There's definitely a pattern of great British shows that get reinvented in America and do really well here, but I think 'Torchwood' is a bit different. It's more of a hybrid that doesn't exist as a reinvention.

president in the television comedy series 1600 Penn like in the 1996 science fiction film Independence Day. His father's family descends from England and his maternal grandparents immigrated from the Netherlands. Pullman was nominated for the 2002 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Play.

He has starred in a number of plays and is also a Jury Member for Filmaka. He has since gone on to star in other films including Spaceballs Independence Day Lost Highway Casper and While You Were Sleeping. William James "Bill" Pullman (born December 17 1953) is an American film television and stage actor.