Dan Bilzerian is an American-Armenian actor, businessman, poker player, and social media influencer. He is the son of the corporate takeover specialist and convicted felon Paul Bilzerian.
Daniel Brandon Bilzerian was born on Sunday, December 7, 1980 (age 40 years; as of 2020), in Tampa, Florida. After his father went to prison, he had a difficult time coping with his situation and got expelled from his high schools two years in a row. After his family moved to Utah, he continued his studies at a high school there but was expelled a few weeks before his graduation for bringing a machine gun to school (the gun was of his father from the Vietnam War); he even ended up in jail. The jail was not the worst thing that happened because he was thrown out of Utah with a pledge that he’d never return. Under the care of drill instructors, he joined the US Naval Academy and later went for SEAL training for 502 days and two-hell weeks; he broke his leg from the first hell-week. After his second unsuccessful attempt for SEAL, he dropped out permanently. He said,
I completed hell week in 229, got rolled then dropped 3 weeks after for compound stress fractures. Went back in 238, made it 2 days before graduation on the island and, got rolled back to the beginning of the second phase with 239, got a couple of weeks before graduation and got admin dropped for no real good reason.”
He then went on to do Majors in Business and Criminology at the University of Florida, which was funded by a $6,000-a-month ‘disability allowance as a veteran’ at Navy that he qualified for after his injuries and honorable discharge. While pursuing his graduation, he got involved in poker and quit his degree. According to Dan,
Some weeks I was making, like, $90,000, so I’m looking at these professors, thinking, what am I doing here?”
Height : 5′ 9½”
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Green
He is of Armenian origin and his ancestors pulled through the Armenian Genocide (1914-23), the mass murder of ethnic Armenians during World War I that took place in Turkey and adjoining regions by the Ottoman government. His forefathers migrated to the United States in the early 20th century.
His father, Paul Bilzerian, is a corporate takeover specialist and his mother’s name is Terri Steffen. His brother, Adam Bilzerian, is a poker player and writer.
Dan has a reputation for being in a relationship with multiple women at a time; his relationships usually do not last for long.
For three years in Las Vegas, he dated Jessa Hilton, a lifestyle blogger, and model.
He was once in a relationship with the women like Sofia Beverly (model), Leidy Amelia Labrador (model), Corin Jamie-Lee Clark (model), Morgan Hultgren, Chloe Othen (model), Tawny Jordan (ring girl and Model), Katie Bell, Lauren Blake (fitness promoter), Desiree Schlotz (rumored), Lindsey Nicole Pelas (social media influencer and model), and Suelyn Medeiros.
When he was in the navy, he started gambling. In the first year of his graduation, he began playing poker. According to him,
I used to beat the shit out of my roommate and force him to sign onto his poker act at 2am and ritually busted it before sunrise. Then every morning end up writing him a check for the lost sum and berate him for letting him play. After pissing away my college drinking money I was forced to play a little tighter and am now a winning player.”
When he went to the second year, he was broke and sold his guns at $750 to play poker. In his words,
I turned those $750 to $10,000 and bought a one-way ticket to Las Vegas and turned that $10,000 into $187,000.”
In 2008, Dan, along with his brother, participated in the World Series of Poker and placed 108th position winning $36,000. Talking about it to a magazine, he said,
I wanted to kill myself.”
He then started getting attention from high stakes poker players and even bagged a sponsorship deal with Victory Poker, a now-defunct online cardroom. This led him to the first public stunts that include Dan putting a bet of $400,000 on a drag race with his lawyer and him swimming through an alligator-filled lake at midnight. According to Dan, $10.8 million is the biggest amount he has won in a single night of poker and $3.6 million is the biggest amount he has lost on three separate occasions. He claims that he does not play professionally anymore. In 2020, he signed as the brand ambassador of GGPoker, an online poker room.
In 2018, Dan founded Ignite International Brands Ltd., a global lifestyle company headquartered in Los Angeles, California, selling products like electronic cigarettes, CBD oils, water bottles, beverages, and apparel. In January 2019, the company expanded in the UK and Mexico and then in the middle east and Canada. In 2020, the company reportedly lost over $50 million in 2019, mostly on marketing and office rental expenses of Dan.
In 2013, he made his film debut as a stunt performer in ‘Olympus Has Fallen.’
He made his acting debut with the American film ‘Lone Survivor’ (2013) in which he played the role of ‘SCPO Daniel R. Healy.’
Dan has also appeared in the films The Other Women (2014), Cat Run 2 (2014), The Equalizer (2014), Extraction (2015), and War Dogs (2015).
It was brought to the notice of the senior American diplomat that Bilzerian had violated the law of Azerbaijan on the state border and the country’s Migration Code as, without presenting relevant documents, bypassing our checkpoints, he entered the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. Dan Bilzerian illegally acquired firearms and for provocative purposes demonstratively opened fire on the positions of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. We also informed the American diplomat that this person was making insulting and immoral statements on camera affecting the dignity and moral values of the Azerbaijani people and contradicting the spirit of friendly relations between Azerbaijan and the United States.”
After the note of protest was sent to the States, a criminal case was filed against Dan, and a court in Baku issued an arrest warrant against Dan, putting him on the international wanted list. According to Dan,
They only issued the warrant for my arrest, and nobody else on the trip, I think it’s because I am a public figure and they want to try to make an example out of me.”
Had to go grab a gun. I’m f—ing headed back”
In some other videos, he stood in front of police cars, asking them for a gun. In the final videos, after he failed in his attempts, he headed back home, and said,
I don’t think there’s much I can do.”
After the videos were posted, he was criticized by many for pretending to be daring when he couldn’t help people. After that, he gave many interviews to media outlets and told them that he had helped a few people there.
There were two girls standing next to me at the table that were fighting. People started getting shoved and I tried to separate them. Then Dan pushed me off the banquette and once I fell he kicked me in the face.”
It shows facts your client always omits: she was under contract to Hustler and agreed with Hustler’s request that she be photographed while being thrown off the roof. I always thought that this kind of thing was Photoshopped instead. Perhaps Hustler’s editorial standards would not permit it. Perhaps she insists on doing all her own stunts. I really do not know. In all events, she agreed. Very few people I know would make that choice. But there it is. And chronologically, she’s an adult competent to make it. Hustler and your client asked Mr. Bilzerian to be the thrower, and we can all agree that was the better end of the deal. Like your client, the facts of the claim won’t, quite, fly.”
In a July 2014 radio interview with Howard Stern, he announced that his estimated net worth was $100 million.
I got functional guns… guns for looks… hunting rifles… and everything in between.”
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