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.
