
Tom Berenger in Platoon
Tom Berenger (1949 - )
Film Deaths[]
- The Dogs of War (1980) [Drew]: Shot repeatedly in the back by a loyalist villager as he is heading out of the door. Tom's body is later seen when Christopher Walken pulls back the blanket.
- Platoon (1986) [Sergeant Bob Barnes]: Shot three times in the chest by Charlie Sheen, after Tom is wounded by the Viet Cong and challenges Charlie to finish him off. (In an alternate scene, Charlie just leaves him to die).
- Betrayed (1988) [Gary Simmons]: Shot in the chest by Debra Winger just as Tom is about to kill David Clennon with a sniper rifle. (Thanks to ND)
- The Field (1990) [The American]: Head smashed repeatedly against the rocks by Richard Harris during a fight. His body is shown again when it's hoisted out of the lake with a crane by the townspeople.
- Shattered (1991) [Dan Merrick/Jack Stanton]: Playing a dual role as 'Dan' and the surgically altered 'Jack'; Dan is shot to death by Greta Scacchi as Scott Getlin looks on in shock (with Jack being left an amnesiac and disfigured from a car crash thereby needing plastic surgery), with Dan's perfectly preserved body later discovered when Bob Hoskins comes across him in a chemical storage ship container (then again when he pulls 'Dan' out of a pool of Formaldehyde in the bowels of a shipwreck to show 'Jack'). (Jack survives the movie.)
- Sliver (1993) [Jack Landsford]: Shot in the chest by Sharon Stone as Tom, Sharon and William Baldwin are struggling over the gun.
- Gettysburg (1993) [Lt. Gen. James Longstreet]: Dies (off-screen) in 1904. His death is reported by the on-screen text at the end of the film.
- The Gingerbread Man (1998) [Pete Randle]: Shot in the back with a flare gun by Embeth Davidtz (causing him to fall off a platform into a raging river) as he is fighting with Kenneth Branagh.
- A Murder of Crows (1999) [Detective Clifford Dubose]: Shot in the head and chest by Mark Pellegrino (during a struggle), as Cuba Gooding Jr. looks on helplessly.
- D-Tox (Eye See You) (2002) [Hank]: Impaled through the neck/throat (off-screen) by Christopher Fulford. His body is shown again afterwards when Sylvester Stallone discovers him.
- Amber Alert: Terror on the Highway (Desperate Hours) (2008) [Larsan]: Stabbed to death with a knife in self-defense by Britt McKillip and Genevieve Buechner after Tom falls asleep.
- Sinners and Saints (2010) [Captain Trahan]: Killed in a fight/shoot-out with Bas Rutten or his cohorts.
- Smokin' Aces 2: Assassin's Ball (Video, 2010) [Walter Weed/Hal Leuco]: Shot to death by Clayne Crawford.
- Last Will (2011) [Frank Emery]: Poisoned by Shawn Huff on Patrick Muldoon's orders as a means of framing Tatum O'Neal.
- The Most Dangerous Game (2022) [Benjamin Colt]: Killed in an explosion, along with Kevin Porter, when he sets off a grenade in his hut after getting stabbed by Kevin.
- As Good As Dead (2022) [Sonny Killbane]: While he isn't killed on-screen its implied that he is about to die as just before the credits roll. He is in an integration room surrounded by Michael Jai White and Guillermo Ivan (Along with two of his Associates) who has Tom at Knife Point. Throughout most of the movie Tom sent his enforcers after Michael and kidnapped Ivan's Brother Luca Oriel and his friend Gabriela Quezada.
Television Deaths[]
- One Life to Live: April 6, 1976 (1976) [Tim Siegel]: Dies from injuries he sustained after falling down a flight of stairs.
- Cutaway (2000 TV) [Red Line]: Commits suicide by removing his parachute while falling through the sky; after talking to Stephen Baldwin. (Thanks to Gary)
- Johnson County War (2001 mini-series) [Cain Hammett]: Jumps through the window of his burning cabin, shoots dead two of the horde of hired guns besieging him, but is then shot multiple times by Silas Weir Mitchell and a line of seven others. (Thanks to Brian)
- Hatfields and McCoys (2012 mini-series) [Jim Vance]: Wounded in a chase and shootout in the woods, he is caught and then shot dead by Andrew Howard. (Thanks to Brian)