Bill Paxton
- Birthplace: Fort Worth, Texas
- Birthday: May 17, 1955
Paxton, a tall rugged actor with boyish good looks and an intense demeanor, had begun making super 8mm movies as a teenager before seriously entering film work as a set dresser for Roger Corman's New World Pictures beginning with "Big Bad Mama" in 1974. After appearing as an extra in "Crazy Mama" (1975), a Corman quickie helmed by Jonathan Demme, he moved to NYC to study acting. Paxton landed roles in a couple of low-budget horror films, including "Mortuary" (filmed in 1981, released in 1983) before winning a small role in Ivan Reitman's "Strip…more
