Tom Berenger
Actor

Tom Berenger Net Worth

Tom Berenger is an Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe and Emmy-winning actor, producer and writer born in Chicago, Illinois. After studying journalism at the University of Missouri, he took a chance and auditioned for a role in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" at the college theater. He then attended the Herbert Berghof Studio School for Acting in New York City and pursued his professional career in theater and television. His film debut in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) led to other roles in films such as Eddie and the Cruisers (1983), The Big Chill (1983), Platoon (1986), Someone to Watch Over Me (1987), Shoot to Kill (1988), Betrayed, Last Rites (1988), Major League (1989), Shattered (1991), Gettysburg (1993), The Substitute (1996), Sniper (1993), Rough Riders (1997), Inception (2010), Hatfields & McCoys (2012), and many more.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Producer, Writer
Birth Day May 31, 1949
Birth Place  Chicago, Illinois, United States
Age 74 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Gemini
Alma mater University of Missouri, B.A. 1971
Occupation Actor, producer, television writer
Years active 1968–present
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Spouse(s) Barbara Wilson (m. 1976; div. 1984), 2 children Lisa Williams (m. 1986; div. 1997), 3 children Patricia Alvaran (m. 1998; div. 2011), 1 child Laura Moretti (m. 2012)

💰 Net worth: $6 Million (2024)

Tom Berenger, a renowned actor, producer, and writer from the United States, is expected to have a net worth of $6 million by 2024. With a successful career spanning several decades, Berenger has established himself as a highly talented and versatile performer in the entertainment industry. He has received critical acclaim and numerous accolades for his exceptional acting skills, which have contributed to his financial success. Berenger's wealth can also be attributed to his involvement in various film projects as a producer and writer. With his impressive net worth, Tom Berenger continues to be a prominent figure in the American entertainment world.

Biography/Timeline

1949

Berenger was born as Thomas Michael Moore in Chicago, on May 31, 1949, to a Roman Catholic family of Irish ancestry. He has a sister, Susan. His father was a printer for the Chicago Sun-Times and a traveling salesman.

1967

Moore graduated in 1967 from Rich East High School in Park Forest, Illinois. He studied journalism at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, but decided to seek an acting career following his graduation in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

1972

He worked in regional theatre and in 1972, he worked as a FLIGHT attendant with Eastern Airlines, based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He transferred to New York in 1973.

1976

Berenger has been married four times and has six children.[citation needed] He has two children by his first wife, Barbara Wilson, to whom he was married from 1976 to 1984: Allison Moore (born 1977) and Patrick Moore (born 1978). He has three daughters by second wife Lisa Williams (to whom he was married from 1986 to 1997): Chelsea Moore (born 1986), Chloe Moore (born 1988) and Shiloh Moore (born in 1993). He has a daughter named Scout Moore (born 1998) with Patricia Alvaran, to whom he was married from 1998–2011. He married Laura Moretti in Sedona, Arizona in early September 2012.

1980

Berenger starred in several significant films in the 1980s, including The Big Chill (1983), Eddie and the Cruisers (1983), Platoon (1986), Someone to Watch Over Me (1987), and Major League (1989). In 1986, he received an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Staff Sergeant Barnes in Platoon (this performance won him a Golden Globe Award for "Best Supporting Actor"). A role for which he has become well known for is Thomas Beckett, the main character in the mid-1990s film Sniper (which would later be followed by four sequels, featuring Berenger in the starring role for three). Other notable films from that period in which he was featured include Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Shattered (1991), Sliver (1993), and Chasers (1994). When asked in a 1999 interview to name his favorite film out of those in which he had acted, Berenger said it was too difficult to choose but that the one he had watched most frequently was his 1993 film Gettysburg, where he played the role of General James Longstreet.

1988

He established the Tom Berenger Acting Scholarship Fund in 1988 to award theatre students for excellence in performance.

1990

In more recent years, Berenger has continued to have an active acting career in film and television, although often at a supporting level. His most notable television appearance was on Cheers in its last season as Rebecca Howe's blue collar-plumber love interest, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series". He also began a career as a Producer in the 1990s. Berenger also co-produced the 1997 miniseries Rough Riders, also starring as Theodore Roosevelt.

2009

Berenger was also seen on the box art and promotional content for Novalogic's Delta Force: Black Hawk Down, as his roles in Sniper 2 and Sniper 3 were very similar to what was chosen for the game's artwork. He starred in the mini-series version of Stephen King's Nightmares & Dreamscapes, as a celebrated author who realizes the warped painting he recently purchased is alive with illustrations of impending doom for him in "The Road Virus Heads North". Berenger stars opposite Armand Assante and Busta Rhymes in the dramatic thriller Breaking Point, which had a limited release starting in December 2009.

2012

He has most recently appeared in the science fiction thriller Inception with Leonardo DiCaprio and Cillian Murphy, where he played a Business executive who served as a mentor to and was an associate of the father of Murphy's character. Inception was a box office success and was his first appearance in a mainstream theatrical movie since Training Day in 2001. In 2012 he appeared in the TV miniseries Hatfields & McCoys as Jim Vance, uncle of protagonist Devil Anse Hatfield (played by Kevin Costner). On September 23, 2012 Berenger earned a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for the role.

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