Charlton Heston
Actor
Biography
Charlton Heston (October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor of film, theater, and television. He is known for heroic roles in films such as The Ten Commandments, Planet of the Apes, and Ben-Hur, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Heston was also known for his political activism. In the 1950s and 1960s he was one of a handful of Hollywood actors to speak openly against racism and was an active supporter of the Civil Rights Movement. Initially a moderate Democrat, he later supported conservative Republican policies and was president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003.
As Director
Filmography
Armageddon
as Narration (voice) 1998
Hercules
as Narrator (voice) 1997
True Lies
as Spencer Trilby 1994
Planet of the Apes
as Zaius (uncredited) 2001
Planet of the Apes
as George Taylor 1968
Ben-Hur
as Judah Ben-Hur 1959
Tombstone
as Henry Hooker 1993
In the Mouth of Madness
as Jackson Harglow 1995
The Ten Commandments
as Moses 1956
Any Given Sunday
as AFFA Football Commissioner 1999
Cats & Dogs
as The Mastiff (voice) 2001
Bowling for Columbine
as Self - NRA President 2002
Touch of Evil
as Ramon Miguel Vargas 1958
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
as Taylor 1970
Soylent Green
as Detective Robert Thorn 1973
Wayne's World 2
as Good Actor 1993
The Omega Man
as Robert Neville 1971