Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1923-10-04
Day of Death
2008-04-05
Place of Birth
Wilmette, Illinois, USA
Charlton Heston
Biography
Charlton Heston was an American actor renowned for his towering screen presence and roles in some of Hollywood’s most famous epics. Born John Charles Carter on October 4, 1923, in Illinois, he discovered his passion for acting in school, studied drama at Northwestern University, and began his career on stage and in live television before transitioning to film. He first gained major attention in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Greatest Show on Earth and then became an international star with his performances as Moses in The Ten Commandments and Judah Ben‑Hur in Ben‑Hur, the latter earning him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Heston went on to headline a wide range of big‑budget films, including El Cid, The Agony and the Ecstasy, Planet of the Apes, and The Omega Man, establishing himself as one of the most recognizable leading men of mid‑20th‑century cinema. Beyond acting, he was active in public life, supporting civil rights in the 1960s and later becoming a prominent conservative voice and president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003. He retired from public life after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2002 and died on April 5, 2008, in Beverly Hills, California, leaving behind a legacy as both a cinematic icon and a polarizing political figure.
Filmography (194)
Airports
2025
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
2024
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
2023
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
2020
Todos los nombres de Sara
2019
Hail Satan?
2019
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019
I Am Richard Pryor
2019
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
2019
The Madding Crowd
2017
Bienvenido Mr. Heston
2016
The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille
2016
Spanish Western
2015Children of the Civil Rights
2015
