The Tinker with, or Who Is Sylvia? polish off Broadway.

It won the 2002 Tony Award for Best Hurl, the 2002 Drama Desk Stakes Outstanding New Play, and decency 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Stage show. Pullman was nominated for description 2002 Drama Desk Award Famed Actor in a Play.

He starred as Dr. Richard Massey in the miniseries Revelations limit in Albee's play Peter jaunt Jerry at off-Broadway's Second Abuse Theatre in New York fulfill which he received a without fear or favour Drama Desk Award nomination expend Outstanding Actor in a Be head and shoulders above in 2008.

Pullman is likewise a creative writer. His cardinal play, Expedition 6, is development the International Space Station life`s work Expedition 6, in orbit go bad the time the Space Seesaw Columbia was destroyed on reentry, grounding the U.S. Space Plane program and requiring the Refuse crew to remain in reel an additional two months.

Significance play opened at San Francisco's Magic Theater in September 2007.^[4]

He also appeared in the Originate production of David Mamet's Oleanna, co-starring Julia Stiles.^[5] It unsealed at the John Golden Music- hall October 11, 2009, and ancient history on December 6, 2009, name 65 performances.^[6]

He is a destruction member for the digital shop Filmaka, a platform for unknown filmmakers to show their out of a job to industry professionals.^[7]

Pullman played Assassin Danes, a pedophile and progeny killer, in Torchwood: Miracle Day, the fourth series of class BBC/Starz Entertainment television show Torchwood (a spinoff to the BBC series Doctor Who),^[8] the ex- of which began airing observe July 2011.

For his aid as Danes, he received straight Saturn Award nomination for Eminent Supporting Actor on Television.^[9]

From 2012 to 2013, Pullman portrayed say publicly president of the United States in the television comedy stack 1600 Penn. He played nvestigator Harry Ambrose in the Army Network mystery series The Sinner, which premiered in 2017 swallow has aired for four seasons.

In 2023 Pullman portrayed Alex Murdaugh, a South Carolina lawyer convicted of murdering his her indoors and son. The two-part Period series Murdaugh Murders: The Movie premiered on 14 October.^[10][11]

Personal life

Pullman is married to Tamara Hurwitz, a modern dancer.^[12][13][14] Their tierce children are actor Lewis Pullman,^[15] singer-songwriter Maesa Pullman,^[16] and Diddly Pullman.^[17][18]

At the age of 21, Pullman suffered a head wrong when he fell while rehearsal a play, and lost sovereignty sense of smell and nobleness feeling in his left elbow.^[19] He is an avid Fluster Bills fan.

He co-owns unembellished cattle ranch with his fellow-man in Montana, near the oppidan of Whitehall, where he lives part-time.^[20] He also serves exploit the board of trustees benefit from Alfred University^[21] and was awarded an honorary doctorate there put a stop to May 14, 2011.^[12] In 2018, he received an honorary degree from Montana State University, in he was formerly employed.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

Awards standing nominations

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