Biography
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.
Awards & recognition
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 1988
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1978
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1977
- Cannes Film Festival Award — Best Actor · 1962
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1959
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- Theatre World Award · 1957
- Drama League Award
- Kennedy Center Honors
- National Medal of Arts
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1981 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1978 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1978 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1977 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1974 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1972 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1965 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1964 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1960 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actor in a Play · 1957 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt
The West
Reading Rainbow
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Civil War
Thomas Hart Benton
Magnolia
Philadelphia
Inherit the Wind
All the President's Men
Mark Twain and Me
Burden of Dreams
Baseball
Johnny Got His Gun
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
My Best Fiend
Breaking Home Ties
Crimson Tide
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Arthur Miller: Writer
Enemy of the State
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Heidi
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Noon Wine
Long Day's Journey Into Night
What's My Line?
The Dick Cavett Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
Quick Change
Parenthood
The Paper
American Experience
Max Dugan Returns
Julia
Hour of the Gun
Something Wicked This Way Comes
A Boy and His Dog
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Act One
The Journey
Journey
The Adventures of Huck Finn
America and Lewis Hine
Isadora
Comes a Horseman
The Real Macaw
Little Big League
Julius Caesar