Biography
Though his romantic adventures as the womanizer du-jour for over four decades occasionally overshadowed his creative endeavors, star Warren Beatty was an actor and Academy Award-winning director and writer who starred in and made some of the most ambitious and influential films of the 1960s on through the 1990s. His list of credits may have come up shorter than some of his more celebrated peers, but few could boast such films as "Bonnie and …
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Career Milestones
| Raised in Virginia | ||
1959 | TV series debut, "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (CBS); pulled after three episodes by his agent | |
1960 | Broadway debut in William Inge's "A Loss of Roses"; garnered a best actor Tony Award nomination; was his only appearance on the Broadway stage | |
1961 | Made film debut under Elia Kazan's direction and opposite Natalie Wood in "Splendor in the Grass"; received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor | |
1962 | Cast opposite Angela Lansbury and Eva Marie Saint in John Frankenheimer's "All Fall Down" | |
1967 | First film as producer, "Bonnie and Clyde"; also co-starred with Faye Dunaway; film was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor | |
1971 | Co-starred with off-screen companion Julie Christie in Robert Altman's "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" | |
1971 | First film with Goldie Hawn, the caper film "$" | |
1974 | Starred (also produced) in Alan J. Pakula's political thriller "The Parallax View" | |
1975 | First film as co-writer (with Robert Towne), "Shampoo"; also produced and acted; re-teamed Beatty with Hawn and Christie; garnered an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay | |
1975 | Teamed with Jack Nicholson and Stockard Channing in Mike Nichols' "The Fortune" | |
1978 | First film directing (co-directed with Buck Henry), "Heaven Can Wait"; also co-wrote (with Elaine May), produced and co-starred; third collaboration with Julie Christie; film nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Screenplay | |
1981 | Earned first Academy Award as Best Director for his epic love story "Reds"; also produced, co-wrote and starred as John Reed opposite Diane Keaton's Louise Bryant; film received 12 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Screenplay | |
1987 | Returned to films after a six year hiatus to co-star with Dustin Hoffman in the critically panned, "Ishtar"; regarded as one of the biggest box office bombs in film history | |
1990 | Produced, directed and played the title role as the comic strip character "Dick Tracy"; film received seven Academy Award nominations | |
1991 | Appeared in then off-screen love Madonna's documentary, "Madonna: Truth or Dare" | |
1991 | Portrayed real-life gangster Bugsy Siegel in the critically acclaimed biopic "Bugsy"; co-starred with future wife Annette Bening; also produced; earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination | |
1994 | Starred opposite off-screen love, Annette Bening in the remake of "Love Affair"; also co-write and produced | |
1998 | Directed and starred in the political satire "Bullworth"; also co-wrote and co-produced; garnered a Best Screenplay Academy Award nomination | |
2001 | Appeared in last film to date, "Town and Country"; re-teamed Beatty with Diane Keaton and Goldie Hawn | |
Awards
1961 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama in Splendor in the Grass |
1961 | Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actor |
1967 | Academy Award for Actor in Bonnie and Clyde |
1967 | Academy Award for Best Picture in Bonnie and Clyde |
1967 | BAFTA Award for Foreign Actor in Bonnie and Clyde |
1967 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama in Bonnie and Clyde |
1975 | Academy Award for Writing (Original Screenplay) in Shampoo |
1975 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical in Shampoo |
1975 | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay in Shampoo |
1978 | Academy Award for Actor In a Leading Role in Heaven Can Wait |
1978 | Academy Award for Best Picture in Heaven Can Wait |
1978 | Academy Award for Directing in Heaven Can Wait |
1978 | Academy Award for Writing (Screenplay Based On Material From Another Medium) in Heaven Can Wait |
1978 | Directors Guild of America Award for Feature Film in Heaven Can Wait |
1978 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical in Heaven Can Wait |
1981 | Academy Award for Actor In a Leading Role in Reds |
1981 | Academy Award for Best Picture in Reds |
1981 | Academy Award for Directing in Reds |
1981 | Academy Award for Writing (Screenplay Written Directly For the Screen) in Reds |
1981 | Directors Guild of America Award for Feature Film in Reds |
1981 | Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture in Reds |
1981 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama in Reds |
1981 | Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture in Reds |
1981 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director in Reds |
1981 | National Board of Review Award for Best Director in Reds |
1982 | BAFTA Award for Actor in Reds |
1991 | Academy Award for Actor In a Leading Role in Bugsy |
1991 | Academy Award for Best Picture in Bugsy |
1991 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama in Bugsy |
1991 | National Board of Review Award for Best Actor in Bugsy |
1992 | MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss in Bugsy |
1998 | Academy Award for Writing (Screenplay Written Directly For the Screen) in Bulworth |
1998 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical in Bulworth |
1998 | Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture in Bulworth |
1998 | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay in Bulworth |
2001 | San Sebastian International Film Festival for Donostia Award |
2006 | Golden Globe Award for Cecil B. DeMille Award |