Henry Warren Beaty was born on March 30, 1937 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He is better known as Warren Beatty, is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director.

He made his film debut in Splendor in the Grass (1961). At the same time as acting, he produced Bonnie and Clyde (1967), co-wrote Shampoo (1975), and co-directed Heaven Can Wait (1978). He was the producer, co-writer and star of Reds (1981) co-starring Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson. For this movie Beatty won an Oscar as Best Director.

In 1991 Beatty married actress Annette Bening, his co-star in the gangster movie Bugsy (1991) co-starring Ben Kingsley. His 1998 movie Bulworth co-starring Halle Berry and Don Cheadle was a political satire that seemed to echo Beatty's outspoken political views, opinions he was later to voice during a brief flirtation with a run for president in 2000.

Filmography

• Town & Country (2001)
• Bulworth (1998)
• Love Affair (1994)
• Bugsy (1991)
• Dick Tracy (1990)
• Ishtar (1987)
• Reds (1981)
• Heaven Can Wait (1978)
• The Fortune (1975)
• Shampoo (1975)
• The Parallax View (1974)
• $ (1971)
• McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
• The Only Game in Town (1970)
• Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
• Kaleidoscope (1966)
• Promise Her Anything (1965)
• Mickey One (1965)
• Lilith (1964)
• All Fall Down (1962)
• The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
• Splendor in the Grass (1961)
• "Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond" (1 episode, 1960)
• "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" (6 episodes, 1959-1960)
• "Playhouse 90" (1 episode, 1959)
• "Suspicion" (1 episode, 1957)
• "Studio One" (1 episode, 1957)
• "Kraft Television Theatre" (1 episode, 1957)
• "Look Up and Live" (1 episode 1957)

Awards

• Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement 2007
• Producers Guild of America Career Milestone Award 2004
• BAFTA Fellowship 2002
• American Society of Cinematographers Board of Governors Award 2000
• Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award 1999
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Screenplay "Bulworth" 1998
• Venice Film Festival Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement 1998
• Golden Globe Award Best Motion Picture (Drama) "Bugsy" 1991
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Picture "Bugsy" 1991
• National Board of Review Award Best Actor "Bugsy" 1991
• Directors Guild of America Award Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film "Reds" 1981
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Director "Reds" 1981
• New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Picture "Reds" 1981
• Oscar Best Director "Reds" 1981
• Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) "Heaven Can Wait" 1978
• Golden Globe Award Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) "Heaven Can Wait" 1978
• Writers Guild of America Award Best-Written Comedy Adapted from Another Medium "Heaven Can Wait" 1978
• National Society of Film Critics Award Best Screenplay "Shampoo" 1975
• Writers Guild of America Award Best-Written Comedy Written Directly for the Screen "Shampoo" 1975
• Golden Globe Award Most Promising Newcomer-Male 1961
• Theatre World Award 1960