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Dirk Benedict, born Dirk Niewoehner, is an American actor and author with many famous movie roles and published books to his credit. He is best known for his role as Lieutenant Templeton “Faceman” Peck in the A-Team television series and Lieutenant Starbuck in Battlestar Galactica. He is the author of And Then We Went Fishing and Confessions of a Kamikaze. Benedict, in the 1970s, survived a major health issue but he rebounded and was able to return to living comfortably. We sure hope he has since invested in better health insurance to make sure he’s covered in the future. Despite experiencing a number of challenges in his personal life, he has never had any issues with his finances.

The early life of Dirk Benedict is quite prestige. His parents are Priscilla Mella who is an accountant and George Edward who is a lawyer. According to sources, Dirk was the one who chose his stage name. It might surprise you how he ended up choosing it, though. He got the name from the popular recipe “Eggs Benedict”.