Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1913-11-02
Day of Death
1994-10-20
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Burt Lancaster
Biography
Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique and distinctive smile (which he called "The Grin"). Later he took roles that went against his initial "tough guy" image. In the late 1950s Lancaster abandoned his "all-American" image and came to be regarded as one of the best actors of his generation. Lancaster was nominated four times for Academy Awards and won once — for his work in Elmer Gantry in 1960. He also won a Golden Globe for that performance and BAFTA Awards for The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) and Atlantic City (1980). His production company, Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, was the most successful and innovative star-driven independent production company in Hollywood of the 1950s, making movies such as Marty (1955), Trapeze (1956), and Sweet Smell of Success (1957). Lancaster also directed two films: The Kentuckian (1955) and The Midnight Man (1974). In 1999, the American Film Institute named Lancaster nineteenth among the greatest male stars of all time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Burt Lancaster, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography (121)
Airports
2025
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
2023
Rat Pack
2022
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
2019
The Untameable Kirk Douglas
2017
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
2016
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
2010
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
2009
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
2008
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005
Luchino Visconti
2002
