Billy Magnussen

Billy Magnussen likes keeping his romantic life private and is probably a single man at this moment. He frequently denies dating anyone during his interviews.

Despite the fact that he has made it big in the film and TV industry, he has maintained that theatre is something he will keep doing.

Billy Magnussen was born William Gregory Magnussen in Queens, New York City on April 20, 1985. He was born to Greg and Diana Magnussen, both accomplished athletes. While his mother was an aerobics instructor, his father was a professional body builder and a kick-boxer. Growing up among his parents had a major impact on shaping the interest levels of Billy towards sports and fitness.

He joined the gym and played football and baseball quite a lot. Further interested in doing everything he could as a kid, he joined a band in New York called Reserved for Yondee.

Billy grew up among two younger brothers in family with lineage tracing back to Lithuania. The family lived in Woodhaven Boulevard until Billy was 10 years of age, the family then made a move to Cumming, Georgia. There, Billy attended South Forsyth High School and while he was initially attracted towards athleticism, he eventually got drawn towards arts, specifically the performing arts.

He became a part of many school productions and once he was out of the school, he joined the North Carolina School of Arts. Robin Williams remained one of the greatest inspirations for Billy and he credits Robin to be his idol. Once he graduated from the college, Billy entered the theatre world and became a part of many known and successful productions.

In 2007, Billy Magnussen arrived on the professional theatre front with his 2007 play, ‘The Ritz,’ which also starred Rosie Perez in the leading starring role. In 2008 came his first television role in a soap opera titled ‘As the World Turns Out.’ Billy portrayed the role of Casey Hughes, one of the key roles in the opera for the next two and half years. Meanwhile, he started appearing in films and TV series.’

In 2008, he appeared in the short film ‘The Elephant Garden’ and the episode ‘Sweetie’ of the long running TV series ‘Law & Order.’ He further starred in the 2009 film ‘Happy Tears’ and marked his arrival in the full length feature world. In 2009, came the film where his performance was finally received with some sort of mainstream acclaim. He starred in the horror film ‘Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet’ and played one of the major roles as Eric.

In 2010, he appeared in the film ‘Twelve,’ which was a French-American co-production film. The teen thriller drama film was directed by esteemed director Joel Schumacher and inspired from a novel by the same name. However Billy’s performance was appreciated in the film, it was a critical and commercial disaster, which was later dubbed as a ‘box office bomb.’

He further received acclaim for the 2011 film ‘The Lost Valentine,’ which was a World War II drama starring Jennifer Love Hewitt in the leading role. Billy played the role of Neil Thomas to a critical appreciation and the film further received some great reviews, with most reviewers pointing out the amazing performances by the stars. It was a straight to TV film and received some big ratings upon its release.

In the same year, he also made an appearance in the comedy film ‘Damsels in Distress’ as Thor. The film was critically acclaimed to a degree but was a box office failure. Billy went on doing some television stints as well, such as ‘The Unusuals,’ ‘The Beautiful Life: TBL’ and ‘In Plain Sight.’