Gil Birmingham
Biography
Gil Birmingham is an American actor whose screen career began when a talent scout noticed him bodybuilding at a gym and recruited him for a Diana Ross music video. After studying acting with Larry Moss and Charles Conrad, he made his television debut on Riptide and later had a recurring role as Oz on Body & Soul, which earned him a First Americans in the Arts award. He played Manny Deadmarsh in The Doe Boy, his first feature film, and became widely known as Billy Black across the five Twilight films. He voiced Wounded Bird in Rango (2011), played the Texas Ranger alongside Jeff Bridges in Hell or High Water (2016), and appeared in Wind River (2017) as a father whose daughter dies on an Arapaho reservation. On television he played Chief Thomas Rainwater on Yellowstone and appeared in Under the Banner of Heaven.
73years old
Turns 74 on July 13in 244 days
- Born San Antonio
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 18 years2005 to 2023
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First role
Gil Birmingham was spotted by a talent scout while bodybuilding at a local gym, and that led to his first acting job in Diana Ross's 1982 music video for "Muscles."
A change of course
Before turning to acting, Birmingham earned a Bachelor of Science from the USC Price School of Public Policy and worked as a petrochemical engineer.
Early training
Once he committed to acting, Birmingham trained with teachers Larry Moss and Charles Conrad, and played Conan the Barbarian in a Universal Studios Hollywood theme park show.
Gil Birmingham movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Hell or High Water2016 Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Westernas Alberto Parker
IMDb rating 7.6282K votes
Most often with
Gore Verbinski directed two of these films. Graham Greene appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Kristen Stewart's page
Anna Kendrick's page
Ashley Greene's page
Gore VerbinskiDirector, 2 films, 2011 to 2013
All films by Gore Verbinski
Also two films together10 more actors
- Robert PattinsonThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) and Twilight (2008)
- Peter FacinelliThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) and Twilight (2008)
- Kellan LutzThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) and Twilight (2008)
- Billy BurkeThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) and Twilight (2008)
- Jackson RathboneThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) and Twilight (2008)
- Nikki ReedThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) and Twilight (2008)
- Elizabeth ReaserThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) and Twilight (2008)
- Irene BedardTurok: Son of Stone (2008) and Love's Long Journey (2005)
- Taylor LautnerThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) and Twilight (2008)
- Julia JonesWind River (2017) and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Gil Birmingham's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$1.7 billion
8 of the 14 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 14 films: 8 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$712M42.0% of the total
- 2$394M23.2% of the total
- 3$261M15.4% of the total
- 4$246M14.5% of the total
- 5$45M2.7% of the total
- 6$38M2.2% of the total
- 7$1.8M0.1% of the total
- 8$79K0.0% of the total
