Who is Tom Berenger? See Net-worth, Quote, Awards, Fact, Wiki

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.

Tom Berenger Net Worth $8 Million

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.



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
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
IMDB
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”

Quote
1	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.
2	[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.
3	[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.
4	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.
5	[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.
6	[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.

Fact
1	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.
2	Tom is an avid reader.
3	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.
4	Berenger lent his likeness for Frank Jaeger, in Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (1990).
5	Berenger’s earlier career before he became an actor was as a flight attendant for the defunct Eastern Air Lines.
6	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.
7	He studied under Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof at HB Studio while working in off-Broadway productions.
8	Started “The Tom Berenger Acting Scholarship Fund” This was established in 1988 by him to award Theatre students for excellence in performance.
9	He picked “Berenger” as his professional name, after a school friend, because there was already a “Tom Moore” in the Actors’ Equity Association.
10	The role that seems the nearest to his heart is that of Lt. General James Longstreet, whom he portrayed in Gettysburg (1993).
11	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.
12	Was the second ill-fated Timmy Siegal on ‘One Life To Live’.
13	Tom speaks Spanish and Italian.
14	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.
15	Admitted that he hated making Sliver (1993), as it went through endless reshoots and script changes.
16	Studied acting in New York at the Herbert Berghof Studios.
17	Lives in Beaufort, South Carolina when not working on films.
18	Lived in Puerto Rico for several months in his 20s.
19	Tom is a history buff.
20	His father was a traveling salesman.
21	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.
22	Graduated from the University of Missouri, where he majored in journalism.
23	Considers Flesh & Blood (1979) as one of his best films.
24	Father of Chelsea Berenger and Chloe Berenger.
25	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).”.
26	He has six children, Allison, Patrick, Chelsea, Chloe, Shiloh and Scout, and also a step-daughter, Julia, with his wife Laura Moretti.
27	Listed as a “Promising New Actor of 1977” in vol. 29 of John Willis’ Screen World.

Actor

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

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Bucksville	2011	executive producer
Peacemakers	2003	TV Series producer
Rough Riders	1997	TV Series producer – 2 episodes
An Occasional Hell	1996	executive producer
The Avenging Angel	1995	TV Movie co-producer

Writer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Peacemakers	2003	TV Series story

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball – Confessions of an Assassin	2010	Video documentary short special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Platoon: 30	2017	Documentary post-production	Himself
Positively Paula	2017	TV Series	Himself
Parris Island 100 Years: We Make Marines	2015	Documentary	Himself
The Big Chill: Thirtieth Anniversary Q&A	2014	Video short	Himself
Mr. Baseball, Bob Uecker	2014	TV Movie documentary	Narrator (voice)
The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards	2012	TV Special	Himself – Winner: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Cocaine: History Between the Lines	2011	TV Movie documentary	Narrator
Entertainment Tonight	1989-2010	TV Series	Himself
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots	2010	TV Movie documentary voice
Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball – Confessions of an Assassin	2010	Video documentary short	Himself – Walter Weed
The Bunker Mentality: Designing the Set	2010	Video documentary short	Himself (uncredited)
Oliver Stone – Hollywoods Lieblingsrebell	2006	TV Movie documentary	Himself
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting ‘Platoon’	2001	Video documentary	Himself / Sgt. Barnes
The Directors	2000	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Big Chill: A Reunion	1999	Video documentary	Himself
Maury	1996	TV Series	Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	1996	TV Series	Himself – Guest
The Lincoln Assassination	1995	TV Movie documentary	Narrator
The Making of ‘Gettysburg’	1993	Video documentary	Himself – ‘Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet, Confederate’
The Making of ‘Shattered’	1991	Video short	Himself
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam	1987	TV Movie documentary voice
The 59th Annual Academy Awards	1987	TV Special	Himself – Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The American Sportsman	1979	TV Series	Himself

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Retrosexual: The 80’s	2004	TV Mini-Series documentary
VH1 Goes Inside	2004	TV Series documentary	Sam
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	1991	TV Series	Tom the American from film THE FIELD
Especial Oscars 86	1987	TV Movie	Sgt. Bob Barnes

Won Awards

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

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
2011	COFCA Award	Central Ohio Film Critics Association	Best Ensemble	Inception (2010)
2011	Gold Derby Award	Gold Derby Awards	Ensemble Cast	Inception (2010)
2010	PFCS Award	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Best Ensemble Acting	Inception (2010)
2010	WAFCA Award	Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards	Best Acting Ensemble	Inception (2010)
2009	Maverick Movie Award	Maverick Movie Awards	Best Supporting Actor: Feature	Charlie Valentine (2009)
1994	Razzie Award	Razzie Awards	Worst Supporting Actor	Sliver (1993)
1993	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Cheers (1982)
1987	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Platoon (1986)