Acting
Charlton Heston
EN, FR, ES, IT cinema · 198 credits
Born
4 October 1923
Died
5 April 2008 (aged 84)
Birthplace
Wilmette, Illinois, USA
Also known as 찰톤 헤스톤 · John Charles Carter · چارلتون هستون
Charlton Heston (October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor, renowned for his towering screen presence and roles in some of Hollywood’s most famous epics. Born John Charles Carter 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.
Known for
Filmography
Planet of the Apes: A Milestone of Science Fiction
as Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston: Radical to Right Wing
as Self (archive footage)
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
I Am Richard Pryor
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Emergency: Donald Trump’s "Touch of Evil"
as (archive footage)
Hail Satan?
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Todos los nombres de Sara
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Madding Crowd
as Self (archive footage)
Bienvenido Mr. Heston
as Self (archive footage)
Spanish Western
as Self (archive footage)
Children of the Civil Rights
2015
Children of the Civil Rights
as Self (archival footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia
as Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
as Self (archive footage)
A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King
as Self (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
as Self – Interviewee
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
as (archive footage)
Greatest Heroes and Legends: The Story of Moses
as Self - Host / Moses
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
as Self (archive footage)
De Madrid a la Luna
as Self (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
My Father
as Josef Mengele
Christmas from Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Ben Hur
as Ben Hur (voice)
Greatest Heroes and Legends of The Bible: Joshua and the Battle of Jericho
as Self - Host
The Making of The Ten Commandments
as Self (archive footage)
Bowling for Columbine
as Self - NRA President
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
as Self (archive footage)
The Face of Evil: Reinhard Heydrich
as Narrator (voice)
Town & Country
as Mr. Clayborne
The Order
as Professor Finley
Planet of the Apes
as Zaius (uncredited)
Cats & Dogs
as The Mastiff (voice)
Last Party 2000
as Self
Any Given Sunday
as AFFA Football Commissioner
Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Behind the Planet of the Apes
as Self - 'Taylor'
Gideon
as Addison Sinclair
Armageddon
as Narration (voice)
Hercules
as Narrator (voice)
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible: Genesis
as Self - Host
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible
as Self - Narrator
Hamlet
as Player King
The Lord Protector
as Narrator (voice)
Alaska
as Perry
The Mysterious Origins of Man
as Self - Host
In the Mouth of Madness
as Jackson Harglow
The Avenging Angel
as Brigham Young
Texas
as Narrator
The Legacy of Malthus
as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)
True Lies
as Spencer Trilby
Tombstone
as Henry Hooker
Wayne's World 2
as Good Actor
The Mystery of the Sphinx
as Narrator
Solar Crisis
as Adm. "Skeet" Kelso
Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232
as Captain Al Haynes
Noël
as Narrator
The Crucifer of Blood
as Sherlock Holmes
Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
as Host and Narrator
Treasure Island
as Long John Silver
The Little Kidnappers
as James MacKenzie
Call from Space
as Alien (voice)
Original Sin
as Louis Mancini
A Man for All Seasons
as Sir Thomas More, Director
All-Time Movie Greats
1988
All-Time Movie Greats
as Self (archive footage)
Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures
1987
Andrew Weyth, The Helga Pictures
as Self - Host
Proud Men
as Charley MacLeod Sr.
Eclipse of Reason
as Narrator
Nairobi Affair
as Lee Cahill
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
as Self - Performer
Mother Lode
as Silas McGee / Ian McGee, Director
Let Poland Be Poland
as Self - Co-Host
The Awakening
as Matthew Corbeck
The Mountain Men
as Bill Tyler
Gray Lady Down
as Captain Paul Blanchard
The Prince and the Pauper
as Henry VIII
Energy: A National Issue
as Narrator (voice)
Midway
as Capt. Matthew Garth
Two-Minute Warning
as Capt. Peter Holly
The Last Hard Men
as Sam Burgade
America at the Movies
as Narrator
Earthquake
as Stewart Graff
Airport 1975
as Alan Murdock
The Four Musketeers
as Cardinal Richelieu
The Three Musketeers
as Cardinal Richelieu
Soylent Green
as Detective Robert Thorn
The Call of the Wild
as John Thornton
Skyjacked
as Capt. Henry 'Hank' O'Hara
Antony and Cleopatra
as Marc Antony, Director, Screenplay
The Special London Bridge Special
as Tennis Player
The Omega Man
as Robert Neville
Vietnam! Vietnam!
as Narrator (voice)
The Last Man Alive: The Omega Man
as Self - Narrator
Julius Caesar
as Marc Antony
The Hawaiians
as Whip Hoxworth
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
Number One
as Ron "Cat" Catlan
Planet of the Apes
as George Taylor
Elizabeth the Queen
as Lord Essex
Will Penny
as Will Penny
Counterpoint
as Lionel Evans
While I Run This Race
as Narrator
Khartoum
as Gen. Charles 'Chinese' Gordon
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as John the Baptist
Major Dundee
as Major Amos Charles Dundee
The Agony and the Ecstasy
as Michelangelo
The War Lord
as Chrysagon
Uncertain Verification
as (archive footage)
55 Days at Peking
as Maj. Matt Lewis
The Five Cities of June
as Narrator
The Patriots
1963
The Patriots
as Thomas Jefferson
Diamond Head
as Richard 'King' Howland
The Pigeon That Took Rome
as Captain Paul MacDougall / Benny the Snatch / Narrator
El Cid
as El Cid Rodrigo de Vivar
Ben-Hur
as Judah Ben-Hur
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
as John Sands
Touch of Evil
as Ramon Miguel Vargas
The Buccaneer
as Gen. Andrew Jackson
The Big Country
as Steve Leech
The Ten Commandments
as Moses
Three Violent People
as Colt Saunders
Forbidden Area
1956
Forbidden Area
as Col. Jesse Price
Stars of Cabaret
as Self (archive footage)
The Far Horizons
as Lt. William Clark
The Private War of Major Benson
as Maj. Bernard R. 'Barney' Benson
Lucy Gallant
as Casey Cole
Secret of the Incas
as Harry Steel
The Naked Jungle
as Christopher Leiningen
Pony Express
as Captain William Frank 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
Arrowhead
as Ed Bannon
Bad for Each Other
as Dr. Tom Owen
The President's Lady
as Andrew Jackson
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Brad Braden
Ruby Gentry
as Boake Tackman
The Savage
as James 'Jim' Aherne Jr. / War Bonnet
A Bolt of Lightning
as James Otis
Dark City
as Danny Haley
Julius Caesar
as Mark Antony
Studio One: Wuthering Heights
as Heathcliff
The Taming of the Shrew
as Petruchio
Jane Eyre
as Edward Rochester
Peer Gynt
as Peer Gynt