Born : 16 April 1971 (1971-04-16) (age 39)
Birth Name : Peter Billingsley
Birth Place : New York City, New York, US
Other names : Peter MichaelsenPeter Billingsley-Michaelsen
Occupation : Actor, producer, director
Nationality : American
Years active : 1973–present
Famous Why : A Christmas Story
FAMILY
Father : Alwin Michaelsen
Mother : Gail Billingsley
Brother : Win
Sister : Dina
Brother : Neil Billingsley
Sister : Melissa Michaelsen
Peter Billingsley Awards:
2005 Emmy: Outstanding Nonfiction Series - Nominee
College:
Attended Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ
BIOGRAPHY
Peter Billingsley has been a member of the Hollywood community since he was a small child, achieving success and accolades both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. The highly successful child actor-turned- producer received an Emmy Award nomination in 2005 as co-executive producer on the critically acclaimed Independent Film Channel show "Dinner for Five" (2001), with Jon Favreau. He also served as executive producer on the hit summer film The Break-Up and recently wrapped production on Marvel Comics feature film Iron Man, directed by Jon Favreau.Billingsley also served as co-producer on the Artisan Entertainment classic Made, starring Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn, as well as Sony's recent science fiction release Zathura, directed by Favreau.Billingsley recently became a principle in Wild West Picture Show Productions. The production company, founded by Vince Vaughn, currently has a first look production deal with Universal Studios.Growing up in the public eye, Billingsley began his acting career at the age of three in some of the '70s most memorable television commercials. After appearing on numerous television shows and films during his youth, the Emmy Award nominated actor delivered a performance for the ages in the beloved holiday film A Christmas Story (1983). Playing humorist 'Jean Shephard (I)''s youthful alter-ego "Ralphie", Billingsley's repeated requests in the film for a genuine Red Ryder B-B gun quickly catapulted the actor to instant stardom and has since driven the film into pop culture lore as the classic modern-day Christmas tale.Born in New York City, Billingsley currently resides in Los Angeles.
CAREER
Billingsley's first acting role was as a two-year-old in a Geritol commercial with Betty Buckley playing his mom. He went on to star in about 120 television ads throughout the 1970s and early 80s. At 12 he was quoted as saying: "After 100 (commercials), you lose count." He was likely best known for a series of commercials for Hershey's chocolate syrup in which he portrayed the popular character Messy Marvin.
One of Billingsley's earliest film roles was 1978's If Ever I See You Again (film), written and directed by Joseph Brooks. His role in 1981's Paternity opposite Burt Reynolds earned a nomination for "Best Young Comedian - Motion Picture or Television" at The Young Artist Awards. In 1981 he also appeared in Honky Tonk Freeway. In October 1981, Billingsley was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
In 1982 Billingsley starred in several features, including Death Valley, Massarati and the Brain, and the made-for-TV movie Memories Never Die with Lindsay Wagner and his sister, Melissa Michaelsen. Billingsley also had a featured guest role as Gideon Hale on Little House on the Prairie. He also began a three-year stint as a co-host on NBC's popular Real People, which would also land him another Young Artist Award nomination. He also hosted a two-episode offshoot of the show called Real Kids.
In 1983 Billingsley starred in A Christmas Story, based on Jean Shepherd's In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, which built its audience slowly over the years and is now broadcast twenty-four hours a day on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day on TBS. A Christmas Story tells of a boy named Ralphie who wants nothing more than a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas, while all the grown-ups in his life discourage him with the warning that "you'll shoot your eye out." This film earned Billingsley another Young Artist Award nomination, and is arguably the one role he is most associated with. Billingsley himself has been quoted as saying that people still approach him on the street, only to say "you'll shoot your eye out, kid!"
In 1984 Billingsley starred in an adaptation of The Hoboken Chicken Emergency with Dick Van Patten and Gabe Kaplan, a special Thanksgiving episode of the PBSseries WonderWorks. He also appeared on a "Super Teen" special edition of the popular Family Feud and on the game show Celebrity Hot Potato. As the late 1980s approached, Billingsley's acting career slowed. He was a guest star on Who's The Boss?, Punky Brewster, The Wonder Years and Highway To Heaven, and appeared in the film The Dirt Bike Kid (for which he won a Young Artist Award) and Carly's Web, Russkies (alongside a young Joaquin Phoenix) and Beverly Hills Brats.
The early 1990s saw Billingsley tackling older roles such as a would-be jock who gets hooked on steroids in the CBS Schoolbreak Special The Fourth Man. On that project he formed a close friendship with Vince Vaughn.
His next Schoolbreak Special appearance was in 1994's The Writing on the Wall, starring Hal Linden as a rabbi who teaches three boys about the horrors of intolerance after they are caught defacing his home, temple, and car with swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti. Billingsley was nominated for an Emmy Award for this role.
One of Billingsley's earliest film roles was 1978's If Ever I See You Again (film), written and directed by Joseph Brooks. His role in 1981's Paternity opposite Burt Reynolds earned a nomination for "Best Young Comedian - Motion Picture or Television" at The Young Artist Awards. In 1981 he also appeared in Honky Tonk Freeway. In October 1981, Billingsley was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
In 1982 Billingsley starred in several features, including Death Valley, Massarati and the Brain, and the made-for-TV movie Memories Never Die with Lindsay Wagner and his sister, Melissa Michaelsen. Billingsley also had a featured guest role as Gideon Hale on Little House on the Prairie. He also began a three-year stint as a co-host on NBC's popular Real People, which would also land him another Young Artist Award nomination. He also hosted a two-episode offshoot of the show called Real Kids.
In 1983 Billingsley starred in A Christmas Story, based on Jean Shepherd's In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, which built its audience slowly over the years and is now broadcast twenty-four hours a day on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day on TBS. A Christmas Story tells of a boy named Ralphie who wants nothing more than a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas, while all the grown-ups in his life discourage him with the warning that "you'll shoot your eye out." This film earned Billingsley another Young Artist Award nomination, and is arguably the one role he is most associated with. Billingsley himself has been quoted as saying that people still approach him on the street, only to say "you'll shoot your eye out, kid!"
In 1984 Billingsley starred in an adaptation of The Hoboken Chicken Emergency with Dick Van Patten and Gabe Kaplan, a special Thanksgiving episode of the PBSseries WonderWorks. He also appeared on a "Super Teen" special edition of the popular Family Feud and on the game show Celebrity Hot Potato. As the late 1980s approached, Billingsley's acting career slowed. He was a guest star on Who's The Boss?, Punky Brewster, The Wonder Years and Highway To Heaven, and appeared in the film The Dirt Bike Kid (for which he won a Young Artist Award) and Carly's Web, Russkies (alongside a young Joaquin Phoenix) and Beverly Hills Brats.
The early 1990s saw Billingsley tackling older roles such as a would-be jock who gets hooked on steroids in the CBS Schoolbreak Special The Fourth Man. On that project he formed a close friendship with Vince Vaughn.
His next Schoolbreak Special appearance was in 1994's The Writing on the Wall, starring Hal Linden as a rabbi who teaches three boys about the horrors of intolerance after they are caught defacing his home, temple, and car with swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti. Billingsley was nominated for an Emmy Award for this role.
MOVIES LIST
1. No Deposit, No Return (2000)
actor
2. The Last Frontier (1986)
TV Marty Adamson actor
3. Memories Never Die (1982)
TV Shawn Tilford actor
4. Massarati and the Brain (1982)
TV Christopher 'The Brain' Massarati actor
5. If Ever I See You Again (1978)
Child actor
6. The Sacred Fire (1994)
writer
7. "The New Adventures of A.R.K."
(1 episode, 2000) writer
8. "The X Show"(senior field producer) (unknown episodes)
producer
9. Clarkworld (2008)
10. Iron Man (2008)
11. Iron Man (2008)
12. Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (2006)
13. The Making of 'The Break-Up' (2006)
14. The Break-Up (2006)
15. Daisy Red Ryder: A History (2003)
16. Another Christmas Story (2003)
17. Elf (2003)uncredited
18. Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas (1997)archive footage
19. Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare (1995)
20. "Sherman Oaks" (1995)unknown episodes, 1996
21. Arcade (1993)
22. Beverly Hills Brats (1989)
23. "The Wonder Years" (1988)2 episodes, 1993
24. Russkies (1987)
25. Carly's Web (1987)
26. The Dirt Bike Kid (1985)
27. The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (1984)
28. "Punky Brewster" (1984)2 episodes, 1985-1986
29. "CBS Schoolbreak Special" (1984)2 episodes, 1990-1994
30. "Highway to Heaven" (1984)2 episodes, 1985
31. A Christmas Story (1983)
32. Death Valley (1982)
33. Paternity (1981)
34. Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
35. Arcade (1993)
V (post-production supervisor) (as Peter Michaelsen) production manager
36. The Great Christmas Movies (1998)
TV Himself self
37. "Real People" (1979)
Host (unknown episodes, 1982-1984) self
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