Beau Billingslea Biography

Fast Facts

• Attended the University of Connecticut on a football scholarship
• Started acting while he was attending law school, then worked as an attorney for a time
• Kansas City Athletics offered him a contract to play baseball after he graduated from high school, but he turned it down in order to go to college
• Was an officer in the military and was promoted to captain by the time he left
• Most recognized for his role as Jet Black on "Cowboy Bebop," a role he stated he greatly enjoyed playing since it reminded him of himself
• Was a JAG during his time in the military and has since played a number of military personnel as an actor, even appearing on "JAG․"
• Learned how to speak the German, Italian and French languages