Warren Beatty

Henry Warren Beatty , in 1957. Both Warren Beatty and his sister, Shirley MacLaine, have said they consider only this pronunciation correct, and Warren was fond of saying the name should rhyme with "weighty", not "Wheaties". But the pronunciation is so common that it is also or exclusively recorded in some reliable reference works.}} (né Beaty; born March 30, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. His career has spanned over six decades, and he has received an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards. He also received the Irving G. Thalberg Award in 1999, the BAFTA Fellowship in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2007, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2008.

Beatty has been nominated for 14 Academy Awards, including four for Best Actor, four for Best Picture, two for Best Director, three for Original Screenplay, and one for Adapted Screenplay – winning Best Director for ''Reds'' (1981). He was nominated for his performances as Clyde Barrow in the crime drama ''Bonnie and Clyde'' (1967), a quarterback mistakenly taken to heaven in the sports fantasy drama ''Heaven Can Wait'' (1978), John Reed in the historical epic ''Reds'' (1981), and Bugsy Siegel in the crime drama ''Bugsy'' (1991), the later three of which he also directed.

Beatty made his acting debut as a teenager in love in the Elia Kazan drama ''Splendor in the Grass'' (1961). He later acted in John Frankenheimer's drama ''All Fall Down'' (1962), Robert Altman's revisionist western ''McCabe & Mrs. Miller'' (1971), Alan J. Pakula's political thriller ''The Parallax View'' (1974), Hal Ashby's comedy ''Shampoo'' (1975), and Elaine May's road movie ''Ishtar'' (1987). He also directed and starred in the action crime film ''Dick Tracy'' (1990), the political satire ''Bulworth'' (1998), and the romance ''Rules Don't Apply'' (2016), all of which he also produced.

On stage, Beatty made his Broadway debut in the William Inge kitchen sink drama ''A Loss of Roses'' (1960) for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. Provided by Wikipedia