Magnussen was born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York City, the son of Daina, an aerobics instructor, and Greg Magnussen, a professional bodybuilder and kickboxer. He has two younger brothers. He is of Norwegian and Lithuanian descent. He grew up in Queens around Woodhaven Boulevard until the age of 10, when he moved with his family to Cumming, Georgia. Magnussen graduated from South Forsyth High School in 2003, and later from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
News
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Billy Magnussen
Billy Magnussen
April 20, 1985 • 41 y.o.
American actor known for roles in "The Big Short", "Aladdin", and the series "Black Mirror".
| Full Name | William Gregory Magnussen |
| Place of Birth | Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Career | 2000 — ... |
| Genres | Drama, Comedy, Thriller |
| Height | 1.79 m 5′ 10″ |
| Zodiac sign | aries |
Facts
Videos Stills Posters Filming Promo Screenshots
Characters
The Audacity
2026 — ... "The Audacity"
Duncan
Violent Ends
2025 "Violent Ends" (39 y.o.)
Lucas Frost
The Franchise
2024 "The Franchise" (38 y.o.)
Adam
Road House
2024 "Road House" (38 y.o.)
Ben Brandt
Lift
2024 "Lift" (38 y.o.)
Magnus
Coup!
2022 "Coup!" (36 y.o.)
Jay Horton
Made for Love
2021 — 2022 "Made for Love"
Byron Gogol
No Time to Die
2020 "No Time to Die" (34 y.o.)
Logan Ash
Aladdin
2019 "Aladdin" (33 y.o.)
Prince Anders
Maniac
2018 "Maniac" (32 y.o.)
Jed Milgrim
Game Night
2018 "Game Night" (32 y.o.)
Ryan
The Big Short
2015 "The Big Short" (29 y.o.)
Mortgage Broker
Twelve
2010 "Twelve" (24 y.o.)
Claude
- Drama 21%
- Comedy 15%
- Thriller 12%
- Crime 11%
- Mystery 8%
- Reset
1 
Comedy
United States • Steve Pink
2
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
United States • Billy Magnussen
3
Jim McIngvale
Drama
United States • Shane Andries
4
2027 — Sheriff Red
Comedy, Horror
United States • Joe Lynch
5 
2026
Biography, Drama
United States • Aaron Sorkin
6 
2026 — ... — Duncan
8 Episodes, 2026
Drama, Comedy, Thriller, 1 hour
United States • Lucy Forbes...
7 
2025 — Lucas Frost
Thriller, 1 hr 52 min
United States • John-Michael Powell
8
2025 — The Man
Drama, Fantasy, Romance, 1 hr 49 min
United States, Ireland • Kogonada
9
2025 — Pleakley
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action, 1 hr 48 min
United States, Australia, Canada • Dean Fleischer Camp
10
2024 — Adam
8 Episodes, 2024
Comedy, 30 min
United Kingdom, United States • Kevin Bray...
11
2024 — ... — Taylor
Comedy, 22 min
United States • John McKeever
12
12
Road House
2024 — Ben Brandt
Action, Crime, Comedy, 2 hr 1 min
United States • Doug Liman
13
2024 — ... — Rod Bedford
1 episode, 2025
Comedy, Crime, Drama, 43 min
United States • Robert King...
14
14
Lift
2024 — Magnus
Action, Comedy, Crime, 1 hr 47 min
United States • F. Gary Gray
15
2023 — Rey 'The King' Kingston
Sci-Fi, Action, Comedy, 1 hr 37 min
United States • Robert Rodriguez
16
16
Coup!
2022 — Jay Horton
Thriller, Comedy, 1 hr 38 min
United States • Joseph Schuman...
17
17
Reunion
2022 — Evan West
Comedy, Mystery, 1 hr 30 min
United States • Chris Nelson
18
2022 — Robert Redford
1 episode, 2022
Biography, Crime, Drama, 1 hour
United States, United Kingdom, Italy • Adam Arkin...
19
2022 — Robert
Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 35 min
United States • Stephanie Laing
20
20
The Survivor
2021 — Schneider
Drama, Biography, Sport, 2 hr 9 min
United States, Canada, Hungary • Barry Levinson
21
2021 — 2022 — Byron Gogol
16 Episodes, 2021–2022
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama, 30 min
United States • Stephanie Laing...
22
2021 — Spike
Comedy, 2 hr 15 min
United States
23
2021 — Paulie Walnuts
Crime, Drama, 2 hours
United States • Alan Taylor
24
2020 — Logan Ash
Action, Adventure, Thriller, 2 hr 43 min
United Kingdom, United States • Cary Joji Fukunaga
25
25
Woke TV Show
2020 — 2022 — Denny 'Dee Dee' Davis
1 episode, 2022
Comedy, 30 min
United States • Maurice Marable...
26
26
w4m
2019 — Fern
Short, Comedy, 9 min
United States • Daniel Goldstein
27
27
Aladdin
2019 — Prince Anders
Musical, Fantasy, Adventure, 2 hr 8 min
United States, United Kingdom, Singapore • Guy Ritchie
28
2019 — Bryson
Horror, Thriller, Mystery, 1 hr 53 min
United States, Canada • Dan Gilroy
29
2018 — 2020 — Nick Sullivan
10 Episodes, 2018–2019
Drama, Thriller, 52 min
United States • Jeff T. Thomas...
30
30
The Oath
2018 — Mason
Comedy, Thriller, 1 hr 33 min
United States • Ike Barinholtz
31
2018 — Jed Milgrim
7 Episodes, 2018
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama, 40 min
United States • Cary Joji Fukunaga
32
2018 — William Randolph Hearst
Documentary, 1 hr 24 min
United States • Oren Rudavsky
33
33
Game Night
2018 — Ryan
Action, Adventure, Comedy, 1 hr 40 min
United States • John Francis Daley...
34
2017 — 2019 — Nathan Hill
6 Episodes, 2017
Comedy, Crime, 1 hour
United States • Adam Arkin...
35
2017 — Nicky Sloane
Comedy, Drama, Horror, 1 hr 38 min
United States • Matt Spicer
36
2017 — 2019 — Sean
1 episode, 2017
Comedy, Drama, 30 min
United States • Nicholas Stoller...
37
2017 — 2021 — Billy Jeffries, uncredited
Comedy, Drama, 45 min
United States • Victor Nelli Jr....
38
2016 — Steve McKee
Action, Biography, Drama, 1 hr 35 min
China, Canada, United States • George Nolfi
39
2016 — ... — Pluto
Comedy
United States • Matthew Fifer
40
2016 — 2021 — Kato Kaelin
Biography, Crime, Drama, 42 min
United States • Ryan Murphy...
41
41
The Meddler
2015 — Ben
Comedy, Drama, Romance, 1 hr 43 min
United States • Lorene Scafaria
42
2015 — Mortgage Broker
Biography, Comedy, Drama, 2 hr 10 min
United States • Adam McKay
43
43
I Smile Back
2015 — Zach, uncredited
Drama, Mystery, Romance, 1 hr 25 min
United States • Adam Salky
44
2015 — Doug Forrester
Drama, History, Thriller, 2 hr 22 min
United States, India, Germany • Steven Spielberg
45
2015 — Ellis
Comedy, Drama, Family, 1 hr 39 min
United States • Stephen Herek
46
2015 — 2019 — Russ Snyder
2 Episodes, 2017
Comedy, 30 min
United States • Tristram Shapeero...
47
47
The Money
2014 — Greg Castman
Drama
United States • Justin Chadwick
48
2014 — Robbie
Short, Drama, Mystery, 12 min
United States • Jonathan Dee
49
2014 — Rapunzel's Prince
Musical, Fantasy, Adventure, 2 hr 5 min
United States, Canada, Italy • Rob Marshall
50
2014 — Eric Zale
4 Episodes, 2014
Drama, Thriller, 44 min
United States • Tony Goldwyn...
51
2014 — 2017 — Marcus
1 episode, 2014
Drama, Fantasy, Mystic, 1 hour
United States • Mimi Leder...
52
2013 — Detective Boyer
Action, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 34 min
United States, Hong Kong • Wai Keung Lau...
53
2013 — Chip
Short, 21 min
United States • Luca Guadagnino
54
2013 — ...
1 episode, 2015
Comedy, Drama, History, 1 hr 29 min
United States • Gretchen Egolf...
55
2013 — 2019 — Spencer
1 episode, 2013
Short, Comedy, Fantasy, 11 min
United States • Casper Kelly...
56
56
The East
2013 — Porty McCabe
Adventure, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 56 min
United States, United Kingdom • Zal Batmanglij
57
2013 — 2014 — Competition
1 episode, 2014
Comedy, 22 min
United States • Mitchell Jarvis...
58
2012 — Alex D'Amico
Drama, Romance, 1 hr 27 min
United States • Laura Thies
59
59
2nd Serve
2012 — Lingo
Comedy, Sport, 1 hr 26 min
United States • Tim Kirkman
60
2011 — Arnie
Comedy, Fantasy, Thriller, 1 hr 41 min
United States • Ramaa Mosley
61
2011 — ... — Karl, Valdack
Sci-Fi, Crime, Drama, 1 hour
United Kingdom • Toby Haynes...
62
2011 — Thor
Comedy, Drama, Romance, 1 hr 39 min
United States • Whit Stillman
63
2011 — Neil Thomas
Drama, Romance, 1 hr 27 min
United States • Darnell Martin
64
64
Choose
2011 — Paul
Horror, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 23 min
United States • Marcus Graves
65
2010 — 2024 — Rand Hilbert
Crime, Drama, Mystery, 43 min
United States • David Barrett...
66
2010 — 2014 — Roger McAllister
2 Episodes, 2012
Crime, Drama, 55 min
United States • Timothy Van Patten...
67
67
Twelve
2010 — Claude
Action, Drama, Thriller, 1 hr 31 min
United States, France • Joel Schumacher
68
68
Eyeborgs
2009 — DHS Agent #1
Sci-Fi, Horror, Action, 1 hr 38 min (in credits: William 'Billy' Magnussen)
United States • Richard Clabaugh
69
69
Happy Tears
2009 — Ray
Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 32 min
United States • Mitchell Lichtenstein
70
2009 — Eric
Horror, 1 hr 23 min
United States • Frank Sabatella
71
2009 — 2016 — Chris Fife
Crime, Drama, Mystery, 43 min
United States • Rosemary Rodriguez...
72
2009 — 2023 — Cpl Allen Reed
Action, Adventure, Comedy, 43 min
United States • Dennis Smith...
73
2009 — Alex Marinelli
3 Episodes, 2009
Drama, 43 min
United States • Sanford Bookstaver...
74
2009 — Bo Keebler
1 episode, 2009
Comedy, Crime, Drama, 43 min
United States • Constantine Makris...
75
75
Lalo
2009 — Bike Messenger
Short, Comedy, 12 min
United States • Daniel Maldonado
76
2008 — Michael
Short, 19 min
United States • Sasie Sealy
77
2008 — 2012 — Jonathan Collins / Yonni Peterschwim
1 episode, 2011
Crime, Drama, Mystery, 43 min
United States • Dan Lerner...
78
2001 — 2011 — Marc Landry
Crime, Drama, Mystery, 43 min
United States • Frank Prinzi...
79
2000 — 2015 — Det. Michael Crenshaw
Crime, Drama, Mystery, 43 min
United States, Canada • Kenneth Fink...
80
1990 — ... — Cody Larson
Crime, Drama, Mystery, 43 min
United States • Constantine Makris...
81
1956 — 2010 — Casey Hughes
197 Episodes, 2006–2010
Drama, Romance, 43 min
United States • Ted Corday...
1
Action, Comedy
United States • Richie Keen
2
Comedy
United States • Steve Pink
3
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
United States • Billy Magnussen
4
Drama
United States • Shane Andries
5
associate producer
Documentary
United States, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan • Creed Garnick...
6
2027
Comedy, Horror
United States • Joe Lynch
7
2025 — executive producer
Thriller, 1 hr 52 min
United States • John-Michael Powell
8
8
Coup!
2022 — executive producer
Thriller, Comedy, 1 hr 38 min
United States • Joseph Schuman...
9
9
Reunion
2022 — executive producer
Comedy, Mystery, 1 hr 30 min
United States • Chris Nelson
1
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
United States • Billy Magnussen
1
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
United States • Billy Magnussen
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