Charlton Heston
Acting
Born 1923-10-04
Died 2008-04-05
Wilmette, Illinois, USA
252 credits
Academy Awards 1
Golden Globe Awards 1
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1
Kennedy Center Honors 1
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award 1
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1
Awards
Won 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 won
- 1960 Best Actor Won Ben-Hur
Golden Globe Awards 1 won
- 1966 Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award Won
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won
- — star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won
Kennedy Center Honors 1 won
- — Kennedy Center Honors Won
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award 1 won
- — Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award Won
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1 won
- 2003 Presidential Medal of Freedom Won
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Charlton Heston (October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor, renowned for his towering screen presence and roles in some of Hollywood’s most famous epics. Born John Charles Carter in Illinois, he discovered his passion for acting in school, studied drama at Northwestern University, and began his career on stage and in live television before transitioning to film. He first gained major attention in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Greatest Show on Earth and then became an international star with his performances as Moses in The Ten Commandments and Judah Ben‑Hur in Ben‑Hur, the latter earning him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Heston went on to headline a wide range of big‑budget films, including El Cid, The Agony and the Ecstasy, Planet of the Apes, and The Omega Man, establishing himself as one of the most recognizable leading men of mid‑20th‑century cinema. Beyond acting, he was active in public life, supporting civil rights in the 1960s and later becoming a prominent conservative voice and president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003. He retired from public life after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2002 and died on April 5, 2008, in Beverly Hills, California, leaving behind a legacy as both a cinematic icon and a polarizing political figure.
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Filmography
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Acting
58 credits
Friends
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Saturday Night Live
The Mike Douglas Show
Golden Globe Awards
Dynasty
The Merv Griffin Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Wogan
The Dick Cavett Show
Robert Montgomery Presents
Climax!
What's My Line?
Bambi
The Outer Limits
seaQuest DSV
Spécial cinéma
Studio One
The Steve Allen Show
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Oscars
Film '72
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
The Ed Sullivan Show
Hercules
Dinah!
Pebble Mill
Omnibus
Planet of the Apes
The Kennedy Center Honors
Ben-Hur
Armageddon
True Lies
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Playhouse 90
The Ten Commandments
Planet of the Apes
Your Show of Shows
Tombstone
The Colbys
Noel's House Party
Cats & Dogs
V.I.P. Schaukel
In the Mouth of Madness
Soylent Green
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Any Given Sunday
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Touch of Evil
Midway
The Three Musketeers
Talking Pictures
The Big Country
Wayne's World 2
The Omega Man
Treasure Island
Kraft Mystery Theatre
Other credits
2 credits
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