Charlton Heston
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday4 October 1923
Died5 April 2008 (age 84)
Place of birthWilmette, Illinois, USA
Known credits252
Biography
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 earnin…
Airports
2025
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
2020 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
Todos los nombres de Sara
2019 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
Hail Satan?
2019 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
I Am Richard Pryor
2019 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
2019 · (archive footage)
The Madding Crowd
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Bienvenido Mr. Heston
2016 · Self (archive footage)
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
2016 · Self
Spanish Western
2015 · Self (archive footage)
Children of the Civil Rights
2015 · Self (archival footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
2014 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
2013 · Self (archive footage)
A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King
2011 · Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
2011 · Self (archive footage)
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010 · (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
2010 · Self – Interviewee
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses
2008 · Self - Host / Moses
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007 · Self (archive footage)
De Madrid a la Luna
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
2004 · Host
Christmas in Hollywood
2003 · Self (archive footage)
The Making of The Ten Commandments
2003 · Self (archive footage)
My Father
2003 · Josef Mengele
Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den
2003 · Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Jonah and the Whale
2003 · Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: David and Goliath
2003 · Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Samson and Delilah
2003 · Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: The Garden of Eden
2003 · Self - Host
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
2003 · Self - Host
Ben Hur
2003 · Ben Hur (voice)
Lasting Love
2003
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
2002 · Self (archive footage)
The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich
2002 · Narrator (voice)
Bowling for Columbine
2002 · Self - NRA President
The Making of 'Tombstone'
2002 · Self
Last Party 2000
2001 · Self
The Making of Midway
2001 · Self
Planet of the Apes
2001 · Zaius (uncredited)
Cats & Dogs
2001 · The Mastiff (voice)
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