Shirley MacLaine's kid brother was born March 30, 1937, in Richmond, Va. After briefly attending Northwestern University, Beatty studied with acting coach Stella Adler and found TV fame on "Dobie Gillis."Beatty's looks and sensitive acting plus Elia Kazan's directing led to a smashing debut opposite Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass (1961). Bonnie and Clyde (1967) brought Beatty Oscar nominations as both producer and actor, launching his career as a major Hollywood player (both artistic and romantic). Beatty earned his first directing nomination (with Buck Henry) for the 1978 hit Heaven Can Wait.
Since the 1970s, Beatty's output has been sporadic but always interesting. His one Oscar win to date has been for directing Reds (1981); his 14 nominations include Shampoo (co-writer), Bugsy (actor) and Bulworth (co-writer). He was the 2000 recipient of the Irving Thalberg Award.
Bonnie and ClydeSerial bank robbers, sometime lovers and folkloric heroes Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway) and Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty) barrel across Depression-ravaged America on a shooting spree that ends in a deadly rain of bullets and tragedy. Directed by Arthur Penn, this stylish and sexy film shattered the... Read More
Dick TracyLegendary police detective Dick Tracy is the only man tough enough to take on gangster boss Big Boy Caprice and his band of menacing mobsters. Dedicated to his work but also devoted to his loyal girlfriend, Tess, Tracy's torn between love and duty. Read More
RedsRadical journalist and socialist John Reed (Warren Beatty), along with his paramour, protofeminist Louise Bryant (Diane Keaton), gets swept up in the world-changing spirit, euphoria and aftermath of Russia's 1917 Bolshevik Revolution and the newly founded Soviet Union. Jack Nicholson, Paul Sorvino,... Read More
ShampooWarren Beatty stars in this farcical satire of '70s sexual practices, which was chosen as one of the AFI's 100 funniest movies. Beatty plays George, a Beverly Hills hairdresser who simply can't resist the women he glamorizes. He promises his girlfriend, Jill (Goldie Hawn, in a stand-out... Read More
McCabe & Mrs. MillerFrom director Robert Altman comes a dazzling original film capturing the essence of frontier life while overturning Old West myths. John McCabe (Warren Beatty), an entrepreneurial vagabond, moves to a ramshackle Pacific Northwest town to establish a saloon/brothel. He soon meets the shrewd Mrs.... Read More
One Bright Shining Moment (2005) | NR | |
R | ||
Forever Hollywood (1999) | NR | |
Bulworth (1998) | R | |
Love Affair (1994) | PG-13 | |
Madonna: Name of the Game (1993) | NR | |
Bugsy (1991) | UR | |
NR | ||
Dick Tracy (1990) | PG | |
Ishtar (1987) | PG-13 | |
Reds (1981) | PG | |
Heaven Can Wait (1978) | PG | |
Shampoo (1975) | R | |
The Parallax View (1974) | R | |
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) | R | |
R | ||
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) | R | |
Promise Her Anything (1965) | NR | |
Lilith (1964) | UR | |
Splendor in the Grass (1961) | NR | |
UR | ||
Mars Invade the Earth! (1957) | NR | |
NR | ||
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