Bill Pullman
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Bill Pullman Net Worth

Actor of Independence Day and Sleepless in Seattle
Estimated net worth
$20M
Source: Celebrity Net Worth, October 19, 2026. Updated November 9, 2026.
Forbes and Bloomberg rarely publish net worth figures for stars who are not billionaires, so this page uses Celebrity Net Worth's published estimate (page last updated October 19, 2026). It is an outside estimate, not an official figure.

Bill Pullman’s net worth over time

$20M: Celebrity Net Worth estimate, Oct 2026. page last updated October 19, 2026$20MOct 2026

This is the only published estimate we have found so far. More bars will appear as new estimates are published. Tap or hover a bar to see the source.

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DateEstimateSource
Oct 2026$20 millionCelebrity Net Worth · page last updated October 19, 2026

Where the money comes from

Film rolesTelevision seriesStage workVoice acting

These are the main sources of wealth named in the reporting we cite. No published source breaks the total into exact amounts, so we do not show percentages.

Bill Pullman’s fortune in real-life terms

306 years
for the median full-time U.S. worker to earn this much, spending nothing
93×
the net worth of the typical U.S. family
0.00%
of Elon Musk's fortune, the biggest on Net Worth Lookup

Based on the Celebrity Net Worth estimate above. Median full-time U.S. pay is $65,416 a year ($1,258 a week, BLS, Q2 2026), before taxes. Typical (median) U.S. family net worth is $216,100 (Federal Reserve, 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances).

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Bill Pullman has an estimated net worth of $20 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth, Bill Pullman net worth page (figures as of October 19, 2026).

Bill Pullman is an American actor who was born on December 17, 1953. He is of Dutch, English and Irish ancestry and graduated from Hornell High School in 1971. He studied at SUNY Delhi and SUNY Oneonta, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Theater Studies in 1975, and earned a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1980. He taught theater at SUNY Delhi and was an adjunct professor at Montana State University before deciding to pursue acting.

He made his film debut in Ruthless People in 1986 and starred in Spaceballs in 1987, The Accidental Tourist and The Serpent and the Rainbow in 1988, Newsies in 1992 and Sleepless in Seattle in 1993. Later roles include Wyatt Earp in 1994, Casper and While You Were Sleeping in 1995, Independence Day in 1996, Lost Highway in 1997 and Lake Placid in 1999. He voiced Captain Joseph Korso in Titan A.E. in 2000. On television he starred in 1600 Penn and in The Sinner from 2017 to 2021, and he has a long stage career, including Broadway.

How Bill Pullman makes his money

Film acting is the core of his income. A string of hits in the late 1980s and the following decade, including Spaceballs, Sleepless in Seattle and Independence Day, put him in front of huge audiences and made him a recognizable lead.

Television has been a second career. He has acted in miniseries and regular series including Torchwood and 1600 Penn, and had a starring role in The Sinner from 2017 to 2021 and a recurring role in the 2021 miniseries Halston.

Stage work adds smaller but steady income. He has appeared on Broadway several times, including in Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? in 2002.

Voice acting adds extra fees, from Titan A.E. in 2000 to other animated work.

His estimate

Celebrity Net Worth estimates Bill Pullman's net worth at $20 million, on its page last updated October 19, 2026. That figure is an outside estimate of what the star has earned and kept after taxes, fees and spending. It is not an official number, and the star has not confirmed it or published personal finances.

His figure reflects four decades of film hits, television series work and a long career on stage. We will add any newer dated estimate from a named outlet to the chart above, and we never fill in the years between published figures.

Career and money timeline

  1. 1980

    Earns a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

  2. 1986

    Makes his film debut in Ruthless People.

  3. 1993

    Stars in Sleepless in Seattle.

  4. 1996

    Stars in Independence Day.

  5. 2002

    Appears on Broadway in The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?

  6. 2017

    Begins starring in The Sinner.

Bill Pullman net worth FAQ

What is Bill Pullman's net worth?

Bill Pullman's net worth is an estimated $20 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth, Bill Pullman net worth page (October 19, 2026). It is an estimate, not an official figure.

How did Bill Pullman get so rich?

The main sources named in the reporting we cite are: Film roles, Television series, Stage work, Voice acting.

Is Bill Pullman a billionaire?

Not by current published estimates. Bill Pullman is estimated at $20 million.

What is Bill Pullman best known for?

He is best known for films such as Independence Day, Sleepless in Seattle, Spaceballs and While You Were Sleeping.

Sources

  1. Celebrity Net Worth, Bill Pullman net worth page (October 19, 2026)
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Usual Weekly Earnings (Q2 2026) (July 2026)
  3. Federal Reserve, 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances (median family net worth, Table 4) (October 2026)
  4. Background facts: Wikipedia, Bill Pullman (accessed November 9, 2026). Used for career facts only, never for figures.

Photo: Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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