Bill Paxton Action Connections

Ever since I saw that Bill Paxton has been in an Alien, a Predator and a Terminator (two of which were directed by James Cameron) I realized he has other huge action connections.  He was also in…

Streets of Fire and Trespass- both directed by Walter Hill (The Warriors, The Driver, Last Man Standing)

Commando, apparently as Intercept Officer- directed by Mark L. Lester (Class of 1984, Showdown in Little Tokyo)

Near Dark- directed by Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break, The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty)

Tales from the Crypt episode “People Who Live in Brass Hearses”- directed by Russell Mulcahy (Highlander, Ricochet, The Shadow)

Tombstone- directed by George P Cosmatos (Cobra, Rambo: First Blood Part II)

Twister- directed by Jan de Bont (Dir: Speed; Cinematographer: Die Hard, Basic Instinct)

U-571- directed by Johnathan Mostow (Terminator 3: Rise ofthe Machines, Breakdown)

Vertical Limit- directed by Martin Campbell (GoldenEye, The Mask of Zorro)

Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams- directed by Robert Rodriguez (Desperado, From Dusk Till Dawn)

John Hughes isn't an action director but
goddammit Paxton's worked with
him too (in Weird Science)!

Not that everyone I listed falls into this category but he sure has worked with a lot of action royalty.