Lewis James Pullman (born January 29, 1993) is an American actor and musician. He made his film debut opposite his father, Bill Pullman, in the western film The Ballad of Lefty Brown (2017). For his performance as Miles Miller in the neo-noir thriller film Bad Times at the El Royale (2018), Pullman was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor. Pullman subsequently had supporting roles in films such as The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018), Them That Follow (2019), Top Gun: Maverick (2022), and Riff Raff (2024), as well as lead roles in Press Play (2022), The Starling Girl (2023), 'Salem's Lot, Skincare (both 2024), The Testament of Ann Lee (2025), and Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026). He gained international recognition and critical praise for his role as Robert "Bob" Reynolds / Sentry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Thunderbolts* (2025).
Pullman is also known for his supporting roles as Major Major Major Major on the Hulu satirical black comedy miniseries Catch-22 (2019) and Calvin Evans on the Apple TV period drama miniseries Lessons in Chemistry (2023), the latter of which earned him nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie and the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries, and his lead role as Rhett Abbott on the Amazon Prime Video science fiction neo-western series Outer Range (2022–2024).
Outside of acting, he is also a musician and is currently the drummer for the indie pop rock band Atta Boy, which he formed with lead vocalist Eden Brolin in 2012.
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Early life
Pullman was born in Los Angeles, California, to actor Bill Pullman and modern dancer Tamara Hurwitz. He has a sister, Maesa, who is a singer-songwriter, and a brother, Jack, who is a puppet-maker. His mother is of Russian Jewish descent.
Pullman attended Wildwood School in Los Angeles for high school. In 2015, he graduated from Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, North Carolina, with a bachelor's degree in Social Work. Warren Wilson College has a large working farm on campus, and Pullman said he was "on the tractor division [in college]. I figured if acting didn't work out I could be on the road crew, working the back hoe."
Career
Pullman plays the drums in the band Atta Boy alongside Eden Brolin, Freddy Reish, and Dashel Thompson. They released their first album, Out of Sorts, in 2012 as a "whimsical experiment." Their second album, Big Heart Manners, was released in 2020. The band released a third album, Crab Park, in 2022.
Pullman began his acting career with several short films, starting with The Tutor in 2013. He had to split his time between living in Los Angeles and Montana. After graduating college in 2015, he was asked by filmmakers Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris to audition for Highston, a television series from Sacha Baron Cohen and Amazon Studios. In September 2015, his casting was confirmed and the series was given a six-episode order. The series starred Pullman in the lead role as a 19-year-old whose imaginary friends were real-life celebrities. The pilot episode, guest-starring Flea and Shaquille O'Neal, was well received by critics. In December 2017, however, Highston was canceled after only one episode.
Pullman made his feature film acting debut in 2017 with The Ballad of Lefty Brown, a Western starring his father in the titular lead role. His additional roles in 2017 include the Arnold Schwarzenegger-led Aftermath, the British drama Lean on Pete, and the critically acclaimed film Battle of the Sexes, the latter also starring his father.
In 2018, Pullman had a leading role in the slasher film The Strangers: Prey at Night. Though the film received mixed reviews when compared to its predecessor, it was a box-office success, grossing $32.1 million against a $5 million production budget. That same year, he starred alongside Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Cailee Spaeny, and Chris Hemsworth in Bad Times at the El Royale. On casting Pullman, writer and director Drew Goddard said "it was one of those good old-fashioned casting searches. After meeting with lots and lots and lots of actors, Lewis came in and you just felt that immediately. The last time that happened, quite honestly, was when Chris Hemsworth walked in for The Cabin in the Woods. You're just looking for actors who inherently fit the role — and then also transcend the role. Lewis had that sort of magic." Upon release, the film received generally positive reviews from critics, and his performance was also singled out, with Den of Geek calling it a "standout" and The Seattle Times writing that he "shines as the troubled desk clerk, who serves as the film's (very) late-arriving moral conscience."
Personal life
Between September 2020 and sometime before August 2023, Pullman was in a relationship with singer and actress Rainey Qualley.
Since January 2025, Pullman has been in a relationship with actress and model Kaia Gerber.
Pullman does not use social media to protect his personal life, maintain his mental health, and reduce digital stimuli.
Pullman was diagnosed with OCD at age 12.