Beatty, Warren 1937–

PERSONAL

Full name, Henry Warren Beatty; born March 30, 1937, in Richmond, VA; son of Ira O. and Kathlyn (a drama teacher; maiden name, MacLean) Beatty; brother of Shirley MacLaine (an actress, dancer, director, producer, and writer); married Annette Bening (an actress), March 12, 1992; children: Kathlyn, Benjamin, Isabel Ira Ashley, Ella Corinne. Education: Attended Stella Adler Theatre School, 1957, and Northwestern University, 1959.

Addresses: Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825. Publicist—PMK/HBH Public Relations, 700 San Vicente Blvd., Suite G910, West Hollywood, CA 90069.

Career: Actor, director, producer, and writer. Previously worked as a cocktail lounge pianist.

Member: Screen Actors Guild, Writers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America, Sigma Chi.

Awards, Honors: Theatre World Award, Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best actor in a featured or supporting dramatic role, 1960, both for A Loss of Roses; Golden Globe Award, new star of the year, 1962; Academy Award nominations, best actor and best picture, and Film Award nomination, best foreign actor, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, all 1967, for Bonnie and Clyde; Hasty Pudding Man of the Year, Hasty Pudding Theatricals, Harvard University, 1975; named star of the year, National Association of Theatre Owners, 1975; Academy Award nomination (with Robert Towne), best original screenplay, National Society of Film Critics Award (with Towne), best original screenplay, Writers Guild of America Award, best original comedy screenplay, and Golden Globe Award nomination, best actor in a motion picture musical or comedy, all 1975, for Shampoo; named director of the year and producer of the year, both National Association of Theatre Owners, 1978; Academy Award nominations, best actor, best director (with Buck Henry), best screenplay based on material from another medium (with Elaine May), and best picture, Golden Globe Award, best actor in a musical/comedy, Writers Guild of America Award, best adapted comedy screenplay, and Saturn Award nominations, best actor, best director, and best writer, Academy of Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy Films, all 1978, for Heaven Can Wait; Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, all best director, Directors Guild of America citation for outstanding directorial achievement for feature films, Academy Award nominations, best actor, best original screenplay (with Trevor Griffiths), and best picture, Golden Globe Award nominations, best actor in a motion picture drama and best original screenplay, National Board of Review Award, best director, Writers Guild of America Award, best original dramatic screenplay, and Film Award nomination, best actor, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1981, David Di Donatello Award, best producer—foreign film, Special Marquee, American Movie Awards, 1982, all for Reds; Academy Award nominations, best actor and best picture (with Mark Johnson and Barry Levinson), Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actor in a motion picture drama, National Board of Review Award, best actor, and MTV Movie Award nomination (with Annette Bening), best kiss, all 1991, for Bugsy; Saturn Award nomination, best actor, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, 1991, for Dick Tracy; Academy Award nomination, best screenplay written directly for the screen, Golden Globe Award nominations, best actor in a comedy or musical motion picture and best screenplay, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, best screenplay, Chicago Film Critics Association Award, best screenplay, Writers Guild of America Award nomination, best original screenplay, Golden Lion Award nomination, Venice Film Festival, 1998, and Golden Satellite Award nominations, best actor and best performance by an actor in a motion picture—comedy or musical, International Press Academy, 1999, all for Bulworth; Career Golden Lion Award, Venice Film Festival, 1998; Alan J. Pakula Memorial Award, National Board of Review, 1998; Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 2000; Board of Governors Award, American Society of Cinematographers, 2000; Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award, San Sebastian International Film Festival, 2001; Distinguished Director Award, Costume Designers Guild Awards, 2001; World Artist Award, Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, 2001; Academy Fellowship, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 2002; Akira Kurosawa Award, San Francisco International Film Festival, 2002; Milestone Award, Producers Guild of America Golden Laurel Awards, 2004; Kennedy Center Honors, 2004; Cecil B. DeMille Award, Golden Globes, 2007.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Paolo di Leo, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (also known as The Widow and the Gigolo), Warner Bros., 1961.

Bud Stamper, Splendor in the Grass (also known as Splendour in the Grass), Warner Bros., 1961.

Berry-Berry Willart, All Fall Down, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1962.

Vincent Bruce, Lilith, Columbia, 1963.

Title role and the comic, Mickey One, Columbia, 1965.

Harley Rummel, Promise Her Anything, Paramount, 1966.

Barney Lincoln, Kaleidoscope (also known as The Bank Breaker), Warner Bros., 1966.

Clyde Barrow, Bonnie and Clyde (also known as Bonnie and Clyde … Were Killers!), Warner Bros./Seven Arts, 1967.

Joe Grady, The Only Game in Town, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970.

John Q. McCabe, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Warner Bros., 1971.

Joe Collins, Dollars (also known as The Heist and $), Columbia, 1971.

Year of the Woman (documentary), 1973.

Joseph Frady, The Parallax View, Paramount, 1974.

Nicky, The Fortune (also known as Spite and Malice), Columbia, 1975.

George Roundee, Shampoo, Columbia, 1975.

Joe Pendleton, Leo Farnsworth, and Tom Jarrett, Heaven Can Wait, Paramount, 1978.

John Reed, Reds, Paramount, 1981.

Himself, George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (documentary), Rosebud Communications Releasing, 1984.

Lyle Rogers, Ishtar, Columbia, 1987.

Title role, Dick Tracy, Buena Vista, 1990.

Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, Bugsy, TriStar, 1991.

Himself, Madonna: Truth or Dare (documentary; also known as In Bed with Madonna and Truth or Dare), Miramax, 1991.

Himself, Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro, 1992.

Mike Gambril, Love Affair, Warner Bros., 1994.

Shirley MacLaine: Kicking Up Her Heels, 1996.

Senator Jay Billington Bulworth, Bulworth, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998.

Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party (video), 1999.

Himself, The Book That Wrote Itself, 1999.

Porter Stoddard, Town and Country, New Line Cinema, 2000.

George Stevens: The Filmmakers Who Knew Him (documentary), 2001.

A Decade Under the Influence (documentary), IFC Films, 2003.

Dean Tavoularis, le magicien d'Hollywood (documentary), 2003.

Inside Deep Throat (documentary), Universal, 2005.

One Bright Shining Moment (documentary), First Run Features, 2005.

Film Work; Producer:

Bonnie and Clyde (also known as Bonnie and Clyde … Were Killers!), Warner Bros./Seven Arts, 1967.

Shampoo, Columbia, 1975.

Heaven Can Wait, Paramount, 1978.

Reds, Paramount, 1981.

Ishtar, Columbia, 1987.

Dick Tracy, Buena Vista, 1990.

(With Mark Johnson and Barry Levinson), Bugsy, TriStar, 1991.

Love Affair, Warner Bros., 1994.

Bulworth, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998.

Film Work; Executive Producer:

The Pick-Up Artist, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987.

Film Work; Director:

(With Buck Henry), Heaven Can Wait, Paramount, 1978.

Reds, Paramount, 1981.

Dick Tracy, Buena Vista, 1990.

Bulworth, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998.

Television Appearances; Series:

Milton Armitage, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (also known as Dobie Gillis), CBS, 1959–60.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Arthur Penn, 1922–: Themes and Variants, PBS, 1970.

Night of 100 Stars, ABC, 1982.

Stella Adler: Awake and Dream!, PBS, 1989.

The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1990.

Dick Tracy: Behind the Badge, Behind the Scenes, 1990.

Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Love, NBC, 1991.

Victory and Valor: A Special Olympics All-Star Celebration, ABC, 1991.

Bugsy: The Dark Passion of an American Dreamer, Showtime, 1991.

Warren Beatty Talking with David Frost, PBS, 1992.

An American Reunion: The 52nd Presidential Inaugural Gala, 1993.

The Late Show with David Letterman Video Special, CBS, 1994.

Master of ceremonies, The American Film Institute Salute to Jack Nicholson (also known as The AFI Salute to Jack Nicholson), CBS, 1994.

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies, HBO, 1995.

The American Film Institute Salute to Steven Spielberg (also known as The AFI Salute to Steven Spielberg), NBC, 1995.

The American Film Institute Salute to Clint Eastwood (also known as The AFI Salute to Clint Eastwood), ABC, 1996.

(Uncredited) Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory, TNT, 1998.

The AFI's 100 Years … 100 Stars, CBS, 1999.

The 27th American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Dustin Hoffman, ABC, 1999.

The Lives of Lillian Hellman, PBS, 1999.

Warren Beatty, Arts and Entertainment, 1999.

Forever Hollywood, 1999.

Look Out Haskell, It's Real: The Making of "Medium Cool," 2001.

Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion, Arts and Entertainment, 2002.

(Uncredited) Himself, Shirtless: Hollywood's Sexist Men, AMC, 2002.

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment, E! Entertainment Television, 2003.

Premio Donostia a Willem Defoe, 2005.

(Uncredited) Himself, American Film Institute Tribute to George Lucas, USA Network, 2005.

Bullets Over Hollywood, 2005.

The Daily Show and the Colbert Report Present Indecision 2006 Midterm Midtacular, Comedy Central, 2006.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Presenter, The 38th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1966.

Presenter, The 47th Annual Academy Awards, NBC, 1975.

Cohost, The 49th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1977.

The 53rd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, 1981.

The 54th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1982.

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 1983, 2001, 2004.

Presenter, The 62nd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1990.

The 49th Annual Golden Globe Awards, TBS, 1992.

The 64th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1992.

Presenter, The 70th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1998.

The 71st Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1999.

The 72nd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 2000.

The 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Fox, 2000.

The 7th Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Fox, 2001.

Presenter, The 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, TNT, 2001.

The Orange British Academy Film Awards, E! Entertainment Television, 2002.

The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2005.

The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, NBC, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"The Curly-Headed Kid," Kraft Television Theatre (also known as Kraft Mystery Theatre and Kraft Theatre), NBC, 1957.

Card player "The Night America Trembled," Studio One (also known as Studio One in Hollywood and Westinghouse Studio One), CBS, 1957.

Boy, "Heartbeat," Suspicion, 1957.

"Dark December," Playhouse 90, 1959.

Harry Grayson, "The Visitor," Alcoa Presents (also known as One Step Beyond), ABC, 1960.

"The Pearlie Garnet Story," Wagon Train, ABC, 1964.

Mystery guest, What's My Line? CBS, 1966.

The Phil Donahue Show (also known as Donahue), syndicated, 1990.

The Film Programme (also known as Film '90), BBC, 1990.

The Howard Stern Show, syndicated, 1992.

Aspel & Company, ITV, 1992.

"Joan Collins: A Personal Dynasty," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1997.

Vibe, syndicated, 1998.

The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, 1998.

Himself, "Flip," The Larry Sanders Show, HBO, 1998.

Howard Stern, E! Entertainment Television, 1998.

"Shirley MacLaine: This Time Around," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2000.

Mad TV, Fox, 2001.

"Hollywood: L.A. Special," Seitenblicke, 2002.

60 Minutes II (also known as 60 Minutes and 60 Minutes Wednesday), CBS, 2005.

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List, Bravo, 2005.

Corazon de …, 2006.

Entertainment Tonight (also known as E.T.), syndicated, 2006.

The Colbert Report, Comedy Central, 2006.

"Annette Bening & Warren Beatty Get Honored by St. Johns, Chris Brown & Neo on a Soundtrack & CMT Honors Reba," In the Mix (also known as In the Cutz), Urban America, 2006.

Also appeared in Love of Life, CBS; Playhouse 90, CBS; One Step Beyond, ABC; Suspicion, NBC; "The Square," Look Up and Live.

Stage Appearances:

Kenny, A Loss of Roses, Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 1960.

Also appeared in Compulsion, North Jersey Playhouse, New Jersey.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Appeared in a music video by Pras, "Supastar (That Is What You Are)."

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(Uncredited) McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Warner Bros., 1971.

(With Robert Towne) Shampoo, Columbia, 1975.

(With Elaine May) Heaven Can Wait (based on the play by Harry Segall), Paramount, 1978.

(With Trevor Griffiths) Reds (based on the book Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed), Paramount, 1981.

Dick Tracy, Buena Vista, 1990.

Love Affair (based on the film An Affair to Remember), Warner Bros., 1994.

Bulworth, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998.

Film Songs:

(With others), Ishtar, Columbia, 1987.

Bulworth, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998.

Other:

Warren Beatty and Desert Eyes: A Life and a Story (memoir), Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1987.

ADAPTATIONS

The film Bulworth, released by Twentieth Century-Fox in 1998, was based on a story by Beatty.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Amburn, Ellis, The Sexiest Man Alive: A Biography of Warren Beatty, HarperCollins, 2002.

Finstand, Suzanne, Warren Beatty: A Private Man, Harmony Books, 2005.

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, 4th ed., St. James Press, 2000.

Newsmakers 2000, Issue 1, Gale Group, 2000.

Quirk, Lawrence J., The Films of Warren Beatty, Citadel Press, 1991.

Spada, James, Shirley and Warren, Macmillan, 1985.

Thomson, David, Warren Beatty and Desert Eyes: A Life and Story, Doubleday, 1987.

Periodicals:

Cosmopolitan, June, 1983, p. 218; December, 1991, p. 154.

Entertainment Weekly, March 26, 1999, pp. 88-89; March 1, 2000, p. 74; October 20, 2006, p. 44.

Esquire, May, 1990, p. 151.

Film Comment, January/February, 1992, p. 28.

Interview, October, 2005, p. 100.

Life, May, 1987.

McCall's, February, 1992, p. 96.

Nation, April 5, 1999, p. 13.

New Republic, October 25, 1999.

Newsweek, October 11, 1999.

New York Times, December 8, 1991, sec. 2, p. H1.

People Weekly, July 2, 1990, p. 78; July 29, 1991, p. 36; April 24, 2000, p. 82.

PR Newswire, November 12, 1999, p. 3444.

Premiere, July, 1990, pp. 52-60, 103-05; January, 1992, p. 48.

Redbook, October, 1994, pp. 94-100.

Rolling Stone, May 31, 1990, p. 44.

Time, December 9, 1991, p. 90.

Variety, March 10, 2003, p. SS23; December 8, 2003, p. S24.

Washington Monthly, November 1, 1999.

Washington Times, November 4, 1999.