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<p>Peter Billingsley is a highly successful American <a href="/biography/peter-billingsley">actor</a>, director and producer. He is most famous for his role as Ralphie on the classic holiday film, A Christmas Story. He was the <a href="/biography/peter-billingsley">winner</a> of the 1983 ‘Young Artist Award’ for Best Actor and he is in an exclusive league of actors famous for their philanthropic and charity work.</p>

<h2>Background</h2>

<p><a href="/biography/peter-billingsley">Peter Billingsley-Michaelsen</a> is was born on April 16, 1971 in New York City, New York. He came into the world as the son of Alwin Michaelsen and Gail Michaelsen. His father was a finance consultant and his mother once worked as his secretary before they entered a romantic relationship.</p>

<p>Peter’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Billingsley">brother</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Billingsley">Neil Billingsley</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Michaelsen">sister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Michaelsen">Melissa Michaelsen</a> are also recognized actors. Being the grandnephew of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Billingsley">actor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Billingsley">Sherman Billingsley</a>, Peter had a great penchant for acting from his early childhood. Not only <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Billingsley">Sherman Billingsley</a>, but many of his relatives were in the industry of acting and this made quite an impact on Peter as he made his decision to pursue acting as his profession.</p>

<p>Peter’s preliminary education was from a mix of a number of public schools and private tuitions because of his acting career. He went to prominent schools such as the Phoenix country day School, Paradise Valley and Professional Children School. Upon completion of his high school education from Arcadia High School, Billingsley went on to attend Phoenix College.</p>

<h2>Acting Career</h2>

<p>For Billingsley, the call from the show biz industry happened quite early. By the time he was 11 years of age, Peter’s acting streak in commercials counted to as high as 120 different commercials. As a child actor, he appeared in movies like ‘If Ever I See you Again (1978)’. In ‘Paternity (1981),’ he was casted for the role of Tad. He played Little Billy in ‘Honky Tonky Freeway (1981).’  For the film ‘The Dirt Bike Kid (1985),’ Peter received his very first award for acting in the form of Young Artist Award for the Best Leading Young Actor.</p>

<p>Other feature films in which Bill Starred are ‘Death Valley (1982),’ ‘A Christmas Story (1983),’ ‘Russkies (1987),’ and ‘Beverly Hills Brat (1989)’. His most famous movie ‘A Christmas Story,’ remains a favorite of children and families and is watched widely around the country when the holiday season arrives.</p>

<p>In an interview with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playbill">Playbill</a>, Peter was asked about his iconic role on A Christmas Story. He was really young when the movie was filmed so that website wanted to see if he could recall anything from his time on the set. Peter was happy to talk about the biggest moment of his acting career, “I had been acting for a long time. I started when I was two-and-a-half and I was about 12 when I did the movie. I had been a part of some pretty big-budget flops prior to that. When you’re involved in those big-budget movies there’s a lot of hype, “Oh this is gonna be a big hit!” And A Christmas Story wasn’t. It came and went and was a big disappointment at the box office. I think the difference with this movie, that I sensed right away, was everyone’s approach to the work.”</p>

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<p>Most films in today’s age wraps up in a year after production. The interesting thing about Peter’s famous movie is how long it took to get made, “In many ways it was the little engine that could. It took about 12 years to get made. [Director] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Clark">Bob Clark</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Shepherd">Jean Shepherd</a> fought so hard to get it set up, and MGM sort of reluctantly agreed to the financing. So, it was really devotion to the work and not to the hype. Which was refreshing.”</p>

<p>Celebrating the holidays is a child’s dream, Peter got to experience it multiple times because of the film’s content, “Also, as a kid it was great because we shot it right after Christmas and the producers had convinced downtown Cleveland to keep all the Christmas decorations up. So it was like Christmas every day when you went to work, and it’s my favorite holiday, so that was a lot of fun.”</p>

<h2>Becoming A Mature Actor</h2>

<p>In the year 1990, Billingsley appeared in much older roles with television series like the CBS school break special ‘The Fourth Man.’ His other mature role in the year 1994 was the movie ‘The Writing on the Wall’. It was a good enough performance to put him in the conversation for a nomination for the Emmy Awards.</p>

<p>The movie Arcade released 1993 was one of his best performances since A Christmas Story. He played the role of a ‘virtual reality addict’ troubled teenager. For this movie, he also worked as post production supervisor. The experience lit a fire under him and from then on, his interest shifted to work behind the scenes. He really got interested into film editing, writing, direction and production. ‘The Sacred Fire’ was a short film that expressed his acting and directing creativity. The film won the Golden Scroll Award. Peter’s other behind the scenes work was done for movies like Zathura, Dinner for Five, and The Break- Up.</p>

<p>The famous superhero film Iron Man offered him a pivotal role of William Ginter Riva in 2008. He also served as the executive producer of the film. It was commercial and personal success for Peter. He was happy to be at the front of the wave of the Superhero movie boom.</p>

<p>Peter and actor, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Vaughn">Vince Vaughn</a> combined their efforts to start a production company known as "Wild West Picture Show Productions". The production company has kicked off its maiden production deal with Universal Studios.</p>

<h2>Personal Life</h2>

<p>Peter is not married but engaged to Buffy Bains and currently resides in Los Angeles. Peter has a net worth around $2 Million that he has earned from his successful acting and production career. Peter Billingsley is a social giver and supports charities which make a positive impact on the life of poor. He has kept the spirit that he had on the set of A Christmas Story and is now using his excess resources to change the world.</p>

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