Billy Wirth

William E. “Billy” Wirth (born June 23, 1962) is an American actor, film producer, and former fashion model, best known for his role as the vampire Dwayne in the 1987 horror film The Lost Boys.

Life and career Wirth was born on June 23, 1962 in New York City, in the United States. He 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. His mother Jean, who was born in the state of Iowa, is of Anglo-American and Native American heritage.

Wirth was a student at Collegiate School (New York), 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. He modeled for American and European fashion magazines such as Seventeen, GQ, Interview, Teen magazines and took part in fashion show events in the 1980s. Wirth originally worked as a fashion model until he gave up on fashion and turned to Hollywood acting.

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. His performance as Dwayne in The Lost Boys followed, and he landed a starring role in the 1988 film War Party.

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. In the 1990s he appeared in both film and television, appearing in Abel Ferrara's 1993 film Body Snatchers as well as Sex and the City and CSI. He 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.

He also appeared in the official Electric Crown music video by the American heavy metal band, Testament in 1992.

He also starred in Charmed as the warlock, Matthew Tate. Since 1999, besides acting in films, he has been writing, directing, and producing independent films. His most notable film directing was MacArthur Park in 2001.

Filmography

Film

+ Year Title Role Notes 1985 Seven Minutes in Heaven "Zoo" Knudsen 1987 The Lost Boys Dwayne 1988 War Party Sonny Crowkiller 1992 Who Killed the Baby Jesus Travis Adams 1993 Body Snatchers Tim Young 1994 The Fence Terry Griff 1994 Judicial Consent Martin 1994 Final Mission Tom "Outlaw" Waters Video 1995 Venus Rising Nick 1995 Boys on the Side Nick 1996 Starlight Kieran 1996 Space Marines Zack Delano 1997 Last Lives Malakai 1998 Relax... It's Just Sex Jared Bartoziak 1999 Kismet Fantasy Guy Short. Director 1999 Me and Will Charlie 2001 American Reunion Brad 2002 Looking for Jimmy Billy 2004 The Talent Given Us Billy 2004 The Drone Virus Stephen Roland 2006 Seven Mummies Travis 2006 Running Out of Time in Hollywood Billy 2009 Powder Blue David 2009 Duress The Detective 2012 Being Flynn Travis 2014 Echoes Joe 2015 Cats Dancing on Jupiter Oleg 2015 Midlife Brian 2015 Alto Ceasar Bellafusco 2018 Betrayed Mike Wolf 2019 Hell to Pay Killian Short film 2019 Eternal Code Mark Pellegrini

Television + Year Title Role Notes 1985 The Equalizer Ralph Episode: "Mama's Boy" 1986 The Ellen Burstyn Show Johnny Episode: "Pilot" 1987 Nothing in Common Joey D. 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 Crow's Nest Tommy Crosetti TV movie 1992 Red Shoe Diaries Thomas K. Butler, The Workman TV movie 1995 Children of the Dust Corby / White Wolf TV movie 1998 Martial Law Kevin Seidel Episode: "Extreme Measures" 1998 Charmed Matthew Tate Episode: "The Witch Is Back" 2000 Sex and the City Dr. Mark Raskin Episode: "Drama Queens" 2004 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Aaron Westonson Episode: "Eleven Angry Jurors" 2005 Summerland Garrett Episode: "The Wisdom to Know the Difference" 2011 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Billy Gray Episode: "To the Boy in the Blue Knit Cap" 2014 Chicago PD Charlie Pugliese Season 1 Episode 13, 14, & 15 2015 Scorpion Mark Willis Episode: "Area 51" 2018 Space Diner Tales Souldbird Episode: "Pilot" 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