Who played the US President in the 1996 blockbuster 'Independence Day'?

William James "Bill" Pullman (born December 17, 1953) is an American actor.

He made his film debut in the 1986 film Ruthless People, and has since gone on to star in other films, such as Spaceballs (1987), While You Were Sleeping (1995), Casper (1995), Independence Day (1996) and Lost Highway (1997). He has also appeared regularly on television, usually in films and miniseries, though he also had a starring role in the one-season show 1600 Penn.

In 1996, he played the president of the United States in the sci-fi disaster film Independence Day.

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Theresa Donahue

ladymalta, You are thinking of Bill Paxton who died several years ago. Bill Pullman is still alive.

cindigon

ladymalta, you're thinking of Bill Paxton (Titanic). They can be confused with each other.

Kathy Rollins Shifflett

ladymalta, no he didn't. It was Bill Paxton

Andrea Grogan

ladymalta, Bill Paxton passed away

Sharon Mack

ladymalta, when did he pass away I just saw him on a show called sinners he like old

Angela Watts

He was AWESOME!! A GREAT ACTOR'!!

lrszanto

He is still alive and one of my favorites. He had sexy eyes! 💜

ladymalta

Passed away a bit ago.

Helen LoBosco

gilliganisland olson, So, would you like the country to be only republicans which sounds deadly. What happened to other governments with one party from which to choose? I think Nazis did that.