Tom Berenger Biography
Tom Berenger is known as an American actor. Likewise, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes in Platoon. In addition, he is known for playing Jake Taylor in the Major League films and also Thomas Beckett in the Sniper films.
How old is Tom Berenger? – Age
Berenger is 74 years old as of 2023. He was born on 31 May 1949, in Chicago, Illinois, United States, where he also grew up.
How tall is Tom Berenger? – Height
Berenger stands at a height of 6 feet (1.80 m) tall.
Tom Berenger Mother, Father, Siblings – Family
Berenger was born to his father and mother’s identity has been kept confidential. He was raised to a Catholic family of Irish ancestry along with his great-grandfather and grandmother settling in Chicago. Besides, he has a sister, Susan. Likewise, his father was a printer for the Chicago Sun-Times and a traveling salesman.
Tom Berenger’s Education
In 1967, Moore graduated from Rich East High School in Park Forest, Illinois. In addition, he studied journalism at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, but later decided to seek an acting career following his graduation in 1971 holding a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Is Tom Berenger Married? – Husband
Berenger has however been married four times and blessed with six children. In addition, he has two children by his first wife, known as Barbara Wilson, to whom he was married from 1976 to 1984: Allison Moore born in 1977 and Patrick Moore born in 1979. Likewise, he has three daughters together with second wife Lisa Williams (to whom he got married from 1986 to 1997): Chelsea Moore born in 1986, Chloe Moore born in 1988 and Shiloh Moore in born 1993. Furthermore, he has a daughter named Scout Moore in born 1998 with Patricia Alvaran, to whom he got married from 1998 to 2011. in early September 2012, he married Laura Moretti in Sedona, Arizona.
Tom Berenger’s Career
He served in regional theatre and in 1972, he as well worked as a flight attendant along with Eastern Airlines, located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Besides, he transferred to New York in 1973.
Berenger served in soap operas and also had a starring role as lawyer Tim Siegel on One Life to Live. Additionally, his feature film debut was the lead in Rush It in 1976, an independent film. He had a small role as the killer of the lead character in 1977, (played by Diane Keaton) in Looking for Mr. Goodbar located on the murder of schoolteacher Roseann Quinn.
He has continued to have an active acting career in film and television, though often at a supporting level in more recent years. Besides, one of his most notable television appearances became on Cheers in its last season as Rebecca Howe’s blue collar-plumber love interest, for which he was also nominated for an Emmy Award for (Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series).
Moreover, he appeared in the 2010 science fiction thriller Inception along with Leonardo DiCaprio and also Cillian Murphy, where he played a business executive who served as a mentor to and became an associate of the father of Murphy’s character. Besides, it was his first major film role since Training Day in 2001.
Tom Berenger’s Net Worth
Berenger has an estimated net worth of $4 million.
Films
- Takedown
- Training Day
- The Hollywood Sign
- True Blue
- Watchtower
- D-Tox
- Sniper 2
- Sniper 3
- The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
- Stiletto Virgil Vadalos
- Silent Venom
- Charlie Valentine
- Breaking Point
- Smokin’
- Sinners and Saints
- Inception
- Faster
- Last Will
- Bucksville
- Brake
- War Flowers
- Bad Country
- Doc Holliday’s Revenge
- Lonesome Dove Church
- Sniper: Legacy Gunnery Sergeant
- Reach Me
- Impact Earth
- Sniper: Ultimate Kill
- Cops and Robbers
- American Dresser
- Battle of the Bulge:
- Gone Are the Days
- 1st Born
- Stakeout
- Supervized
- Blood and Money
- Adam
- Sniper: Assassin’s End
- Battle of the Bulge: Winter War Major McCulley
- The Most Dangerous Game
- Black Warrant
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