Billy Wirth was born on June 23,1962 and is an American Hollywood actor, film producer, and former fashion model, best known for his role as the vampire, Dwayne in the 1987 horror film, The Lost Boys.
11 Facts About Billy Wirth
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Billy Wirth was the son of Morris A Wirth an American who was of Russian and Jewish background, who worked as a lawyer, while his mother Jean Wirth was a visual artist.
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Billy Wirth's mother Jean, who was born in the state of Iowa, is of Anglo-American and Native American heritage.
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Billy Wirth was a student at Collegiate School, where he was a classmate of musician John Hermann, and attended Brown University where he was discovered by fashion model photographer Bruce Weber, and soon began a modeling career.
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Billy Wirth modeled for American and European fashion magazines such as Seventeen, GQ, Interview, Teen magazines and took part in fashion show events in the 1980s.
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Billy Wirth originally worked as a fashion model until he gave up on fashion and turned to Hollywood acting.
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Billy Wirth moved to Los Angeles, California in the mid 1980s to pursue an acting career, which began with a role in the 1985 feature film, Seven Minutes in Heaven.
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Billy Wirth continued modeling combining it with acting, until he walked away from the fashion industry in the early 1990s, to dedicate his time to full-time acting.
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Billy Wirth took part in the global-hit television game show American Gladiators, competing during the series' first season in 1989 and advancing to the first-half semi-finals before failing to win the title.
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Billy Wirth appeared in the official Electric Crown music video by the American heavy metal band, Testament in 1992.
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Billy Wirth starred in Charmed as the witch, Matthew Tate.