Billy Slaughter

Personal context

Summary

Billy Slaughter is a New Orleans actor with more than 100 film and television credits, including The Big Short, The Magnificent Seven, The Campaign, and Mayfair Witches. His work spans drama, comedy, crime, and fantasy, with recurring ties to New Orleans and its film community. As a SAG-AFTRA New Orleans vice president, he supported the 2023 actors’ strike, describing it as part of a wider labor struggle between workers and the top 1%. He has also praised irreverent storytelling and said entertainment need not make a powerful social statement; no public statements on identity politics, DEI, or other activist causes are on record.