Billy Drago is an American actor, screenwriter and producer. He starred in projects such as Lunar Policeman, Hills Have Eyes, Running McAllister, Curse of the Ghost Town, and others. Due to his unusual facial features, he mostly plays negative characters. In the article, we will take a closer look at the filmography of the actor.
Biography
William Burroughs Jr. born in the family of Gladys and William Burroughs-st. He grew up and was brought up in Hugoton (Kansas) until the end of high school. After completing his studies in it, for some time he worked as a stuntman in the American city of Dodge City, located in the same state.
He graduated from the Kansas Research University. At the end, he got a radio host. But he dreamed of an acting career, for this he even took his mother's maiden name (Billy), since an actor by the name of Burroughs was already there.
Untouchable stuntmen
The first film with Billy Drago was released in 1979. It was a television project by Richard Pierce No Other Love, where the actor played a guy named Brian. After that, he still played episodic roles in TV shows such as The Hunter (1984-1991), Stuntmen (1981-1986), North and South 2 (1986), and others. And in 1987 starred in the crime drama “The Untouchables” by Brian De Palma, where he tried on the image of Frank Nitti, nicknamed Kostolom - one of the best people in the American gangster Al Capone.
A year later, the actor had a chance to play a minor character in Frank Kerr's action movie Blood Ties. Then, along with Chuck Norris, he replenished the main cast of the adventure action movie Aron Norris "Squad" Delta "2" (1990), in which he played the role of the negative character - the powerful drug lord Ramon Kota. And the cruel leader of the sect "Garden of Eden" (Rev. James) was played in the thriller Yossi Wayne's "Never Give Up" (1994).
The Hunt for McAlister
The role of the first plan Billy Drago got in the sci-fi action movie “The Lunar Policeman”, filmed in 1995 by Israeli director Boaz Davidson. Two years later, along with the Hulk Hogan starred in the television film John Cassar's "Attack on Devil's Island." In 1999, he played Damon Fleming, an evil dog catcher, in the comedy film “King of Football” by Tony Giglio. And the role of Asmodeus, the demon of lust, got in Scott Zil’s horror film “Demon Hunt” (2005).
From 1999 to 2004, Drago played Barbas, the highest-level demon capable of awakening the strongest fears in a person, in the fantasy series Brad Kern and Constance Burge “Charmed” (1998-2006). He appeared in the image of Pope Jupiter - the leader of the mutants - in the financially successful horror film Alexander Azh “The Hills Have Eyes” (2006). And the crime boss, nicknamed the Lady, played in Andrew Black's adventure comedy The Running MacAllister (2007).
Templar Hunters
Billy Drago got one of the main roles in the comedy horror film "Zombie Hunters", shot by Peter Maris in 2007. Two years later, he took part in the filming of the fantastic western Todor Chapkanov "The Curse of the Ghost Town." And in 2010, he starred in the dystopian action movie by Simon Bartezagi and Phillip Kim, “Road Warrior”.
A year later, Billy Drago embodied the image of a preacher in the horror film Joel Soizon's Children of the Corn: Genesis. An insignificant role was received in the comedy of Penelope Sfiris “Press on the Gas” (2011). In the guise of a chef, Sean appeared in 2013 in Paul Sampson's detective film "The Templar's Night." And in 2014, he played in the Jeff Price biographical film “Very Low” about the life of the talented pianist Joe Albany.
Future hits
In 2018 (according to rumors) the filmography of Billy Drago will be replenished with the crime film True Gangster, where he will again try on the image of Frank Nitti. At the moment, shooting of the thriller Oliver Tiss Sunset at Dawn, where the actor will play one of the main roles. There is also information that Drago will appear in the thriller of Thomas R. Bond II "The Red Masculine Sight", for the filming of which is still being prepared, and the Simon B. Wendor fantasy thriller "Lowland: Portal".