Bill Paxton (born May 17, 1955) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor and film director.Paxton has been married to Louise Newbury since 1985, and they have two children, James (born 1994) and Lydia (born 1997). Paxton was in the crowd waving when President Kennedy emerged from the Hotel Texas in Ft. Worth the morning of Nov. 22, 1963. There are pictures at the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas proving this, as an 8 year old Paxton can clearly be seen hoisted on the shoulders of an unidentified man.
James Cameron gave Paxton the nick name "Knuckles." In a local bar during the filming of True Lies, Paxton warned off a disgruntled local by donning an iron knuckleduster given to him by Lance Henriksen.
