Charlton Heston
Acting
Born 1923-10-04 · Wilmette, Illinois, USA
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.
Filmography
Airports
Sep 17, 2025
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
May 3, 2024
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
Feb 24, 2023
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
Dec 2, 2020
Todos los nombres de Sara
Dec 15, 2019
Hail Satan?
Apr 17, 2019
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
Apr 14, 2019
I Am Richard Pryor
Mar 12, 2019
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
Feb 21, 2019
The Madding Crowd
Feb 1, 2017
Bienvenido Mr. Heston
Nov 25, 2016
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
Feb 11, 2016
Spanish Western
May 4, 2015
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Dec 12, 2014
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
Sep 20, 2014
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
Aug 4, 2013
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
Jul 14, 2011
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
Aug 3, 2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
May 5, 2010
Hollywood sul Tevere
Sep 7, 2009
Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses
Mar 31, 2008
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Jun 20, 2007
De Madrid a la Luna
Oct 24, 2006
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Sep 13, 2005
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Jul 25, 2004
Remembering Reagan at His Ranch
Jun 22, 2004
Christmas in Hollywood
Nov 13, 2003
The Making of The Ten Commandments
Sep 23, 2003
My Father
Sep 1, 2003
Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible: Daniel and the Lion's Den
Apr 1, 2003