Warren Beatty

**Henry Warren Beaty** (born March 30, 1937) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter and director. He has been nominated for 15 Academy Awards.  He won the Best Director Award. He has been nominated for 16 Golden Globe Awards and won six. Beatty was nominated for four Oscars for _Heaven Can Wait_. He won an Oscar for _Reds_.

## Early life

Beatty was born in Richmond, Virginia. His mother was Canadian teacher Kathlyn Corinne and doctor Ira Owens. He was raised in Arlington, Virginia. His older sister is actress Shirley MacLaine. He studied at Northwestern University for a year from 1954 through 1955.

Beatty enlisted in the California Air National Guard on February 11, 1960 under his original name, Henry W. Beaty. On January 1, 1961, Beatty was discharged from the Air National Guard due to physical disability.

## Career

Beatty started his career making appearances on television shows such as _Studio One_ (1957), _Kraft Television Theatre_ (1957), and _Playhouse 90_ (1959). He was a semi-regular on _The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis_ during its first season (1959–60). Beatty made his movie debut in Elia Kazan's _Splendor in the Grass_ (1961), opposite Natalie Wood.

In 1967, when he was 28, he produced and acted alongside Faye Dunaway and Gene Hackman in _Bonnie and Clyde_. It was a critical and commercial success, and was nominated for ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, and seven Golden Globe Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor.

After _Bonnie and Clyde_, Beatty acted with Elizabeth Taylor in _The Only Game in Town_ (1970), directed by George Stevens; _McCabe & Mrs. Miller_ (1971), directed by Robert Altman; _Dollars_ (1971), directed by Richard Brooks; _The Parallax View_ (1974), directed by Alan J. Pakula; and _The Fortune_ (1975), directed by Mike Nichols.

Beatty starred in _Reds_ (1981), an historical epic about American Communist journalist John Reed who observed the Russian October Revolution. Beatty won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director.

Following _Reds_, Beatty did not appear in a movie for five years until 1987's _Ishtar_, written and directed by Elaine May.

Beatty produced, directed and played the title role as comic strip based detective Dick Tracy in the 1990 movie of the same name. The movie received critical acclaim and was one of the highest-grossing movies of the year. It received seven Academy Award nominations, winning three for Best Art Direction, Best Makeup, and Best Original Song. It also received four Golden Globe Award nominations, including Best Motion Picture. In 1998, he wrote, produced, directed and starred in the political satire _Bulworth_, which was critically acclaimed and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

Following the very bad box office performance of _Town & Country_ (2001), in which Beatty starred, he did not appear in or direct another movie for 15 years.

In 2016, Beatty returned to acting and directing in the movie _Rules Don't Apply_, which was about a fake romance story about Howard Hughes.

## Personal life

Beatty has been married to actress Annette Bening since 1992. They have four children.  His eldest son Stephen Ira came out as transgender in 2006. Their daughter, Ella, is an actress.

Beatty is a longtime supporter of the Democratic Party.  In 1972, Beatty was part of the "inner circle" of Senator George McGovern's presidential campaign.

## Movies

|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Year|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Film|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Role|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2|1961|_Splendor in the Grass_|Bud Stamper|Golden Globe for Best New Star - Actor Nominated - Golden Globe for Best Actor||||
|_The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone_|Paolo di Leo|||||||
|1962|_All Fall Down_|Berry-Berry Willart||||||
|1964|_Lilith_|Vincent Bruce||||||
|rowspan=2|1965|_Mickey One_|Mickey One|||||
|_Promise Her Anything_|Harley Rummell|||||||
|1966|_Kaleidoscope_|Barney Lincoln||||||
|1967|_Bonnie and Clyde_|Clyde Barrow|David di Donatello Award for Best Actor Photoplay Award for Best Actor Photoplay Award for Best Film Golden Laurel Award for Best Action-Drama Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated - Golden Globe for Best Picture Nominated – Golden Globe for Best Actor Nominated – BAFTA for Best Actor Nominated - National Society of Film Critics for Best Film|||||
|1970|_The Only Game in Town_|Joe Grady||||||
|rowspan=2|1971|_McCabe & Mrs. Miller_|John McCabe|||||
|_$_|Joe Collins|||||||
|1974|_The Parallax View_|Joseph Frady||||||
|rowspan=2|1975|_Shampoo_|George Roundy|WGA Award for Best Screenplay National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay Nominated – Academy Award for Best Screenplay Nominated – Golden Globe for Best Actor Nominated - Golden Globe for Best Picture||||
|_The Fortune_|Nicky Wilson|||||||
|1978|_Heaven Can Wait_|Joe Pendleton|Golden Globe for Best Picture Golden Globe for Best Actor WGA Award for Best Screenplay Saturn Award for Best Film Saturn Award for Best Actor Saturn Award for Best Writing Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated – Academy Award for Best Director Nominated – Academy Award for Best Screenplay Nominated – DGA Award for Best Director Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Direction|||||
|1981|_Reds_|John Reed|Academy Award for Best Director DGA Award for Best Director Golden Globe for Best Director WGA Award for Best Screenplay David di Donatello for Best Producer Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film National Board of Review Award for Best Director National Board of Review Award for Top Ten Film American Movie Award for Excellence in Film Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated – Academy Award for Best Screenplay Nominated – Golden Globe for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe for Best Screenplay Nominated - Golden Globe for Best Picture Nominated – BAFTA for Best Actor Nominated - Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film Nominated - Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay|||||
|1987|_Ishtar_|Lyle Rogers||||||
|1990|_Dick Tracy_|Dick Tracy|Nominated - Golden Globe for Best Picture Nominated - Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Award for Best Director Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Actor Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Film|||||
|1991|_Bugsy_|Bugsy Siegel|Golden Globe for Best Picture Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film National Board of Review Award for Best Actor National Board of Review for Top Ten Film Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated – Golden Globe for Best Actor Nominated - Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated - New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Nominated - National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor|||||
|1994|_Love Affair_|Mike Gambril||||||
|1998|_Bulworth_|Sen. Jay Billington Bulworth|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay Nominated – Academy Award for Best Screenplay Nominated – WGA Award for Best Screenplay Nominated – Golden Globe for Best Screenplay Nominated - Golden Globe for Best Picture Nominated – Golden Globe for Best Actor Nominated - Venice Film Festival Golden Lion Award for Best Film Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor|||||
|2001|_Town & Country_|Porter Stoddard||||||
|2008|_The Dick Tracy TV Special_|Dick Tracy|Also director and producer|||||
|2016|_Rules Don't Apply_|Howard Hughes|Also writer, director, and producer|||||

## More readings

- Ellis Amburn, _The Sexiest Man Alive: A Biography of Warren Beatty_, HarperCollins Publishers Inc., New York, 2002.
- Suzanne Finstad, _Warren Beatty: A Private Man_, Random House, Inc., New York, 2005.
- Mark Harris, "Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of New Hollywood", Penguin Press, New York, 2008.
- Suzanne Munshower, "Warren Beatty: His Life, His Loves, HIs Work", St. Martin's Press, New York, 1990.
- Lawrence Quirk, "The Films of Warren Beatty", Citadel Press, New Jersey, 1979.

## Other websites

- The Carolyn Jackson Collection, no. 13 – Interview with Warren Beatty, from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image
- , with Elaine May speaking

## Infobox (person)

- **image**: Warren Beatty.jpg
- **caption**: Beatty in 2001
- **birth name**: Henry Warren Beaty
- **birth place**: Richmond, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, United States, U.S.
- **spouse**: Annette Bening
(m. 1992–present)
- **alma mater**: Northwestern University
- **relatives**: Shirley MacLaine (sister)
- **children**: 4; including Ella Beatty, Ella
- **years active**: 1956–present