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William E. Wirth (born June 23, 1962) is an American actor, film producer, and artist, perhaps best known for his role as Dwayne in the 1987 film, The Lost Boys.

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Billy Wirth
Billy Wirth in 1975
Born	William E. Wirth (1962-06-23) June 23, 1962 (age 59) New York, New York
Occupation	Actor, director, producer, writer
Years active	1985–present
Website	http://www.billywirth.com/

Life and career

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Wirth was born in New York City to a lawyer father and an artist mother. His paternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants. His mother, who was born in Iowa, had Native American,[1] English, Scottish and Irish ancestry.^{[citation needed]}

He was a student at Collegiate School, where he was a classmate of musician John Hermann,[2] and attended Brown University,^{[citation needed]} where he was discovered by photographer Karen Michele,^{[citation needed]} while they were both in their teens. Karen Michele went on to have a career in photography and Billy used the first headshots Karen took to begin a modeling career in New York.^{[citation needed]} He moved to California in the 1980s to pursue an acting career, which began with a role in the 1985 feature, Seven Minutes in Heaven. His performance as Dwayne in The Lost Boys followed, and he landed a starring role in the 1988 film War Party.

Wirth continued acting, working in both film and television, appearing for example in Abel Ferrara's 1993 film Body Snatchers as well as Sex and the City and CSI. He took part in the television series American Gladiators, competing during the series' first season in 1989 and advancing to the first-half semifinals before falling.[3] He also starred in Charmed as Matthew Tate. Since 1999, he has been writing, directing, and producing independent films. His work on directing, writing, and producing his 2001 film MacArthur Park has earned him several award nominations.^{[citation needed]} In addition to his work in the film industry, Wirth is a musician and artist.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film and TV credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Seven Minutes in Heaven	"Zoo" Knudsen	Film
1985	The Equalizer	Ralph	Episode: "Mama's Boy"
1986	The Ellen Burstyn Show	Johnny	Episode: "Pilot"
1987	Nothing in Common	Joey D.	TV series
1987	The Lost Boys	Dwayne	Film
1988	War Party	Sonny Crowkiller	Film
1989	American Gladiators	Contestant / Himself	3 episodes
1989	Wiseguy	Eddie Tempest	Episodes: "The Rip-Off Stick", "High Dollar Bop", "Hip Hop on the Gravy Train"
1990	Parker Kane	Jesse	TV movie
1991	Tales from the Crypt	Ted Morgan	Episode: "Split Second"
1992	Red Shoe Diaries	Thomas K. Butler, The Workman	TV movie
1992	Who Killed the Baby Jesus	Travis Adams	Film
1992	Crow's Nest	Tommy Crosetti	Film
1993	Body Snatchers	Tim Young	Film
1994	The Fence	Terry Griff	Film
1994	Judicial Consent	Martin	Film
1994	Final Mission	Tom "Outlaw" Waters	Direct-to-video
1995	Venus Rising	Nick	Film
1995	Boys on the Side	Nick	Film
1995	Children of the Dust	Corby / White Wolf	TV movie
1996	Starlight	Kieran	Film
1996	Space Marines	Zack Delano	Film
1997	Last Lives	Malakai	Film
1998	Relax... It's Just Sex	Jared Bartoziak	Film
1998	Martial Law	Kevin Seidel	Episode: "Extreme Measures"
1998	Charmed	Matthew Tate	Episode: "The Witch Is Back"
1999	Kismet	Fantasy Guy	Short film, also Director
1999	Me and Will	Charlie	Film
2000	Sex and the City	Dr. Mark Raskin	Episode: "Drama Queens"
2001	American Reunion	Brad	Film
2002	Looking for Jimmy	Billy	Film
2004	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Aaron Westonson	Episode: "Eleven Angry Jurors"
2004	The Talent Given Us	Billy	Film
2004	The Drone Virus	Stephen Roland	Film
2005	Summerland	Garrett	Episode: "The Wisdom to Know the Difference"
2006	Seven Mummies	Travis	Film
2006	Running Out of Time in Hollywood	Billy	Film
2009	Powder Blue	David	Film
2009	Duress	The Detective	Film
2011	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Billy Gray	Episode: "To the Boy in the Blue Knit Cap"
2012	Being Flynn	Travis	Film
2014	Echoes	Joe	Film
2014	Chicago PD	Charlie Pugliese	Season 1 Episode 13
2015	Cats Dancing on Jupiter	Oleg	Film
2015	Midlife	Brian	Film
2015	Scorpion	Mark Willis	Episode: "Area 51"
2018	Betrayed	Mike Wolf	Film
2018	Space Diner Tales	Souldbird	Episode: "Pilot"
2019	Hell to Pay	Killian	Short film
2019	Eternal Code	Mark Pellegrini	Film
2019	Godfather of Harlem	Detective Kramer	Episode: "The Nitty Gritty"

Awards

Sundance Film Festival

Year	Award	Category/Recipient	Result
2001	Grand Jury Prize	Dramatic for: MacArthur Park	Nominated

Taos Talking Picture Festival

Year	Award	Category/Recipient	Result
2001	Taos Land Grant Award	for: MacArthur Park	Nominated

References

External links

• Billy Wirth at IMDb

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