Charlton Heston
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.
Acting
TV
Friends
as Charlton Heston
1994
Movie
Armageddon
as Narration (voice)
1998
Movie
Hercules
as Narrator (voice)
1997
Movie
True Lies
as Spencer Trilby
1994
Movie
Planet of the Apes
as Zaius (uncredited)
2001
Movie
Planet of the Apes
as George Taylor
1968
Movie
Ben-Hur
as Judah Ben-Hur
1959
Movie
Tombstone
as Henry Hooker
1993
Movie
In the Mouth of Madness
as Jackson Harglow
1995
Movie
The Ten Commandments
as Moses
1956
Movie
Any Given Sunday
as AFFA Football Commissioner
1999
Movie
Cats & Dogs
as The Mastiff (voice)
2001
Movie
Bowling for Columbine
as Self - NRA President
2002
Movie
Touch of Evil
as Ramon Miguel Vargas
1958
Movie
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
as Taylor
1970
Movie
Soylent Green
as Detective Robert Thorn
1973
Movie
Wayne's World 2
as Good Actor
1993
Movie
The Omega Man
as Robert Neville
1971
Movie
Hamlet
as Player King
1996
TV
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
Movie
The Big Country
as Steve Leech
1958
Movie
Earthquake
as Stewart Graff
1974
Movie
The Three Musketeers
as Cardinal Richelieu
1973
Movie
Midway
as Capt. Matthew Garth
1976
