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] Bob Clark and Jean Shepherd 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.”
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.”
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.
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.
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.
Peter and actor, Vince Vaughn 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.
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.
Return to the previous page| Birth Date: | 16 Apr, 1971 |
| Age: | 49 yrs |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | New York City |
| Education: | Phoenix College |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American actor and director |
| Net Worth 2020: | 10 million |
| Net Worth 2021: | 12 million |
