Bruce Boxleitner Bio (Wiki)

May 2024 · 3 minute read

Who is Bruce Boxleitner?

American Bruce Boxleitner is Universe Reader’s Choice Award-winning actor. Boxleitner is renowned as the leading face of the TV series including How the West Was Won and Scarecrow and Mrs. King. 

Last, in 2020, he appeared in the TV series, Space Command as General Joe Haldeman.

Bruce Boxleitner- Birth Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Siblings, Education

Bruce Boxleitner was born William Boxleitner on 12th May 1950 in Elgin, Illinois, United States. He is of British-Irish ethnicity.

He is the son of Cliff Boxleitner and Diane Boxleitner. His father, Cliff is used to be a public accountant.

Moving to his academics, he completed his High School education at Prospect High School. Later, he joined the Art Institute of Chicago and Goodman School of Drama.

Bruce Boxleitner- Professional Career

In the year 1973, Bruce Boxleitner started his career as an actor with the TV series, The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Rick Welch.

After the professional debut as an actor with the series, he never looked back and made his appearance in various TV series including A Cry For Help, Wild Times, and Bring ‘Em Back Alive.

In 1983, he featured the TV series, Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Lee Stetson. All in all, he appeared in the 89 episodes as a lead role sharing screen with Kate Jackson. The series became the milestone of his acting career.

Apart from such a series, he has been part of various movies. Some of his movies along with the year and the character roles are-

Year Movies Character Roles 
1975Sixpack AnnieBobby Joe
2005King of the Lost WorldLt. Challenger
2013Silver BellsBruce Dalton

Besides acting, he has modeled for the multinational company, Estee Lauder as Lunder For Men.

Bruce Boxleitner- Net Worth, Salary

As of 2021, Bruce Boxleitner has an estimated net worth of $3 million. His earnings as an actor are in the range of $21k to $215k.

Besides that, his salary as a suspense writer is in the range of $100k or above.

Body Measurements: Height & Weight

Bruce Boxleitner has blue eyes with light hair. He stands at a height of 6 feet and 2 inches and weighs around 70 kg.

Talking about his appearance, he has a charming persona with an oval-shaped facial structure. Also, he prefers to have clean-shaved.

Controversy, Rumors

To date, he has not been part of any sort of controversy or scandal that created headlines in the media. Besides that, he has managed to maintain distance from any sort of rumors.

However, back in 2011, he was in the limelight for the custody battle for his son, Michael with his ex-wife, Melissa Gilbert. At the time, they were getting separated from each other via divorce.

Instagram, Facebook, Twitter

Bruce Boxleitner has 5.9k followers on Instagram, 23.6k on Twitter, and 25.2k on Facebook.

On Instagram, he is following the personalities like Danica McKellar, Lee Goldberg, and Darby Hinton.

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