Dan Bilzerian – Bio, Net Worth, Height

Dan Bilzerian – Bio, Net Worth, Height

origin
Dan Bilzerian is an American professional poker player, actor, stuntman and social media personality. His film credits include Lone Survivor (2013) and Extraction (2015). He has over 22 million followers on Instagram. Bilzerian was born on December 7, 1980 in Tampa, Florida. His father, Paul, was a private equity trader. In 1989, he was arrested and jailed for fraud and stock manipulation. His mother is Terri Stephen. He has a younger brother Adam who is also a poker player. Bilzerian was expelled from school after carrying an M16 machine gun on campus. He joined the Navy SEAL training program in 2000. It took him 510 days before his honorable discharge. Bilzerian studied business and criminology at the University of Florida. He dropped out before finishing his degree.

Profession
Bilzerian began perfecting his poker skills while in college. He reportedly earns more than $50,000 a week. By the age of 27, he had his sights set on high-stakes poker. Bilzerian finished 180th in the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event. In 2010, he was named one of the funniest poker players on Twitter by Bluff Magazine. He challenged and defeated attorney Tom Goldstein at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Clark County, Nevada. The prize is $400,000. Bilzerian is known as the “King of Instagram” and is also known for his social media presence. He has 22+ million followers on Instagram, 12+ million followers on Facebook and 1+ million followers on Twitter. Amid his popularity, he announced in 2015 that he would run for president of the United States. He dropped out of the race, supporting Donald Trump in the process.

Bilzerian debuted in Lone Survivor (2013). The film is directed by Peter Berg and stars Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch and Emile Hirsch. He played “Cordray” in the direct video film Cat Run 2 (2014). Bilzerian is opposite Kellan Lutz and Bruce Willis in the action thriller Extraction (2015). He acted as a stunt double for actor Gerard Butler in Olympus Has Fallen (2013). His film credits also include The Other Woman (2014) with Cameron Diaz, The Equalizer (2014) with Denzel Washington and War Dogs (2016) with Jonah Hill. He produced and starred in the TV series Blitz’ True Hollywood Story (2017).

personal
Dan Bilzerian is approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall and is of Armenian, French Canadian, Swiss German and Norwegian descent. He spends his time at homes in Las Vegas, Nevada and Hollywood Hills, California. His net worth is estimated at $200 million. He has a three-legged Persian baby-faced cat named Smushball. Bilzerian had two heart attacks at 25 and another at 32. His first heart attack was due to an overdose of Viagra. He was treated by Conrad Murray, the same doctor who treated Michael Jackson. Bilzerian is linked to Alana Kari, Andreea Bolbea and model Lindsey Pelas.

Dan Bilzerian also had quite a few legal issues. In August 2014, he was banned from a Miami nightclub for kicking model “Vanessa Castano” in the face. He threw adult actress Janice Griffith off the roof during a photo shoot for Hustler magazine in 2014. Bilzerian was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport in December 2014 on unrelated bomb-making charges. In early 2015, he pleaded guilty to “negligence not to put out the fire in the open air.”

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