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Bill Pullman has played a wide range of roles including the President of the United States in the world-wide blockbuster Independence Day, an eccentric private detective in the critically acclaimed Zero Effect and the troubled musician in David Lynch's Lost Highway, to name just a few. Some of his other feature films include Lake Placid, Lucky Numbers, The Guilty, Brokedown Palace, While You Were Sleeping, Casper, Mr. Wrong, Sommersby, Sleepless In Seattle, Wyatt Earp, Malice, The Last Seduction, Spaceballs, The Serpent And The Rainbow, The Accidental Tourist, Sibling Rivalry, Liebestraum and The End Of Violence.

Pullman garnered critical acclaim when he made his directorial debut last year with the TNT original western The Virginian, which he also starred in and produced under his Big Town Productions banner. In the film, an adaptation of Owen Wister's classic Western novel of the same name, Pullman portrays the Virginian, a laconic Wyoming cowboy with an unwavering sense of justice.

In early 2003, Pullman starred in the dark independent feature Rick based on Verdi's opera Rigoletto. He was also featured in Andrew Wilder's The Orphan King and with Jamie Bell in Thomas Vinterberg's Dear Wendy.

Born in Hornell, New York, Pullman earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in directing from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He went on to produce plays and teach at Montana State University, where he ran their theater department for two years.

Following his stint in Montana, Pullman worked in New York studying acting and performing in Off-Broadway and regional theatres. He then came to California to work with the Los Angeles Theatre Center and soon made his feature film debut with the hit comedy Ruthless People.

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