Ron Howard

Ronald William "Ron" Howard is an American filmmaker, actor, director, and producer, who is best known for his roles as a child actor, including Opie in The Andy Griffith Show, Steve Bolander in American Graffiti and its sequel, More American Graffiti, and Richie Cunningham in Happy Days, and as the director of the Academy Award-winning film A Beautiful Mind in 2001.
==Career==
His other films include the 2000 live-action adaptation of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Robert Langdon Trilogy consisting of The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and Inferno (all starring Tom Hanks) from 2006 to 2016, as well as the films: Cocoon (1985), Parenthood (1989), Backdraft (1991), Far and Away (1992), The Paper (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), The Missing (2003), Cinderella Man (2005), Frost/Nixon (2008), The Dilemma (2011), Rush (2013), and In the Heart of the Sea (2015).
Howard's first project with Disney was in 1969, in the Disneyland record The Story and Song from The Haunted Mansion, playing a teenager that finds himself trapped inside the Haunted Mansion. His first film role at Disney came in 1970, when he played Virgil Tanner in the film The Wild Country.
Eventually becoming a director, Howard returned to Disney in 1984 and directed Splash (which launched the Touchstone Pictures label). He later directed the 1988 film Willow for Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox. He returned to Disney to direct the 1996 film Ransom, and produced the 2004 film The Alamo for Touchstone. He also directed the 2018 film Solo, replacing former directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.
He is the older brother of Clint Howard and father of Bryce Dallas Howard.
==Role==
Tumblr n6s3cuIts61qiceiuo1 1280.jpg|Virgil Tanner (Right)(The Wild Country)
Ron Howard (OMitB).jpg|Himself(Only Murders in the Building)
==Gallery==
Ron Howard 64th Emmys.jpg|Howard speaks onstage at the 64th annual Emmy Awards in September 2012.
Ron Howard TIFF13.jpg|Howard attending the 2013 Toronto International Film Fest.
Ron Howard Hollywood Walk of Fame.jpg|Howard at his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in December 2015.
Ron Howard Tribeca17.jpg|Howard attending the 2017 Tribeca Film Fest.
Ron Howard Winter TCA Tour17.jpg|Howard speaks at the Genius panel at the National Geographic portion of the 2017 Winter TCA Tour.
Ron Howard 71st Cannes Fest.jpg|Howard attending the 71st annual Cannes Film Fest in May 2018.
Ron Howard WGA19.jpg|Howard speaks onstage at the 2019 Writers' Guild Awards.
Ron Howard & Brian Grazer TIFF19.jpg|Howard and Brian Grazer attending the 2019 Toronto International Film Fest.
Ron Howard Sundance20.jpg|Howard attending the 2020 Sundance Film Fest. 
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