Warren Beatty

Henry Warren Beatty , in 1957. Both Warren Beatty and his sister, Shirley MacLaine, have said they consider only this pronunciation correct, and Warren was fond of saying the name should rhyme with "weighty", not "Wheaties". But the pronunciation is so common that it is also or exclusively recorded in some reliable reference works.}} (né Beaty; born March 30, 1937) is an American actor and filmmaker. His career has spanned over six decades, and he has received an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards. He also received the Irving G. Thalberg Award in 1999, the BAFTA Fellowship in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2007, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2008.

Beatty has been nominated for 14 Academy Awards, including four for Best Actor, four for Best Picture, two for Best Director, three for Original Screenplay, and one for Adapted Screenplay – winning Best Director for ''Reds'' (1981). Beatty is the only person to have been nominated for acting, directing, writing, and producing in the same film, and he did so twice: first for ''Heaven Can Wait'' (with Buck Henry as codirector) and again for ''Reds''.

Beatty made his acting debut in ''Splendor in the Grass'' (1961) followed by ''Bonnie and Clyde'' (1967), ''McCabe & Mrs. Miller'' (1971), and ''Shampoo'' (1975). He also directed and starred in ''Heaven Can Wait'' (1978), ''Reds'' (1981), ''Dick Tracy'' (1990), ''Bugsy'' (1991), ''Bulworth'' (1998), and ''Rules Don't Apply'' (2016), all of which he also produced. Beatty received a Tony Award nomination for his Broadway debut in ''A Loss of Roses'' (1960). Provided by Wikipedia