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Peter Fonda

Acting

Born February 23, 1940 · New York City, New York, USA

Died August 16, 2019

Also known as Peter Henry Fonda

Biography

Peter Henry Fonda (February 23, 1940 – August 16, 2019) was an American actor. He was the son of Henry Fonda, younger brother of Jane Fonda, and father of Bridget and Justin Fonda. Fonda was a part of the counterculture of the 1960s. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Easy Rider (1969), and the Academy Award for Best Actor for Ulee's Gold (1997). For the latter, he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. Fonda also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999). Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Fonda, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Golden Globe AwardBest Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film · 2000
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Actor – Motion Picture Drama · 1998
  • Theatre World Award · 1962
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy AwardBest Actor · 1998 · nominated
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  • Academy AwardBest Writing, Original Screenplay · 1970 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

ER

1994as Pierce Tanner

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

1993

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Verge Likens

Hawaii Five-0

2010as Jesse Billings

The Blacklist

2013as Geoff Perl

Californication

2007as Himself

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Ride with Norman Reedus

2016as Self

The Movies That Made Us

2019as Self (archive footage)

The Last Full Measure

2019as Jimmy Burr

Sunset Strip

2012as Self

3:10 to Yuma

2007as Byron McElroy

Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel

2011as Self - Actor

Easy Rider

1969as Wyatt

What's My Line?

1950as Self - Mystery Guest

Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond

2016as Self

The Ultimate Life

2013as Jacob Early

The Dick Cavett Show

1968as Self - Guest

The Rose Garden

1989as Herbert

Wagon Train

1957as Orly French

The Limey

1999as Terry Valentine

Ulee's Gold

1997as Ulee Jackson

The Daily Show

1996as Self - Guest

Race with the Devil

1975as Roger

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

1974as Larry

Lilith

1964as Stephen Evshevsky

The Victors

1963as Weaver

The Laramie Project

2002as Doctor Cantway

Spirits of the Dead

1968as Baron Wilhelm Berlifitzing (segment "Metzengerstein")

The Most Hated Woman in America

2017as Reverend Harrington

The Ballad of Lefty Brown

2017as Edward Johnson

Grace of My Heart

1996as Guru Dave (voice)

The Harvest

2013as Grandfather

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

2009as The Roman

Wild Hogs

2007as Damien Blade

Split Image

1982as Kirklander

Smitty

2012as Jack

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

2008as Self

Escape from L.A.

1996as Pipeline

Fridays

1980as Self

Futureworld

1976as Chuck Browning

As Cool as I Am

2013as Gerald

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

2004as Grandfather

Love and a .45

1994as Vergil Cheatham

92 in the Shade

1975as Tom Skelton

The Last Movie

1971as Young Sheriff

Bodies, Rest & Motion

1993as Motorcycle Rider

Wanda Nevada

1979as Beaudray Demerille

The Trip

1967as Paul Groves

Naked City

1958as Joey Selken