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Poker player, Dan Bilzerian, is suing the ‘Lone Survivor’ producers for not putting into practice their part of the deal. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the player was told he would take a small but recognizable role as Sr. Chief Healy in the NAVY SEALS movie for at least eight minutes and 80 words of dialogue.
However, to Bilzerian’s surprise his part was cut off to one line and it lasted less than sixty seconds. Now the player has filed against producers Randall Emmett and George Furla where he estimates damages to be at least $1.2 million.
Answering the question what Dan Bilzerian is famous for is probably easier when looking at what he has not been in the spotlight for. Nevertheless, the millionaire playboy has surely made a name for himself over the last 15 years and has amassed more than 30 million followers on Instagram.
Dan Bilzerian started out as a poker player in which he celebrated the peak of his career in the period between 2010-2012. Bilzerian is famous for playing high stakes poker and has been a regular player in the nosebleed home games with millions worth in poker chips on the poker table. He is also known as one of the regular poker pros playing in Molly’s Game of which the entire story got eternalized in a 2017 Hollywood movie.
Dan Bilzerian can be called a free-spirit or rebel and tried running to be the Republican candidate for the presidency of the United States in 2016. Two years prior in 2014, Bilzerian got himself arrested at a Los Angeles airport for allegedly building an explosive device.
Today, Dan Bilzerian is mostly known for his extravagant lifestyle, traveling the world while sharing his experiences on Instagram. The self-proclaimed Instagram King of the world regularly posts on social media including photos of himself showing his trained body while surrounded by beautiful women in places like Thailand, Hawaii and Las Vegas.
While enjoying his lavish lifestyle, Bilzerian also runs a lucrative side gig as Ambassador for popular poker operator, GGPoker, alongside what most consider to be his opposite, Daniel Negreanu.
In 2014, Dan Bilzerian became famous during the fall-out of the Lone Survivor movie, in which he had secured a role for himself. More on this in the next paragraph.
Dan Bilzerian was initially promised a part in the Lone Survivor Navy Seals movie as where he would have at least eight minutes and 80 words of dialogue. What eventually happened is that after the final cut of the movie, Bilzerian’s part really lasted only sixty seconds. With the movie producers breaking their commitment, Bilzerian decided to sue them over damages.
Since Lone Survivor, Bilzerian has made a couple of small appearances in hit movies like The Equalizer and War Dogs.
Dan Bilzerian was promised a significant role in Lone Survivor as part of an investment of $1 million dollar in the movie, the lawsuit, which he started after movie producers did not stick to their end of the deal, stated.
Being a highly successful poker player, Dan Bilzerian has won tens of millions in his time playing poker, mostly in large private tournaments, of which results are not always tracked.
Bilzerian’s net worth is estimated to be around $200 million which makes him the richest poker pro alive, followed by Phil Ivey worth $125 million.
Bilzerian fits the profile of successful people also having a high net worth. High-net-worth individuals tend to dress expensively, drive luxury cars, travel the world. Aside of being rich, high net worth people also appear rich and like to picture themselves with beautiful women. So does Dan Bilzerian who like other high net worth people keeps to a healthy lifestyle and makes himself look successful and youthful.
Aside of making millions being a successful poker player and entrepreneur, his full-time influencer gig also brings in the big bucks. It is also no secret that he was fortunate to be able to tap into a large trust fund at an early age.
Dan Bilzerian likes to shock the world, and even uses his ‘wife’ to do so. In July Bilzerian managed to upset his loyal following by announcing to have married supermodel Hailey Grice as he shared a wedding photo of the two.
However, not much later in August, Bilzerian was back advocating a single lifestyle, leaving many wondering about what had happened. It turned out Bilzerian did not marry and had attended a friend’s wedding where he hooked up with Hailey Grice.
It is Dan Bilzerian himself who has claimed the title of the world’s Instagram King and in fairness to the guy, he does know how to work the crowd by using social media. The number of followers on Instagram has rapidly grown to more than 30 million and for those who love beautiful women and the most scenic places in the world, the Instagram King’s page is definitely a must to follow. You can find Dan Bilzerian on Instagram @danbilzerian.