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Billy Drago is an American actor. Born Billy Eugene Burrows in Hugoton, Kansas on September 18, 1949, he changed his last name to Drago to avoid being confused with Naked Lunch author William S. Burroughs. His son is actor Darren E. Burrows.

Drago's best known role was as Al Capone's henchman Frank Nitti in Brian De Palma's 1987 film The Untouchables. Since then, he has appeared mostly in direct-to-video and television roles; his TV résumé includes The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., Charmed, The X-Files and T.J. Hooker.

He has appeared in movies including Delta Force 2, and Tremors 4: The Legend Begins and Pale Rider, as a hired hitman. He also was featured in Michael Jackson's 2001 short film/music video You Rock My World. Drago also played a mysterious stranger who gave a boy a special key in the Mike and the Mechanics music video for "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" in 1985. Drago's latest movie roles were in Gregg Araki's 2004 film Mysterious Skin, the horror remake The Hills Have Eyes, and a rare leading role in Takashi Miike's Masters of Horror episode "Imprint", which Showtime pulled from the air due to "disturbing content". The episode has been released on DVD.

Selected Filmography

• The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
• Demon Hunter
• Mysterious Skin (2004)
• Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004) (V)
• Soccer Dog: The Movie (1999)
• Mad Dog Time (1996)
• Cyborg 2 (1993)
• Guncrazy (1992)
• Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990)
• Hero and the Terror (1988)
• The Untouchables (1987)
• North and South, Book II (1986) (mini)
• Vamp (1986)
• Pale Rider (1985)
• Invasion U.S.A. (1985)
• Cutter's Way (1981)

External link

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