---
name: "Tom Berenger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-berenger"
fi1m_id: "tom-berenger"
imdb_id: "nm0000297"
tmdb_id: 13022
wikidata_id: "Q299317"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 May 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-05T16:53:34.058044+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tom Berenger

## Identity

Tom Berenger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-berenger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-berenger
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000297
- **TMDB ID:** 13022
- **Wikidata ID:** Q299317
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Berenger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q299317, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000297/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13022

Actor. Born 31 May 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 May 1949, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 1983–present
- **Also known as:** 톰 베린저,  Том Беренджер, تام برنگر
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 75 (3), 1990s 58 (1), 2000s 80 (1), 2010s 80 (1), 2020s 54 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 73 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 2 of 6 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 4, Drama 4, Thriller 2, War 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,399m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Berenger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q299317, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000297/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13022

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Platoon*](https://film.one/film/platoon.md) (84), [*Shattered*](https://film.one/film/shattered.md) (58)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Inception*](https://film.one/film/inception.md) (80)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Training Day*](https://film.one/film/training-day.md) (80)
- **Tubi:** [*The Big Chill*](https://film.one/film/the-big-chill.md) (67)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Tom Berenger is an American actor. Born Thomas Michael Moore on 31 May 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, he studied journalism at the University of Missouri before training as an actor in New York.

He received an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award for his performance as Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes in *Platoon* (1986). Berenger is also known for playing Jake Taylor in the *Major League* films (1989, 1994) and Thomas Beckett in the *Sniper* series. Other credits include *Inception* (2010) as Peter Browning, *Training Day* (2001) as Stan Gursky, and the television miniseries *Hatfields & McCoys* (2012), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *One More Shot* (2024), Fi1m 54, as Mike Marshall — [page](https://film.one/film/one-more-shot.md)
- *Inception* (2010), Fi1m 80, as Peter Browning — [page](https://film.one/film/inception.md)
- *Training Day* (2001), Fi1m 80, as Stan Gursky — [page](https://film.one/film/training-day.md)
- *Shattered* (1991), Fi1m 58, as Dan Merrick — [page](https://film.one/film/shattered.md)
- *Born on the Fourth of July* (1989), Fi1m 74, as Sergeant Hayes — [page](https://film.one/film/born-on-the-fourth-of-july.md)
- *Platoon* (1986), Fi1m 84, as Sergeant Robert "Bob" Barnes — [page](https://film.one/film/platoon.md)
- *The Big Chill* (1983), Fi1m 67, as Sam Weber — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-chill.md)

## Complete filmography (113)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Sheriff* (2026), as Bobby J.
- *Vampires of the Velvet Lounge* (2026), as Albert
- *Sniper: No Nation* (2026), as Thomas Beckett
- *Plan B* (2024), as Joe Cassidy
- *One More Shot* (2024), as Mike Marshall — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/one-more-shot.md)
- *Among Wolves* (2023), as Father Callahan
- *As Good as Dead* (2022), as Sonny Kilbane
- *Black Warrant* (2022), as Nick Falconi
- *The Most Dangerous Game* (2022), as Benjamin Colt
- *Desperate Riders* (2022), as Doc Tillman
- *A Tale of Two Guns* (2022), as Marshall McTeague
- *Battle of the Bulge: Winter War* (2020), Actor
- *Adam* (2020), as Jerry
- *Sniper: Assassin's End* (2020), as Thomas Beckett
- *Blood and Money* (2020), as Jim Reed
- *Supervized* (2019), as Ray
- *Stakeout* (2019), as Joe Smith
- *1st Born* (2019), as Tucker Jefferson
- *American Dresser* (2018), as John Moore
- *Gone Are the Days* (2018), as Will
- *Wunderland* (2018), as Major McCulley
- *Cops and Robbers* (2017), as Captain Randolph
- *Sniper: Ultimate Kill* (2017), as Thomas Beckett
- *Impact Earth* (2015), as Herbert Sloan
- *Sniper: Legacy* (2014), as Thomas Beckett
- *Bad Country* (2014), as Lutin Adams
- *Lonesome Dove Church* (2014), as John Shepherd
- *Doc Holliday's Revenge* (2014), as Judge Wells
- *Reach Me* (2014), as Teddy
- *War Flowers* (2012), as General McIntire
- *Hatfields & McCoys* (2012), series, as Jim Vance
- *Brake* (2012), as Ben Reynolds
- *Bucksville* (2011), as The Patron of Justice
- *Last Will* (2011), as Frank Emery
- *Faster* (2010), as Warden
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Eddie Williams — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *Inception* (2010), as Peter Browning — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/inception.md)
- *Sinners and Saints* (2010), as Captain Trahan
- *Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball* (2010), as Walter Weed
- *Breaking Point* (2009), as Steven Luisi
- *Silent Venom* (2009), as Admiral Bradley Wallace
- *Charlie Valentine* (2009), as Becker
- *Amber Alert: Terror on the Highway* (2008), as Larsan
- *Stiletto* (2008), as Virgil Vadalos
- *The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey* (2007), as Jonathan Toomey
- *October Road* (2007), series, as The Commander
- *Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King* (2006), series, as Richard Kinnell
- *Into the West* (2005), series, as Colonel J. Chivington
- *Arthur Hailey's Detective* (2005), as Sgt. Malcolm Ainslie
- *Sniper 3* (2004), as Thomas Beckett
- *Peacemakers* (2003), series, as Marshal Jared Stone · Story
- *Sniper 2* (2002), as Thomas Beckett
- *The Junction Boys* (2002), as Paul 'Bear' Bryant
- *The Hollywood Sign* (2002), as Tom Greener
- *Johnson County War* (2002), as Cain Hammett
- *Cruel and Unusual* (2002), as Adam Turrell
- *D-Tox* (2002), as Hank
- *True Blue* (2001), as Rembrandt Macy
- *Training Day* (2001), as Stan Gursky — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/training-day.md)
- *Cutaway* (2000), as Red Line
- *Takedown* (2000), as McCoy Rollins
- *Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying* (1999), as Sikes
- *Diplomatic Siege* (1999), as Gén. Buck Swain
- *In the Company of Spies* (1999), as Kevin Jefferson
- *Third Watch* (1999), series, as Aaron Noble
- *One Man's Hero* (1999), as Captain John Riley
- *A Murder of Crows* (1999), as Clifford Dubose
- *Shadow of Doubt* (1998), as Jack Campioni
- *The Gingerbread Man* (1998), as Pete Randle
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), series, as Harrison Wyatt — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md)
- *Rough Riders* (1997), series, as Theodore Roosevelt
- *An Occasional Hell* (1996), as Dr. Ernest Dewalt · Executive Producer
- *The Substitute* (1996), as Jonathan Shale
- *Last of the Dogmen* (1995), as Lewis Gates
- *Body Language* (1995), as Atty. Gavin St. Claire
- *The Avenging Angel* (1995), as Miles Utley · Co-Producer
- *The Lincoln Assassination* (1995), as Narrator
- *Chasers* (1994), as Rock Reilly
- *Major League II* (1994), as Jake Taylor
- *Gettysburg* (1993), as Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet
- *Sliver* (1993), as Jack Lansford
- *Sniper* (1993), as Thomas Beckett
- *At Play in the Fields of the Lord* (1991), as Lewis Moon
- *Shattered* (1991), as Dan Merrick — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/shattered.md)
- *The Field* (1990), as Peter - The American
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Dean Tyler — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Dream On* (1990), series, as Nick Spencer
- *Love at Large* (1990), as Harry Dobbs
- *Born on the Fourth of July* (1989), as Sergeant Hayes — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/born-on-the-fourth-of-july.md)
- *Major League* (1989), as Jake Taylor
- *Last Rites* (1988), as Father Michael Pace
- *Betrayed* (1988), as Gary Simmons
- *Shoot to Kill* (1988), as Jonathan Knox
- *Someone to Watch Over Me* (1987), as Det. Mike Keegan
- *Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam* (1987), as (voice)
- *Platoon* (1986), as Sergeant Robert "Bob" Barnes — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/platoon.md)
- *If Tomorrow Comes* (1986), series, as Jeff Stevens
- *Rustlers' Rhapsody* (1985), as Rex O'Herlihan
- *Fear City* (1984), as Matt Rossi
- *The Big Chill* (1983), as Sam Weber — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-chill.md)
- *Eddie and the Cruisers* (1983), as Frank Ridgeway
- *Cheers* (1982), series, as Don Santry — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)
- *Beyond the Door* (1982), as Matthew Jackson
- *The Dogs of War* (1980), as Drew
- *Flesh & Blood* (1979), as Bobby Fallon
- *Flesh & Blood* (1979), series, as Bobby Fallon
- *Butch and Sundance: The Early Days* (1979), as Butch Cassidy
- *In Praise of Older Women* (1978), as Andras Vayda
- *Rush It* (1978), as Richard Moore
- *Looking for Mr. Goodbar* (1977), as Gary
- *Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye* (1977), as Billy Sutton
- *The Sentinel* (1977), as Man at End
- *Minute Mark*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![KEY WEST, Fla. (Nov. 22, 2018) Oscar-nominated actor Tom Berenger chats with Sailors during Thanksgiving lunch at the Chiefs Mess at Naval Air Station Key West’](https://film.one/media/person/97386/gallery-350802888652.jpg) KEY WEST, Fla. (Nov. 22, 2018) Oscar-nominated actor Tom Berenger chats with Sailors during Thanksgiving lunch at the Chiefs Mess at Naval Air Station Key West’ — Danette Baso Silvers, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Actor_Tom_Berenger_at_NAS_Key_West_for_Thanksgiving.jpg/1280px-Actor_Tom_Berenger_at_NAS_Key_West_for_Thanksgiving.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nikon D5100 at 35 mm 1/250 at f/1.8 The cast of The Big Chill sit onstage for a lengthy Q&A after its 30th anniversary screening at the 2013 Toronto Interna](https://film.one/media/person/97386/gallery-454b5e0499af.jpg) Nikon D5100 at 35 mm 1/250 at f/1.8 The cast of The Big Chill sit onstage for a lengthy Q&A after its 30th anniversary screening at the 2013 Toronto Interna — Mr. Bombdiggity, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/The_cast_of_The_Big_Chill_sit_onstage_for_a_lengthy_Q%26A_after_its_30th_anniversary_screening_at_the_2013_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_%2813306477983%29.jpg/1280px-The_cast_of_The_Big_Chill_sit_onstage_for_a_lengthy_Q%26A_after_its_30th_anniversary_screening_at_the_2013_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_%2813306477983%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tom Berenger at the 2013 Monte-Carlo Television Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/97386/gallery-483a1ebe120a.jpg) Tom Berenger at the 2013 Monte-Carlo Television Festival. — Frantogian, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Tom_Berenger_-_Monte-Carlo_Television_Festival.jpg/1280px-Tom_Berenger_-_Monte-Carlo_Television_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tom Berenger](https://film.one/media/person/97386/gallery-7ac4279c8fcc.jpg) Tom Berenger — John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel  Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Tom_Berenger_2019.jpg/1280px-Tom_Berenger_2019.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Tom Berenger](https://film.one/media/person/97386/gallery-5d06a3af12a6.jpg) Tom Berenger — Image via TMDB
- ![Tom Berenger](https://film.one/media/person/97386/gallery-adfb4ab49d3a.jpg) Tom Berenger — Image via TMDB
- ![Tom Berenger](https://film.one/media/person/97386/gallery-bb1343f7895c.jpg) Tom Berenger — Image via TMDB
- ![Nikon D5100 at 290 mm 1/25 at f/6.0 Tom Berenger and the rest of the cast of The Big Chill sit onstage for a lengthy Q&A after its 30th anniversary screenin (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/97386/gallery-cb7a1950e2ab.jpg) Nikon D5100 at 290 mm 1/25 at f/6.0 Tom Berenger and the rest of the cast of The Big Chill sit onstage for a lengthy Q&A after its 30th anniversary screenin (2013) — Mr. Bombdiggity, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Tom_Berenger_at_a_Q%26A_after_its_30th_anniversary_screening_of_The_Big_Chill_at_the_2013_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_%2813306684824%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1987: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Platoon*

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 2012: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (won), for *Hatfields & McCoys*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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