Tom Berenger

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Tom Berenger Wiki Biography

Thomas Michael Moore was born on 31 May 1949, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, of Irish descent. Tom became a film and television actor, and is now perhaps still best known for his performance in the 1986 movie “Platoon” for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He was also a part of “Inception” and “Hawaii Five-0”. All his efforts have helped in putting his net worth to where it is today.

How rich is Tom Berenger? As of early-2016, sources estimate a net worth that is at $8 million, mostly earned through a successful career as an actor. Aside from film and television, he’s also gained recognition in the theatre, and has worked for video games mainly on promotions and content. As he continues to work, his wealth is expected to rise further.

Berenger first studied at and matriculated from Rich East High School before moving to the University of Missouri to study journalism. After graduating, he pursued an acting career, but first worked as a flight attendant before finding theatre jobs in New York City. He changed his professional name to Berenger because there was already a Tom Moore who’s a mamber of the Actors’ Equity Association.

Tom then found himself opportunities in soap operas such as “One Life to Live”. His first feature film came in 1976 and it was entitled “Rush It”. Since then he’s had both small and major roles in film and on television including “Looking for Mr. Goodbar”, “In Praise of Older Women” and “Butch and Sundance: The Early Days”. During the 1980s his career and net worth would move further with several big films including “The Big Chill”, “Major League”, “Someone to Watch Over Me”, and “Platoon”. While he was nominated for an Academy Award for “Platoon”, he also won a Golden Globe for that performance. He would then gain more recognition playing the character Thomas Beckett in the film “Sniper” in the 1990s. Other films would be “Born on the Fourth of July”, “Silver”, and “Chasers”. In later years, Tom focused more on supporting roles and won an Emmy Award for his performance in the final season of “Cheers”. One of the major box office successes that he was a part of would be “Training Day”, and later “Inception” alongside Cillian Murphy and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Aside from film and television, Berenger is also known to have worked in the video game industry, for games such as “Delta Force: Black Hawk Down”, which had similarities to his roles in the films “Sniper 2” and “Sniper 3”. Berenger has also done television and film adaptations of books such as Stephen King’s “Nightmares & Dreamscapes” in which he plays an author who purchased a painting that was actually alive; the film is entitled “The Road Virus Heads North”.

For his personal life, it is known that Tom has been married four times. His first marriage was to Barbara Wilson from 1976 to 1984 and they have two children. His second was to Lisa Williams from 1986 to 1997 with whom he has three daughters. The third marriage was to Patricia Alvaran from 1998 to 2011, and they have a daughter. He has now been married to Laura Moretti since 2012.

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Tom Berenger Quick Info

Full Name Tom Berenger
Net Worth $8 Million
Date Of Birth May 31, 1949
Place Of Birth Chicago, Illinois, USA
Height 5′ 11″ (1.8 m)
Profession Actor, Producer, Writer
Education University of Missouri
Nationality United States
Spouse Barbara Wilson (1976-1984), Lisa Williams (1986-1997), Patricia Alvaran (1998-2011), Laura Moretti (m.2012)
Children Allison, Patrick, Chelsea, Chloe, Shiloh, Scout
Siblings Susan Moore
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Twitter https://twitter.com/BerengerOnline
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IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000297
Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (2012)
Nominations Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (1986), Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor (1993), Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast (2010)
Movies “Inception” (2010), “Hawaii Five-0”, “Platoon” (1986), “Sniper” (1993), Hatfields & McCoys (2012), The Dogs of War (1980), The Big Chill (1983), Betrayed (1988), The Field (1990), Gettysburg (1993), The Substitute (1996)
TV Shows “One Life to Live”, “Rush It”, “Delta Force: Black Hawk Down”,“Delta Force: Black Hawk Down”

Tom Berenger Quotes

  • Your body really changes a lot in your 50s. You start feeling old injuries and things start coming back … so you better get it together then.
  • [on Charlie Sheen] I’ve always liked him, and I always worry about him like his parents do. He was always a good listener, which is probably why he is a real good actor.
  • [in 2002] Since the ’70s I’ve seen myself as a poet. Sometimes I express that poetry through acting, sometimes through cooking, and sometimes just having a good chat, you know, one of them chats you have when you’re stoned and the hour is getting late. I don’t know what’s gonna come my way, but I think Berenger’s gonna be big these next couple years.
  • Even my agents say, ‘We don’t know what this business is anymore.’ These days, you can do a TV series for five years and all of a sudden be on top of the business. Features don’t even run in theaters very long anymore before going right to television. And every other movie is one of those action things. I mean, Lost in Space (1998)? – a bunch of good actors running around shooting at special effects on a soundstage? I took my kids to see that and almost felt like I was on an acid trip. Most of what gets made now, you laugh your way through, go home and forget you’ve seen it.
  • [in 1975] I first started thinking about being an actor when I was in college at the University of Missouri. I auditioned for a television play, and the director, who has some professional New York credits, encouraged me to pursue acting. In college I had a double major–drama and film editing. I worked with 16 millimeter film upon graduating, and from Kansas City I went on to Dallas. All of this time I suppose I had an unrealized commitment to acting. But then, I guess I ran away from acting. I was afraid of the business–I still am.
  • [on playing bad guys] I enjoy playing them. I find something human in them, with the exception of Looking for Mr. Goodbar. It was such a slimy character with no redeeming qualities. To me it was like playing Charles Manson. I had nightmares after I finished shooting it. I felt dirty. Bad guys are interesting, even if you don’t like them.

Tom Berenger Important Facts

  • Tom’s first play was in high school was performed in the Spanish language for an advanced Spanish class. Being an extremely shy guy, he was forced to be in it by his teacher.
  • Tom is an avid reader.
  • As of 2014, has appeared in four films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Big Chill (1983), Platoon (1986), Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and Inception (2010). Of those, Platoon (1986) won in the category.
  • Berenger lent his likeness for Frank Jaeger, in Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (1990).
  • Berenger’s earlier career before he became an actor was as a flight attendant for the defunct Eastern Air Lines.
  • Prior to acting, he was also a bellman at the former Alameda Plaza Hotel (now the Inter-Continental Hotel) in the Country Club Plaza section of Kansas City, Missouri.
  • He studied under Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof at HB Studio while working in off-Broadway productions.
  • Started “The Tom Berenger Acting Scholarship Fund” This was established in 1988 by him to award Theatre students for excellence in performance.
  • He picked “Berenger” as his professional name, after a school friend, because there was already a “Tom Moore” in the Actors’ Equity Association.
  • The role that seems the nearest to his heart is that of Lt. General James Longstreet, whom he portrayed in Gettysburg (1993).
  • Tom’s great interest in Civil War history has led him to collect on and research the Civil War era in his personal life as well.
  • Was the second ill-fated Timmy Siegal on ‘One Life To Live’.
  • Tom speaks Spanish and Italian.
  • Turned down the part of Det. Sonny Crockett on Miami Vice (1984). The studio was hoping to land a big star, and also approached Nick Nolte and Jeff Bridges.
  • Admitted that he hated making Sliver (1993), as it went through endless reshoots and script changes.
  • Studied acting in New York at the Herbert Berghof Studios.
  • Lives in Beaufort, South Carolina when not working on films.
  • Lived in Puerto Rico for several months in his 20s.
  • Tom is a history buff.
  • His father was a traveling salesman.
  • He was offered his role in Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006) and had 24 hours to decide if he wanted. He agreed without even getting a chance to read the script. He read it for the first time on the flight to Australia for the filming.
  • Graduated from the University of Missouri, where he majored in journalism.
  • Considers Flesh & Blood (1979) as one of his best films.
  • Father of Chelsea Berenger and Chloe Berenger.
  • Earned the highest rating (3 stars) from “The Bare Facts” — a printed guide to on-screen nudity — for eligible scenes in In Praise of Older Women (1978) and At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991).”.
  • He has six children, Allison, Patrick, Chelsea, Chloe, Shiloh and Scout, and also a step-daughter, Julia, with his wife Laura Moretti.
  • Listed as a “Promising New Actor of 1977” in vol. 29 of John Willis’ Screen World.

Tom Berenger Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Wunderland 2017 post-production Major McCulley Actor
American Dresser 2017 post-production John Moore Actor
Cops and Robbers 2017/II completed Actor
Gone Are the Days 2017 post-production Will Actor
Training Day 2017 TV Series Stan Gursky Actor
Major Crimes 2013-2015 TV Series Jackson Raydor Actor
Impact Earth 2015 Herbert Sloan Actor
Reach Me 2014 Teddy Actor
Sniper: Legacy 2014 Video Thomas Beckett Actor
Lonesome Dove Church 2014 John Shepherd Actor
Doc Holliday’s Revenge 2014/II Judge Wells Actor
Hawaii Five-0 2014 TV Series Eddie Williams Actor
Bad Country 2014 Lutin Adams Actor
Grounded 2013 Jerry Actor
Hatfields & McCoys 2012 TV Mini-Series Jim Vance Actor
Brake 2012/I Ben Reynolds Actor
War Flowers 2012 Gen. McIntire Actor
Bucksville 2011 The Patron of Justice Actor
XIII: The Series 2011 TV Series Rainer Gerhardt Actor
Last Will 2011 Frank Emery Actor
Faster 2010 Warden Actor
Inception 2010 Browning Actor
Sinners and Saints 2010 Captain Trahan Actor
Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball 2010 Video Walter Weed Actor
Breaking Point 2009 Steven Luisi Actor
Silent Venom 2009 Video Admiral Bradley Wallace Actor
The Making of ‘Charlie Valentine’: Behind the Scenes with Michael Weatherly 2009 Short Becker Actor
The Hitmen Diaries: Charlie Valentine 2009 Becker Actor
Amber Alert: Terror on the Highway 2008 TV Movie Larsan Actor
Stiletto 2008/II Virgil Vadalos Actor
October Road 2007-2008 TV Series The Commander / Mr. Garrett Actor
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey 2007 Jonathan Toomey Actor
America’s Iliad: The Siege of Charleston 2007 TV Movie Narrator (voice) Actor
Amy Coyne 2006 TV Movie Mac Actor
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King 2006 TV Mini-Series Richard Kinnell Actor
Into the West 2005 TV Mini-Series Colonel J. Chivington Actor
Detective 2005 TV Movie Sgt. Malcolm Ainslie Actor
Sniper 3 2004 Video Thomas Beckett Actor
Capital City 2004 TV Movie Sen. Foxworthy Actor
Peacemakers 2003 TV Series Marshal Jared Stone Actor
Third Watch 2003 TV Series Aaron Noble Actor
Sniper 2 2002 Video Thomas Beckett Actor
The Junction Boys 2002 TV Movie Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant Actor
Johnson County War 2002 TV Movie Cain Hammett Actor
Eye See You 2002 Hank Actor
Watchtower 2001 Art Stoner Actor
Ally McBeal 2001 TV Series Harrison Wyatt Actor
True Blue 2001 Rembrandt Macy Actor
The Hollywood Sign 2001 Tom Greener Actor
Training Day 2001 Stan Gursky Actor
Cutaway 2000 TV Movie Red Line Actor
Law & Order 2000 TV Series Dean Tyler Actor
Takedown 2000 McCoy Rollins Actor
In the Company of Spies 1999 TV Movie Kevin Jefferson Actor
Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying 1999 Sikes Actor
One Man’s Hero 1999 John Riley Actor
Diplomatic Siege 1999 Gen. Buck Swain Actor
A Murder of Crows 1998 Clifford Dubose Actor
Shadow of Doubt 1998 Jack Campioni Actor
The Gingerbread Man 1998 Pete Randle Actor
Rough Riders 1997 TV Series Theodore Roosevelt Actor
An Occasional Hell 1996 Dr. Ernest Dewalt Actor
The Substitute 1996 Jonathan Shale Actor
Last of the Dogmen 1995 Lewis Gates Actor
Body Language 1995 TV Movie Atty. Gavin St. Claire Actor
The Avenging Angel 1995 TV Movie Miles Utley Actor
Chasers 1994 Rock Reilly Actor
Major League II 1994 Jake Taylor Actor
Gettysburg 1993 Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet Actor
Sliver 1993 Jack Landsford Actor
Cheers 1993 TV Series Don Santry Actor
Sniper 1993 Thomas Beckett Actor
At Play in the Fields of the Lord 1991 Lewis Moon Actor
Dream On 1991 TV Series Nick Spencer Actor
Shattered 1991 Dan Merrick Actor
The Field 1990 Peter – The American Actor
Love at Large 1990 Harry Dobbs Actor
Born on the Fourth of July 1989 Recruiting Gunnery Sgt. Hayes Actor
Major League 1989 Jake Taylor Actor
Last Rites 1988 Father Michael Pace Actor
Betrayed 1988 Gary Simmons Actor
Shoot to Kill 1988 Jonathan Knox Actor
Someone to Watch Over Me 1987 Det. Mike Keegan Actor
Platoon 1986 Sgt. Barnes Actor
If Tomorrow Comes 1986 TV Mini-Series Jeff Stevens Actor
Rustlers’ Rhapsody 1985 Rex O’Herlihan Actor
Fear City 1984 Matt Rossi Actor
Eddie and the Cruisers 1983 Frank Ridgeway Actor
The Big Chill 1983 Sam Actor
Beyond the Door 1982 Matthew Jackson Actor
The Dogs of War 1980 Drew Actor
Flesh & Blood 1979 TV Movie Bobby Fallon Actor
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days 1979 Butch Cassidy / Robert Leroy Parker Actor
In Praise of Older Women 1978 Andras Vayda Actor
Rush It 1978 Richard Moore Actor
Looking for Mr. Goodbar 1977 Gary Actor
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye 1977 TV Movie Billy Sutton Actor
The Sentinel 1977 Man at end Actor
Kolchak: The Night Stalker 1974 TV Series Boy At Pool Actor
One Life to Live 1968 TV Series Timothy “Timmy / Tim” Seigel #2 (1975-1976) Actor
Bucksville 2011 executive producer Producer
Peacemakers 2003 TV Series producer Producer
Rough Riders 1997 TV Series producer – 2 episodes Producer
An Occasional Hell 1996 executive producer Producer
The Avenging Angel 1995 TV Movie co-producer Producer
Peacemakers 2003 TV Series story Writer
Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball – Confessions of an Assassin 2010 Video documentary short special thanks Thanks
Platoon: 30 2017 Documentary post-production Himself Self
Positively Paula 2017 TV Series Himself Self
Parris Island 100 Years: We Make Marines 2015 Documentary Himself Self
The Big Chill: Thirtieth Anniversary Q&A 2014 Video short Himself Self
Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker 2014 TV Movie documentary Narrator (voice) Self
The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards 2012 TV Special Himself – Winner: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Self
Cocaine: History Between the Lines 2011 TV Movie documentary Narrator Self
Entertainment Tonight 1989-2010 TV Series Himself Self
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots 2010 TV Movie documentary voice Self
Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball – Confessions of an Assassin 2010 Video documentary short Himself – Walter Weed Self
The Bunker Mentality: Designing the Set 2010 Video documentary short Himself (uncredited) Self
Oliver Stone – Hollywoods Lieblingsrebell 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting ‘Platoon’ 2001 Video documentary Himself / Sgt. Barnes Self
The Directors 2000 TV Series documentary Himself Self
The Big Chill: A Reunion 1999 Video documentary Himself Self
Maury 1996 TV Series Himself Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1996 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Lincoln Assassination 1995 TV Movie documentary Narrator Self
The Making of ‘Gettysburg’ 1993 Video documentary Himself – ‘Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet, Confederate’ Self
The Making of ‘Shattered’ 1991 Video short Himself Self
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam 1987 TV Movie documentary voice Self
The 59th Annual Academy Awards 1987 TV Special Himself – Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role Self
The American Sportsman 1979 TV Series Himself Self
Retrosexual: The 80’s 2004 TV Mini-Series documentary Archive Footage
VH1 Goes Inside 2004 TV Series documentary Sam Archive Footage
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1991 TV Series Tom the American from film THE FIELD Archive Footage
Especial Oscars 86 1987 TV Movie Sgt. Bob Barnes Archive Footage

Tom Berenger Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2013 Bronze Wrangler Western Heritage Awards Western Documentary Hatfields & McCoys (2012) Won
2012 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Hatfields & McCoys (2012) Won
2004 Bronze Wrangler Western Heritage Awards Fictional Television Drama Peacemakers (2003) Won
2000 Golden Boot Golden Boot Awards Won
1998 Lone Star Film & Television Award Lone Star Film & Television Awards Best TV Actor Rough Riders (1997) Won
1987 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Platoon (1986) Won
2013 Bronze Wrangler Western Heritage Awards Western Documentary Hatfields & McCoys (2012) Nominated
2012 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Hatfields & McCoys (2012) Nominated
2004 Bronze Wrangler Western Heritage Awards Fictional Television Drama Peacemakers (2003) Nominated
2000 Golden Boot Golden Boot Awards Nominated
1998 Lone Star Film & Television Award Lone Star Film & Television Awards Best TV Actor Rough Riders (1997) Nominated
1987 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Platoon (1986) Nominated