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 .