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Peter Billingsley is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Post Production Supervisor American born on 16 april 1971 at New York City (USA)
Peter Billingsley (born April 16, 1971), also known as Peter Michaelsen and Peter Billingsley-Michaelsen, is an American actor, director, and producer, best known for his role as Ralphie in the 1983 movie A Christmas Story and as "Messy Marvin" in the Hershey's Chocolate Syrup commercials during the 1970s. He began his career as an infant in television commercials.
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Birth name Peter Michaelsen or Peter Billingsley-Michaelsen (disputed)
Nationality USA
Birth 16 april 1971 (53 years) at New York City (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 16 april 1971 (53 years) at New York City (USA)
Peter Billingsley (born April 16, 1971), also known as Peter Michaelsen and Peter Billingsley-Michaelsen, is an American actor, director, and producer, best known for his role as Ralphie in the 1983 movie A Christmas Story and as "Messy Marvin" in the Hershey's Chocolate Syrup commercials during the 1970s. He began his career as an infant in television commercials.
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Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
, 2h9Directed by Jon Watts
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films set in the future, Films about spiders, Spider-Man films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films
Actors Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Cobie Smulders
Roles William Ginter Riva
Rating73%
Dévasté par la disparition d'Iron Man, son mentor, Peter Parker a pour projet de laisser son costume de super-héros derrière lui pendant quelques semaines afin de partir en vacances en Europe avec ses camarades lycéens, mais cette escapade est rapidement compromise quand il accepte à contrecœur d'aider Nick Fury à découvrir le mystère de plusieurs attaques de créatures, qui ravagent le continent.
A Case of You (2014)
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Justin Long, Evan Rachel Wood, Peter Dinklage, Sam Rockwell, Brendan Fraser, Sienna Miller
Roles Scott
Rating56%
Sam, a young New York City author, is dissatisfied with his life. Although his novelization of the blockbuster film Teen Vampire is popular he does not want to write the other novelizations his agent Alan urges; Sam suffers from writer's block with his own work, however. He is infatuated with Birdie, a street artist and barista at the local coffee shop, but does not know how to meet her.
Iron Man (2008)
, 2h6Directed by Jon Favreau
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about terrorism, Superhero films, Political films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Children's films
Actors Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, Shaun Toub, Faran Tahir
Roles William Ginter Riva
Rating76%
Genius, billionaire, and playboy Tony Stark, who has inherited the defense contractor Stark Industries from his father, is in war-torn Afghanistan with his friend and military liaison, Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodes to demonstrate the new "Jericho" missile. The convoy is ambushed and Stark is critically wounded by one of his own rocket propelled grenades. He is captured and imprisoned in a cave by the terrorist group the Ten Rings, and an electromagnet is grafted into his chest by fellow captive Yinsen to keep the shrapnel shell shards that wounded him from reaching his heart and killing him. Ten Rings leader Raza offers Stark freedom in exchange for building a Jericho missile for the group, but Tony and Yinsen agree Raza will not keep his word.
Four Christmases (2008)
, 1h28Directed by Seth Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Christmas films
Actors Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Jon Favreau, Mary Steenburgen
Roles Ticket Agent
Rating57%
Brad (Vince Vaughn) and Kate (Reese Witherspoon) are an upscale San Francisco couple. Having both come from dysfunctional families, with divorced parents and siblings with out-of-control kids, the two disdain the idea of getting married or having kids. In an effort to avoid their families at Christmas, the two go on vacation abroad while pretending to be doing charity work there. The third Christmas of their relationship, Brad and Kate are trapped at San Francisco International Airport by a fog bank that cancels every outbound flight, and interviewed by a news crew, alerting their families to the fact they're stuck at home for the holidays.
The Break-Up (2006)
, 1h45Directed by Peyton Reed
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Aniston, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Favreau, Cole Hauser, Jason Bateman
Roles Andrew
Rating58%
Gary Grobowski (Vince Vaughn) and Brooke Meyers (Jennifer Aniston) meet at Wrigley Field during a Chicago Cubs game and begin dating, eventually buying a condominium together. Gary works as a tour guide in a family business with his brothers, Lupus (Cole Hauser) and Dennis (Vincent D'Onofrio). Brooke manages an art gallery owned by eccentric artist Marilyn Dean (Judy Davis). Their relationship comes to a head after the latest in an escalating series of, "Why can't you do this one little thing for me?!" arguments. Brooke, feeling unappreciated, criticizes Gary's perceived immaturity and unwillingness to work on improving their relationship. Gary is frustrated by Brooke’s perceived controlling, perfectionistic attitude, and expresses his desire to have a little more independence (particularly when arriving home from work, wanting to unwind). Brooke becomes irate when Gary fails to offer to help her clean up after a big dinner party at their home; and, still frustrated from their earlier, unresolved argument, breaks up with him (despite still being in love with him). Brooke seeks relationship advice from her friend Addie (Joey Lauren Adams), while Gary goes to tell his side of things to friend Johnny Ostrofski (Jon Favreau).
, 1h40Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Documentary
Themes Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Jon Favreau, Peter Billingsley, Ahmed Ahmed, Justin Long, Keir O'Donnell, Vince Vaughn
Roles Self
Rating61%
The documentary follows the month-long live comedy variety tour of Vince Vaughn and four stand-up comedians in the spirit of Wild West Shows. Vaughn picked four comedians from The Comedy Store in Los Angeles (Ahmed Ahmed, John Caparulo, Bret Ernst and Sebastian Maniscalco) for the tour. The tour began September 12, 2005 in Hollywood at the Music Box Theater and spanned 30 shows over 30 consecutive nights in 30 cities across the United States. Vince Vaughn acts as emcee and performs improv sketches with surprise guests. The comedians traveled over 6,000 miles on their tour and included stops in the Western, Southern, and Midwestern states. The film highlights their performances on-stage and contains interviews with the various comedians.
Elf (2003)
, 1h37Directed by Jon Favreau
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Christmas films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Will Ferrell, Edward Asnere, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Daniel Tay
Roles Ming Ming (uncredited)
Rating70%
One Christmas Eve, during a stop at an orphanage, a baby boy named William, captivated by the sight of a teddy bear, crawls into Santa Claus's (Ed Asner) sack of gifts while he is delivering toys. Santa Claus unknowingly takes the boy back to the North Pole, and when discovered, is renamed Buddy because one the elves notices he is wearing "Little Buddy" brand diapers. Papa Elf (Bob Newhart) volunteers to raise him.
Arcade (1993)
, 1h25Directed by Albert Pyun
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films about video games
Actors Megan Ward, Peter Billingsley, John de Lancie, Sharon Farrell, Seth Green, Allison Joy Langer
Roles Nick
Rating47%
Alex Manning (Megan Ward) is a troubled suburban teenager. Her mother committed suicide and the school counselor feels that she has not dealt with her feelings properly. Manning and her friends decide to visit the local video arcade known as "Dante's Inferno" where a new virtual reality arcade game called "Arcade" is being test marketed by a computer company CEO who is more than willing to hand out free samples of the home console version and hype up the game as if his job is depending on it, and it is.
Beverly Hills Brats (1989)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Peter Billingsley, Martin Sheen, Burt Young, Terry Moore, Fernando Allende, George Kirby
Roles Scooter
Rating38%
Scooter (Billingsley) is a teen from a wealthy Beverly Hills family. After his plastic surgeon father (Sheen) remarries, Scooter is virtually ignored by his father and stepmother (Moore), and treated badly by his two other spoiled siblings, Sterling (Ramon Estevez) and Tiffany (Cathy Podewell). Scooter devises a plan to fake his own kidnapping to get his parents' attention and enlists the help of two bumbling crooks, Clive (Young) and Elmo (Kirby). After Scooter is "kidnapped" and a ransom is demanded, he quickly realizes that his plan failed to work and his parents don't miss him.
Russkies (1987)
, 1h39Directed by Rick Rosenthal
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Whip Hubley, Joaquin Phoenix, Peter Billingsley, Benjamin Hendrickson, Susan Walters, Patrick Kilpatrick
Roles Adam
Rating55%
A few nights before July 4, three government/military brats (Danny, Adam, and Jason) are gathered in a Key West bedroom reading their favorite comic book Sgt. Slammer. A Soviet warship is anchored just off the coast, and despite the violent storm, gung-ho intelligence officer Sulock ignores the captain and drags radioman Mischa Pushkin and his comrade Boris into a raft to row ashore and accept a prototype surveillance device from an American traitor. The raft capsizes and Mischa washes ashore.
, 3hDirected by Simon Wincer
Origin USA
Actors Linda Evans, Jack Thompson, Jason Robards, Peter Billingsley, Judy Morris, Meredith Salenger
Roles Marty Adamson
Rating62%
Kate Adamson (Linda Evans) is a struggling single mother from Los Angeles. She meets and falls in love with Australian cattle station owner Tom Hannon (Tony Bonner) who is visiting America on business. The couple marry after a whirlwind two week courtship. Tom leaves for Australia and Kate agrees to follow a week later. Her two children Tina and Marty are unenthusiastic about the move but are convinced by their mother to come along.
The Dirt Bike Kid (1985)
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Peter Billingsley, Stuart Pankin, Patrick Collins, Anne Bloom, Angie Bolling, Tyrees Allen
Roles Jack Simmons
Rating53%
Jack Simmons (Peter Billingsley) is a lazy boy who lives with his widowed mother (Anne Bloom) who is struggling to support herself and her son since the death of her husband. One day, Mrs. Simmons orders Jack to buy groceries with her last $50 bill she has in her savings, but Jack is distracted by a dirt bike race and uses the $50 to buy a dirt bike from a local bully named Max (Gavin Allen). When Jack has the bike, he learns it is alive, or possibly occupied by a friendly spirit, and does things to help out Jack. Mrs. Simmons is furious that Jack spent her money on a dirt bike, and promptly confiscates the bike and sells it to a local shop owner, Mr. Zak (Al Evans), thus recouping her $50. However, the bike returns in the middle of the night to visit Jack. Jack tells this to Mr. Zak, who says Jack can work off his debt by having himself and the bike make deliveries for him.
A Christmas Story (1983)
, 1h34Directed by Bob Clark
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Christmas films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin, Melinda Dillon, Jean Shepherd, Ian Petrella, Zack Ward
Roles Ralphie
Rating78%
Nine-year-old Ralphie Parker wants only one thing for Christmas: a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle with a compass in the stock and "this thing which tells time", a sundial. Ralphie's desire is rejected by his mother, his teacher Miss Shields, and even a department store Santa Claus, all giving him the same warning: "You'll shoot your eye out".
Death Valley (1982)
, 1h27Directed by Dick Richards
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Paul Le Mat, Catherine Hicks, Edward Herrmann, Peter Billingsley, Stephen McHattie, Wilford Brimley
Roles Billy
Rating54%
Paul Stanton has talked his son Billy into being sent off on holiday (of sorts) to California to join his Mother, Alexandra Garcia From Frys Electronics and her old high school sweetheart Jr. (and current new boyfriend Noland Grimes) Nolan who are going into Arizona. Deciding on checking out Death Valley, they've yet to find out that it is currently the new stamping grounds of cowboy serial killer (wearing a stetson and Pink Male Thong to hide his identity) and his equally demented twin (who both have a tendency to tap-dance and belt out good old country ditties). Both have just done away with a teenage couple residing at an abandoned gold mine (with the aid of the couple's own chopping knife). Billy, stretching his legs, stumbles across their camper filled with death, missing the carnage he comes across a frog pendant lying on a shag pile. His moment of Farce influences of undeniability is unproven somewhat seals his fate as its owner returns to find his trinket gone and so he takes off after Billy and his family, who wind up seemingly in the safe vicinity of a nearby Wild West novelty town.
Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
, 1h48Directed by John Schlesinger
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Beverly D'Angelo, Hume Cronyn, David Rasche, Jessica Tandy, Howard Hesseman, Teri Garr
Roles Little Billy
Rating52%
In a small Florida tourist town named Ticlaw, the Mayor/Preacher Kirby T. Calo (William Devane) also operates a hotel and tiny wildlife safari park. The town's major draw is a water-skiing elephant named Bubbles.