Charlton Heston

Birthday:
10/04/1923
Place of birth:
Wilmette, Illinois, USA:
Biography:
Charlton Heston was an American actor renowned for his towering screen presence and roles in some of Hollywood’s most famous epics. Born John Charles Carter on October 4, 1923, 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.

Credits

Airports (2025)
« La Planète des singes » : une odyssée de l'espèce (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston : la démesure d'un géant (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Les Mille et Une Vies de Yul Brynner (2020)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Todos los nombres de Sara (2019)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Hail Satan? (2019)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Gladiateur, glaive et fantasmes (2019)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
I Am Richard Pryor (2019)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil" (2019)
as (archive footage)
The Madding Crowd (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Bienvenido Mr. Heston (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille (2016)
as Self
Spanish Western (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Children of the Civil Rights (2015)
as Self (archival footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Marlon Brando, un acteur nommé désir (2014)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift (2010)
as (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
as Self – Interviewee
Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)
Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses (2008)
as Self - Host / Moses
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
De Madrid a la Luna (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch (2004)
as Host
Christmas in Hollywood (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of The Ten Commandments (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
My Father, Rua Alguem 5555 (2003)
as Josef Mengele
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale (2003)
as Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho (2003)
as Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath (2003)
as Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah (2003)
as Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den (2003)
as Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden (2003)
as Self - Host
Ben Hur (2003)
as Ben Hur (voice)
Lasting Love (2003)
Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
as Self - NRA President
The Making of 'Tombstone' (2002)
as Self
Last Party 2000 (2001)
as Self
The Making of Midway (2001)
as Self
Planet of the Apes (2001)
as Zaius (uncredited)
Cats & Dogs (2001)
as The Mastiff (voice)
The Gun Deadlock (2001)
as Self
The Order (2001)
as Professor Finley
Town & Country (2001)
as Mr. Clayborne
Hollywood at Your Feet: The Story of the Chinese Theatre Footprints (2000)
as Self
Any Given Sunday (1999)
as AFFA Football Commissioner
Yesterday's Tomorrows (1999)
as Self
Television: The First Fifty Years (1999)
as Self
Forever Hollywood (1999)
as Self
Private Screenings: Charlton Heston (1998)
as Self
Gideon (1998)
as Addison Sinclair
Behind the Planet of the Apes (1998)
as Self - 'Taylor'
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild (1998)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Armageddon (1998)
as Narration (voice)
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero (1998)
as Self
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis (1997)
as Self - Host
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997)
as Self
Hercules (1997)
as Narrator (voice)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997)
as Self
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible (1997)
as Self - Narrator
Hamlet (1996)
as Player King
Liebe in Hollywood (1996)
as Self
Alaska (1996)
as Perry
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels (1996)
as Self
Andersonville Diaries (1996)
as Narrator
The Mysterious Origins of Man (1996)
as Self - Host
The Lord Protector (1996)
as Narrator (voice)
Texas (1995)
as Narrator
Charlton Heston: For All Seasons (1995)
as Self
In the Mouth of Madness (1995)
as Jackson Harglow
The Avenging Angel (1995)
as Brigham Young
True Lies (1994)
as Spencer Trilby
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects (1994)
as Self
The Legacy of Malthus (1994)
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
The Bible According to Hollywood (1994)
as Self
A Century of Cinema (1994)
as Self
Tombstone (1993)
as Henry Hooker
Wayne's World 2 (1993)
as Good Actor
The Mystery of the Sphinx (1993)
as Narrator
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Jesus of Nazareth (1993)
as Self - Host
Charlton Heston Presents The Bible: The Story of Moses (1993)
as Self - Host
Noël (1992)
as Narrator
Solar Crisis (1992)
as Adm. "Skeet" Kelso
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (1992)
as Captain Al Haynes
Symphony for the Spire (1992)
The Crucifer of Blood (1991)
as Sherlock Holmes
Cults: Saying No Under Pressure (1991)
as Narrator
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents (1991)
as Host and Narrator
Almost an Angel (1990)
as God
A Night on Mount Edna (1990)
as Self
The Little Kidnappers (1990)
as James MacKenzie
Treasure Island (1990)
as Long John Silver
With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film (1990)
as Self
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989)
as Self
Original Sin (1989)
as Louis Mancini
Call from Space (1989)
as Alien (voice)
A Man for All Seasons (1988)
as Sir Thomas More
Proud Men (1987)
as Charley MacLeod Sr.
Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures (1987)
as Self - Host
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987)
as Self
Eclipse of Reason (1987)
as Narrator
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1986)
as Self
Directed by William Wyler (1986)
as Self
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team (1984)
as Self - Performer
Nairobi Affair (1984)
as Lee Cahill
Barry Norman in Celebrity City (1982)
as Self
Mother Lode (1982)
as Silas McGee / Ian McGee
The Orson Welles Story (1982)
as Self
Let Poland Be Poland (1982)
as Self - Co-Host
This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special (1981)
as Self
The Awakening (1980)
as Matthew Corbeck
The Mountain Men (1980)
as Bill Tyler
Gray Lady Down (1978)
as Captain Paul Blanchard
Energy: A National Issue (1977)
as Narrator (voice)
The Prince and the Pauper (1977)
as Henry VIII
Two-Minute Warning (1976)
as Capt. Peter Holly
America at the Movies (1976)
as Narrator
Midway (1976)
as Capt. Matthew Garth
The Last Hard Men (1976)
as Sam Burgade
Earthquake (1974)
as Stewart Graff
The Four Musketeers (1974)
as Cardinal Richelieu
Airport 1975 (1974)
as Alan Murdock
The Three Musketeers (1973)
as Cardinal Richelieu
Soylent Green (1973)
as Detective Robert Thorn
A Look at the World of 'Soylent Green' (1973)
as Self
The Call of the Wild (1972)
as John Thornton
Skyjacked (1972)
as Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara
Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
as Marc Antony
The Special London Bridge Special (1972)
as Tennis Player
Vietnam! Vietnam! (1971)
as Narrator (voice)
The Omega Man (1971)
as Robert Neville
The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man (1971)
as Self - Narrator
The Hawaiians (1970)
as Whip Hoxworth
Julius Caesar (1970)
as Marc Antony
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
as Taylor
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
as Self (archive footage)
Number One (1969)
as Ron "Cat" Catlan
Planet of the Apes (1968)
as George Taylor
Elizabeth the Queen (1968)
as Lord Essex
Rowan & Martin at the Movies (1968)
as Self
Counterpoint (1967)
as Lionel Evans
Will Penny (1967)
as Will Penny
While I Run This Race (1967)
as Narrator
Khartoum (1966)
as Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
Planet of the Apes Test Reel (1966)
as Thomas
The War Lord (1965)
as Chrysagon
Night of the Dragon (1965)
as Narrator
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
as Michelangelo
La verifica incerta (1965)
as (archive footage)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
as John the Baptist
Major Dundee (1965)
as Major Amos Charles Dundee
The Patriots (1963)
as Thomas Jefferson
The Five Cities of June (1963)
as Narrator
55 Days at Peking (1963)
as Maj. Matt Lewis
The Greatest All-Star Advertial of All Time (1963)
as Self
Look at Life: The City's Built for Shooting (1963)
as Self
Diamond Head (1962)
as Richard 'King' Howland
The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
as Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator
El Cid (1961)
as El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar
Ben-Hur (1959)
as Judah Ben-Hur
The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)
as John Sands
The Buccaneer (1958)
as Gen. Andrew Jackson
The Big Country (1958)
as Steve Leech
Touch of Evil (1958)
as Ramon Miguel Vargas
Fun in the Big Country (1958)
as Self
Three Violent People (1956)
as Colt Saunders
The Ten Commandments (1956)
as Moses
Forbidden Area (1956)
as Col. Jesse Price
Stars of Cabaret (1956)
as Self (archive footage)
Lucy Gallant (1955)
as Casey Cole
The Private War of Major Benson (1955)
as Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson
The Far Horizons (1955)
as Lt. William Clark
Secret of the Incas (1954)
as Harry Steel
The Naked Jungle (1954)
as Christopher Leiningen
Bad for Each Other (1953)
as Dr. Tom Owen
Three Lives (1953)
as Self
Arrowhead (1953)
as Ed Bannon
Pony Express (1953)
as Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
The President's Lady (1953)
as Andrew Jackson
Ruby Gentry (1952)
as Boake Tackman
The Savage (1952)
as James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
as Brad Braden
A Bolt of Lightning (1951)
as James Otis
Studio One: Wuthering Heights (1950)
as Heathcliff
Dark City (1950)
as Danny Haley
The Taming of the Shrew (1950)
as Petruchio
Julius Caesar (1950)
as Mark Antony
Jane Eyre (1949)
as Edward Rochester
Peer Gynt (1941)
as Peer Gynt
A Man for All Seasons
Director
Mother Lode
Director
Antony and Cleopatra
Director
Antony and Cleopatra
Screenplay

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