TOM BERENGER BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Tom Berenger was born on May 31st, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois with the birth name Thomas Michael Moore. He graduated from Rich East High School in 1967 and then enrolled at the university of Missouri where he studied journalism. During college he took up acting and began performing in a number of school productions such as, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?".
After graduating from college he began performing in regional theater and soon broke into the film industry adding such credits to his resume as, "Rush It" (1976), "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" (1977) starring Diane Keaton, Tuesday Weld and Richard Gere, "In Praise of Older Women" (1978) "The Dogs of War" (1980) co-starring Barbara Hershey, "The Big Chill" (1983), "Platoon" (1986) starring Charlie Sheen and an early career performance for an up an coming star Johnny Depp, "Someone to Watch Over Me" (1987) and "Major League" (1989).
He had now made quite a name or himself in the industry and he continued to add more prominent film roles to his resume starring in, "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989), "Shattered" (1991), "Sliver" (1993) and "Chasers" (1994).
In addition to his acting he worked on the other side of the industry as a producer for the television movies, "The Avenging Angel" (1995), the 1997 mini-series, "Rough Riders" and most recently in 2003 on the television series, "Peacemakers".
He has also added numerous television appearances to his resume on such series as, "Cheers", "Dream On", "Law & Order", "Ally McBeal", "October Road" and "XIII: The Series".
Most recently, Berenger has been seen on the films, "Bucksville" (2011), "Brake" (2012), "Quad" (2011) and the new hit television series, "Hatfields & McCoys" (2012).
Tom Berenger has married three times throughout his lifetime, first to Barbara Wilson whom he married in 1976 and they had two children together before the marriage ended in divorce in 1984. He then married Lisa Williams in 1986 and had three daughters with her before this marriage also came to an end in 1997. His third wife was Patricia Alvaran and they also have one daughter together and wed in 1998. In 2011, this marriage also came to an end.
When he is not working in the industry, he owns a home in Beaufort, South Carolina.
Filmography
2012 Hatfields & McCoys
2011 Quad
2012 Brake
2011 Bucksville
2011 XIII: The Series
2011 War Flowers
2010 Faster
2010 Inception
2010 Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
2010 Last Will
2010 Sinners and Saints
2009 Silent Venom
2009 Breaking Point
2009 Charlie Valentine
2008 Desperate Hours: An Amber Alert
2008 Stiletto
2007-2008 October Road
2007 The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
2007 America's Iliad: The Siege of Charleston
2006 Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
2006 Amy Coyne
2005 Into the West
2005 Detective
2004 Sniper 3
2004 Capital City
2003 Peacemakers
2003 Third Watch
2002 Sniper 2
2002 The Junction Boys
2002 Johnson County War
2002 D-Tox
2002 Watchtower
2001 Ally McBeal
2001 True Blue
2001 The Hollywood Sign
2001 Training Day
2000 Cutaway
2000 Takedown
2000 Law & Order
1999 Fear of Flying
1999 In the Company of Spies
1999 One Man's Hero
1999 Diplomatic Siege
1998 A Murder of Crows
1998 Shadow of Doubt
1998 The Gingerbread Man
1997 Rough Riders
1996 An Occasional Hell
1996 The Substitute
1995 Last of the Dogmen
1995 Body Language
1995 The Avenging Angel
1994 Chasers
1994 Major League II
1993 Gettysburg
1993 Sliver
1993 Cheers
1993 Sniper
1991 At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991 Dream On
1991 Shattered
1990 The Field
1990 Love at Large
1989 Born on the Fourth of July
1989 Major League
1988 Last Rites
1988 Betrayed
1988 Shoot to Kill
1987 Someone to Watch Over Me
1986 Platoon
1986 If Tomorrow Comes
1985 Rustlers' Rhapsody
1984 Fear City
1983 Eddie and the Cruisers
1983 The Big Chill
1982 Beyond the Door
1980 The Dogs of War
1979 Flesh & Blood
1979 Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
1978 In Praise of Older Women
1978 Rush It
1977 Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977 Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
1977 The Sentinel
1975-1976 One Life to Live
