Tom Berenger
Tom Berenger
Tom Berengeris 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. Other films he appeared in include Looking for Mr. Goodbar, The Dogs of War, The Big Chill, Betrayed, The Field, Gettysburg, The Substitute, One Man's Hero, Training Day, and Inception...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth31 May 1949
CityChicago, IL
CountryUnited States of America
You realize just how long youve been away when you get home and start dialing 8 out of habit so you can get access to local calls.
Around mid-life everyone goes maniac a little bit.
You can't think that you're playing a villain, or you'll end up with a cartoon. You have to think about him as a person and a hero.
To people outside, they think, Gee, that's great. You get to go here and there. The other side of that is our expression, This is location, not vacation
I got to talking to an old actor, and he had a bunch of stories about the Rough Riders
I was kind of confused. I thought, Well, if I get drafted, I'll go. Everybody was very concerned with it. I had friends who went. Some that came back and some that didn't
My mother, sister and I watched through the windows as my father gambled
While I was doing these plays in the beginning, I wasn't getting paid. I thought of it more as a hobby. Then I realized how seriously a lot of these people took what they were doing
I guess if I weren't an actor, I'd be a history professor
I remember seeing Bill Hurt in New York once. I talked to him on the phone around 1988 and that's about it. I was shooting in New York and somebody said Glenn Close came by the set
Every other movie is one of those action things. I mean, 'Lost in Space'? A bunch of good actors running around shooting at special effects on a soundstage? I took my kids to see that and felt like I was on an acid trip.
I've done about six comedies. Oddly enough, the script came to me from one of the guys in Platoon
I'm probably satisfied with my career 80 percent of the time
This is all new to me, these re-releases. I don't know how these things do. I don't know if it will be people who saw it originally or young people