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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Tom Berenger (born May 31, 1949) is an American television and motion picture actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes in “Platoon.” He is also known for playing Jake Taylor in the “Major League” films and Thomas Beckett in the “Sniper” films.
Known for
- Vampires of the Velvet Lounge — Albert2026
- The Sheriff — Bobby J.2026
- Sniper: No Nation — Thomas Beckett2026
- Plan B — Joe Cassidy2024
- One More Shot — Mike Marshall2024
- Among Wolves — Father Callahan2023
- Desperate Riders — Doc Tillman2022
- A Tale of Two Guns — Marshall McTeague2022
- Black Warrant — Nick Falconi2022
- The Most Dangerous Game — Benjamin Colt2022
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Key facts
- Born
- Thomas Michael Moore , ( 1949-05-31 ) May 31, 1949 (age 77) , Chicago, Illinois , U.S.
- Education
- University of Missouri ( BA )
- Occupations
- Actor producer television writer
- Years active
- 1968–present
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tom
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- film production
- Official website
- tomberengeronline.com
- Image
- Tom Berenger 2019.jpg
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- Tom Berenger
- date of birth
- 1950-05-31
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- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
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- English language
- name in native language
- Tom Berenger
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Michael Moore (born May 31, 1949), known professionally as Tom Berenger, is an American actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and won a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal of the Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes in Platoon (1986). He is also known for playing Jake Taylor in the Major League films and Thomas Beckett in the Sniper films.
Other films he appeared in include Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), The Dogs of War (1980), The Big Chill (1983), Eddie and the Cruisers (1983), Someone to Watch Over Me (1987), Betrayed (1988), The Field (1990), Gettysburg (1993), The Substitute (1996), Training Day (2001), and Inception (2010). He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his performance as Jim Vance in the 2012 miniseries Hatfields & McCoys.
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