Acting
Jason Robards
EN, DE, FR, IT cinema · 125 credits
Born
26 July 1922
Died
26 December 2000 (aged 78)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as Jason Robards Jr. · Джейсон Робардс · Jason Nelson Robards Jr.
Jason Nelson Robards Jr. (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American actor. Known as an interpreter of the works of playwright Eugene O'Neill, Robards received two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. He is one of 24 performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting.
Known for
Filmography
La vita e il trionfo di Aimee Mann
2026
The Voice Still Carries: The Aimee Mann Story
as Earl Partridge (Magnolia archive footage)
Arthur Miller: Writer
as Self (archive footage)
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
as Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004
as Joe's Father (video "One")
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone
as Self (archive footage)
Going Home
as Charles Barton
Magnolia
as Earl Partridge
My Best Fiend
as Self (archive footage)
The Real Macaw
as Grandpa Girdis
Heartwood
as Logan Reeser
Beloved
as Mr. Bodwin
Enemy of the State
as Congressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
A Thousand Acres
as Larry Cook
Truman
1997
Truman
as Narrator (voice)
The Great American West
1995
The Great American West
as Narrator (voice)
My Antonia
as Josea Burden
Journey
as Marcus
Crimson Tide
as Rear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
The Paper
as Graham Keighley
The Enemy Within
as General R. Pendleton Lloyd
Little Big League
as Thomas Heywood
The Adventures of Huck Finn
as The King
The Trial
as Doctor Huld
Philadelphia
as Charles Wheeler
La Classe américaine
as The Newspaper Director (archive footage)
Roots of Roe
1993
Roots of Roe
as Anthony Comstock (voice)
Storyville
as Clifford Fowler
Deceptions
as Clay (voice)
Lincoln
1992
Lincoln
as President Abraham Lincoln (voice)
The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library
1992
The Peoples Palace: Secrets of the New York Public Library
as Self - Narrator (voice)
When It Was a Game 2
as Passage Narrator (voice)
Mark Twain and Me
as Mark Twain
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
as Narrator (voice)
The Perfect Tribute
as President Abraham Lincoln
Chernobyl: The Final Warning
as Dr. Armand Hammer
Rabbit Ears - Jonah and the Whale
as Narrator (voice)
When It Was a Game
as (voice)
Quick Change
as Chief Rotzinger
Parenthood
as Frank Buckman
Dream a Little Dream
as Coleman Ettinger
Black Rainbow
as Walter Travis
Reunion
as Henry Strauss
Thomas Hart Benton
as Narrator (voice)
Bright Lights, Big City
as Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
The Good Mother
as W. O. Muth
The Christmas Wife
as John Tanner
Inherit the Wind
as Harry Drummond
Square Dance
as Dillard
Laguna Heat
as Wade Shephard
Breaking Home Ties
as Lloyd Wells
Portrait: Werner Herzog
as Self (archive footage)
Johnny Bull
as Stephan Kovacs
Empire City
as Self - Narrator (voice)
You Can't Take it With You
as Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
Sakharov
as Andrei Sakharov
The World of Tomorrow
as Self / Narrator
Max Dugan Returns
as Max Dugan
The Day After
as Dr. Russell Oakes
Something Wicked This Way Comes
as Charles Halloway
Burden of Dreams
as Fitzcarraldo (archive footage)
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
as President Ulysses S. Grant
Caboblanco
as Gunther Beckdorff
Raise the Titanic
as Admiral James Sandecker
Melvin and Howard
as Howard Hughes
F.D.R.: The Last Year
as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Haywire
as Leland Hayward
Ghosts of Cape Horn
as Narrator
Hurricane
as Capt. Charles Bruckner
A Plague on Our Children
1979
A Plague on Our Children
as Narrator (voice)
Comes a Horseman
as Jacob 'J.W.' Ewing
A Christmas to Remember
as Daniel Larson
Julia
as Dashiell Hammett
All the President's Men
as Ben Bradlee
Addie and the King of Hearts
as James "Jamie" Mills
The Spy Who Never Was
as Inspector Barkan
A Boy and His Dog
as Lou Craddock
A Moon for the Misbegotten
as James Tyrone Jr.
Mr. Sycamore
as John Gwilt
The Easter Promise
as James "Jamie" Mills
The Country Girl
as Frank Elgin
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Governor Wallace
The Thanksgiving Treasure
as James "Jamie" Mills
Old Faithful
as Jason Robards
The House Without a Christmas Tree
as James "Jamie" Mills
The War Between Men and Women
as Stephen Kozlenko
Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Cesar Charron
Johnny Got His Gun
as Joe's Father
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as General Walter C. Short
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Cable Hogue
Julius Caesar
as Marcus Brutus
Fools
as Matthew South
Operation Snafu
as Sam Armstrong
Isadora
as Paris Singer
The Night They Raided Minsky's
as Raymond Paine
Once Upon a Time in the West
as 'Cheyenne'
Hour of the Gun
as Doc Holliday
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Al Capone
Divorce American Style
as Nelson Downes
The Belle of 14th Street
as Performer
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1967
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Any Wednesday
as John Cleves
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
as Henry Drummond
Noon Wine
as Royal Earle Thompson
The Face of Genius
as Self - Narrator (voice)
A Thousand Clowns
as Murray
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Abraham Lincoln
Act One
as George S. Kaufman
Long Day's Journey Into Night
as Jamie Tyrone
Tender Is the Night
as Dick Diver
By Love Possessed
as Julius Penrose
The Bat
as Detective Anderson
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Robert Jordan
The Journey
as Paul Kedes
A Doll's House
as Dr. Rank