Original: Heston is known for having played heroic roles, such as Moses in The Ten Commandments, Colonel George Taylor in Planet of the Apes, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar in El Cid, and Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Simplified: He had many big roles, such as playing Moses in the film The Ten Commandments, astronaut Colonel George Taylor in the film Planet of the Apes, and the Academy Award-winning role of Judah Ben-Hur in the film Ben-Hur.