Peter Billingsley

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1971-04-16 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Peter Billingsley

Biography

Peter Billingsley (born April 16, 1971), also known as Peter Michaelsen and Peter Billingsley-Michaelsen, is an American actor, director, and producer. His acting roles include Ralphie Parker in the 1983 movie A Christmas Story, Jack Simmons in The Dirt Bike Kid, Billy in Death Valley, and as Messy Marvin in Hershey's chocolate syrup commercials during the 1980s. He began his career as an infant in television commercials. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Billingsley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

2008

Iron Man

as William Ginter Riva

1983

1985

The Dirt Bike Kid

as Jack Simmons

1987

Russkies

as Adam

1993

Arcade

as Nick

1984

1981

Honky Tonk Freeway

as Little Billy

1997

Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas

as Ralphie Parker (archive footage)

2022

1982

Death Valley

as Billy

2009

Clarkworld

as Self

1986

Pecos Bill

as Kevin

1989

1981

Paternity

as Tad

2008

Four Christmases

as Ticket Agent

2013

1982

Massarati and the Brain

as Christopher 'The Brain' Massarati

2006

The Break-Up

as Andrew

1982

Memories Never Die

as Shawn Tilford

2019

Spider-Man: Far From Home

as William Ginter Riva

2003

Elf

as Ming Ming (uncredited)

1987

Carly's Web

as Robert KrantzJr.

Production

2008

Iron Man

as Executive Producer

2008

Four Christmases

as Executive Producer

2006

The Break-Up

as Executive Producer

2009

Couples Retreat

as Director

2016

Term Life

as Director

1993

Arcade

as Post Production Supervisor

2005

2020

The Opening Act

as Producer

2022

2025

Broke

as Producer

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