Cyrus was born William Ray Cyrus in Flatwoods August 25 1961, Kentucky to Ron Cyrus, a politician, and his wife, the former Ruth Ann Adkins. Growing up, he was surrounded by bluegrass and gospel music from his family. His father, a right‑handed man, played guitar. Billy Ray on the other hand was a lefty. He tried to play his father's guitar, but could never learn. His grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. Cyrus went to college at Georgetown College on a baseball scholarship before switching his focus to music. From 1980–90, Cyrus played at bars before getting a record deal with Mercury Nashville Records.


Acting career
Cyrus starred in the 1999 independent film Radical Jack. He also had a small part in David Lynch's 2001 film Mulholland Drive as Gene, a pool cleaner who had been having an affair with the wife of Adam Kesher (Justin Theroux). In 2001, Cyrus played the lead role on the PAX (now ION Television) comedy‑drama Doc, which became the network's highest‑rated show. In 2005, Cyrus expanded his acting career in a stage production of Annie Get Your Gun in Toronto, appearing in the role of Frank Butler.

Cyrus' television credits include The Nanny, Diagnosis Murder, Love Boat, The Next Wave, and TNN’s 18 Wheels Of Justice. In 2004, he guest‑starred as a limo driver in the episode «The Power of Love» of the Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation. Cyrus has also been the subject of many television specials that detail his rise to fame and his career. These include two ABC documentaries, Dreams Come True and A Year On The Road, a VH1 exclusive, as well as the TNN specials I Give My Heart To You, and The Life and Times of Billy Ray Cyrus. In late 2005, Cyrus and his daughter Miley Cyrus began co‑starring in the Disney Channel original television series, Hannah Montana, which premiered on March 24, 2006.

In March 2007, Cyrus joined several other celebrities to take part in the fourth season of the US version of Dancing with the…читать далее ↓

Cyrus was born William Ray Cyrus in Flatwoods August 25 1961, Kentucky to Ron Cyrus, a politician, and his wife, the former Ruth Ann Adkins. Growing up, he was surrounded by bluegrass and gospel music from his family. His father, a right‑handed man, played guitar. Billy Ray on the other hand was a lefty. He tried to play his father's guitar, but could never learn. His grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher. Cyrus went to college at Georgetown College on a baseball scholarship before switching his focus to music. From 1980–90, Cyrus played at bars before getting a record deal with Mercury Nashville Records.


Acting career
Cyrus starred in the 1999 independent film Radical Jack. He also had a small part in David Lynch's 2001 film Mulholland Drive as Gene, a pool cleaner who had been having an affair with the wife of Adam Kesher (Justin Theroux). In 2001, Cyrus played the lead role on the PAX (now ION Television) comedy‑drama Doc, which became the network's highest‑rated show. In 2005, Cyrus expanded his acting career in a stage production of Annie Get Your Gun in Toronto, appearing in the role of Frank Butler.

Cyrus' television credits include The Nanny, Diagnosis Murder, Love Boat, The Next Wave, and TNN’s 18 Wheels Of Justice. In 2004, he guest‑starred as a limo driver in the episode «The Power of Love» of the Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation. Cyrus has also been the subject of many television specials that detail his rise to fame and his career. These include two ABC documentaries, Dreams Come True and A Year On The Road, a VH1 exclusive, as well as the TNN specials I Give My Heart To You, and The Life and Times of Billy Ray Cyrus. In late 2005, Cyrus and his daughter Miley Cyrus began co‑starring in the Disney Channel original television series, Hannah Montana, which premiered on March 24, 2006.

In March 2007, Cyrus joined several other celebrities to take part in the fourth season of the US version of Dancing with the Stars. He and his partner Karina Smirnoff, were eliminated in the eighth week (May 8, 2007) after having also placed in the «bottom two» the week before.

Cyrus also stars in Jackie Chan's new movie «The Spy Next Door». It was shot in Albuquerque, New Mexico and filming ended in late December.


Marriage and children
From 1986–91, Cyrus was married to Cindy Smith, with whom he co‑wrote the song «Wher'm I Gonna Live?» and «Some Gave All», which was featured on his 1992 album Some Gave All. On December 28, 1992, he married Leticia «Tish» Finley. Together they have three children, daughters Miley (born as Destiny Hope), Noah Lindsey, and son Braison Chance. He also has two adopted stepchildren, Trace (born 1989) (singer/guitarist for Metro Station) and Brandi (born 1987), and a son from a previous relationship, Christopher Cody (born 1992). Cyrus adopted Brandi and Trace when they were young children.

In a 2004 interview on ABC News: 'Primetime', Cyrus stated that daughter Miley (conceived with Finley) and son Cody (conceived with an unidentified woman) were both born in 1992, at which time Cyrus was unmarried, and that he and Finley secretly married on December 28, 1992.

The family lived on a 500-acre (2.0 km2) farm in Thompson's Station, outside of Nashville, Tennessee before moving to Los Angeles for the filming of Hannah Montana. Cyrus' other daughter, Brandi had a role in a Hannah Montana episode «Yet Another Side of Me» as Customer #1.